Super stunning RnB singer, the queen Bee herself, Beyoncé heats up the cover of Beat Magazine and makes her first Print interview since 2013.
While Beyoncé generally keeps a strict “no interviews” policy, she’s shared a few brief thoughts (most likely by email) in her new BEAT magazine feature.
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Annual international music festival – Felabration 2015 – has begun, as it showcases a variety of talents including musicians, and comedians from all corners of the globe who come to pay respect to the legend, and celebrate his defining sound, Afrobeat.
The brainchild of Felabration brainchild is Yeni Kuti, the legend’s eldest child. The event is held every year in honour of the Afrobeat creator, and music icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Below is a list of performers for the first four days, and photos from their sets.
Photos are in credit of Adetolani Photography.
DAY ONE
Positive World Band, Praiz, Xplosion, Simi, Xplosion, Kemi Katz, Yun K, Emmerson, Prince Banton, Bolaji Da Boy, Spydaman, Mr Smith Lib Money, Nassa Boy, Muri Thunder, Buzzor Dils, Magneto and other artistes.
DAY TWO
Simi, Niniola, Adekunle Gold, Badikah Brass, Ycee, Monica Ogah, Seun Olota, Immaculate, Seriki, General Pype, Tillaman, Base One, Ms Kiss, Slyde, Jaywon, Remi Aluko, Mr 2kay, Kayswitch, Samklef, Sam Gee, Dil, Zayo, Papa Larry, Afro Reggae Band, Sunshadew, Killz, Que Peller, Ame Agogo, Praiz, 2kriss, Tupengo, Erah Gunz, Prince AK2
DAY THREE
Heavy winds, Adeniji, Tjan, Lil Kesh, Seinde Joe, Ak 47, Shakar El, Atawewe, BOJ, Gee 4, Evergreen Band, Aina More, Presh, Vector, Timaya, Jahbless, Ojoklo, Nedu, Blink, Klever Jay, Villago, Allakwa, Dudu Crazy Kulture, Eda Oto, Keziah Jones, Funbi, Temi Dollface, Poe, Show Dem Camp, Sean K.
DAY FOUR
Imole, Efya, Diana Bada, Floss, Falana, Endia, Blackmagic, Brymo, Jahcub, Songito, Sammy ( xtreeme music), Tayo Conga, Waje, Suspekt, Illbliss, Rayce, Wede, Peter Clarke, Malaika, CDQ, Aramide, Newen Afrobeat, Fefe, Prince Osito, Viktoh (YBNL), DJ Jimmy JATT, Shaydee, Xcape, Sandra Izadore, Iziah, Evergreen Band, Kore Sax, Joe El, Elegushi Spender, Skales, Magic Boy, Mama Me
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A male transgender, identified as Amari Jayce, has decided to share his story.
The father of three, who was once a lesbian says he has been asked questions on how he fathered three kids.
SEE ALSO: Black Transgender Woman Attacked & Shot Dead By Group of Men in Philadelphia
He explains he had two kids as a lesbian woman and now has one with his present wife.
In his own words:
Okay, so I get numerous & numerous questions about how my children came about and if their father is still around. So I have decided to share that with you in this post** I knew I always wanted kids but I also knew that would be hard because I, at the time, was living as a masculine lesbian and I knew there was something not right with my body, but I also knew I wanted to take advantage of the body I was given so I could have children of my own to give to the things I didn’t have. A very good male friend of mine at that time offered his “goods” knowing the life I lived. I accepted, and in turn, got my 2 beautiful blessings.
He has been in and out of their life due to choices he’s made… and now he’s not in their life at all. I know that I am not their biological father and I never intended to take that spot because my children know who he is… But I will ALWAYS be the Daddy they need and I was so lucky to find a woman that willingly took the Mommy role and is the best mommy ever. My children will have questions one day, I’m sure, and I will be ready for them because I will be able to tell them that no matter what, “I love you more than I ever thought I could love anybody and no matter what Daddy was here!”
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A man has reportedly been murdered a week after he posted an image of his wife on Facebook with $60k in her hands.
Tony Harris, a 50-year-old electronics repairman showed his wife, Amber Crane, last week, grinning up at the camera, clutching thick stacks of cash in both hands. More money sat piled in her lap.
