Friday 14 March 2014

Kidnappers fed me with garri and oil – Jonathan’s uncle

Chief Inengite Nitabai

Chief Inengite Nitabai, President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle and adopted father, has been rescued by the police after 18 days in the kidnappers’ den.
However, Nitabai, whose abduction had occupied media space, has sour tales to tell.
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of his captors, Nitabai, a former university lecturer, said his abductors fed him with garri and oil for the 18 days he was held captive.
He also said he was blindfolded throughout the period.
He said  he was almost submerged in a swamp while the kidnappers were moving him from one spot to another because he was blindfolded.
The already emanciated man, said, “My ordeal in the hands of my captors was simply horrendous.
“I was blindfolded  for those 18 days. So I did not see my abductors.
“They fed me with garri and oil. There was a day they were asking me some foolish questions and I kept quiet. They were upset and beat me up. It was a miracle I did not die that day.”
Inengite said he had yet to know the motive behind his abduction.
When reminded that it could be because of his relation with President Jonathan, he answered that he could not rule it out.
The septuagenarian, who had lectured at Rivers State University beforing moving to the Niger Delta University, where he retired, was abducted by 10 gunmen about 9pm on February 23, 2014.
It took about four days before the kidnappers opened up channel of communication with the family.
In one of those discussions, they demanded ransom of N500m from the victim’s family.
The kidnappers were said to be infuriated when the family members said they could only afford N30m.
The offer was rejected by the kidnappers, allegedly saying the amount was “unpresidential.”
However,  the police asked the family not to pay any ransom. This was also supported by the Ijaw Youth Council.
The police later arrested the father of a man suspected to be the mastermind of the abduction.
The arrest of the mastermind’s father was said to caused confusion in the captors’ camp.
The police were said to have used the development to hit them.
A police source, who craved anonymity, said the arrest of the mastermind’s father weakened the abductors bargaining edge.
It was learnt that it was in the midst of the confusion that the police anti-kidnapping squad closed in on them.
It was further learnt that the kidnappers abandoned their captive when they sighted the police.
The Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Hillary Opara, said Nitabai was rescued in the early hours of Thursday.
Opara said Nitabai was rescued at Ogboma, off Odioma in Brass Local Government Area.
He said the kidnappers abandoned their captive when the police anti-kidnapping operatives closed in on them (kidnappers) in an operation that took place between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Opara said, “Since Chief Inengite Nitabai was kidnapped, we have been working with other security stakeholders to rescue the victim.
“He was rescued at about 12.05am on Thursday. We applied professionalism in the way and manner we handled the operation.
“I thank the Nitabais for heeding the advice of the  police not to pay ransom.
“I also wish to thank my boss in Zone 5 and the Inspector General of Police for their advice and not stampeding us.”
The commissioner also commended Governor Seriake Dickson, who he said, funded many trips that they undertook in the course of the rescue.
Opara said the police had fortified the Ogbia area, which had been the hotbed of many kidnappings.

Heavy shooting, confusion in Maiduguri as soldiers, gunmen clash

Live report from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, says the town is in turmoil as there is heavy fighting between soldiers and Boko Haram fighters for the control of the capital city.
Our correspondent reports that there is heavy shooting between men of the Joint Military Task Force and heavily armed militants, sending panic across Maiduguri.
Residents are said to be presently scampering for their lives, students are being hurriedly picked from schools and workers are returning home.
The streets are reported to gradually becoming desolate except the presence of the warring parties.

Details later

Fake prophet arrested in Lagos (Photos)




A man named Chuks Samson Obasi, who for many months paraded himself as Dr. Chris Okafor, the General Overseer of Mountain of Liberation & Miracle Ministry, (Liberation City) has been arrested.

The 33year old fake pastor was arrested on Sunday March 9th by Liberation City security operatives, who had been getting complaints from several victims of Mr Obasi. He was nabbed and handed over to the police when he came to the church to collect money from another victim not knowing it was a trap. Continue to see something a church member wrote about the arrest..
The hunt for this fake prophet began when the church realized that some church members were making comments that a man came calling that he is the founder of Liberation City that if they want him to go to their village that they must be ready to give certain amount of money depending on their cases, since then the church has continued to monitor the activities of this evil man, but his cup got filled on a fateful Sunday as he was in church for the first service, at the second service the man of God located a lady called Juliet and the man of God warned Juliet to be wary of fake prophet that is about to defraud her, immediately the lady said one Obasi was in church for the first service that it was the GO that directed that she should follow him (Chuks Obasi) to the mountain for special family deliverance, the contact of the fake prophet was collected and contacted by the church security operatives. The security operatives contacted him in disguise as if they were the lady he was asked to come to makodo to collect the 20,000 agreed with the lady for the deliverance, unknown to him they were security operatives, he came and he was apprehended. While interrogating Chuks Obasi on where he was ordained as a man of God, he said his mother told him he is a special being that God want to use him, that is why he took to this job, he confessed that he is only doing the job to make ends meet and sustain his family, he also said he has duped lots of people pretending to be a popular man of God, he confessed that if the country is good he would not have been doing such hideous acts. Items discovered in his bag are two bottle of anointing oil, bottle of crude oil, various I.D cards, picture of his clients with various letters behind them, his phone which has pictures of him in the beer parlor drinking beer, though he confessed that he is an addicted drunkard, he has since been handed over to the police post at Adogboluja, Ojodu Abiodun, Ogun State

Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas Rescues Six Asian Girls Sex Slaves




Anas Aremeyaw Anas

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has, once again, done an undercover operation that has led to the rescue of six Asian girls trafficked to Ghana and forced to work as sex slaves.

The six, aged between 29 and 38 were lured from Vietman believing they were travelling to America for readily available well-paid jobs.
Their ‘masters’ eventually landed them in Ghana and after seizing their passports and travelling documents, turned them into commercial sex workers.


Supt. Patience Quaye and one of the victims.

Anas, after a five-month undercover investigation disguised as “John Sullivan”, an American working at one of the oil rigs in Takoradi, finally managed to rescue all six girls and got some of the traffickers arrested.

Anas was supported by the International Police Agency (INTERPOL), the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service led by Supt. Patience Quaye and the Western Regional Superintendent of the unit, ASP Obeng dickson.

The operation was also assisted by the US and UK embassies, as well as the Vietnamese Embassy.


Indian herb found in the guest house

The police found some passports, contraceptive pills, pornographic movies and some Indian hemp in the rooms. They also found a bag which contained some of the money that the traffickers had made off the girls.

They were taken to the Takoradi District Police Command, and transferred to Accra and are currently being processed for court.


one of the traffickers being whisked away

The ‘masters’, two Chinese nationals – Hwang Se Hui, 49 and CzTian Ping, 35 – played the role of pimps or ‘sex agents’ and directly received payment from male clients who patronised the services of the girls.

All that the sex slaves got in return was food and clothing, mostly very provocative ones to entice the sex customers. They were camped at the Jang Mi Guest House in Takoradi.

Comic Nollywood Actor, Ime Bishop Umoh's Wife Is Pregnant





Naijapals.com has been reliably informed by an industry source that the wife of popular comic Nollywood actor, Ime Bishop Umoh, otherwise known as Okon, Idara Saviour, is now pregnant.

This information was revealed to us by the source, who sighted the actor’s wife on a movie set in Surulere, Lagos some days ago.

‘Bishop Umoh’s wife came to see her husband on a movie set in Surulere. Everyone was excited seeing her and Bishop was applauded for scoring a goal so fast,’ our source said.

Bishop Umoh and Saviour got married on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Christ The King School, Barracks Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Benin People jubilate Capture Of A Notorious Kidnapper Popularly Called General




There has been great jubilation in Edo State after the police captured a notorious 23 years old Stanley Omeregie who has instilled fear in the mind of the people. He had been declared wanted by the Edo State police command for series of alleged kidnapping and armed robbery along Lagos/Benin bypass.
The suspect, described by the police as most wanted had been alegedly operating with reckless abandon until nemesis caught up with him at Boji-Boji area of Agbor, Delta State, after a fierce gun duel with the anti-kidnapping unit of the state command.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Folusho Adebanjo who confirmed the arrest told Crime Watch that the suspect was really notorious and had been declared wanted for various offences ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery.

The Commissioner said: “Most of his gang members have been in the police custody while some died during exchange of gun fire with the police. Yet, he keeps recruiting more members. “That boy Stanley, a.k.a General, has confessed that he was responsible for October 14, 2013 kidnap of a mechanical Engineer, Godspower Onwuboha at Evbarekide Spare Parts area, Textile Mill Road, Benin.

He allegedly collected millions of money as ransom. “He also confessed that he was responsible for the kidnap of one Daniel Uduagemeh who he collected millions of naira as ransom too.

He kidnapped another victim on Benin-Akure road and collected N2 million ransoms. He one time abducted a school teacher and her two children in Delta State but the victims were rescued at Ahor community along Benin Bypass.
Adebanjo said recently, his men confronted the suspect and his gang in Ahor forest where two members of the gang lost their lives to the superior firepower of the police.

