2 killed as Igbos, Fulanis clash in Enugu

Two people were killed yesterday during a fight between Fulani herdsmen and some Igbo traders at Gariki market in Enugu state. According to reports, the fight started after a herdsman identified as Ali came to an abattoir at the Market to slaughter a cow. He was charged N500 but paid N400 after he finished slaughtering his cow. The abattoir attendant identified as Ifeanyi Ifeacho asked for the N100 balance but Ali allegedly refused to pay. 

An argument ensued between them which later degenerated into a fight. Ali allegedly removed his knife and stabbed Ifeanyi in the stomach. He died on the spot. Ali made an attempt to run from the market but was apprehended by other traders and then beaten to death. Some angry Ibo traders attacked some other Fulani traders and also razed the Mosque in the market. 

Security agents have been drafted to the area to restore law and order.

Policeman, Abba Kyari becomes the youngest assistant commissioner of police in Nigeria

At 41 year-old, Abba Kyari has become the youngest policeman to be promoted to Assistant Commissioner of police in Nigeria. Sharing the news on his Facebook wall, Kyari thanked the IGP, Ibrahim Idris for believing in him and recommending him for promotion. He wrote;

Photos: 72 year old man apprehended with female human skull in Osun

72 year old, Idris Ajao, has been arrested by the Osun State police command for being in possession of a female human skull. Ajao who claims to be bricklayer, was arrested today while transporting the human part to Iwo.

When interrogated, he said a herbalist by the name Tajudeen Jawesola, had asked him to exhume skulls from graves in a cemetery in return for N10,000.

Debbie Reynolds dies at age 84, just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher dies

Actress Carrie Fisher, suffered a heart attack while returning from a book signing event in London on Sunday, she never recovered and died on Tuesday. 

 

The following day, Wednesday, her 84 year old mother, Debbie Reynolds, who rose to stardom in "Singin' in the Rain" suffered a stroke and died from it.

French man who allegedly repairs weapons for Boko Haram arrested in Sambisa French

A French man was reportedly arrested during the capture of Boko Haram's strongest enclave in Sambisa forest last week Friday.

DailyTrust reports that the man worked for Boko Haram as a specialist in repairing and unlocking armored personnel vehicles and other fighting equipment.

Although the Federal government and the military authorities are yet to comment on his arrest, a source within the military says the Frenchman was arrested along the Bama axis of the dreaded forest.

Photos: Two men excrete 50 wraps of cocaine at Lagos airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two suspected drug traffickers at the  Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos state during the screening of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight to Hong Kong and Egypt Airline flight to Athens.

Stop posting photos of your meeting with James Ibori- ex Delta state gov, Emmanuel Uduaghan, tells Delta state politicians

Former Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has asked Delta state politicians to stop sharing photos of their meeting with recently released ex governor of the state, James Ibori. Uduaghan stated this in a post he shared on his facebook wall.

Photo: Fleeing Boko Haram suspect arrested in Abuja

A fleeing member of the Boko Haram sect, has been arrested by members of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Marshall Guards, a private security firm floated by an area council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Identified simply as Usman, the suspected sect member was arrested while preaching at the Utako Market at about 4:30pm on Tuesday December 27th.

A statement released by the public relations officer of the security firm, Kingsley Madaki, says Usman confessed to been a member of the insurgents. He has been handed over to army officers at Gowon Barracks.

Denilson Igwe Buys A New Car (Photos) - Celebrities -

Delta state police arrest man who kidnapped himself And asked for Ransom

The Delta state police command have arrested 21 year old, Justice Ifeanyi, pictured above, for planning his own kidnap and asking his uncle for N4 million ransom to secure his release.

Ifeanyi who was paraded at the state police command in Asaba yesterday, said he intended to use the money he would have extorted from his Uncle to complete his own father's house in Rivers state.


He said he was apprehended while running away from his other accomplices who had started threatening him after his Uncle refused to pay the ransom.

“I left Rivers for Delta state to plan my kidnap so that I can collect money from my uncle to complete my father’s house in the village. The gang began to threaten me when my uncle refused to pay the ransom so I had to run away”he said

Photos: Russian military plane bound for Syria with 92 aboard crashes into Black Sea

A Russian defence military plane  carrying 92 people en route to Syria crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi shortly after takeoff on Sunday, December 25th.