“I misplaced $60,000.00. I hope my wife didn’t go shopping with it,” the caption joked.
Precisely a week later, at about 11:30 at night, police said, three young men walked into his home on the 1100 block of South Ruby Street in Kingsessing, where he has lived for decades, where he always kept his door unlocked, according to Philly.com.
Two confronted Harris in the living room, where his two youngest children were sitting on the couch Monday night.
One held a gun to his wife’s head in the kitchen:
Where’s the money?” they demanded, over and over.
As the intruders ransacked the house, Harris insisted he didn’t have any money, family members said Tuesday. Then one of the three shot Harris in the head.
He clung to life for just over eight hours at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He was pronounced dead early Tuesday morning.
But Harris’ nephew Anthony Fleming said the post was a joke. The stacks of cash were simply piles of $1 bills, with $20s on top to make them seem far more valuable than they were, Fleming said.
Quite an expensive joke… is not it?
Gorgeous Nollywood actress, Rukky Sanda is apparently a stark lover of white. She shared this quite hot snap from her white home.
SEE ALSO: Rukky Sanda Steps Out rocking Denim On Denim
I like her apartment though… perfect blend.
What ya think about her look though? Flawless or flawed? I know you can’t say flawed *grin*.
This past weekend, Crack detectives foiled attempt by some armed robbers to blow up and rob one of the old generation banks in Ondo State by digging an underground tunnel into the premises.
It was gathered that the gang, had dug over 15 meters into the bank premises from the fence which is behind the bank at Alagbaka area where it is located in Akure metropolice.
Vanguard discovered that the tunnel was able to contain three persons at a time, while the place from where the hoodlums operated, is isolated from other buildings.
It was gathered that the tunnel would have been dug into the banking hall if it had not been discovered by the detectives.
SEE ALSO: Police Recover N27M From Bank Robbers In Festac Today.
Police source said the gang that planned the robbery would have operated at the weekend when the bank staff would not be at work.
Sources said the bankers would have resumed to discover that the banks vault had been blown off and all the money carted away.
Speaking in Akure, the Commissioner of Police, Mike Ogbodu, said:
“It was the banks’ surveillance squad that discovered the long tunnel dug by the suspected armed robbers behind the Ado/Owo Road branch of the bank.’’
“The length of the tunnel dug from the perimeter fence of the bank into the bank premises was about 10 to 15 meters.
“The tunnel was apparently prepared to serve as a passage to the bank premises to carry out their nefarious act without being noticed.’’
According to the Police chief who conducted newsmen round the scene, items recovered include shovel, diggers and other tools, biscuits, pure water sachets and soft drinks.
“This is a new trend being employed by men of the underworld these days. Consequently, bank management are advised to be conscious of the happenings in their environment and also endeavour to always remove any barrier that could serve as cover for criminals,’’ the police commissioner said.
A said Nigerian man could be spending the rest of his life in jail for allegedly smuggling $10million worth of ice into Australia inside a gaudy fish statue.
Mailonline reports that Sydney border force officers found 10kg of the highly addictive drug hidden inside one of three gold-coloured fish statues destined for a residential address in Kaleen, north of Canberra.
Police were alerted and arrested the 32-year-old after he picked up the statues, removed the drugs, and tried to board a bus bound for Sydney on Saturday.
READ ALSO: Nigerian Drug Smuggler “Baba Don” Arrested For The Third Time In India.
The drug stash, which had been imported from China, was found on the man when he was arrested, police say.
The man, who arrived in Australia in July on a student visa, faces a maximum penalty of life in jail if he’s convicted of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an illegal drug.
Lol, I must admit, evil people who carry out wrong doings have skills, like… Mad skills.
If this isn’t skillful, then what do you call it?
An unknown man who bashed another man’s car left a note which reads:
Somebody saw me hit your car so I am writing this note to make it look like I’m leaving you my information. Goodluck
Can you imagine?
Gorgeous Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari transformed into an amazing Asian beauty for a wedding with her cousin yesterday.
The actress also hung out with Majid Michel and wife.
SEE ALSO: Nadia Buari Rocks Red Wig And Cleavage Bearing Outfit. (Photo)
Suits her perfectly, don’t you think?
