EFCC has nabbed 5 Internet Fraudsters after scamming people to the tune of N16million
The EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested five suspected undergraduate scammers, 4 from the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) and 1 from Adekunle Ajashin University, Akungba. According to EFCC, the suspects who go about with the name “Tsunnami Gang and Young Pablo Money”, are between the ages of 20 and 23.
Adeleke Paul, 21, Adebiyi Tayo Abudu, 22, Akinsanmi Olusola Adeniyi 21, Ogundile Ademola James, 23 and Okali Ugochukwu, 21 were picked up at an Off-Campus residence located at Stateline Hotel Road, off FUTA South Gate, Akure, Ondo State. See more photos after the cut…
They allegedly swindled unsuspecting foreigners and others to the tune of N16M recently by engaging in fraudulent activities of obtaining money by false pretences through scam mails.
At the point of their arrest, EFCC operatives recovered a 2006 black Toyota Highlander, 2010 light-green Toyota Camry, laptops, three Apple iPhone 6 and three Blackberry phones from them. Some implicating documents were also found and downloaded from their laptops. They are to be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.
Some, if not most Nigerian men are guilty of using the silliest lines when trying to ask a girl out.
They’ve been accused of boasting about their wealth, jobs or travelling experiences to women because they think it’s the easiest way to scoring a relationship or a one night stand. Ladies, have you ever been in a situation where he went on and on about that trip to Dubai where he got to watch the Formula One championship and even took a selfie with Lewis Hamilton?
Well, here are four silly things Naija men say when trying to ask a girl out:
1.) “Baby, I can give you whatever you need”
Nigerian men are quick to use their wealth to seduce women. Boasting about how much they’re worth or have, gives them confidence to approach any woman/girl they find attractive. It’s silly but sometimes, it works!
Many residents were left in deep shock as Christ Apostolic Church members located in Yaba, Lagos State engaged each other in a violent fight inside the church premises on Sunday.
According to TVCNews, the fight was as a result of disagreement over church funds. The members fought each other destroying the altar and forcing the pastor out of the church.
It’s been claimed that Turkish troops who were imprisoned after the failed military coup are being raped, starved and left without water for days.
Amnesty International has called for immediate access to prisoners after the coup a week ago.
Amnesty says it has ‘credible evidence’ Turkish police are holding detainees in stress positions for up to 48 hours, denying them food, water and medical treatment and in the worst cases some have been subjected to severe beatings and torture, including rape.
John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe director, said:
“Reports of abuse including beatings and rape in detention are extremely alarming, especially given the scale of detentions that we have seen in the past week.
“The grim details that we have documented are just a snapshot of the abuses that might be happening in places of detention.”
“Despite chilling images and videos of torture that have been widely broadcast across the country, the government has remained conspicuously silent on the abuse. “It is absolutely imperative that the Turkish authorities halt these abhorrent practices and allow international monitors to visit all these detainees in the places they are being held.”
Amnesty spoke to lawyers, doctors and a person on duty in a detention facility about the conditions in which detainees were being held.
They heard alarming accounts of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees, particularly at the Ankara Police Headquarters sports hall, Ankara Başkent sports hall and the riding club stables there.
Two lawyers in Ankara working on behalf of detainees told Amnesty International that detainees said they witnessed senior military officers in detention being raped with a truncheon or finger by police officers.
A person on duty at the Ankara Police Headquarters sports hall saw a detainee with severe wounds consistent with having been beaten, including a large swelling on his head.
The detainee could not stand up or focus his eyes and he eventually lost consciousness.
Supreme Mavin Dynasty‘s boss, Don Jazzy, has been out of the country for a while now and who knows what he may have been cooking up.
The Producer is seen here with foreign rapper, T.I, and we can only but speculate that he might be cooking something up with him… cause when two moguls come together, they have a mogul talk! Hehe…
Bunmi of Vanguard was sent this relationship puzzle to solve by a reader named Uju who is currently running out of ideas. Read her letter below:
Dear Bunmi,
I know I get on well with my boyfriend’s family. We’ve been an item for a few years now, but at a recent party, his dad tried to kiss me after giving me a playful smack on the bum. We’d all had too much to drink but I told my boyfriend about it right away. In the morning, I didn’t make an issue of it as it looked as if both father and son had forgotten all about the incident.
Thinking it was a one-off, I put it all behind me but sometime later, he made another pass at me. This time, we were both sober and I was indignant.
