The stunning Nollywood actress stepped out wearing a different look for the premiere of Wale Adenuga’s production on Friday. She rocked a blonde hair that gave her a look quite different from her norm.
Veteran Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) has taken time out pen an open letter to sons everywhere, cautioning them on their everyday activities, especially on social media.
The actor spoke on how they talk to and about women. He said he is concerned that the women, who get their attention, are not the virtuous, brilliant but the frivolous party, skimpy clad ones.
Read below:
Dear Son,
“I’m writing to you today because there is no day “internationally” set aside for the “boy child”, so, tired of looking on in horror as you constantly shock and embarrass me, this is from daddy to you.
I’m shocked at how many of you carry yourselves here on social media. I am shocked at the things you L O L at. I am worried at the way you speak to and about women. I am frightened at the kinds of things that inspire and motivate you.
I am concerned that the women who get your attention are not the virtuous, brilliant types but the frivolous party, skimpily clad ones.
I am disappointed to see that the pictures you fall over yourselves double tapping are not the inspirational quotes or of clean, beautiful modest women but of women with their B.reasts, thighs and bottoms spilling over.
I cringe at how many of you blatantly use swear and curse words at women like it makes you cool.
I am distraught to see that many of you insinuate that a man who loves and stays with one woman is a wimp, that a man who publicly displays and speaks about his love for his woman is a “jew man”, that a man who is more interested in deeply spiritual and intellectual pursuits should be shamed…
I am worried son, deeply worried.
My dear son, being uncouth, indecent, unintelligent is NOT cool and contrary to what you think, the man who stays on social media looking for Nakked ladies to validate, smart people to shame, brilliant people to tear down, celebrities to attack are NOT men but little boys battling low self esteem issues.
A real man loves God and is not ashamed to show it. He loves and respects women. He does not ask for Nuddes and if any misguided woman sends him her Nuddes respectfully deletes it and not use it as a blackmailing tool. A real man reads, yes, he reads a lot. He picks his mentors wisely, thinks before he speaks and reads his comments over and over before he hits send.
Dear son, do not let the “anonymity” of social media make you a fool rather use it to shine and be kind, reasonable and sensible at all times because that is the man I desire to see you be.”
Love,
Daddy
#RMDSaysSo
A father has been sentenced to four years in prison after his 12-year-old son accidentally shot his best friend dead with a bolt-action hunting rifle.
The tragedy happened in Poland, Daily Mail reports, the young schoolboy, whose name has not been released, was at home playing with his friend from school, who also happened to be his neighbour.
Moving around the house, they found a real hunting rifle – a CZ-550 – which they reportedly thought was a toy.
As the pair were playing with the deadly weapon, reports said it went off and the boy’s best friend was fatally shot in the head.
By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was already dead and paramedics were unable to help.
Prosecutors are blaming the father, whose name has also not been released, for improperly storing the weapon, which was stowed away in a place ‘easily accessible by children.
Adam Fudali, a gun expert and former police officer, told local media:
‘If the weapon got into the hands of the child, it was stored in a wrong way. This tragedy is the result of carelessness and neglect and it is a fault of the adult who should secure the weapons.’
The father, an avid hunter and gun owner, initially pleaded not guilty but in the end admitted it was his fault and that he had to accept the consequences of his son’s actions.
The court sentenced him to four years in prison. It was not reported who the child will stay with during his father’s absence.
Things like these keeps giving our outspoken OAP, Daddy Freeze, more reason to lash on different Men of God, even though most of them are genuine… I mean what the hell?! “Anointed cucumbers?!’ tsk tsk tsk…
Reports making rounds online, shares how a Zimbabwean Prophet, Walter Magaya, allegedly sold anointed cucumbers in his church and his congregants especially the ladies patronized him well.
The act of course, didn’t go well with some online users who aired their displeasure by putting the man of God on lash.
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A man, Gideon Johnson, has accused his wife of poisoning his driver, who then allegedly ran mad after eating a meal she prepared for him to eat.