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Highly rated female Music sensation, Yemi Alade, who bagged loads of awards this year 2015 and nominations, found courage to strip herself of all make-up and filter to share these lovely photos.
SEE ALSO: Checkout WAJE’s Make-Up Free Photo.
When celebrities go make-up free, they either look horrible or they look cute and all.
In Yemi Alade‘s case… I’m not sure.. so I’m asking y’all… She cute or nah?
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In line with the arrest of the director of radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the Indigenous People of Biafra Worldwide and owners of Radio Biafra, have written an open letter to world leaders.
Kanu was apprehended at night on Saturday, October 16th by the Department of State Service, DSS.
A letter by Ifeanyi Chijioke on behalf of the group, said the arrest of Kanu had shown that freedom of speech in Nigeria was a ruse.
The group also threatened to fight the Nigerian government if Kanu was not freed.
“The world leaders must stand up to its integrity, pride, and in defense of the law they made,” the group said, adding that “the UN chatter on the rights of indigenous people had become endangered with the arrest of this leader of indigenous people of Biafra.”
“It’s on record that Nnamdi kanu is a law abiding leader who has disciplined indigenous people of Biafra to strictly abide by local and international law. The gut for his arrest is nothing but slap on the face of United Nations.
“Meanwhile, this is a gross provocation of indigenous people of Biafra and, as endangered people, would only wait shortly for due process and immediate release of her leader.
“The world should know that arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the making of monster in indigenous people of Biafra and to prevent and save lives, world leaders must stand up to their responsibility.
“Biafrans, as endangered species of terror, genocide, murder and unlawful detentions, must be sorted or laws will be taken into their hands.
“Biafrans call on world leaders to prevail on Buhari to with immediate effect release the leader of the people as he is charged with no crime”
Residents of Norther state, Kano, went wild in celebration on Saturday as their Emir, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, rode on a she-camel as against the usual horse, during a durbar, organised to mark the Eid-El-Kabir in arrears.
The event, which took place in the evening, became talk-of-the town as youth and women in purdah, all rushed out to watch the royal father atop a camel.
Some of the women and youth who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described the royal father’s mounting of a camel “as a pleasant surprise to his people”.
They lauded the emir’s sense of “innovation”, saying that he had been adding “colour” to the throne since he became the Emir of Kano.
One of the women interviewed, Amina Kofar- kudu, said the new emir had been creative in the administration of the palace.
Malam Lawan Abdullahi, a resident of the palace, said that history revealed that the Emir’s grandfather once rode on camel to a durbar in Kaduna.
SEE ALSO: Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi marries 18-Year Old Princess as Fourth Wife
A university student, Malam Farid Ahmad, said he was full of excitement to have witnessed the durbar.
“I have never seen live, an emir riding on a camel, so to me it is a whole new experience, ” he said.
NAN reports that the emir conducted the Sallah durbar as a carry-over of the event, as he was away in Saudi Arabia during the Eid- el- Kabir period.
The durbar was held on Saturday and Sunday, although the Saturday event was the crowd- puller. (NAN)
On Sunday, Popular Tinsel actor, Gbero Ajibade who got married to his colleague few months back, Osas Ighodaro shared a photo during his Karate class and a fan called him out for not putting on his wedding ring.
Although, some of his fans lashed back at the person who called him out. But according to an investigation by MPN, it’s observed that he wears it sometimes and on other occasions, he doesn’t.
Let’s not get too excited here though, it’s a karate class, he might not want to get his ring destroyed or misplaced, who knows, it could be in his backpack and he’d put it on after his class.
Don’t judge too quickly folks.
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A British woman has been discovered dead in a toilet at Istanbul Airport after missing a connecting flight. Jacky Sutton, 50, was found hanged at Istanbul Atatürk Airport in the wee hours of Monday morning.
It’s been learnt that she had flown to Istanbul from London but missed a connecting flight to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Local media reports stats she told airport staff she did not have enough money to buy a new ticket. Her body was found a short time later.
Ms Sutton, a former BBC journalist, had worked in Iraq for several years and was the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).
She was also studying for a PhD at the The Australian National University in Canberra.
This Hilarious Comedy Skit Just Crossed Out Radar! and We Find it Hilariously Hilarious!