He apologized and promised it would never happen again. I was stunned by his behaviour to say the least. I know I should have mentioned it to my boyfriend but I was too shocked to think straight. How should I handle this?
Mavins Record artiste, Reekado Banks, has said he is in no competition with his fellow acts on the label as they are only trying to impress themselves and label boss, Don Jazzy.
Reekado Banks while reacting to a statement that he is the leading act on the label, told HF Tv, he doesn’t see it that way.
In his own words: “I don’t think I am leading anything (Laughing). Don Jazzy is still leading the label, I don’t see it as anyone is leading . Nobody sees it like anybody is leading, Everybody sees it like everybody is working together to make the label number one. Everybody sees it like they are trying to make Don Jazzy proud, they are trying to make themselves proud. So yeah! It is not particularly anybody leading anything.”
On why he hasn’t been featuring other acts on his songs, Reekado Banks disclosed he has been trying to focus on his music and selling it without the help of other artistes.
In his own words: “For now, I am trying to sell my songs. I’m trying to make a name for myself, by myself. Definitely, probably the next single and the one after this next single will feature someone. So much music.”
On his album: “Definitely the album by mid-year. Errm… I am excited.. In June/July.”
One month after he claimed he has been shut out by Aso Rock and President Buhari doesn’t pick his calls any longer, controversial Enugu-based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, during his homily at Adoration Ministry, Emene, Enugu, slammed former President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of being the reason behind the current economic woes in the country.
Speaking through his spokesperson, Maximus Ugwuoke, he would not regret the 2015 change prophesy despite the current sufferings Nigerians are experiencing. He said:
“when these prophesies come, it must not be what people think or want; people are entitled to their views; those reactions mean nothing; the important thing is that there is nothing he had prophesized which never came to pass; the ministry does not care how people feel about his prophesies.
Some call him controversial priest; some call him fiery priest and all that, they are entitled to their opinion. The fact remains that he is a true prophet. “I will tell you something, it is for us humans to judge prophesies; he was the only person who said Buhari would win. If it were in the olden days, all those so-called men of God who castigated him would have received the wrath of God immediately. All of them should be ashamed of themselves now. “When you look at that prophesy on Jonathan, he gave it and it came to pass.
Don’t forget that two months before that prophesy, Jonathan’s wife came to the adoration ground; that is to tell you that the prophesy came from God; if after such visit, he had the courage to reveal such prophesy against them, that tells you that it is much more than what people think. Whether the prophesy is a good one or not, talking about the suffering, it has nothing to do with the prophesy.
“Before Buhari took over, the dollar was rising, there was already problem with our economy. They had oil boom but never saved; they just wasted the opportunity. Even the suffering we are talking about was part of his prophesies. I recall that on 31st of January this year, he said clearly that Nigerians should brace up for hard times, he said a lot of hardship was under way; what these suffering Nigerians are passing through are a process of change. I’m seeing a great future for Nigerians; he made it clear that there are so many holes which needed to be filled.”
Speaking on stories making the rounds that Jonathan rejected his request for an oil well, he stated that,
“these are lies from the pit of hell; these were used to water down the prophesy because people did not understand. It was even alleged that he received N5 million from Buhari; you begin to wondwer what is N5 million to Mbaka. Is it the school fees he is paying for hundreds of people? This is all propaganda.” “There was also these claims of meeting with APC chieftains before the election; he never held any such meeting; he never met Buhari before the election, there has never been any communication between them; what he has already is bigger than oil well; he is a musician and the ministry is being sustained with that”.
I guess she’s the Lady gaga of Nigeria though – wearing the craziest dresses of them all.
Truth about this one is I don’t even understand the concept, maybe I’m not fashion savvy or why does it feel like she’s wearing a deflated air bag??!!
The sultry singer stepped out last night in the dress, designed by the winner of Nigeria’s Next Top Designer winner, McStell FG to Seyi Law’s Fast and Funny!
Unknown gunmen have abducted a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) branch in Isawo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Vanguard reports.
The unnamed man of God was said to have been taken inside the church on Sunday, July 24, while preparing for workers meeting.
It was gathered that the kidnappers had entered the church pretending to be members who came to worship before pulling guns on the pastor.
One of the church members identified as Williams, said the cleric was abducted around 7a.m, explaining that the workers meeting usually holds before the main service of the day.