Gideon said this at a Grade C Customary Court sitting at Agodi-Ibadan, Oyo State, where he had gone to seek the dissolution of his 17-year-old marriage to his wife, Oluwatoyin.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that he accused his wife, who has four children for him of bad character and threats to his life and other members of his family. Gideon in his testimony told the court that he gave the food his wife prepared for him to his driver to eat.
“The innocent driver ran mad few hours after he had eaten the food and was chained before we could take him to his family for solution.
“She intended to make me mad, she is fetish, diabolical and a threat to my life; in fact, she killed my elder brother and my father through her fetish ways.
“She almost succeeded in ruining my ministry when she ganged up with my enemies to spoil me before the big personalities that usually come to my church for prayers,” he said.
He also told the court that he had not slept with his wife in the last 11 years because of her bad characters. Gideon said that he would kill his wife if the court should decline his request to separate them.
However, Oluwatoyin Johnson, in her defence, objected to the allegations levelled against her and denied ever killing his father and brother- in-law. The mother of four told the court that her husband abandoned her 11 years ago when he married another woman who bore three kids for him.
“He neither cared for me nor for the four children of the marriage but was always abusing me whenever he is preaching on the pulpit in the church. “He accused me of being a witch and possessed spiritual power and I had challenged him to do deliverance for me since he is a pastor,” she said.
She, however, pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage for the sake of the children.
President of the court, Chief Mukaila Balogun, dissolved the marriage and ordered the two children to be with the plaintiff, while the custody of the remaining two children should be with their mother.
Balogun also ordered the plaintiff to be paying N8, 000 monthly as maintenance allowance for the two children that are in the custody of their mother.
He also directed the plaintiff to pay N12,000 as house rent and N5,000 as transport fees for the defendant to pack her load from his house.
He warned the parties to maintain peace and steer clear of anything that could bring disharmony.
Enraged women of King’eero village in Kabere constituency, Kenya, on Thursday, raided the home of a chang’aa seller and beat up four men. The group of women numbering about 50 rained slaps, kicks and blows on the drunk men during the early morning raid.
Members of Destiny of King’eero Women’s Group, formed to monitor drinking joints in King’eero township, found the four men drinking at the home of a suspected chang’aa seller.
The men fled to a nearby maize plantation following the ambush at the home of 50-year old Franco Okori. (pictured being questioned by the women)
“They said we were only there to sire children, give them food and wash their clothes, not control their happiness,” said member Martha Wairimu. “Many young men have been affected as they normally flock the home on early mornings. They do not bring anything home but still ask for food.”
An Onitsha prophet has shocked a lot of people after he turned one of his faithful daughters in Christ’s traditional wedding into a money spraying ceremony.
Prophet Ebelenna Chukwu of ‘Jehovah the mightier than all deliverance ministry” in Anambra, popularly known as “Excess power”, sprayed so much money at his church member’s wedding and shared the video on his Facebook page.
In the video, a man carrying a briefcase filled with new N100 notes is seen following the Prophet who prances up and down throwing money in the air.
The music band can also be heard singing praises for the prophet.
While no one knows for sure how their future would pan out, studies have shown that there is actually an ideal age bracket for you to get married so you will have a successful union.
These days, more couple are waiting until a later time to get married. More people want to wait until they are financially and emotionally ready to deal with marriage challenges so this means, the age people tend to marry have changed over the years.
A recent research into marriage ages and the likelihood of divorce has shown that marrying in your late 20s or early 30s reduces the chances of divorce.
However, this does not mean late is always better because the same study also showed that the risk of divorce goes up if you marry in your late 30’s and beyond.
It was previously assumed that marrying later is better since you now have more experiences, are more matured and know exactly what you want in a partner but this data has shown that if you wait too late, it might cause the opposite effect.
