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Abuse of Office: Former Education Sec. in Delta State sentenced to five years imprisonment for employing his daughter

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  A Delta State High Court, sitting in Ozoro, has sentenced a former Education Secretary of BomadiLocal Government Education Authority, Mr. Abayomi Tom Kelekumor, to five years imprisonment for employing his daughter, Miss Preye Tom, into the service of the Local Government Education Authority. Kelekumor, who was sentenced by Justice BrikiOkolosi, without an option of fine, was accused by theIndependent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of violating Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, by using his position to confer unfair advantage upon his relation. The offence is also punishable under the same section. The Commission, in a one-count charge, said that the convict gave employment to his daughter, who was then a Senior Secondary Two (SS2) student, into the local government service, knowing fully well that she was at the same time a full-time student. Miss Tom was employed as a Messenger on...

Car dealer jailed 3 years for conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence

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  Justice M.S Shuaibu of Federal High Court, Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Abdulkarim Usman to 3years imprisonment for Conspiracy and Obtaining Money Under False Pretence to the tune of N 5, 100,00 ( Five Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira). Usman's sojourn to prison began when a petition was received by the Kaduna office having fraudulently posed to have secured a contract with the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, to supply engine oil. He told the unsuspecting complainant that he needed money to commence the said contract which they released into his bank accounts after having discussed with them, he however vanished upon receipt of the monies. Justice Shuaibu added that the 3 years imprisonment is to run on each three counts consecutively and another three years if the convict fails to pay restitution to the victims in the sum of N 5,100,000 and another N 2, 000,000 which he fraudulently obtained respectively. Usman was first arraigned on ...

Watch what three girlfriends did to their Casanova boyfriend who scammed them of over £22k each while secretly dating them at the same time

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A Chinese man from south-east China got more than he bargained for when the three women he was secretly dating found out they were being played. On Monday, the women confronted the man and descended on him together after they had filed a police report in Nanning city. According to local report, the three girlfriends claimed that the man identified as Mr. Fu , stole their heart and their money. The scorned girlfriends said he scammed them of 200,000 yuan (£22,770) each Guangxi Television reported that the three women were completely unaware they were dating the same man. One of the woman, identified as Ms Li , met Mr Fu through work. They quickly fell in love and started a relationship. She said she even lent him her Mini Cooper and when he asked her for money - 200,000 yuan (£22,770) - for his mother's surgery. She said she didn't think twice and transferred him the funds.  But her suspicions arose when she noticed that he was always 'behaving mysteriou...

Woman rejected by ritualists after she boarded a bus in Edo state comes out to narrate how other passengers were killed in her presence

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A woman was lucky to escape alive from a ritualist den after the chief priest rejected her, and she has narrated how she watched others get killed after they all boarded a bus together only to find themselves in a forest later. The woman boarded the bus last Friday in Benin, Edo state, with other passengers, but they were taken to a forest at upper Ekhehuan for ritual purposes. She told of how she watched them slaughter the only other female passenger who boarded the bus with them. Next, they slaughtered two male passengers. When it got to her turn, the chief priest rejected her and she was thrown out of the forest naked. She was eventually rescued by passers-by. Read the story below.

Photos: President Buhari visits Borno state for Army Day celebration

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President Buhari is currently in Maiduguri, Borno state where he is attending the 2018 Nigerian Army Day Celebration at Monguno. See more photos below...

President Trump announces the resignation of his cabinet member, Scott Pruitt

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  U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the resignation of Scott Pruitt , the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. President Trump in a series of tweets announced the resignation and said Pruitt’s Deputy Andrew Wheeler would assume duty on Monday as Acting Administrator. “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright".   Pruitt's tenure was quickly overshadowed by a number of controversies, including spending 25,000 dollars retrofitting his D.C. office to include a soundproof booth, another...

Singer Keyshia Cole announces she's pregnant with her second child

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R&B singer Keyshia Cole is expecting her second child. The 36-year-old singer announced the news last night by posting a photo of herself in her Fashion Nova clothing and caption the photo: #PreggoInMyFashionNovaFit #CongradulationsAreInOrder. The father of Keyshia‘s second child has not been revealed, but she has been dating 22-year-old rapper Niko Khale who both celebrated the Fourth of July together. The singer has an eight-year-old son, Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr . with former NBA star Daniel Gibson . The estranged couple got married in 2011 and announced their separation in 2014.