“He was busy preparing for the meeting, when suddenly some people came in dressed in beautiful attire and they were taken for members who had come to worship. It was not until they pulled out guns before it dawned on us that they are militants,” he said.
According to a resident, Isiaka Disu, kidnapping in the area has become rampant in the last one year, urging the Lagos State government to step up security in the axis.
A reader sent this in revealing to us how much the secondary school she graduated in charges before its ex-students collect their O’level certificate used to gain admission into higher institutions.
According to her, the school has been collecting this much from its alumni for years – she says its extortion.
Below is how she shared it:
Up here I got my SSCE Certificate, most of us who are seeking admission into higher institutions are been requested to present this certificates for verification of result.. I registered and sat for this exam and went to pick it up yesterday been 22 /7 /2016. Could you people imagine that this particular school PAULIVEN COLLEGE, LOCATED AT 8,EZIAMA STREET, TEDI TOWN OPP. OJO BARRACKS, LAGOS. is charging 30,000 from each person before they would release your Cert for you, and after much digging I found out they have been collecting this whole amount for years til date and even as of that yesterday the principal was boldly saying that soon it will be 40,000.. This is the first school I have heard that is taking such big amount, the highest amount other schools will take from you is just 5k, some schools won’t even take anything accept 500 or 1k for printing of the result.. Now my question is why do someone have to pay this much for an exam you registered and sat for? Paying 30k is just as if am buying this certificate whereas that’s not the case.. Am not saying this just because of me, it was easy for me because am working and I can afford it but how about some parents who can’t? Cos my own parents would never give out such money instead they would ask you to go to another school and re write the exam.. They asked me to pay 28k and extra 500 for the printing after I told them they could be sued because of this.. So please let’s share this message until it gets to the WAEC Board, the ministry of education or whoever that would help call this school to order, they need to be cautioned.. They are stealing people’s hard earned money and it’s not fair. I still have younger ones who has to pass through this stage and I know some of us do as well, if this issue is not tackled urgently then am sure other schools will be joining them soon in committing this evil crime.. This is extortion
President of football’s world governing body, FIFA – Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Fatma Samoura both touched down in Nigeria today at the nation’s capital on a two day working visit.
The prestige guests were welcomed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, members of the NFF Board and some football club owners in the country.
Chelsea Eze who is one of the up-and-coming Nollywood actresses in a chat with Sunday Scoop, said she can act nude if the nude scene is done in a tasteful manner.
“If the opportunity comes with a good story and the money is right, I can act nude. As long as it’s tastefully done, I am okay with it,” she said.
She went further to say that she won’t be able to do a full frontal nude.
“I will not be able to do a full frontal. I am not particular about what I am showing or what I am not showing. As an actor, you should be able to go the extra mile to portray certain character. There was no way the scene where Lupita Njong was nude could have been done without her going nude. If the story warrants that I go naked, of course I will do it because I am an actor before anything.”
When reminded that Nigerian society frowns at nudity and there might be a backlash, the fair-skinned actress said if the film was worth it, she could live with the backlash. “I’m weary of the backlash because as human beings, some comments will get to me but at the end of the day I am an actor.”
She informed Sunday Scoop, that the fee for acting nude would have to be in millions and insisted that her future husband would have to understand that acting is make-believe.
Abba Usman, 18, who allegedly participated in the recent attack by some Muslim youths on St. Philips Catholic Church, Suleja, Niger State, has said his gang’s actions were not based on religious extremism.
The suspect stated that the blame should be on some female members of the church for playing musical instruments so loud, dancing and making noise while a Juma’at prayer was going on at the mosque opposite the church on Friday, July 15.
The suspect added that shortly after the Juma’at prayers on the fateful day, he and other youths went to the church premises to attack the church.
“We went to the church to teach them a bitter lesson so that they will never disturb the peace of the mosque again, especially on a Friday when we are having a prayer. They have the whole of Sunday to themselves and we have never disturbed them from doing their own programmes,” he said.
“We all entered the church and vandalised some of their property, while we took some of their musical instruments and other valuables. I went for two of the microphones with the aim of selling them, but I was not lucky as I was caught with them,” the suspect stated.
While addressing journalists, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, described the action of the youth as criminal.
He disclosed that police received a distress call that some youths were vandalising the property of the church.
“On the receipt of that complaint, we sent our Rapid Response Team to the scene but before the police team got there, many of the youth had fled. However, Abah Usman was caught in action,” he said.