Obviously, marrying before you are ready or matured enough (before late 20’s) can lead to divorce because you might be married to someone you did not get to know too well or you are just not in the best position to make things work.
Marrying too late, however, can lead to divorce because most people in that situation usually do so out of desperation and are usually reluctant to be married in the first place. It is clear how this can lead to divorce eventually.
So, while the decision for when you should get married is ultimately up to you, an age bracket of between 27–32 can be your best bet.
– Tuto
Mehn! Some ladies are just brutal, I can’t deal! This lady, Brianna, had met a man who looked like he genuinely had feelings for her and she saved his name as “Personal ATM” – She then made him buy her shoes that cost $90 and took to Twitter to shame him.
Her Twitter account no longer exists after what she did to the guy sparked outrage towards her.
So a young man who got tired of his stressed account balance decided to do what you see below… Just the other day, one dude had an intercessory prayer for the demons that won’t let his money dispense out of the ATM.
Lol… frustration ain’t a good thing…
According to a new survey of 5,658 ladies who are currently cheating on their partner, 65 percent said they cheat at work, which means your girlfriend might be having more than just a salad for lunch.
The survey also found that brokers and bankers are the biggest cheaters, probably because building a personal relationship with a client is very important.
The next biggest cheaters are pilots and flight attendants, definitely because they’re always far, far away from home where Mr. Boyfriend is missing his lady, but she’s too busy joining the mile-high club to care.
Interestingly, 85 percent of the cheating women said they would not recommend sleeping with a colleague, because once the fling goes up in flames, the workplace often becomes a hostile, uncomfortable place to earn a living. But aside from that, most agreed that hooking up with a colleague makes work fun!
“The survey clearly shows that even though there’s a risk to your career, having an affair at work makes life a lot more pleasant,” said Sigurd Vedal, founder of Victoria Milan, a website like Ashley Madison where cheaters go to hook up with fellow cheaters.
“At the same time, the majority of cheaters would steer clear of mixing work with pleasure – not because it damages their career, but because they are at risk of being found out, or will feel uncomfortable,” he added.
Here’s a comprehensive list of the top ten professions for cheaters:
1. Financial (Bankers, brokers, analysts)
2. Aviation (Pilots, flight attendants, flight pursers)
3. Healthcare (Doctors, nurses, nursing assistants)
4. Business (CEOs, managers, secretaries)
5. Sports (Athletes, instructors, representatives)
6. Arts (Musicians, models, actors, photographers)
7. Nightlife Industry (DJs, dancers, waiters)
8. Communication (Journalists, public relations, communicators)
9. Legal (Lawyers, secretaries, prosecutors, judges)
10. Other sectors (Don’t know what that entails, but ok)
culled from Maxim.com
A Twitter user, Tifey, shared this and it’s just as hilarious as it’s romantic (I think it is)
So someone came to charge her phone at my place and her phone rang. This is what I saw.
Lol… No oxygen no life! True baby Trueee!
The actress now looking radiant than ever – she looks like she’s even grown to be better than she was before she was banned. Well, what can one say ? Every disappointment just might be a blessing eh ?
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Yesterday was black friday.. An event where shopping malls & retailers, online or offline slash the prices of their goods to a certain percentage.
In a bid to get goods at cheaper rates yesterday, this was the overcrowded state of Shoprite mall in Ikeja, Lagos yesterday.
Mavin Artiste, and mother of one, Aphro Di’Ja has given a reason as to why she is yet to record a song with her label mate Tiwa Savage.
She said,
Uhm, do you see how many we are? And how do you know we haven’t? I keep telling people that, it’s not all the songs that you recorded today, that you’d be release today. So depending on how long you have been working. When you started is only as irrelevant as whatever people feel that they already know about what you are doing, but then you have been working on many things, but I always say, how do you even know we haven’t collaborated yet, it’s just that the said song, you haven’t heard it yet. Then there are so many of us, and there are so many songs in Mavin right now, because we like music, and each and every one of us, bring something very different, which is why it works so well. So sometimes you see similarities some other times you see differences, and it is those differences that complements the other. So you never know what to expect until you see.