The two-gang members who died during encounter with my men were Nosa and Shakira. He said one AK 47 rifle, 103 rounds of AK 47 live ammunition, two English pump action guns with 99 lives cartridges, one locally made pistol, one double barrel gun and three pump action guns were recovered from the suspect.
Benin People Jubilate The Capture Of A Notorious Kidnapper Popularly Known As 'General'

List Of Ghanaian Celebrities Who May Die This Year -- Prophet



Several Ghanaian entertainers have been placed on red alert by a man of God who is prophesying that they will face their demise soon, if they do not take precaution.

Prophet Samuel Baffour of El Shaddai Prayer Center, making the shocking claim on Channel R- 92.7FM’s ‘205’; gave a list of entertainers who may face death, the cause and nature of their death and what they must do to avert such calamity.

According to the Prophet, he got such revelation from God and backed the divine disclosure with spiritual research and concluded on the names of the entertainers. Per the Prophet’s proclamation,  has listed the celebrities mentioned who are in line to die;

The ‘African Dancehall King’ was the first on the death list. According to the prophet, some persons in the music industry are planning the death of Samini. He claimed that some persons are envious of the talent and success of the artiste and are plotting to harm him which will lead to his death.

The Musicians Union of Ghana President’s name was also revealed to the Prophet as one of the lot to die.  Narrating how Obour will die, the Prophet stated that a fellow musician will die and during the funeral, some persons will poison Obour. His tummy will bloat (more than it is now) as a result of the poison which will lead to his death.

According to the prophet, a lot of Ghanaians hate the beautiful actress and are planning her untimely death. He said that, some persons are feverishly scheming against the actress in a move that will stall her progress. She will sink so low nobody will recognize her and that will lead to her death.

Prophet professed that the Kumawood actor will die in bizarre circumstances. Lil’ Win will die either by knocking down somebody with his car which will result in his lynching or he will drive his car into a tree or an electric pole.

According to God’s revelation, Nadia’s death will be a replication of Suzzy William’s death. Suzzy, a budding actress died in a motor accident along the Labadi-Tema road.

Prophet announced that things are not going well in the life of Daddy Lumba with regards to his health. According to him, Daddy Lumba is seriously ill and it is spiritual with some persons behind his sickness. Daddy Lumba may die from his ailment.


                              K.K. Kabobo

Kabobo is now a pastor but that didn’t save him from the death list. His appearance in the list is due to the fact that, some people in the music industry have so much hatred for him, and they are conspiring to kill him. The one-time highlife star completes the list.

Prophet Samuel Baffour expressed that he and members of his church are praying to salvage the lives of these celebrities but he cautioned all of them to pray without ceasing if indeed, they want to live.

Surprisingly, the Prophet failed to mention the names of the people who are plotting to kill the entertainers. “It is a security matter so, I cannot mention the names; but if these people come to see me, I will reveal the names of the plotters to them individually,” he suggested.

Thursday 13 March 2014

BREAKING NEWS: Yobe Emir Dies in Auto Crash


Mahammadu Mai Yeri Ibn Isa II, is dead. The first class Emir was reported to have died in a ghastly car crash in Gerei, in Adamawa State. The Secretary of the Emirate Council Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Mai Yeri, who confirmed the death to newsmen in Damaturu, informed that royal father died in an auto crash which occurred around 2:00p.m., Monday afternoon. Aged 49, the royal father was survived by two wives and 13 children. It was gathered that his father, whom he succeeded, also died in an auto crash on Damaturu/Maiduguri highway. A palace source revealed that the late emir will be buried Tuesday at his home-town in Ngelzarma

Final year FUTO student, others arrested for robbery


. Imo State Police Command yesterday arrested a 400 level student of Federal University of Technology (FUTO), Unamaka Bright for alleged armed robbery. Bright who hails from Akabo in Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state was arrested after a shoot–out with the Police by some hoodlums suspected to be armed robbers operating inside a hotel


       
 Imo State Police Command yesterday arrested a 400 level student of Federal University of Technology (FUTO), Unamaka Bright for alleged armed robbery. Bright who hails from Akabo in Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state was arrested after a shoot–out with the Police by some hoodlums suspected to be armed robbers operating inside a hotel located along FUTO Ihiagwa Road. The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri while parading the suspects along with others arrested for various crimes, said that upon arrest, one locally made Signal barrel pistol and live cartridges were recovered from the said Bright. According to Abdulmajid “acting on a tip off on the kidnap of one Cyril Echesi who was abducted on the Express Road along Uli-Ihiala LGA, Anambra State by gunmen numbering about four and a lady operating in a black Toyota Camry car, our men through its interstate dragnet intercepted the hoodlums between the boundary of Ohaji, Imo State and River state.” In the process, the police boss said Cyprian Uduak Sylvester aged 37 from Akwa Ibom State, Endurance Happ 21, Chima Obi Omelo and Chijioke Odunze aged 24 were arrested.