A social media user schooling at the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Imo State also known as FUTO has shared the news of the ill-treatment given to a phone thief.
He was nabbed while trying to sell the phone to another person after cleaning the entire data on it. He was beaten and made to swim in a stagnant water while he was publicly paraded.
Read the words of the news poster below:
“He stole the phone this morning, then later this afternoon he took the same phone after wiping it and wanted to sell it for 7k to one guy without knowing that the guy he wanted to sell it to was the roommate of the original owner of the phone.
So being a sharp guy he noticed that the phone was his roommate’s so he started negotiating with him and the agreed 5k, the he told him to meet him at the bet9ja shop, the same place he stole the phone. So immediately he called his roommate in his smaller phone and told him to bring some vigilante to the bet9ja shop and that’s where they caught him, and started beating him up but fortunately for him some man’o’war boys were around and came to his rescue and was later taken to their custody, or camp, or prison, or whatever they call it”
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh Churchill is happily married at the moment and she is playing the biggest roles of her life which is playing the role of a wife and a mother.
In a recently conducted Twitter chat with Ynaija, the actress how motherhood has changed has changed her, why she doesn’t want to reveal the face of her amongst other issues.
”My decision to keep my family especially my son from the public remains the same.
Motherhood has been awesome. It has been a learning process for me everyday. The story of how I met my husband is too long for twitter. I never knew he was the one God had in mind for me. From the first day I met him, I liked his personality, manners, big head, maturity and his exposure”
She also cleared the air over her working relationship with D’banj.
“ D’banj has been a wonderful brother to me, it’s just time for me to move on. My relationship with D’banj has always been the same since we met. We are family born on the same day. We understand each other.”
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede who captivates people’s attention with her voluptuous boobs aside her acting skills was recently involved in a social media fight with some of her fans.
Recently, the actress posted a video of herself with some colleagues dancing in a car. In the video, her boobs were too exposed which a large section of her fans found embarrassing.
It all started when one Jayclassiq said Nice 1 babe…but those 2 oranges….the actress pretended as if she didn’t see it and others continued saying the same thing until she could no longer hold it.
Then Kachy let it out all by saying: “You are exposing saggy breasts” Yvonne Jegede visibly angry replied by saying: “Where did you leave your brain”? Kandybenny says: “Bo*bs looking like a bag of money” Another of her followers, says: “Am I the only one seeing that bo*bs about to escape curfew?”
While a certain Uche Okeneme says:“Please cover your breast” The role interpreter’s response to another fan goes this way: “When you are unstable in your head, you go to a hospital, not my page”
It became a matter of give and take as she was giving them replies as they were coming at her.
Reports surfaced on the social media alleging that Prophet Obi O. Obi of Anchor of the Restoration Church located at Owufuju Street, Asaba, Delta State, was caught with a married woman.
The story was accompanied with pictures showing him in his panties holding his church banner as he was being paraded on the streets. No one could have doubted the authenticity of that story.
But Prophet (Dr.) Obi O. Obi called Olu Famous, publisher of OluFamous.Com on phone and gave his own version of the saga – what really happened. The man of God said he was set up by a lady.
What really happened? Who is the lady? Read the shocking details:
Prophet Obi said that he was set up by a lady who was the Secretary of his church but was dismissed few months back and she became bitter. How did it start? He said he received a call from someone who sounded distressed, telling him that there was an emergency and begged him to come quickly to pray for a sick person who was about to die.
He was given a certain address and he rushed down as a Prophet who doesn’t hesitate to help anyone in distress. Unfortunately, as soon as he got to the address he was kidnapped, bundled into a vehicle and driven back to his church. He said the guys who abducted him assaulted him and accused him of sleeping with a married woman, without mentioning the name of any woman to him.
So, it wasn’t as if Prophet Obi was caught red handed sleeping with a married woman as was alleged.
When they got to his church, the guys brought him down from the vehicle, forced him to take off all he was putting on, he then sighted the same lady who he sacked as the Secretary of his church.
That was how he got to know she was the one who sent them to disgrace him and rubbish his church.
Prophet Obi said two of the guys who kidnapped him from the compound he was invited to and took him back to the front of his church, had guns and shot in the air, claiming to be SARS.
He said he had to “corporate” with them, to avoid being shot. And he used his church’s programme banner to cover himself after the guys had stripped him to his pants. He said that nobody could come close to help him because two of the guys had guns.