If Falz continues like this, he’d definitely give Frank Donga a run for his money!
ENJOY!
A man passed away on board an Aer Lingus flight last night after he reportedly started biting another passenger and became unwell after being restrained.
Irish Mirror reports that, flight EI 485 was travelling from Lisbon in Portugal to Dublin in Ireland when it was forced to divert and make an emergency landing in Cork.
Reports claim the man, believed to be 24 years old, began “biting another passenger” and was later restrained by crew after becoming “extremely violent”.
It is understood the man later became unwell after being restrained and fell into a state of unconsciousness, before being pronounced dead on the flight.
SEE ALSO: MH370 – Wreckage Discovered Off African Coast Might Be Missing Malaysian Plane. (Photos)
The pilot informed controllers of the situation on board and requested clearance to divert and land at the airport after the man started to become “extremely violent”.
He told controllers that there was a passenger “running amok” and that he had “injured one or two passengers”.
It is also understood there was a doctor on board who tried to assist the restrained passenger. While nearing Cork airport, the crew informed controllers there was a doctor on board treating “a gentleman”, but said the man in question no longer had a pulse.
All 168 passengers and six crew members were moved off the plane and into the airport. It is also understood a second man was injured during a biting incident, as he tried to help the deceased.
The injured man was taken to hospital following the emergency landing.
Foreign RnB singer, John Legend‘s wife and model, Chrissy Teigen has debunked flying social media rumours that she is expecting twins or triplets.
After the model posted a photo of her visible baby bump yesterday, fans were shocked at how big it already is, considering she only announced a few days ago.
One fan tweeted:
“Uh @ChrissyTeigen from the looks of that bump, I think u might be expecting twins!! Isn’t it kinda early to be already shown like that?”
Another added, “@ChrissyTeigen you got big fast! My bestie is due in Feb and she’s ½ your size. Not twins? Probably triplets.”
In response, an angry Chrissy tweeted:
“I did IVF. One at a time. It isn’t twins. I can see the damn thing,” “Get out of my uterus!” “Please stop. I put one embryo in. I have ultrasounds every few days. I didn’t announce [my pregnancy] at a week.”
A source recently confirmed to E! News that Teigen is in fact three months along.
Her frustrations goes with the popular saying… More money more problems… Lol… I’m sure most of y’all know how expensive a G-Wagon is… Doncha?
Well, this quite exotic automobile has pissed off Entrepreneur/Singer, Dencia. The whitenicious CEO expressed her displeasure with her customized Mercedes G-Wagon.
SEE ALSO: Dencia Pays Tribute To Late Legend Fela | Calls Out Africans For Not Appreciating Their Own Breed.
The busty who singer who has several other cars at her disposal complained about not being able to quickly switch up the speed of her luxury car.
Well, it’s not a sports car, is it?
Y’all know how rapper, 50 Cent, so very much despises hit FOX series, Empire. Well, he’s been given a reasons to smile as the series ratings are dropping after each episode of their 2nd season.
SEE ALSO: 50 Cent Unable To Sell $18.5m Property In 8 Years | Slashes Price To $8.5m.
50cent, who has been promoting his own series, Power, shared the news on social media and wrote:
“Don’t worry. Power Season 3 is going to blow you away. Now, they know not to mess with me”
Rapper 50 Cent as part of his “Individual Social Responsibility” project as set out to feed 1 billion African Children by the end of 2016.
50 started the African project by assisting with the launch of Street King (SK) energy drink in collaboration with Pure Growth Partners. Every time someone buys a bottle of Street King a portion of the profit goes towards feeding a less fortunate child in Africa. Now known as the SK Energy Shot, the drink was ranked the number one energy drink product of the year in both 2013 and 2014. The successful company has already provided millions of meals to children living in Africa.
The “Feeding One Billion Children In Africa” project is definitely on the right track and many other companies are joining this amazing social project.
Thanks to 50 Cent and the entire project crew for addressing the world’s growing problems through smart and sustainable business models.
Nigerian celebrities have been accused of bleaching in the past especially the female ones. While most if not all of them have attributed their fairer skin to good living, some of them have admitted they did undergo a bleaching process.
According to Google, Bleaching means to cause (a material such as cloth, paper, or hair) to become white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight.