              Abdulmajid added that his men on March 2 through its community dragnets arrested one of the members of a threeman gang who specialised in baby stealing for ritual and money making purposes. According to him, the three men had jumped the fence of one Susnne Udeze of Umuduruji Umuchoke Amaigbo in the Nwagele LGA into her kitchen and forcefully carried away her one year and eight months grand son and escaped into the bush

SO SAD: Many People Died After Boat Capsizes In Festac, Lagos


Some 11 bodies were recovered after a boat capsized last night in Lagos according to emergency rescue officials.



According to Saharareporters, a boat carrying 15 passengers reportedly capsized opposite 41 Road in Festac around 11: 30 PM Nigeria time. Inversely, the Eagle Online reports disclose to us that, no fewer than 20 persons were killed in a boat mishap in Lagos State on Tuesday.

A distress call was sent to the Navy and the National Emergency management Agency asking for rescue. NEMA sources told SaharaReporters that 11 bodies have been recovered so far. The search and rescue operations continue.

5 most bankable Nollywood actresses [Photos]





This list is compiled by Encomiun magazine and from available facts and gists as a blogger we kind of agree with it. There is always  stiff rivalry when you talk about Nollywood actresses especially between Genevieve nnaji and Omotola Jalade in all major categories but once again this list draws conclusion from information that is available to the public. Our actress make their millions from endorsements and merchandising. While some are cornering big deals , others have also diversified to expand their streams of income...  Checkout the five bankable actresses in Nollywood according to ENCOMIUM


GENEVIEVE NNAJI

Genevieve Nnaji, 36, started her acting career as a child in the popular TV soap opera, Ripples at age 8. At 19, she did her first major movie, Most Wanted, after which she did several others.

In 2004, she was chosen as the Face of Lux toilet soap, a very lucrative endorsement deal. She also launched her own clothing line in 2008 named St. Genevieve. In May 2010, she was appointed the official face of make-up designing in Nigeria. Ms. Nnaji got a deal also as the face of a US and South African brand, Cintron energy drink for N50 million. In June 2012, she was unveiled as the brand ambassador of Range Rover Envogue by Coscharis Motors, and it was reported that they paid her $100,000.
In 2014, hard work is still paying off for the screen goddess as she joined her other colleagues as Etisalat announced her as the brand ambassador for Easy Flex, which was reportedly worth N100 million. She was also signed by Polo, an endorsement worth N50 million. She recently starred in Half of a Yellow Sun, produced by Africa’s prolific book writer, Chimammanda Adichie.Lets not also forget she just got a very lucrative deal with Amstel Malta for an undisclosed fee.

OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE


Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is definitely a household name and she is known not just in Nigeria but other parts of the world. Omosexy, as she’s fondly called, began her acting career in 1995 with the movie, Venom of Justice.

She did her first major role in the movie, Mortal Inheritance and she has over 300 movies on her scorecard, including award-winning movie, Ije, which made her N30 million richer and Last Flight to Abuja in which she made N24 million.
In 2013, Omotola was honoured as one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine alongside Michelle Obama, Beyonce and Kate Middleton.
On February 7, 2014, Omosexy turned 36. She also signed a multi-million naira deal with Ghandour Cosmetics, a company based in Ghana. She will be the Face of BO-16, a hair relaxer and hair care range for the Ghanaian company.

FUNKE AKINDELE


Pretty and likeable actress Funke Akindele shot to limelight with her popular movie, Jenifa, and Return of Jenifa 1 and 2. In Return of Jenifa, she ranked in over N35 million.

2013 was indeed a year of blessing in the life of Funke as she enjoyed some major endorsements as the ambassador for Vitaform, where she reportedly got N20 million. She also had endorsement deals with Qlichy.com, Jobberman.com, Globacom, Klin Detergent and Lagos Inland Revenue Service.
Funke Akindele has also featured in scores of movies including A Wish, Jet Fighter, White Hunters, Sherikoko, Married but Living Single, The Hero, Oga On Top and so many others.
Recently, over 28 students graduated from her film academy, Scene One School of Drama, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.

KATE HENSHAW


Kate Henshaw launched herself into Nollywood in 1993 with the hit movie, When the Sun Sets. She won the Africa Movie Academy Award in 2009, for the Best Actress in a Leading Role in the movie, Stronger Than Pain. The ebony actress is the ambassador of Onga seasoning and Face of Blessing Perfumes. She is also an ambassador of Samsung mobile alongside music star and label owner, Banky W.