SARS officers arrested after robbery suspects escape from police cell with handcuffs in Ondo

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  The Ondo state police command is currently on the trail of two armed robbery suspects, Rotimi Adeyeye and Adeoye Bukola, who reportedly escaped from a cell at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS of the police command. A source in the command said the suspects were arrested for cultism but later discovered to have been responsible for the robbery attack that took place at the home of one Samuel Arifalo in Ijoka area of the state on April 30th this year. The suspects have been in police custody for 16 days but on Monday July 2nd, they escaped from police cell with handcuffs still on them. Till now, the police is yet to rearrest them. Confirming the escape, the spokesperson of the state police command, Femi Joseph, said the command had started investigation into the matter. He added that the SARS officers on duty at the time the suspects escaped have been arrested

''There is no faction in our party'' APC says

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  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the party is not factionalised contrary to the picture painted by members of the recently formed faction, the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC). Recall that on Wednesday July 4th, politician and founding member of the APC, Buba Galadima, led a revolt against the Adams Oshiomhole-led APC National Working Committee, which, he said, was a product impunity. Himself and his followers announced a national executive with the aim to reform the APC. The ruling party has denied this claim. In a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said there is no division in the party. Read the statement below “On Wednesday, July 4, 2018, a group of individuals announced itself as ‘Reformed All Progressives Congress (APC)’ at a press conference held in Abuja. By their actions, this group has attempted to create the impression that our party is factionalised. This is not true. “The All Progressives Congr...

Chris Brown reportedly arrested after his Florida concert

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  Chris Brown was reportedly arrested in Florida late Thursday for an outstanding warrant. The 29-year-old singer was arrested after his West Palm Beach show at the Coral Sky Ampitheatre stemming from an outstanding warrant, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. According to Page Six, he was wanted on a felony battery warrant from the Hilllsborough County Sheriff’s office. Brown who has a lengthy legal history, including a domestic violence arrest in 2009 after beating up then-girlfriend Rihanna , a 2013 hit-and-run and a 2016 arrest for assault with a deadly weapon was later released after paying a $2,000 bond, the station said.

Osun Monarch's wife sets rival's home ablaze, kills 3-year-old stepdaughter

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The Osun Police Command has arrested the wife of a traditional ruler and two persons   suspected to have set ablaze the house of  her rival, killing her three-year-old step daughter in the process.   The Commissioner  of  Police in the state, Olafimihan Adeoye, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the husband of the suspect and a traditional ruler, Oba Morufudeen Olawale, reported the incident to the command. Olawale is the Alabudo of Abudo in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun, Adeoye alleged that the suspect and her accomplices at about 1. am on June 6th, left their base in Ede for Abudo where the other wife and her late daughter reside and set her house ablaze while both were inside. The monarch said the inferno led to the death of the minor  while the other wife was badly injured and is currently lying critically ill in a private hospital. ''The suspects on June 5...

Update: Catholic Priest who was kidnapped for the second time within a year regains freedom in Delta State

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  Catholic priest, Reverend Father Andrew Anah who was abducted on Wednesday in Delta State, has regained his freedom. The parish priest of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Obomkpa, was abducted by gunmen along the Obomkpa/Issele-Uku Road making It was the second time he would be abducted in less than 12 months. The Public Relations Officer of the Delta State Police Command, Andew Aniamaka, confirmed that the priest had regained his freedom. He said the police would ensure that the culprits are apprehended.  Father Anah was first kidnapped in August 2017 along the same road. He was released after an undisclosed sun was allegedly paid. This comes about 48 hours after Governor Ifeanyi Okowa decried the rising activities of kidnappers in the state. The governor lamented about the crime state while addressing some traditional rulers in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. The Obomkpa/Ukwu-Nzu and now Olona axis of Aniocha North have been te...

'Converge anywhere in Lagos and get arrested' - Police issues serious warning to cultists over proposed 'get together' in Lagos

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  Lagos State police command has just issued a stern warning to cultists over their proposed Saturday 'get together' in the state. In a statement signed by the state Police PRO, SP Chike OTI, 'the authorities of the Lagos State Police Command, have received credible intelligence that members of some unlawful societies such as the Aiye, Eiye, Black Axe, Buccaneers, etc, are going round town serving notices to rival cult gangs in the neighbourhood that they would be converging on Saturday 7/7/ 2018 at yet to be disclosed locations within their domains'. According to available information, the 7th day of the 7th month is sacred to these outlaws. It is also a day they settle scores with rival cult groups and a day of outright brigandage and anomie. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Imohimi Edgal, warns that any such gathering by members of the unlawful society will be viewed as an unlawful assembly with the intent to commit felony. And tho...