Here are 10 female celebrities that have been accused of undergoing bleaching process in the past.
Tonto Dikeh has been widely regarded as a skin bleacher!
The actress has neither denied or accepted such claims that she bleached her skin. Though her photos says otherwise.
Some say it’s heavy makeup, while makeup expert says it’s contouring. Oh well. I guess the throwback photo below will tell otherwise (:
It is an amazing thing to be a celebrity in Nigeria, but one thing that’s more amazing is when you are a celebrity and your sister or brother is also a celebrity like you.
We have quite a number of families who have more than one celebrity and that’s something of excitement.
Here’s a list of celebrities who have a brother or a sister that is also a celebrity.
Culled From 36NG
Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known by his stage name, D’banj is one of Nigeria and Africa’s biggest music star and his brother, Kehinde Oyebanjo, popularly known as Kayswitch is also a performing artists.
They are both well known celebrities.
Kindly click on the next page to continue to see the rest of this list…
An awful lot of you readers are in love with this Stunning Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari, I know this, cause I’ve seen y’all’s comments about her. There’s hardly hatred for the mother of two.
A new photo of the beautiful mother of twins has emerged and I was wondering if y’all are gonna show her some love yet again or probably this time, do otherwise.
SEE ALSO: Nadia Buari And Her Mom Step Out In Matching Outfits. (Photos)
She shared this red hot photo of herself rocking a red wig and a hot top displaying minor cleavage. Y’all are feeling her or nah?
A woman was reportedly raped in South Africa in front of her horrified boyfriend by an armed gang who then tied him up and threw him into a lake where he drowned.
Another couple with them were also attacked and the man bound and drowned in the lake alongside his friend.
The friends were taking a walk in Rhodes Park, Kensington, near Johannesburg, South Africa , around 9pm local time on Saturday when they were attacked by the all-male gang.
One of the women managed to escape, but the other was captured and raped by a gang member in front of her tied-up boyfriend, according to South African media reports .
After the sickening ordeal, the men, aged 25 and 32, were thrown into the dam at the park and drowned. One of the attackers is said to have been carrying a knife, while another had a firearm.
South Africa Police Service spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini said the bodies of the two drowned men were recovered by police divers in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Intelligence Bureau, a network of private detectives who attended the scene, said the women were both forced to watch their partners drown, but police have not confirmed the report.
Cleveland Police spokesperson Constable Mpho Mashakane said:
“Two men, accompanied by their girlfriends, were walking at the park at about 6.30pm yesterday when they were approached by the group of men.
“One of the suspects raped one female victim. The bodies of the two male victims, aged 25 and 32, were later found by police divers,”
No arrests have been made and police are desperate to trace the culprits. Anyone with information is asked to contact to contact Crime Stop’s 24-hour hotline on 08600 1011.
UK Mirror
On Friday, 16th of October, 2015, Governor,Malam Nasir El-Rufai went into an outburst over those criticising his appointments in the state as lopsided.
He was criticised for appointing close friends, family members and non-indigenes in key positions in the state.
According to Vanguard, while answering questions from stakeholders at the 4th town hall meeting with Kaduna Central, he said he could not give appointment to persons that did not vote for him during the last governorship election, adding that anyone that was unhappy about it could go commit suicide.
He said:
If you are not happy with appointments made, you can go and climb Kufena mountain, fall and die.
“It was what you voted that you got, because we are aware that there are people who did not vote for us, in fact they worked against us.“But now they claim to be APC members and loyal to the party. We know such people. And so there is no way they would expect anything from us.
Earlier, Governor El-Rufai also unveiled new logo for the state saying henceforth the state will now use its own court of arms.
“As a reflection of our confidence in the future of Kaduna State, we are today unveiling a new State Logo.
A 70 year old Amos Otene came back to life after he was certified dead by medical practitioners and made to spend over 30 hours in a mortuary in Makurdi, Benue State.
According to a report, doctors, at a private hospital in the town had, on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, certified Otene dead at 4.30 a.m. and wheeled him into the mortuary, awaiting instructions from members of the family for embalming.
The report stated that, but for the visit by the son of the ‘deceased’ to confirm the news, the Otene family would have been preparing to inter the agriculturalist who retired from Benue State civil service three years ago.
