26 Church Youths Drown In River Benue, Mourned By Their Families

This tragedy is too much for us to bear –Families of 26 church youths who drowned in River Benue

Wailings from an inconsolable young lady in her 20s, Renance Vincent, moved many sympathisers to tears.

The lady’s younger siblings identified as triplets were among the 26 youths of the Evangelical Church Winning All who drowned in River Benue last Sunday.

Many sympathisers thronged the MOPOL 13 barracks located in Adeke, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State capital, to condole with families of the victims.

It was a sad sight at Adeke at the time our correspondent visited the barracks on Monday. Residents, comprising women and children, were seen weeping and men wore sober looks, discussing the calamity involving children of policemen, many of whom were on special duty in the North-East.

Young boy Who Went Viral for Dancing In the Rain, Gets Full Scholarship

Fade Ogunro a Nigerian woman, has given hope to a young boy whose dancing video went viral days ago.

In the video Clip watched over 14 million times by Netizens, the boy danced gracefully. As a ballet dancer his amazing lines in the rain on a very wet floor has brought him fortune.

On Wednesday, June 24, Fade said she would sponsor the boy’s education until he finishes university.

Tinubu Pays Condolence Visit To Ajimobi’s Family In Lagos (Photos)

The National Leader of the AllProgressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of Late Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.

Mum-of-two narrates how her gateman planned an attack on her and her kids, demanded 30 million Naira, and strangled her with a rope

A woman is lucky to be alive after her gateman conspired with criminals to attack her and her kids when her husband was away on business.

Ifeoma Ibeneme Nwokeoma explained that she had gone out with her kids. When they got home, as she drove into the compound and got out of the car, three armed men with cutlasses attacked them, forced them into the house and started torturing her as they forced her to produce 30 million Naira.

She said each time she told them she didn't have the money, they cut her with the cutlass. She added that they also asked for her PIN and tried to make transfers from her mobile bank app.

Jada Pinkett Smith admits she DID have an affair with singer August Alsina while her marriage to Will Smith was on the rocks

Jada Pinkett Smith has admitted she did have an affair with singer August Alsina while married to Will Smith. 

The 48-year-old sat down for a tell-all conversation on her Facebook show, Red Table Talk and revealed she developed a friendship with August around four years ago.

She said around the same time, the married couple was going through a 'difficult time' and they had 'basically' broken up. 

Jada explained the couple met August through their son Jaden and said the singer, who would have been 23 at the time, was 'really sick' at the time. 

President Buhari Appoints Umar As EFCC Acting Chairman Following Magu’s Suspension

President Buhari has appointed Mohammed Umar as the new Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

This is coming after the arrest and subsequent suspension of Ibrahim Magu who earlier occupied the position until Monday when DSS operatives took him in for questioning.

Umar’s appointment was announced in a statement by Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) through his media aide, dr. Umar Jibril Gwandu.

The statement reads:

Reverend Joseph Ma’aji Remanded For Raping His 16-Year-Old House Maid

A Reverend, Joseph Ma’aji of Barnawa, Kaduna, accused of raping his 16-year-old housemaid, was on Tuesday remanded in the custody of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) by a Chief Magistrate Court in Kaduna.

The Chief Magistrate, Bashir Shittu, ordered that Ma’aji be remanded pending advice from the office of the state Director of Public Prosecution.

The Magistrate said that the court lacked the power to try the accused, who was arraigned over allegation of rape.

“However, the law said one should be taken to the nearest court, that is why you are brought here pending when the police will conclude their investigations and send the case file to lawyers in the ministry of justice.

I confronted Magu, exposed him to Osinbajo, Ozekhome says

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has claimed that he wrote vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo in 2017, giving several warnings that the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, was looting funds.

Magu was on Tuesday, suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, after he was arrested and detained by security operatives in Abuja on Monday.

Magu’s travails was followed by a memo by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, in which Magu was accused of mishandling the recovered loot and selling seized assets to associates.

NIDCOM reacts to the video of a Nigerian man being tortured by a dreaded Pakistani gang after he was used as a collateral by his brother who owes the gang

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, has reacted to the harrowing footage of a Nigerian man crying and begging that he has only days to live as a dreaded Pakistani gang tortured him because his "brother" owes them.

According to reports, the man's brother named Andrew used him as collateral for a business with the group. However, as Andrew didn't show up to pay what he owes, the gang tortured the human collateral he left behind and filmed it to serve as a warning

In the video (see here) the Nigerian man is seen begging his uncle to sell everything they have and pay a man called Nuruz otherwise he will be killed on July 10.

CAC pastor arrested for allegedly raping his daughter in Ogun (photo)

44-year-old Pastor Oluwafemi Oyebola of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogo Oluwa parish in Ogun state, has been arrested by men of the state police command for allegedly raping his daughter on several occasions, getting her pregnant three times and forcing her to go through abortions each time.

The accused pastor was arrested following a complaint by his 24-year-old daughter. The victim had reported at the Owode-Egbado divisional headquarters that her father has been forcefully having sex with her since 2015 shortly after the demise of her mother. She told the Police that she got pregnant for her father three times but he took her to a nurse who terminated the pregnancies, each time 

''We don't want the bridge to collapse''- Ministry of Works speaks on why 3rd mainland bridge is being shut for a period of six months

The Ministry of Works and Housing, says there is no going back in the proposed plan to shut the third mainland bridge for a period of six months beginning from July 24.