Kate Henshaw was once one of the ambassadors for telecommunications giant, Globacom. In 2013, she released her autobiography, The Life of an Actress and it was reported she got N5 million from Rivers State government. Kate Henshaw was also among the judges of Nigeria’s Got Talent and sources claimed she was paid N43 million, including seating allowance. She is a single mother of one daughter, Ella. Kate was born on July 19, 1971.
MERCY JOHNSON


Mercy Johnson is presently one of the busiest actresses in Nollywood. The curvy thespian is the toast of many producers. Mercy is a big media brand though with no major endorsement deal yet.

The Kogi born movie role interpreter, pockets between N1.5 million and N2 million per script. While Mercy was pregnant, many movie producers struggled for her baby bum to appear on their movie jacket and they wrote scripts to align with her pregnancy.
Among Mercy’s movies are Baby Oku in America, Obioma, The Slave Girl, Heart of a Fighter, Mud of Hardship, Daniella, Endless Agony, Immaculate Heart, Painful Souls, Weeping Kingdom, and many others.
Mercy Johnson was born on August 28, 1984 and she is married to an Edo prince, Prince Okojie and their union is blessed with a daughter, Purity.

Angry Senator Florence Ita Giwa Says She Has A Right To Enjoy Life Now



You recall last month, an excited Senator Florence Ita-Giwa celebrated her 68th birthday party in Lagos and as usual, practically all the Nigerian big shots and entertainment celebrities were in attendance and everyone had a good time.  Pictures were released on blogs and Senator Florence was shocked when she read very negative comments by people who insinuated she was a self seeking indulgent socialite, who squanders money and wasn't doing anything in charity.



An angry Senator Florence has now released a statement to address her haters and set the record straight. She also explained why she's always spotted with Nigerian entertainment celebrities who her critics say are not even her mates.
The PR reads:

"To say that I am upset about the cheap pot shots taken at me for celebrating my 68th birthday will be stating the obvious. If the authors of the hack job that was posted on net which attracted many adverse comments had bothered to research my antecedents before going to town with the tainted piece, they may not have put the cynical slant that they did on a routine celebration.

First of all , let it be known that I have no apologies to make for celebrating my birthday in the manner it was done. I, more than anybody else have every cause to celebrate as elaborately as possible given the many blessings and triumphs that God in his mercy has bestowed on me. I have had an amazing life journey, which has seen me through many deep valley experiences and exhilarating mountain top moments, so I have every reason to thank God and celebrate with my many friends, whose goodwill and prayers have enriched my life.

To attempt to portray me as an uncaring and frivolous member of the ruling class is to do a disservice to my political life’s work. From the time I entered the political arena over twenty years ago, I had sworn to put the welfare of my people above mine, and even casual observers of politics can attest to this fact. Ordinarily, I would have overlooked the story of my birthday posted on the internet as one of those things that prominent persons are bound to experience from time to time, but the negative comments the piece attracted leaves me with no option.

Perception as they say is reality and I owe it to the thousands of youths who have adopted me as their role model to correct the fundamentally flawed piece. Modesty demands that one should not advertise one's good deeds, however at a time like this when my honour is being questioned, I am constrained to mention a few of the activities that I have committed my life to:

Last Christmas I organized a Christmas party for 3000 displaced Bakassi children, in addition to distributing relief materials to displaced Bakassi persons on a regular basis over the years. At considerable personal cost, I have championed the agitation for the resettlement of the Bakassi people. Every year, I organize The Children Of Bakassi Red Ball where I invite my Nigerian and Expatriate friends to raise funds to address the issues confronting my Bakassi people.
I have adopted over 12 Bakassi children, they all attend the most prestigious school in Calabar ( Access School).

While these activities are by no means all that I do on behalf of my people, I think they are enough to put a lie to the insinuation that I am a self seeking indulgent socialite. As a matter of fact, my birthday celebrations are usually used as an avenue to further advance my agitation for the resettlement of my people. This year as part of the ceremonies, we unveiled the Crest of my Traditional Title as Mother Of The Efik Kingdom with the motto‘’ SERVICE TO HUMANITY’’ a creed that I live by.

While we are at it , I might as well address the other issues that appear to agitate some of my detractors, chief of which is my relationship with members of the entertainment industry. I have no reason to be ashamed of this group of patriotic Nigerians who have raised the profile of our nation beyond our wildest dreams. These young people have always offered their services to my many causes at little or no cost, it is only natural that I reciprocate their affection by being identified with them.

The other issue that appears to give my traducers sleepless nights is the fact that I don’t look my age. If they must know, in addition to God blessing me with good genes, I have made a habit of working out and eating right. I am 68 years old and have no desire to turn back the hand of time. Indeed I am proud of the fact that I am aging gracefully.