He said all the allegations against him are false, and that was why no woman was seen in the pictures that were sent to the social media. Prophet Obi added that the incident happened since on Wednesday and that Police is now involved. They have obtained the phone number that was used to call him and have assured him that all those involved in the CONSPIRACY would be tracked down.
He said everyone to disregard those pictures circulating, saying he only played along to save his life.
Last night the talented Nollywood actor and director got married to his longtime Cameroonian girlfriend Tangi Agwi who is now to be known as Mrs Njamah.
Their traditional wedding took place in the wife’s home town Bamenda, Cameroon and both families where fully present even the groom’s Actress, Empress Njamah was also present.
Taiwo had fled after his son was rescued by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) following a tip off by members of the community.
Premium Times reports that the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the arrest on Sunday, said the Celestial Church Pastor was arrested with the assistance of his church members.
The police had previously arrested the victim’s step mother. According to the police, the malnourished boy has been handed over to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare for further rehabilitation.
Mr. Adejobi said Mr. Taiwo, will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.
Speaking on behalf of President Muhamadu Buhari at the burial service, Babachir David Lawal, the secretary to the government of the federation, promised:
“As a government, we want to inform you that all the perpetrators of this act will not go free and will be brought to book. All Nigerians should be safe and free to practice their religion anywhere. Government’s resolve is to fish out the perpetrators. We pray to God not only to forgive them, but pray that the perpetrators seek for repentance. On behalf of the President and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, may God console you.”
Recall that the 42-year-old was was killed with a machete while preaching in the Gbazango-West area of Kubwa by suspected Muslim fanatics on Saturday, July 9, in Abuja. She was called a martyr.
Sonia Ibrahim, the sister of popular actress Juliet Ibrahim, tied the knot yesterday with Collins Taabazuing, a soldier, in East Legon, Accra.
As expected, the traditional wedding was star-studded — with several Ghallywood stars including Eddie Nartey, Pasculine Edwards and Princess Shyngles all gracing it.
The duo — who have dated for over four years — had their engagement last year November.
Congratulations are certainly in order for Sonia Ibrahim and her hubby
More photos from Sonia’s traditional marriage ceremony Below:
Reggae Blues singer, Harrysong has every reason to be grateful for the gift of life.
The Five star music star and his crew were reportedly involved in a ghastly motor accident along Owerri-Onitsha expressway yesterday.
According to Instagram user Ms. Adunni, Harrysong and his crew members were on their way to Owerri to catch a flight to Lagos when the accident happened.
Harrysong was supposed to perform at the Opening Gala night of Project Fame season 9 which held yesterday evening but couldn’t make it after the accident.
The singer, who was in Delta state yesterday morning for his OneDelta Pre-concert and orientation talk, took to his Instagram hours after the accident to assure his fans that he was doing fine.
“At one point I thought I was crossing over to the other side. But No, God still ve (sic) great plans for me, yes he saved us and am grateful. Stay strong” he wrote.
There is a current uproar at the University of Benin after a Female student poisoned a The Girlfriend of Her Crush which apparently, led to the death of both her Crush and His Girlfriend.
Here’s how it happened.
The Boyfriend (Joel) won a competition (Most Handsome – MR Elsa Awards) in Uniben..and they had a dinner party afterwards. Joel went to the dinner party with his Girlfriend (Precious)..and All was going well until the Secret admirer felt she has had enough of Joel and Precious’ romantic affair.
Joel
The secret admirer felt precious was the reason Joel isn’t noticing her, so she decided to poison the Girl (Precious). The secret admirer served both Precious and Joel food at the party (Note: she poisoned precious’ food). But unfortunately for her, The romance between Joel and precious began..Joel ate from Precious plate.
They were both rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) where they both died an hour later.
First son of late actress, Henrietta Kosoko, Taiwo Olowu, who is known as LT in music circles told Sunday Scoop, that he did not release his latest single, Mama, because he wanted to capitalize on his mum’s demise to promote the song.
“I did something to celebrate mothers. The song is a celebration of life and death. I didn’t do this song to advance my career, it is to express myself. We all have different ways of mourning. I am not using her death to sell my music. I have been an artiste before now and my late mum was supportive of my career before she died,’’ he said.