The plane belonging to the Defence Ministry was taking its world famous choir, the Alexandrov Ensemble, to a New Year’s concert at Hemeimeem air base in Syria’s coastal province of Latakia. Those on board also included nine Russian journalists and a Russian doctor famous for her work in war zones.

"They call me Basawa, 'no play' in Hausa because I narrowly escaped Boko Haram attack -IDP

An IDP, who has been in a Borno camp for over a year, told UN Migration Agency, IOM (Nigeria) that people in the camp call him Basawa, which means 'no play' in Hausa language because of his narrow escape from Boko Haram terrorists

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and wife celebrate 17th wedding anniversary, read their love story as shared by his wife

Nyesom Wike and his wife are celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary today. His wife, Justice Suzzette, this morning shared their love story which started at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology. Read below...

It's funny how life sometimes takes us where we never plan or expect to go. For three years, we sat in the same lecture rooms and halls but never passed a word between each other.

It was only after I chanced upon his law note books in the possession of a mutual classmate that everything changed.

Photo: Enugu police arrest man for sexual abuse of male and female children between 3 -11 for money ritual

The Enugu State Police Command on December 11th, arrested a young man who sexually abused male and female children through their anus for alleged money ritual. According to a statement signed by spokesperson of the command, the suspect identified as Esomchi Ojobo, from Enugu Ezike in Igbo Eze North local Government Area of Enugu state, believed that wealthiness could be attained through money rituals of sexually abusing male and female minors.

Photos: What a sad and sharp ending for this robber

The suspected robber was trying to get away after burglarizing a house in Robertsham, South Africa Saturday night when he accidentally impaled himself on the sharp railings of the fence. More photos after the cut...

Dog eats new born baby abandoned in a village in Bauchi state

A dog was found by passersby, eating a new born baby that had been abandoned alive by its mother at a refuse dump at the Federal Polytechnic Student Village, Gwallameji, Bauchi State yesterday. An eye witness, who gave an account of the incident said:

“I was coming back from church when I saw many people behind a house away from ours. I became curious and went to see what was happening there.“What I saw there was disgusting and annoying. It was someone, who dumped a new born baby at a refuse dump and a dog was found eating it (the baby).

Epic photo of the day! Bala Mohammed, Reuben Abati, Obanikoro, FFK & Bashir at EFCC detention cell

From left: Senator Bala Mohammed, Reuben Abati, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Femi Fani-Kayode and Engineer Bashir Ushaq Bashir pictured together at the EFCC underground cells while they were in detention in November 2016.

Photo: Two Nigerians and a Guinean arrested in Thailand on drugs and illegal stay charges

Two Nigerian men and a Guinean were arrested in Bang Na, Thailand on Wednesday, 14th and charged with possession of Category 1 drugs and staying in the country illegally. According to officers from the Crime Suppression Division, the three men were under surveillance following a tip off foreigners were selling drugs in the area.

Man Beats Wife To Coma for Investing Children's School Fees In MMM

A 45-year-old man identified as Mark Friday, has been arrested in Calabar, the Cross River State, for allegedly beating his wife to a coma for allegedly using the money meant for their children’s school fees to invest in the MMM Ponzi scheme.

Photos: Rivers state governor, Nyesom ike, leads state residents in protest against the police over the recent legislative rerun election

Thousands of Rivers state residents led by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, today took to the streets to protest the alleged mass killings by the Police and other security agencies during the December 10 rerun elections. The peaceful protest march took off from Government House, Port Harcourt at 8am, moved through Azikiwe Street and Bank Road before terminating at the Rivers State Police Command headquarters on Moscow Road...

Fayose storms Zenith Bank, withdraws N5million (photos)

Read the press statement below...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Thursday stormed the Ado-Ekiti branch of the Zenith Bank to make withdrawal from his hitherto frozen account following a Federal High Court order asking the bank to de-freeze the governor’s account. Governor Fayose who made a withdrawal of N5 million in cash thanked Nigerians for standing with him and against the recklessness of the EFCC.