As long as I have life in me, I will continue to live up to my creed , which is ‘’ SERVICE TO HUMANITY’’ regardless of what ever my detractors say. My life is an open book, only the truly mischievous will seek to tarnish my hard earned reputation”.

EFCC Arrests Warder For Opening Bank Account For Inmate -- EFCC Press





A 29 year-old warder with the old Abeokuta Prisons, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Joseph Emmanuel is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly assisting a prison inmate in carrying out fraudulent financial transactions, as well as using the name and documents of an illiterate taxi driver, to open a First Bank account for the inmate.

The suspect allegedly assisted the inmate whom he called ‘Ora’ to open the account, using the name of one taxi driver in his neighbourhood called Monsuru Ogunsina Adeogun". He took the step after he rejected the entreaties of the inmate to avail him of his account number.

Having made a promise to help the inmate with an account number, Emmanuel threw caution and his work ethics to the wind and went ahead to open an account, in the name of Adeogun, a father of four.

Investigations showed that, after filling out the account opening documents and observing all account opening formalities Emmanuel received the withdrawal booklet and an ATM card to the account. He handed the withdrawal booklet to Adeogun and according to him, “I took the ATM card to Ora (the inmate) and I helped him make three withdrawals from the account, until the fourth time when the ATM machine rejected the card and I called Adeogun to bring the withdrawal booklet, and it was that Tuesday (March 5, 2014) that Adeogun was arrested at the bank and I came down to EFCC to see him the following day and I was also detained for my involvement”.

During investigation, it was gathered that the same inmate had previously convinced one Ogunnariwo Mary, a student of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, to help him open an account with her name. According to Mary,   “I went to the Abeokuta prisons to seek for an Industrial Attachment placement, but was told that I have to go to the Head Office, but before I could leave, an inmate who introduced himself as ‘Timilehin’ approached me and pleaded with me to help him open an account for him with my name so that I can help him withdraw money whenever his family pays in money into the account”.

She said she went ahead to open the account in her name, and helped the inmate to make several withdrawals, which were always collected by different men who managed to show up each time she got a call from the inmate to go and make a withdrawal.

This, she said, happened between December 2013 and March 5, 2014, when she was also arrested because the ATM machine rejected the card and she went into the banking hall to lodge a complaint and to make the withdrawal with a withdrawal slip.

Both Adeogun and Mary Ogunnariwo were arrested the same day and at the same bank and brought to the office of the EFCC together.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Building Explosion Leaves 2 Dead, 18 Injured In New York City This Morning



At least two people died and 18 injured in a major explosion in New York City this morning, caused by a gas leak that razed two buildings to the ground.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has confirmed that the explosion was caused by a gas leak. Speaking to news men, he said; “This is a tragedy of the worst kind, because there was no indication in time to save people”. He also says some people are still missing and rescue workers are already searching through the rubble of the building for survivors.

More photos after the cut.







I Go Dye Shows Off His Multi Million Dollar Luxurious "Castle" In Benin

Trust Comedian IGoDye, who now travels country to county to entertain Presidents and Governors, to go all out to enjoy his wealth. His new castle, a "French Luxury Chateaux des Reves Design", has entered its finishing stages.



Paul Psquare Wedding To ANita Isama Takes Place On 22nd March In Port Harcourt




Naijapals has confirmed that the traditional wedding of Paul Okoye and his fiancée Anita Isama will hold in Port Harcourt on Saturday, March 22, 2014.

Paul and the Okoye family have already started the distribution of elegantly designed invitation cards made by T|W|S to guests.

The wedding will hold at the Aztech Arcum at 12 noon. The invitation card also reveals that the traditional wedding will be a Teal and Coral affair.

The couple got engaged in September 2013 after welcoming their first child Andre four months earlier. There have been rumours the Psquare twins will throw a combo wedding. But insiders are now saying it’s unlikely that will happen.

Malaysian witch doctors try to locate missing plane (Photos)




 Since the Malaysian government is showing no headway in the search for missing plane,a well-known Malaysian (shaman)/witch doctor Ibrahim Mat Zin (centre) holding two coconuts performed a ritual using a fish hook and bamboo binoculars to 'locate' the missing plane.He said it's a "promising" way to bring something back.
Shaman Ibrahim Mat Zin performing his rites at Kuala Lumpur International Airport  told Malaysian state news agency Bernama that his vision turned black and he believed the plane was either still in the air or had crashed in the sea.