Here's what Reno Omokri thinks of homosexuality and marriage

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How embarrassing! Catholics and protestants fight for right to preach in a bus in Anambra state

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  A very embarrassing video trending online shows two Christians fighting for who will preach in a bus in Anambra state. The spiritual warfare happened on Tuesday, July 3, in a bus that took off from Awka. According to reports, the man belongs to the Protestant denomination while the woman belongs to the Catholic denomination. Juliet Ifediba who narrated the incident and shared the video said the man stood up to preach first but the woman stood almost immediately to begin praying the Rosary. This led to a fight for who will be allowed to preach. At some point in the video, the woman is seen crying as she held up a statue of Mary and a Rosary, while the man is seen casting out every distraction by the power of the "Holy Spirit". This led to so much noise in the bus as both of them screamed at the top of their voices to be heard. Sharing videos of the altercation, Ifediba wrote: Something happened in this bus on Tuesday according to my mum who entere...

Lady shares the pathetic incident she encountered at the State House clinic Abuja early this morning

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Paracetamol injection said to be sold for N100 wasn't available to be administered on a sick 73 year old man. Recall that in October 2017, Aisha Buhari made news when she called for the probe of the budgetary allocation for the state house clinic after she wanted to make use of the clinic.

''Those suggesting I support the killings because I am a Fulani man have evil minds'' President Buhari

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  At his meeting with Christian leaders from the 19 Northern states and the Federal cpital territory yesterday, President Buhari said those who are accusing him of supporting the hersmen attacks because of he is from the Fulani extraction are evil. ‘‘When some, for clearly political purposes, attempt to suggest that this government is doing nothing about the killings and that I, being Fulani, must be encouraging these satanic acts, it seems to me that there is no limit to the evil in the minds of men. Otherwise, how can anyone in their right minds suggest that I, as an elected President even with substantial votes in the affected areas, will for any reason do harm by an act of omission to those same people?’’ he said

'I’m a licensed herbalist, the police has no right arresting me'' man arrested with two human skull says

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  A self-acclaimed traditional healer, Edem Bassey Otu, pictured above, who was arrested with two human skulls while allegedly preparing some cultists for an outing, has said the Police have no right to arrest him because the skulls they found in his shrine were left behind by his father, who died some eight years ago. Bassey who was paraded before newsmen at the Cross Rivers state Police command yesterday July 4th, said he is a herbalist who treats people with different ailment and that he learnt the trade from his deceased father. “I am a herbalist and I heal people of different sickness. I have my license to operate as a herbalist. Somebody ran in front of my house and the Police came to my house to arrest me. They have no right because I have been using these skulls for my job since my father left them for me some eight years ago'' he said Briefing newsmen on how the suspect was arrested, the state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa, said t...

Customs impound over 1,000 bags of rice hidden inside petrol tanker in Kaduna (photos)

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The Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna state command have intercepted a tanker stacked with various brands of foreign parboiled rice numbering over 1,000 bags. The Comptroller of Customs Federal Operation Unit zone ‘B’ Kaduna, Usman Dakingari, made this known to newsmen at the command's office in the state capital.  He said the rice smugglers stacked thousands of bags of   rice in the petrol tanker to give the impression that they were transporting petroleum products. He noted that the smugglers were arrested after intelligence information and regular surveillance by customs officials in Kaduna State. This arrest comes one month after the Federal government placed a ban on the importation of rice.

Choi! Man admitted in hospital with stubborn erection after he took herbs for sex and the girl didn't show up

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A man had to be rushed to the hospital and placed on admission after he took herbs in preparation for sex but the woman ended up not showing up. The man was in so much physical pain following the ingestion of the aphrodisiac. For so long, the stubborn erection refused to subside and he was taken to the hospital where he was stripped and placed on drip. In a video shared online, the man's genitals can be seen standing erect as he tossed on the hospital bed in discomfort.

Tom Daley, 24, and his husband Dustin Lance Black, 44, step out with their newborn son Robert Ray for the first time (Photos)

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British Olympic athlete, Tom Daley and his husband Dustin Lance Black were pictured with their newborn son Robert Ray for the first time during a family outing in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The doting dads who were casually dressed for the outing were seen enjoying a stroll in the sunshine together. Daley and Dustin who got married in May last year after dating for three years, welcomed their son via surrogate on June 27. They named him after Tom's late father Robert, who died in 2011 aged 40 following a battle with brain cancer. See more photos below.