Di’ja also says she doesn’t have any issue with the fact that Tiwa Savage is referred to as “First Lady” of Mavin Records.
But i met her there, right? I mean, she is the first lady of Mavin records. It’s kind of funny when people want to state the obvious. Tiwa is such an inspiring person. Set aside the fact that we are even in the same record label, i mean, she has done so much and been through so much, and she still keeps this standard of performance that she does all the time, you know what i mean, you can see it. For me, it’s inspiring, and like i said, i met her there. When you go to a place and you meet someone there, it’s one of two things, it’s either you learn from them or you don’t, and so what i am doing and what would be good for me is to learn from somebody that is that strong and that can inspire me and it’s really mad cool, yeah.
So, I was minding my business looking for an entertaining video to post on our Instagram for you all when we stumbled upon one by @gidigossip.
The video cracked me up, I have no idea why.. it’s a must watch!
Watch it below:
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has stressed the need for Nigeria to develop its own plan capable of effectively addressing the current economic downturn.
Fashola, who spoke while delivering a lecture on “Freedom from Fear, Choices before the New Generation” to mark the 42nd convocation of the University of Benin, Edo State, said that Nigerians must overcome their fears and use their natural resources to create solutions and improve their lives.
While addressing the graduating students, he said, “We will not pray our way out of recession; we will plan and produce our way back to prosperity and out of recession and you are the freshest, youngest and most energetic workforce we will have to work with.
“You are the new batteries to power the engine of growth of our country. Your choices must be clear, free from fear, not reckless but driven by analytical thought, questioning and probing and ultimately determined by convictions.”
According to him, young Nigerians must, like their counterparts in developed countries, free their minds from fear, rather than depend solely on spiritual answers to the problems.
Oh! They’re really serving us some mother and daughter goals here though and they sure as hell melted hearts with their dancing steps which was shared by the teenager on her IG page.
Iyabo Ojo Fespris and her lovely daughter, Priscilla, look as stunning as can be as they both matched checkered shirts and ripped pants in these new photos.
The beautiful mother and daughter also mimed Korede Bello’s “Do Like That”, showing off adorable and mom and daughter dance steps. Watch them below:
Self proclaimed, Egberi papa 1 of Bayelsa, Timaya has two adorable daughters from baby mama, Barbara. The singer, in a new interview with Punch, revealed he didn’t promise his baby mama marriage, because it wasn’t on his to-do list yet but that he assured her he wasn’t going to have kids from different women.
He said:
“I am not getting married soon. My life is a journey. My career is my journey. I didn’t lie to my baby mama when she was pregnant; I told her I wasn’t ready to get married. I never said I wasn’t going to get married. But at the moment, I am not ready. When she told me she was pregnant, I accepted the pregnancy. She told me she hoped I wasn’t going to be like other musicians who had kids from different women. I told her no. My two kids are from same woman. I know what I am doing.”
Gushing about his kids, Timaya added:
I never knew I could love anyone the way I love my daughters. My first daughter is my best friend. I didn’t know what I wanted when I had her. But I knew I wanted to rebrand. So I had to take off the dreadlock.”
“My dreadlock was a strategy. I wanted people to see me as a rude boy. I couldn’t have been giving all those trouble with a calm and clean face. I wanted a look that would associate with it. Now, people come to me and I smile.
“I was happy I was controversial and I was being talked about. I used to struggle to be known before then and I desperately wanted to be known. Finally, they started talking about me. People felt I was troublesome. Some felt I was controversial. Even those who didn’t know my music knew my name. When I had got what I wanted, I felt it was time for me to rebrand.”
The young lady in the photo above recently welcomed a set of quadruplets on her very first delivery in Bauchi state.
The young new mom has had people trooping in to see her and her babies in Toro Local Government area of the state.