According to the Ministry, the repairs are necessary so as to avert a collapse of the bridge. 

Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, July 8, the Controller of Works, Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, said the bridge was last rehabilitated in 2012 and that it is important repairs are carried out now to avert a collapse of the ever-busy bridge.

According to Popoola, the first three months would be used to carry out work on the part of the bridge coming from the Lagos Island to the Mainland, while work on the other portion of the bridge coming from Oworonsoki to Lagos Island would begin three months later.

UPDATE: Ghanaian actress, Akuapem Poloo arrested over her nude photo with her seven-year-old son

Ghanaian actress and video vixen, Akuapem Poloo has been arrested over her controversial nude photo with her seven-year-old son.

The arrest comes days after Child Rights International petitioned the Inspector-General of Police in Ghana to investigate her over the controversial birthday photo with her son which went viral on social media.

In the photo, which she posted on Tuesday, June 30, the actress went completely nude in a photoshoot with her son to celebrate him on his 7th birthday. She said she decided to go naked in front of her son who was only in his underwear because she gave birth to him naked.

HOW MAGU EMBEZZLED N39BILLION, GAVE OSINBAJO N4BILLION, BEGS FOR SOFT LANDING

Embattled former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, allegedly embezzled over N39billion and gave Vice President Yemi Osinabjo N4billion, after the VP gave instructions to him to release some of the recovered loots, Sources within the panel investigating the former EFCC boss told Pointblanknews.com

This is even as investigators discovered that as early as 4 am on Tuesday, EFCC staff members suspected to by “Magu Boys” invaded the headquarters of the anti-graft agency and made away with files and computers containing important information.

Policemen Search Ibrahim Magu's House

Some policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on Tuesday searched the home of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.
A top police officer told The PUNCH that the policemen searched Magu’s house located on Abduljalil Street, Karu Site, on the outskirts of Abuja, for several hours and made away with vital documents.

The policemen who carried out the search were said to be the same ones who arrested Magu on Monday.

The officer said, “On Tuesday evening, a team of policemen stormed the home of Magu in Karu. That is the house where Magu used to live before he moved to Maitama after his appointment as EFCC chairman.

Justice Ayo Salami Unfit To Head Panel Investigating Magu - Bode George

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the composition of a Presidential panel set up to investigate Ibrahim Magu, embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, George said Justice Ayo Salami, a former President of the Court of Appeal is unfit to chair the panel based on his antecedents.

George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland also said he will wait for the outcome of the investigation before making a statement on Magu’s travails.

COVID-19: Aminu Adisa Logun Is Dead! Kwara Governor’s Chief Of Staff Dies

Aminu Adisa Logun, the chief of staff to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has died, the state government announced Tuesday evening.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, said in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, “With total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah, we wish to announce the passing of the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State Aminu Adisa Logun (min).

“Logun, an industrialist, a public intellectual, and an elder statesman, died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19. He died only a few hours after the test of his result returned positive.

The Man Who Exposed Hushpuppi And Woodberry To The FBI - His Name Is Aziz Mirza

Many have been wondering how the Dubai Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation got all the information on Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi to arrest him.

Wonder no more as there is no smoke without fire.

The man behind the arrest of Hushpuppi and Woodberry has been identified as Aziz Mirza who is a Pakistani-Canadian based fraudster who was also arrested in 2019 for fraudulent activities.

Mirza is reported to have lived a flamboyant life just like Hushpuppi.

Obaseki: Justice Roland Amaize Faults New NYSC Certificate Issued To Governor

A retired Judge of the Edo State High Court, Justice Roland Amaize, has faulted the new discharge certificate issued to Mr. Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo State, by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Igbere TV recalls that Mr. Obaseki partook in the scheme in 1980 but there was an error on the certificate issued to him. An alphabet was missing in his surname which read “Obasek” instead of Obaseki.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee which screened aspirants for the Edo 2020 primary election had cited this error as one of the reasons for disqualifying the governor from the race.

He subsequently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he contested and won the primary election while accusing the APC panel of injustice insisting nothing was wrong with his certificate.

Protesters defy Donald Trump and risk ten years in jail as they throw Columbus statue into Baltimore harbor just hours after he called them 'Nazis and terrorists'

Protesters in Baltimore hauled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into a harbor in defiance of President Trump hours after he compared them to 'Nazis and terrorists' in his Fourth of July address. 

Just one day after Trump warned that people who 'damage or deface' statues will receive 'a minimum of 10 years in prison', a group of demonstrators used ropes to topple the monument and dump it into the city's Inner Harbor.

Police were reportedly at the scene but did not intervene, as a spokesperson for the Baltimore Mayor Bernard Young explained that protecting statues was not a priority for the police department who were more focused on homicides and other crimes.

Elsewhere, similar acts of defiance and demonstrations were held in several cities across the country.

Flag burnings were also seen in Washington, near to where the president was hosting hundreds at the White House for a July Fourth fireworks display, as well as in New York City outside the Trump Tower, and on Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star. 

And at the nation's biggest Confederate monument, which has been used as a meeting place by the KKK, the Black Panthers gathered to demand the removal of the racist sculpture.