Falz reacts to NYSC member who died yesterday after Garki hospital refused treating the gunshot wounds she sustained from a trigger-happy SARS officer

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Yesterday, a youth corps member, Linda Angela Igwetu, who was meant to pass out today July 5th, was shot dead by a trigger-happy policeman in Abuja. Linda was out celebrating her passing out with her friends when the policeman shot the car she was in. She sustained gunshot wound and was rushed to Garki hospital but the hospital refused treating her because there was no police report authorizing them to treat her gunshot wound. She bled to death. Falz, who is also a trained lawyer, says no hospital has the right to deny even an armed robber treatment, See his other tweet below

Rapper Tory Lanez attacks fan at his show, punches him aggressively (Video)

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  Canadian rapper, Tory Lanez was flimed attacking a concertgoer in the crowd as he performed on stage at his Toronto show. In the footage which surfaced on Wednesday night, the 25-year-old rapper from Brampton, Canada is seen launching an attack at a particular person and punching him aggressively.

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal sacks his entire cabinet

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  Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday dissolved the Sokoto State Executive Council with immediate effect. The dissolution according to him is aimed at restructuring and strategising the cabinet for optimum efficiency and service delivery to the people of Sokoto State. In a statement signed by the state Director General, Media and Public Affairs, Mallam Abubakar Shekara, the governor expressed appreciation to the people for cooperating with and supporting the outgoing members of the Council. Tambuwal also appreciated members of the Council for the dedication, sacrifice and loyalty to the administration. The cabinet dissolve takes effect immediately as th

Sad! 92 year old woman shoots and kills her son who wanted to put her in a nursing home

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  A 92-year-old woman has allegedly killed her son in Arizona because she did not want to be sent to an assisted living facility. Anna Mae Blessing was charged with first degree murder, aggravated assault and kidnapping after authorities found her 72-year-old son dead on Monday at their home in Fountain Hills. Blessing hid two pistols in the pockets of her robe and shot her son several times in his bedroom, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Her son's girlfriend was also in the room and said she heard Blessing telling her son she was tired of the way he treated her, court documents said. "From my understanding, she had thought about it for a few days because there was a dispute regarding her son wanting to put her in an assisted living home," Maricopa County Sgt. Bryant Vanejas told CNN affiliate KPHO. Blessing then pointed the gun at her son's girlfriend, who struggled with her until she lost her grip of the gun. When Blessing pu...

'Life is so short to waste time on those who don't value you' - Lady with Dwarfism writes as her bae visits her at work

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Ghanaian lady with dwarfism, Yvonne Morrison took to Twitter to share a piece of advice to ladies out there after her bae came to visit her at her workplace. She shared photos with her bae and wrote: 'He came to my workplace bcoz he miss me, bae do all. Life is soo short to waste time on those who don't value you,' Yvonne added. See her posts below. ‏

BREAKING! Court Orders National Assembly To Commence Impeachment Process Against President Buhari

A Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun state capital has ordered the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. The judge gave the order on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 based on the suit filed by two Nigerians, Kanmi Ajibola, a lawyer and Sulaiman Adeniyi, a human right activist, urging the court to enforce the National Assembly to impeach President Buhari. The duo had three months ago written to both the lower and the upper chambers of the National Assembly on the need to impeach President Buhari, citing alleged constitutional breaches by the president and threatened that they will approach the court if they failed to act accordingly. But when the lawmakers refused, they headed for court and filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Osogbo asking for an order of mandamus to compel both the Senate and the House of Representatives to start the impeachment proceedings of President Buhari. In the suit filed on Tuesday, J...

Store Manager Fired After Telling Employee With A Child On Life Support To Turn Up For Work Or Quit

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A convenience store manager has been fired by Folk Oil, owner and operator of PS Food Mart, after a Facebook post went viral on Saturday. Crystal Reynolds Fisher, a woman who works in a PS Food Mart in Michigan, texted her manager that she would not be able to make her shift, within 48 hours, because her son was on life support. While most people would respond by sending their well wishes to the family and by being supportive of time off, this woman shocked social media users with her cruel response. The former boss, listed only as “Dawn” on the screenshots, wrote, Quote “There is no reason you can’t work, and I will not tolerate drama.” She also told Fisher that if she failed to show up for her shift, she would consider it a resignation. Fisher told us that her 18-year-old son, Jason, is on life support in C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. He entered the hospital with a fever and is currently on a ventilator. They believe it is a type of sepsis, Crys...