More photos below

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Sanusi tells New York Times, Money stolen from Nigerian Oil is shared by a Cabal



After his unceremonious ouster from the Central Bank of Nigeria late February, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has continued to insist that a huge amount of money is missing from the Federal Government coffers and the Goodluck Jonathan Administration owes the country a responsibility to get to the root of the alleged misappropriation.

This New York Times piece examines Sanusi’s call for investigation and allegations of recklessness, incompetence, abuse of mandate and criminal acts of negligence leveled against the Kano prince.

Read below:

    Even in a country where untold oil wealth disappears into the pockets of the elite, the oil corruption scheme he was investigating seemed outsize — and he threatened to lay it bare at a meeting with Nigeria’s top bankers.

    The rabble-rouser was none other than the governor of the country’s central bank. Weeks later, however, he was out, fired by Nigeria’s president in an episode that has shaken the Nigerian economy, filled newspapers and airwaves here, and even inspired a rare street demonstration.

    The bankers were going to have to open their books, the governor, Lamido Sanusi, warned them at the recent meeting. He wanted to see where the money was going — $20 billion from oil sales that, mysteriously, was not making its way to the treasury, in a country that could soon be declared Africa’s biggest economy and already attracts the most direct foreign investment on the continent, according to the United Nations.

    But his suspicions were cutting too close, Mr. Sanusi said — too close to an oil-politics nexus that both feeds the political establishment in Nigeria, in his view and that of analysts, and deprives the country of vital revenue.

    The charge of missing oil money is not new in Nigeria. In recent years, government commissions, parliamentary inquiries and civil society groups have all pointed to serious shortfalls in the disbursement of oil revenues. Their findings have been ignored.

    This time, the accusations appear not to be going away: Never before has an official at Mr. Sanusi’s level made them.

    In interviews here, Mr. Sanusi gave a detailed account of the events that he said led to his ouster on Feb. 20, a dismissal that continues to depress the country’s currency and frighten investors. He said his warning to the bankers had been reported straight back to the threatened seat of power in the country’s capital, Abuja.

    It was too much, he said. With his accusations, which outside analysts consider credible, the soft-spoken, bow-tied central banker appeared to have penetrated to the heart of the country’s entrenched corruption problem.

    In 2009, Mr. Sanusi took aim at Nigeria’s failing banking sector, shutting down fraudulent banks, uncovering theft that led to an unprecedented conviction, and earning trust in international financial markets. He was named central bank governor of the year by The Banker magazine in 2011, and is a suited-up member of his country’s establishment, as an heir to the position of emir in the ancient northern city of Kano, one of Nigeria’s highest-status designations.

    But then he began taking on the government oil agency, which determines whether oil-dependent Nigeria rises or falls. Specifically, he accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation — the agency that buys, sells, regulates and produces the country’s oil — of not turning over earnings to the country’s central bank. The country is Africa’s largest oil exporter, oil prices were steady or rising, yet Nigeria’s financial reserves were falling. It was a mystery. The money was missing. Mr. Sanusi said he feared an eventual collapse of Nigeria’s currency.

    Backed by calculations, he presented his findings to a Nigerian Senate committee early in February. “A substantial amount of money has gone,” Mr. Sanusi said in an interview at the mansion reserved for the country’s central banker, which he will soon have to leave. “I wasn’t just talking about numbers. I showed it was a scam.”

    At a time when political energy in Africa’s most populous country is focused on next year’s elections — and staying in power is costly for a governing party that functions as a patronage machine — Mr. Sanusi knew exactly which interests he had menaced, he said. He had been warned to “cool down.

    “By making N.N.P.C. an issue now, the source of money for financing elections is threatened,” Mr. Sanusi said, referring to the petroleum corporation. “If this is stopped, there will be no money to finance the elections.”

    On the other hand, if it was not stopped, the risk to Nigeria’s economy was grave, the central banker suggested. “It was critical that we stop this hemorrhage,” he said. “Otherwise, we can’t maintain stability. Reserves had gone way down. We would watch the naira collapse,” he said of the nation’s currency.

    Alarmed, Mr. Sanusi said, he went in front of Nigeria’s top banking heads for a semimonthly meeting on Feb. 11 and “threatened to open the books of the bankers, to trace the money.” He suspected some were laundering stolen oil money.

    “Some of them were not giving information about their accounts,” the central banker said. “I told them I would order a special examination.”

    One of the bankers at the meeting said, referring to the Central Bank of Nigeria, “He made it clear to them that the C.B.N. would need to unravel what was going on, and they should cooperate.”

    Many of the bankers became angry. “One of us said, ‘What next?’ “ a second banker said. “There was a general heaviness. He spoke tough.” Both bankers requested anonymity.