Five Star Music artiste, Kcee has dropped the visuals to his latest single – Tender… featuring the rave of the moment – Tekno.
Tender was shot on location in the United State of America by Patrick Elis.
A video clip has emerged of a two-year-old boy being rescued from a washing machine in China – the boy had to be rescued by firefighters after he got stuck in his home in Shizuishan, northern China on November 16.
In order to rescue the kid, firefighters had to completely dismantle the machine – his head and hands were left stocking out of the machine as firefighters were forced to dismantle the machine to get the toddler out.
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Not many ladies in Ghana would dare profess love to a man, even so, in an open manner.
In a rather rare and unusual instance however, a lady who identifies herself as Adoley has defied the odds and taken to social media to express her unflinching love for the first gentleman of the land and the NDC’s presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama offering him free sex.
In a viral video, Adoley is seen in a John Mahama branded t-shirt expressing admiration for the President in Ga.
According to her, President Mahama’s looks qualify him to have “free sex” with her, adding that she would gladly offer herself without demanding anything in return.
“oh Mahama, where have you been all this while I’ve been searching for you…I have been searching for you just so I can fondle you, if it is my breasts, my bottocks or free sex, I will gladly offer it even if you don’t pay for it…”
In a sharp contrast though, Adoley describes John Mahama’s opponent and the presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo, as a weak man incapable of performing any ‘manly duties in bed’ due to his old age.
An apparently, excited Nigerian lady has taken to her social media page to list the numerous reasons why Igbo men make the best husbands and boyfriends.
Victoria Onwuchekwa says Igbo men know how to ‘sex a woman’ in the bedroom and spoil her with love and goodies, amongst other reasons.
Read what she wrote below and tell if you agree with her…
Forget we yab Igbo men o.
Igbo men are the best!Husband material ?
How to sex a woman in the bedroom ?
How to spoil a woman with love and goodies ?
They make the best inlaw to their in-laws ?They will not do you surprise package and marry second wife unlike other tribes, no
matter what they will be with you till the end (just don’t cheat sha but some are known to forgive their cheating wives o but that is story for another day).Our men sef are not enough for Us cause nowadays middlebelt women be dragging them with us……….even calabar women sef( my sister if calabar woman hol your Igbo boyfriend, please just forget it, lick your wounds and move on, calabar woman grip they very strong o)don join dey drag our men with us.
If I come back again to this world, I will still marry an Igbo man.
They are second to none.
The best-est!.
Renowned news television station, CNN has denied the reports that went viral of how the station aired 30 minutes of inappropriate content on Thursday night.
What really happened was a viewer was tuning in for a new episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown on CNN when the show took on an unexpected new meaning and showed hardcore porn starring transsexual pornstar Riley Quinn.
The viewer, @Solikearose immediately complained about the mishap on Twitter, posted multiple NSFW images of the on-air pornography online on the social media website asking if anyone else was seeing what she was seeing.
“I can’t wait until [RCN] wakes up [tomorrow and] realizes that hardcore porn was broadcast on [CNN] instead of [Parts Unknown] tonight.
“Did anyone else with RCN in Boston see the hardcore porn that was broadcast by CNN by mistake?” she asked.
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Unfortunately for her, before she even realized it, her story blew. Dozens of news outlets including Variety, the New York Post, and Esquire reported it. Their stories were shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter, along with the notion that it was a widespread problem affecting “viewers in Boston.”
And it all went viral. Moments later, Rose began receiving abusive hate messages from people accusing her of perpetrating a widely circulated hoax.
It turned out only her house was affected, no other viewer had seen the hardcore porn. RCN also responded, saying:
“We have not had any reports of the programming issue you mentioned on CNN in Boston. If you’re still having an issue with that channel, please DM us your address so we can troubleshoot when you’re home.”
The embarrassed woman later spoke with BuzzFeed News regarding the entire ordeal:
“I initially posted because I wanted to see if anyone else in Boston had been affected,” the used explained on Friday. “I think it was a broadcasting error that affected only my house.”