Twenty-seven-year-old LT started music is 2009 and released his first single, Se Jeje, in 2013. He is one of the twin boys late Henrietta had before she got married to actor, Jide Kosoko. His twin brother, Kehinde, is also a music producer.
When asked about Jide Kosoko and the attendant drama that followed the burial of his late mum, LT said the relationship between the two is not his business. “The relationship between my late mum and Jide Kosoko is not my business. Therefore, my opinion does not matter.”
He went on to reveal that he is not close to Jide Kosoko but the veteran actor supports him in the best way he could. ‘He is doing what he can. We are not that close but he is playing his role.”
Taiwo who grew up in the Mushin and Bariga areas of Lagos, said he still misses his mother and her smile.
Delectable Yoruba actress, Taiwo Aromokun, last April, revealed that she was no longer married to the father of her twin children.
In a chat with Sunday Scoop, she said her twins are not missing their father because they talk to him regularly.
“Why should they miss their father?’ she asked rhetorically followed by a long pause. “They talk to him every day and they get whatever they want from him,” she said.
The actress who became popular for her role in Arewa Okunrin, said she was not in a hurry to return to acting full-time, because she is currently preoccupied with raising her children.
“Acting is a demanding career. I am taking my time and only doing jobs that will give me time for my boys. When we go on locations, we spend days before coming home but for now, that is not what I want for my kids. So, I only take jobs that will make me come home to them,” she said.
When quizzed about maintaining her standard of living and raising children in view of the fact that she only accepts to partake in few movies, the ebony-skinned actress said her savings have come in handy.
She said, “I didn’t spend my money at the frequency at which I made it. I set aside a lot of money for times like this and I still have some unreleased jobs with my marketer which is fetching me money.”
Recall that yesterday, photos of the boy chained around the neck with a huge padlock and held captive in the premises of the Celestial Church surfaced on social media.
Safe in the custody of the state yesterday, the boy finally spoke up and narrated how he was maltreated by his own people.
“I was not fed regularly when I was chained. My father and my step-mother only fed me twice a day. Some days, I was not given any food. I want to go back to school because I want to be a doctor in the future. I also do not want to go back to my father’s house,” the boy said.
Korede was reportedly chained inside a room in the church since January of this year, and his rescue was made possible by neighbours who tipped off the security agents. And now, his father is on the run.
Punch adds that the boy chained was accused of stealing and running away, and so to ‘cast out’ the ‘spirit’, his father chained him and left him in a room in the church premises. His father also reportedly took the boy chained to a river to bath him this May.
“It is true that I stole a pot of soup and bowl of eba in our house,” the boy told Punch. “I also stole in the neighbourhood. My father’s inability to give money to my step-mother for the upkeep of the family caused it. But I promised not to go back to my old ways.’’
And he adds that his parents stopped him from attending his Onse Community Primary School after he tried to take food from a vendor in the school. “I still want to return to school. I want to be a medical doctor,” he said.
Meanwhile, the victim’s stepmother, who has been arrested by the police, told the press that she had warned her Celestial Church pastor husband to desist from such punishments.
“I usually warned him concerning the way he chained Korede. I had reported him to his twin brother, Kehinde, who lives in Ota, and I also reported to a friend of his,” she said.
“When the two talked to him, he would relax a bit, but as soon as they left, he would return to his old ways,” she continued, adding, “we got married three years ago but I learnt that he was once married to a woman from Benin, Edo State.
The woman, I was told, bore him four children- two boys and two girls. I only saw the woman in a picture, I have never met her physically. She was said to have left nine years ago, shortly after she gave birth to Korede.”
“All I have been doing is to beg him to stop stealing, as such act does not portray the family in good light.”
Confirming the update on the Celestial Church of Christ case, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the police are currently searching for Korede’s father. He also added that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, Abdulmajid Ali, had taken over the case.
He said:
“The police operatives of the command attached to the Onipanu Division rescued Korede from where he was chained on the neck to a heavy log of wood in a room by his biological father, Pastor Francis Taiwo, for more than a month.
“The stepmother of Korede, Kehinde, who has been arrested by the police, revealed that Korede’s father’s cruel act was connected with the habit of stealing exhibited by Korede.
“The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of zone 2 Command, Lagos, who is presently on the ground in Ogun State, Abdulmajid Ali, has condemned the pastor’s criminal and inhuman act and directed that the matter be properly handled, while the fleeing pastor be apprehended without delay.
“The AIG has ordered that the young boy be given proper medical attention. He will soon be handed over to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State for necessary action.”