    Panicked, several of the bankers went straight to the government, Mr. Sanusi said. Two of the bankers — he would not identify them — “went and reported to the petroleum minister,” he said. And at that moment, his days were numbered.

    “The strategy of the government was to discredit the messenger,” he said. The Nigerian president “doesn’t want me to bring out any more information that would get them into trouble.”

    Mr. Sanusi’s account is “untrue,” a spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan said.

    “Mr. Sanusi has been making all kinds of claims to project himself as a victim,” the spokesman, Reuben Abati, said in an email, accusing the former bank governor of “financial recklessness, abuse of mandate, incompetence and criminal acts of negligence.”

    Mr. Sanusi has not been charged with any crimes, and the most Mr. Jonathan held him responsible for in a series of counteraccusations that emerged after the bank governor raised an alarm over the oil money was having perhaps “sidestepped civil-service rules.”

    Outside analysts appear to be in large agreement that Mr. Sanusi’s claim of vast missing oil revenues is plausible.

    Nigeria’s state oil sales “feature undue complexity, extensive discretion and well-documented flaws,” Revenue Watch, a group focused on natural-resource management, wrote in an examination of the central banker’s declarations. “In such a system, the line between mismanagement and corruption is difficult to draw, as shortcomings in process often benefit specific private interests.”

    One such “shortcoming” was laid bare by Mr. Sanusi last month to the parliamentary committee: a phony subsidy on kerosene that he determined to be a racket, costing the Nigerian treasury billions of dollars and greatly benefiting what he called a “syndicate” of marketers and unknown others. Mr. Sanusi showed that any official subsidy on kerosene had long since been abolished, that the petroleum corporation was nonetheless selling kerosene to marketers at less than a third of its purchase price on the international market and that the Nigerian marketers were then selling kerosene to the public at prices 300 to 500 percent above what they had paid for it.

    “It’s just a big scam,” Mr. Sanusi said in the interview. “The amount is shared by a cabal.”

    Though his official term would have ended in June anyway, Mr. Sanusi said, he is challenging his removal in court. In a judiciary that is only lightly insulated from political pressure, the outcome is uncertain, though perhaps not with the wider public. One of the bankers at the Feb. 11 meeting said: “For me personally, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the position he has taken. We are Nigerians. We owe it to this country that things are run properly.”

    One of Nigeria’s leading activists, Tunde Bakare, a founder of the pro-democracy organization Save Nigeria Group, said: “This is going to be tried in the court of public opinion. We can’t wish this matter away. Twenty billion dollars is not going to go away overnight.”

This 15 year old Schoolgirl was molested, Robbed & Abandoned by an Unknown Man




Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians have rescued a teenager (name witheld), who was molested, robbed and abandoned by an unidentified man in Agege area of Lagos State.

P.M.NEWS learnt that the OPC members saw the secondary schoolgirl on Sunday, 9 March in a traumatized state at a public toilet near NITEL Office, at Oko Oba, AgegeAnd after giving her first aid treatment, the teenager was handed over to the police at the Agege Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, who referred her to Orile Agege General Hospital,  Agege for a comprehensive medical treatment.

The teenager, who will be 15 years by August, narrated that she came from Osun State and was on her way
to Badagry to stay with her aunty who had just given birth, but decided to stay the night at Agege, when it became late (around 9.p.m.) and she couldn’t get a bus to her destination.

The traumatised girl told the OPC members that when it became dark she decided to sleep in front of a shopping complex, near Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, till the next day.

The victim said that shortly after she spread some cartons and was about to sleep, a man pushed her from behind and she fell on the floor.

She narrated that the man used her belt to tie her neck and used a cloth to cover her face and started molesting her.

The victim said she screamed and shouted for help but there was no one to rescue her and the man molested her four times.

She alleged that thereafter, a night guard, whom she described as huge and tall, and wore eyeglasses, came with a torch light and left with the rapist to an unknown destination.

She alleged that the night guard left her with blood all over her body without making any attempt to help her.

She alleged that the guard only came the next day to chase her across the road to the public toilet where she was later found by the OPC members and sympathizers.


“It was at this spot that the OPC members and other sympathisers saw me. They started pouring water on my head because I had no strength. The man after molesting me stole my handset and left with the guard. Before they left, they asked me how much I needed but I said I didn’t need their money,” the teenager said.
 The girl appealed to the Federal Government and the Lagos State government to come to her aid and ensure the culprits do not go unpunished.

The DPO, CSP Eze Philip, of  Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, has begun  investigation on the matter,  after instructing that  the victim should be taken to the nearby hospital for quick medical attention to save her life. The girl is still receiving treatment, while her father has been contacted in Osun State.