She has since made her Twitter account private because of the assaults but she still insists that she did not fabricate her story.
“I can tell you that it’s real,” she continued. “People [accused] me of faking the story and creepy men sending me dick pics and sexual messages.”
The pornstar star featured also thanked the network for the free airtime.
Aminat Titi Abubakar, wife of former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday told a Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja of how she was defrauded of N918 million by a former governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, Nsikakabasi Akpan Jacobs.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Jacobs, Abdulmalik Ibrahim and Dana Motors on a 15-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and fraudulent conversion of properties belonging to THA Shipping Maritime Services Ltd.
Led by the prosecution counsel, Mr Babatunde Sonoiki, told the court presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye how Akpan allegedly defrauded her of her shares in the company and other proceeds.
She told the court thàt Akpan Jacobs who doubled as the company’s managing director and secretary had allegedly gone to the Corporate Affairs Commission where he altered the share arrangement in his favour.
She alleged Akpan forged a company board resolution re-distributing the shares ownership and alloted 70 per cent to himself , 15 per cent to her and 15 per cent to Holmes.
With the shares re-distribution, Akpan Jacobs was alleged to have fraudulently assumed full ownership of THA Shipping and subsequently sold a property worth N918m belonging to the company to Dana Motor Nigeria Limited.
When asked, she said Akpan told her that he allotted major shares to himself in other to obtain loan from the bank for the company.
Testifying further before the court, Mrs Atiku stated that Akpan Jacobs , a pastor used the proceeds from the sales of the company’s property to contest for the governorship position in Akwa Ibom State.
Mrs Atiku lamented that her investment in the company had gone down the drain and stated that her interest in coming to court is to ensure that justice is done.
“I have never been inside a court before. Not even a police station in all my life. I am here because I want justice. All my investment and even profit are gone. I want this to serve as a deterrent to other fraudsters that they can’t defraud people and not face justice”, she said.
Justice Ipaye adjourned the matter till December 14 for continuation of hearing.
Two bus conductors identified as Lateef Sodiq, 22 and Tunde Lawal, 21 have been nabbed by men of the Lagos State Command after robbing a motorist of his Honda saloon car.
The duo are members of a car-snatching gang operating in Lagos. According to the suspects, they “supplement” their work as bus conductors with robbery.
Sodiq told Punch that he was arrested in a bus by men of the Alakara Police Division, Lagos, who were already on his trail without his knowledge.
He said that on Wednesday, after concluding his bus conducting duty, he went to meet other members of his gang and they snatched the Honda at Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos and dumped the driver of the vehicle at Obanikoro along Ikorodu Road.
He said:
“We did not beat the owner of the vehicle, we just asked him for the security codes of the car.
“This is the second time I would follow the gang to snatch a vehicle. I was given N50,000 the first time my gang took me along on an operation. Our leader is called Coded. He has not been caught since he ran way.
“I have been an armed robber for just one month. I came to Lagos from my state, Kwara, last year when I could no longer stand the farming business my father forced me into when he could no longer sponsor me to school.
“Now, I really feel bad about what I have done. I regret my life now. By the grace of God, if I am released, I will run back to my village immediately.”
Sodiq said he was not educated beyond primary school.
“When I finished primary six, my father did not have money for me to continue schooling,”he said.
Lawal on the other hand, explained that he thought robbery would be an easier job than his normal bus conducting work.
“My work as a bus conductor is a tough job. that’s why I decided to join the robbery gang. But now, I know better, the problem in robbery is worse. I wish I can just be released to go back to my conductor business,” he said.
Lawal explained that he was introduced to the gang by Sodiq. According to him, the gang gave him the duty of ransacking any vehicle they snatched and gathering every valuable found in such vehicles.
“I don’t hold a gun, all I did was gather money, phones and other valuables,” he said.