On Friday, 22nd of July, Kim Kardashian had an exclusive interview with E! news in Las Vegas and she talked about her brother, Rob Kardashian, Blac Chyna and their baby..Kim also revealed she spoke to her 3 year old daughter, North West about their unborn cousin. She said:
“They have talked to me about names but I would never tell because that’s really personal to them. If they want to share that, they could,” Kim said.
“But we’re just there to support them. We’re so excited that we’re getting a new cousin.” “I was FaceTiming with Chyna the other day and explaining to North that there was a baby in her belly and then sharing the sonogram pictures with North and explaining to her that this is her little cousin and it’s so exciting we have a new cousin coming”.
She added:
“I think they’re just starting to get into it, but we share a ton of different baby stuff.” “I think once it starts happening for them we’ll have way more tips, once the baby’s here. I’m excited to see my brother in this role as a dad. I think he’ll be an amazing dad.”
When love knows no bound, a wheelchair appears like a throne. Beautiful blogger, photographer and nurse, Lizzy O and Amen’s epic love story has been on people’s lips since its first appearance on BellaNaija.
Their story sounds like those on fairy tale books, only it has a happy ending. Amen had first heard about Lizzy and wanted to meet her because he was thrilled by her story; she started college at 15.
That wasn’t all, Amen eventually met the adorable Lizzy and instantly fell in love with her. Then tragedy struck! Lizzy got involved in an accident that sent her to a wheelchair, but that didn’t discourage Amen, it even made him love her more.
They got engaged in November 2015 and with the help of Lizzy’s photographer colleague had a pre-wedding photo shoot that screams “hey! I am on a wheelchair but I am still hot.”
Looking at the story of Lizzy and Amen, one would summarize their friendship in one song. Read Excerpts from their love story.
Amen(The Groom):
I liked Lizzy when I heard about her, fell in love when I saw her. I finally met this Lizzy immature at the movies on an unforgettable day in 2007. I was leaving the theatre with my brother, D-mite and other friends; while, Lizzy was just arriving with her best friend, Faith.
She is the perfect combination of pretty and outgoing that brings the excitement to my life. Case and point, when I got home I mustered enough courage to add her on Facebook Lol (FB was the in thing for college folks back then). However, after she accepted my friend request I shied out again and did not talk to her. Lizzy wasn’t having it lol so she sent me a message first (even though she wouldn’t admit, I think she was interested too lover was all the fuel I needed to step up my game.
Lizzy and I have been dating for over 8 years now and it has been one of those growing experiences that keep getting better with time. I remember when we first started talking. It was non-stop Facebook (FB) messaging and back and forth poking (I don’t get why FB poking was so fascinating then). Our conversations will go to the wee-wee hours of the night with no topic off limits. We could start at family and end in politics or music and end at school (I wish y’all could get a glimpse of our banter, it is for the fonder). My favourite thing we would talk about is our faith and the Bible.
Now, throw in Lizzy’s live to the fullest personality amongst her other attributes; I’ve found exciting companionship in enjoying the fullness of life. I want this forever so I invested in a ring and I went to ask her father for her hand.
Lizzy (The Bride):
Meeting Amen for the first time at the movies during Spring Break of 2007, I was just so happy to finally know someone else who was really young and in college. We met through our mutual friends at the movies and it was just a very regular meeting FOR ME! I was there with my bestie and I kept trying to ship her with Amen because they both had similar body build back in the day. I would call both of them and force
I would call both of them and force three-way phone calls after 9pm when it was free. My bestie was NOT having any of it but I seriously thought Amen was amazing and really enjoyed chatting with him and that was the beginning of it all o. Though I thought so highly of him, it never occurred to me that I should date him. Amen didn’t express bluntly that he wanted to date me, so we were just friends, and friendship was all that I thought and felt. I liked him, enjoyed chatting with him a lot and was so free with him that I’d find myself sharing intimate details about my life with him. We’d be on our Facebook walls chatting for hours and talking on the phone almost every single day back then (Amen’s calls/texts are amongst the reasons my dad had to switch our mobile plan to unlimited everything –
Amen didn’t express bluntly that he wanted to date me, so we were just friends, and friendship was all that I thought and felt. I liked him, enjoyed chatting with him a lot and was so free with him that I’d find myself sharing intimate details about my life with him. We’d be on our Facebook walls chatting for hours and talking on the phone almost every single day back then (Amen’s calls/texts are amongst the reasons my dad had to switch our mobile plan to unlimited everything – Lol… I love you Daddy!).