The old man had toothache and was rushed to the private clinic, on Tuesday, August 25.
A day later, he was certified dead and the doctors whose names were not mentioned in the report could have immediately ordered his embalming, but there was no family member to give the go-ahead. So they wheeled him to the morgue.
30 hours thereafter, Eche Otene, the son of the ‘deceased’, who lives in Lafia, Nasarawa State, came visiting and the hospital was thrown into confusion when the father raised his hand to acknowledge the presence of his son and followed that gesture by sitting up on the mortuary trolley.
The question now is: Was the man sentenced to death by an inexperienced medical team or he actually died but was brought back to life by God?
To the science-inclined minds, Pa Otene could not have died in the first place and the question of resurrection was out of the question. The only explanation, according to a Makurdi-based medical practitioner, Dr. Ameh Edace, is that the retiree could only have been “in a long coma”.
The Medical Director of Rekiya Memorial Hospital, Kaduna, Dr. Bello Mohammed, said that
“in the history of medicine, there has not been any case of anybody coming back to life after being certified dead.” He added: “If a person is pronounced clinically dead, he remains dead and there is no way he can come back to life, certainly not after 24 hours. On this case in question, the only medical explanation is that the patient was in a long coma.”
To this school of thought therefore, if doctors had certified Pa Otene dead, then the competence of such doctors should be called to question. In other words, something must be amiss with the death certification.
Culled from Vanguard.
It’s being reported to us newly that Father of the Catholic masses, Pope Francis will not be visiting the country, but will meet slum dwellers and refugees and call for dialogue between Christians and Muslims when he visits Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic next month, this is according to the Vatican.
In his first trip to Africa, the pope will reportedly spend about two days in each country and visit only the capitals. In Nairobi, he will visit Kangemi, a slum that is home to 650,000 people.
He will also hold an inter-religious meeting and say a Mass at a university in the capital.
READ ALSO: “Forgive Women Who Have Had Abortions” – Pope Francis Speaks To Priests.
The Kenya stop had been in doubt in the initial planning of the November 25-30 trip. In Uganda, Francis is scheduled to visit a home for the disabled in Nalukolongo, a suburb of the capital Kampala.
The last stop is Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, where he is meeting with Muslim leaders in the Koudoukou mosque.
Many have wondered why he is skipping North-eastern Nigeria which is plagued by Boko Haram. But, it may be because Boko Haram is not considered a religious crises anymore as Muslims are victims as much as Christians are.
Among the top highest paid hip-hop rappers by Forbes, Drake and Pop star, Chris Brown‘s ex, Karrueche Tran reportedly ended up at the same nightclub last night.
This comes few months after Chris Brown accused Karrueche of going to see Drake while he was in jail. The ex-girlfriend of the pop star showed up at the trendy Mr Nice Guy in Hollywood while rapper, Drake was already inside.
SEE ALSO: “Lot Of People Think I’m Weak” – Karrueche Tran Talks More On Split With Chris Brown.
In his Live From The Gutter track, Drake used Karrueche’s name to get at Chris Brown, rapping:
This is for my n****s on that bulls**t and that nonsense. This is for my dawgs that go Karrueche with the chopsticks.’
CB responded on social media, writing:
‘I’m too blessed for the bulls**t. People who have had to sit and watch me for years do me and watch their females actually love me always show their insecurities.’
It’s unknown though if they hooked up or probably Karrueche just went there to cause a frenzy and get people talking.
A 39 year old Chamberlin Ojoko, has been apprehended after he allegedly gave his pregnant girlfriend, Chinonye Ella, 25, a local abortion concoction.
The concoction caused fatal adverse reaction which resulted to her death, on the 20th of July, 2015. Ojoko was alleged to have calmly gone home to borrow a shovel from his brother, Pastor Sopuruchi and buried the corpse of the deceased girlfriend in a shallow grave, which he dug at the back of an uncompleted building owned by one Dr Maduakolam Ukaegbu, a kinsman.
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, revealed that the chain of events that ultimately led to the untimely death of Chinonye began the day she boarded the same bus with Ojoko in December 2014, at Achingali, in Obowo Local Government Area, Imo State.