The Oyo State indigene said he did not know other members of the gang except Sodiq. He said the first operation he participated in, they were almost arrested when the police chased them but they escaped. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has said efforts were being made to arrest other members of the gang.
More than two months after popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, AKA Basketmouth, was robbed in his home at Lekki, Lagos, the police have apprehended the suspects and paraded them before journalists at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja.
The leader of the three-man gang who attacked Basketmouth, 24-year-old Chibuzor Ugwu, explained that they simply stumbled on the comedian’s house during their robbery spree on September 7.
Ugwu, an Enugu State indigene living in Anambra State but came to Lagos regularly on the sole mission of carrying out robberies, explained that he was an internet fraudster for three years before he ventured into robbery.
He said, “Anytime I came to Lagos, I took my gang to vandalise vehicles and steal auto parts. We normally targetted Toyota and Honda vehicles.
“But the day we robbed Basketmouth’s house. We had operated on some vehicles in the area that day. We then peeped into a compound and saw a very nice car. When we gained access into the compound, we realised we could make more money by robbing the occupants of the house.
“We then used a bolt cutter to enter through the kitchen. It was when we entered the house that we realised that it was Basketmouth’s house. We saw the pictures of him and his family on the wall.”
According to Ugwu, who said he had done nothing else than internet fraud and robbery since he left secondary school, as soon as they saw Basketmouth, they believed they had hit the mother lode.
The suspect said he pointed a gun he was holding at the comedian and told him to cooperate.
He said they were shocked the comedian told them he had no cash at home.
Ugwu said, “We thought we were going to find millions of naira at the house. He was begging us not to hurt his family. He said he did not keep cash at home. But we told him to cooperate so that we would just operate peacefully and leave.
“We searched the whole apartment and found nothing. We only got a $200 note in his wallet along with the mobile phones in the house which he handed to us.
“Eventually we left with the little we could find, we were not ready to hurt him because it was clear he was telling the truth when we searched everywhere and found no money.”
He said the phones collected in Basketmouth’s house were sold to a friend he identified as Osama at the Computer Village in Ikeja.
Ugwu explained that he bought the gun he took to the operation for N80,000 in Benue State.
Saturday PUNCH leart that Ugwu entered the police net when he went to a police station to reclaim his vehicle that was impounded after he abandoned it on a road where it broke down at Ijeshatedo area of Lagos.
“I had abandoned the vehicle on the road for some days. When I went there to pick it, I was told the police had impounded it. When I went to the station to claim it, I did not know the police had previously arrested a friend of mine who knew about my robbery activities,” he said.
The friend he was talking about is 21-year-old Joseph Chimezie.
Chiemezie said he met Ugwu in Anambra State at a joint.
“He is fond of buying drinks for young men at the joint. I told him that anytime he was leaving for Lagos, he should take me along with him so I could find a job,” he said.
He said the day he eventually left for Lagos with him, a member of Ugwu’s gang took him to Ilasamaja and handed him a bag containing guns.
According to him, he was told to take the guns to a house but on the way, the police stopped him. When they searched the bag, they found guns and arrested him.
Chimezie said, “I don’t know about when they robbed Basketmouth. I did not follow them. I did not know that the police were looking for them.
“When they handed me the bag containing the guns, I was afraid and would have droppped it and run away but I knew nowhere in Ilasamaja. All I wanted was to make a better life for myself in Lagos.”
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
The owner of the phone shop Nollywood filmmaker, Seun Egbegbe attempted to steal from earlier this week has spoken about the incident.
Kolawole Aleshinloye’s shop, Kaaltech Innovations, has been under lock and key since the incident and when Saturday Beats reached out to him on telephone, he said:
“At this point, I am out of town and I told them to lock my store. I came around yesterday and witnessed everything. I put down my statement at Area F Police Command. The case is with the police. I told them to lock my store because my boy was wounded and he is currently at the hospital.