Conversations with Amen were so fluid and I eventually stopped trying to put him and my bestie together when it became apparent that they both wouldn’t get past their age difference and when Amen explicitly showed that he was interested in me. Well, as a fine girl who was also equally stupid, I told Amen I only liked him as a friend and would even tell him about other boys I was talking to. He’d listen like a champ and just tell me to be careful. He gave me selfless advice and was always so understanding.
The crazy thing about the whole thing however, was that no matter how many guys I connected with or talked to or tried to make it work with, I’d always compare them with Amen and not be fully satisfied with them. The relationships I tried to make work with other guys somehow ended up not working due to one reason or another.
Amen continued to be my very good friend whom I knew I wanted in my life forever, but wasn’t into like that. Talk about friend-zoning before it became a word. I am however not proud of myself for treating him as just a friend all those.
In his teenage years, Amen was already on fire for Christ, always included God in everything he did and I just didn’t want to ruin him by being his girlfriend. We were 18 and I thought to myself that we had the whole world ahead of us, and there was just no reason to fully commit to dating someone I knew would want a long term relationship. About that same spring of 2008, I made it a life mission to get Amen to kiss me so that I could confirm our compatibility and then finally say yes to being his girlfriend.
Well, that plan failed miserably because Le Boo shut me DOWN and said the right way, or no other way. I’ll be honest with you, I was very disappointed and told him we couldn’t date if he wouldn’t even kiss me. Something I would later come to regret, because right after spring break 2008, I headed back to school in Oklahoma and it was on my way back to school that I got into a car accident.
As I was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and during my physical rehabilitation, Amen was the one constant person I’d tell everything to other than my best friend. I would share the nitty gritty details of what the doctors said was happening to me with Amen, and he’d go on the internet and read more about what life meant with a spinal cord injury so that he could better relate with me. Communication was the rock on which we started this relationship and we still talk about any and everything on the surface of the earth. I’ve learned so much from my love and I’m inspired by how hardworking, smart, God-fearing, kind and genuine he is.
After the car accident, Amen continued to make it a point to let me know that he was still interested in having me as his girlfriend – however I was just not having it because I didn’t feel like I deserved to be loved by him. We were friends and that was that. I wasn’t willing to automatically accept his proposal to date me after the car accident. As a matter of fact, the car accident became a MAJOR reason why I was determined that dating Amen just wasn’t going to happen. First, was because I felt like I was damaged goods and second was that though we chatted frequently and I was already falling in love with Amen, he hadn’t visited me in the hospital, and only came to the rehab once.
We remained friends and I went back to college in January 2009. Living a new life with spinal cord injury and in nursing school, I’d share everything with Amen! We’d Skype, call each other and were basically inseparable. We shared something we knew was deeper than we could put a label to, but we both knew we had to define our relationship and make progress in life.
As I was healing from the physical trauma caused by the car accident, I was also healing emotionally and coming to terms with the fact that God had given me a second chance at life and at Love. Praying together, laughing together, crying together, and doing everything together, I came to realize that Amen is my blessing from God and if I ever had any moment of doubt of how much God loves me, all I had to do was look at Amen and I’d immediately be reminded that I am blessed beyond what I deserve.
Amen asked me to officially be his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day year 2009 and with all the love and joy in my heart, I said YES! Did I mention we eventually had our first kiss and it was EVERYTHING? Ok, TMI… but everything I ever worried about regarding dating Amen was so insignificant looking back on it now. Having officially dated for 7 years, LAWWWDD I AM SOOOO ready to be his wife!
Having officially dated for 7 years, LAWWWDD I AM SOOOO ready to be his wife!
I am so in love with Amen and although our story is not one of boy meets girl, both fall instantly in love, I am surely grateful for where we are right now. I’ll continue saying to him and to anyone who cares to listen that I wish I could change so many things about our journey, but deep down inside of me, I am just JOYFUL that it was still OUR Journey.
God made me for Amen, and made him for me. I love my handsome, God-fearing, very smart hot milk chocolate. I am so ready to get married and live the life God has planned for the both of us. I cannot wait to build our life together forever and I’m so glad that I stopped wasting time and listened to everything I was feeling when I felt the confirmation that Amen was the man for me.