They chatted along the way as the trip progressed and then exchanged phone numbers. While Chinonye lived in Umuahia, Ojoko on his part resided in Port Harcourt. Over the intervening period, Ojoko regularly invited her to Owerri, where they would lodge in a hotel and have fun.
After each visit, he would give her N3,000 to N4,000 to cover her transportation costs. This continued until Chinonye informed him that she had become pregnant.
Apparently, the news that she had conceived was not well received by Ojoko, who set about sourcing for a local concoction, probably after convincing her on the need to abort the innocent unborn child.
Lakanu explained further that on July 20, 2015, the suspect took Chinonye to an uncompleted building at Ezeakam Eziudo, his community, where he gave her the local abortion concoction. Within hours, her condition became critical as intense pain wracked her body, particularly around the stomach.
According to Sunday Sun, at the headquarters of the Imo State Police Command, where he is being held in custody while investigations continue, Ojoko recounted what happened that fateful night he gave his girlfriend the abortion concoction.
He said:
“On July 20, 2015, I took my girlfriend to an uncompleted building around 6:30pm. My girlfriend took the herbal medicine, but later she started writhing in pain. Then she died. I ran to my house and took a shovel; I carried her body to the side of the building. I dug the ground and buried her in a shallow grave.”
Believing in his heart that he had covered his deed like Cain, who killed his brother Abel, Ojoko returned to Port Harcourt, to the warm embrace of his unsuspecting and pregnant wife. But unknown to him, a certain little girl had seen him carry out the dead body of Chinonye, and dump it in the grave he dug.
The little girl later told the owner of the building about the horrific crime she saw. After the shock of the revelation wore off, Dr. Ukaegbu ran to the Ezinihitte police station to report what he was told by the girl.
The police station contacted the Head of the Homicide Unit at the Imo State headquarters in Owerri, Supol Innocent Obi, who led his men, Pastor Sopuruchi Ojoko (brother of the suspect) and Dr. Ukaegbu, to Port Harcourt, where Chamberlain Ojoko was arrested.
Giving further insight to the incident, brother of the suspect, Pastor Sopuruchi Ojoko, told Sunday Sun:
“I saw my brother Chamberlin Ojoko and his girlfriend on that day around 3.00pm. They didn’t enter our house in the compound; instead they walked toward Eziudo road. About 9:00pm, I saw that my elder brother, Chamberlin, returned to the house without the girl.
“He requested for shovel and took it to the bush. He didn’t return till 11:00pm. I asked him where he was coming from at that late hour; he said he went to the toilet. I asked him, why he came to the village without informing us.
He replied that he was working at the building site. I saw bruises and wounds on his hand. When information got to us that my elder brother murdered his girlfriend, I had to take the policemen to Port-Harcourt to arrest him.”
On August 15, 2015, the body of the deceased girlfriend was exhumed and autopsy conducted. The policemen discovered how he used the deceased girlfriend’s cloth to choke her.
There were stains of the victim’s blood at the uncompleted building. The police also learnt that the suspect threw away the handset of the deceased girlfriend.
As it stands now, Lakanu said the Command is concerned to locate the relations of the deceased given that her handset which could have offered assistance in this regard was thrown away by the suspect.
“We want members of the public to assist us and provide information that would help us find the relations of the deceased. We learnt from the suspect that the deceased resided in Umuahia, Abia State, before her demise,” Lakanu pleaded.
A 34 year old undergraduate had been reportedly apprehended after he tried to smuggle 108 ATM debit cards out of the country at the Muritala Muhammed Airport.
Udeh Onuora Pascal was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, in the process of boarding a Qatar Airline flight to China.
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58 of the ATM cards were issued by First City Monument Bank (FCMB), 23 belong to Stanbic IBC Bank while Zenith Bank has 19, Fidelity Bank 6 and Diamond Bank 2.
The suspect claimed to be a trader at the Onitsha main market and also a 300 level History and International Relations student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
In his statement, he admitted that he is not the owner of the ATM cards and he was only asked to take them to China.
He said:
“I am not the owner of the cards. I was told to take them to China and that somebody will collect them from me when I get there.I never knew it would lead to my arrest.”
Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade said:
“This is a suspected money laundering case involving cash transfer with debit cards. The EFCC will carry out further investigation on the case. We must continue to work together as a united force against criminal syndicates.”