My secretary has gone to the police station upon invitation. Anything you want, just go to Area F police command and ask for the IPO in charge.
“My boy was injured because he was being dragged by the car when they were trying to get away with the phones. The guy has written his statement and there is a formal petition from the Nigerian Police.
The guy (Egbegbe) had never come to buy anything from my store before now and I don’t know him. I did not see him because I was not at the office but my staff attended to him. They were the one that took him to the police station. I just showed up at the police station but I am not an eye witness.
“I have never been involved in a robbery or theft case and sincerely I don’t know what to do and that is why the police is handling everything. I don’t have the time to handle this type of case.
As I speak with you, I am about travelling out of the country. I missed my flight yesterday because of this issue. I was on my way to the airport when this incident happened so if there is anything I need to do, my lawyers would handle the matter. We have an association in Computer Village; Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria; the members of the association were the ones that took him to the police station.”
But then, a shop owner who identified himself as Onyeka, said he witnessed what happened since his shop is directly opposite the scene of the incident.
Onyeka described Egbegbe as a ‘bloody liar’ for denying that he was involved in the theft, he says:
“I was around when it happened and the man cannot deny it. It happened and the man stole the phones. If it did not happen, why did he have a bloodied mouth? Those guys outside were the ones that beat him but they did not beat him up to stupor, they just ‘touched him small’. At about 11am, the man came to the store claiming that he wanted to buy some phones. He had spoken to the sales girl but all of a sudden, he told them to pack the phones for him and that he would give them the money in his vehicle. As he got to his vehicle, he put the phones in the car and instead of him to bring out the money; he entered the vehicle which was already in motion. He was not alone in the car.
“The sales rep had to raise the alarm that the man was leaving with the goods. An SUV that was in front of his car had to stop to ensure that he did not run away with the phones and that was how they caught up with him and those with him in the vehicle. If the SUV was not there, they would have absconded with the phones because the road was very free. He was already inside the car and the car was in motion. I think there were about two other people in the car with him. The vehicle was in motion and ready to zoom off, yet he claimed that he wanted to give someone money. The police came around and he was handed over to them,” Onyeka said.
Another shop owner who didn’t want his name in print, insisted he saw how Egbegbe rushed to his car with the phones and would have zoomed off.
“This guy is a liar. So is he saying he had over N2m in his car and he was going to bring the money from the car? Why didn’t he bring the money when he entered the shop or even tell the shop attendant to hold the phones while he got the money? The guy really wanted to outsmart the shop attendant but his luck ran out. That way why we beat him silly,” he said.
Meanwhile, in a release he pushed out after the incident, Egbegbe said,
“To say the least, the news did not only grossly misinform unsuspecting public; it also portrays traces of campaign of calumny by some mercenary hirelings hell bent on destroying my name, for reasons best known to them.
“Having read with keen interest the completely self-serving spirited attempt to destroy my person, it has become imperative and timely that a rejoinder is written to state the fact clearly. I want to state here categorically and emphatically that though I was at Computer Village to address some issues, I was never arrested for stealing 10 iphone 7, as stated by the writer of the story, the matter has since been resolved by the Nigeria Police; and the issue of me stealing phone is devilish.”
Meanwhile in a telephone conversation with Egbegbe’s publicist, it was learnt that he was arraigned on Thursday at a the Magistrate Court in Ikeja on a one count charge of theft but he has since met his one million naira bail condition.
His publicist further emphasised that Egbegbe is not in prison but resting somewhere in Ikeja, Lagos.
A man brought over 100,000 coins to buy SUV in central China’s Henan province on November 24.
The man who owns a flour shop in Zhengzhou city in Henan province said he accumulated the coins without realizing there would be problem to change them into notes.
He tried to contact local bank for changing the coins to notes but was refused.
He then brought the coins to the car store and asked if he could pay the car using coins. The sales staff agreed and was later appalled by the amount of coins the man brought. It took four sales staff a total of 12 hours to finish counting.