"Golden globe's can suck a d*ck" -50 Cent

After the Golden Globe nomination list was released and 50 Cent's highly rated show, Power, didn't make, it, the Executive Producer, 50 Cent aka Curtis Jackson slammed the organization for snubbing his show and even threatened to quit the show. Shortly after his threat, he said Floyd Mayweather will be handling Power and told people to quit calling his phone.
He wrote:

N10.7B Methamphetamine: NDLEA arraigns 4 suspected members of international drug trafficking syndicate (Photos)

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned four suspected members of an International drug trafficking syndicate that specializes in smuggling narcotic drugs with fake security escort vehicles with siren.
According to a press release issued on December 1st,2016, all four defendants appeared before Honorable Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State on Friday November 11, 2016.

Photos: NDLEA intercepts drugs worth N4bn at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, arrest 3 suspects

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted the largest ever, quantity of Ephedrine, with a total weight of 83.390 kilogrammes, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
According to the anti-narcotics agency, three suspects, including luggage handlers and a clearing agent were arrested. Two bags, with one containing heroin and arriving in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and another bearing cannabis, being exported to London, were abandoned at the same airport by traffickers.

Photos: Lagos commissioner of police orders release of a woman and her baby arrested for stealing plantain

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni during an unscheduled visit to Agbowa Police Station, Epe today, ordered the release of a lady and her baby arrested for stealing plantain in Agbowa Market, Epe. The lady on interrogation by the CP explained that she was pushed into stealing the plantain because she and her baby were hungry. The CP on hearing this, gave the lady N10,000 and warned her never to repeat the act again. How kind of him...more photos after the cut...

Pics : Ita Giwa Launches Restaurant, Gets N5 Million From Cross River Governor

A restaurant, the Fusion, set up by prominent Bakassi leader, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has opened in Calabar. At the opening of the restaurant, the Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to supporting indigenes who decide to establish investments in the state.

He said: “Senator Florence Ita-Giwa is a dream and pride of Cross River State. “She is one of those great assets of the state, and we laud you for having the courage to come here and invest in the state. As part of efforts to encourage you, all the bills at the opening of this restaurant will be paid by the state government. “As a person, as Ben Ayade, I am donating the sum of five million Naira. This is to show Cross Riverians that if they indeed come to invest in Cross River, the government would be there to support them”.

7 Nigerian drug dealers sentenced to a combined 105 years imprisonment in South Africa

Press release by the South African Police Service issued today, Monday December 12th:

The Gauteng Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Major General Prince Mokotedi has welcomed the judgement handed down by the Benoni Magistrates Court against the seven suspects for drug dealing.

Akwa Ibom state government to investigate incident of building collapse which the state governor almost died in today

The Akwa Ibom state government has released a statement confirming the presence of the state governor, Emmanuel Udom, at the Reigners Bible Church, Uyo, when it collapsed today killing over 50 persons. The statement signed by the Personal Assistant to the governor for Information, Ekerette Udoh, states that a panel of inquiry that will check the remote causes of the collapse will be set up by the government. Read the statement after the cut..

Regina Chukwu: "Poverty Almost Made Me Abort My Son"

 
Nollywood actress, Regina Chukwu became a widow 13 years ago when she suddenly lost her husband and was faced with the task of taking care of their 2 kids alone.

Today is her only son Maduabuchi Richard Nwafor's birthday and she has shared a touching story of how she almost aborted him because of poverty:

Ring the bell sound the alarm for on this very day 14yrs ago a prince was born Am I going to write an epistle this year AGAIN? Ofcos I will
This young man here reminds me so much of his late father *mixfeelings*Come with me as I travel down memory lane;

Bovi sends an SOS to the person who mistakenly took his luggage on an Air Peace flight yesterday

Apparently, someone mistakenly took comedian, Bovi's luggage after they disembarked from an Air Peace flight from Lagos to Benin yesterday. Read what he wrote below:

SOS!!! Dear friends, someone carried my bag instead of his yesterday upon landing in lagos from benin via air peace. We landed lagos around 3pm. I carried his as well because I was one of the last to disembark. It was such a full flight and I didn't board early so I had to keep my bag in an overhead cabin far from my seat. All efforts to get my bag have proven abortive. I tried to get my car keys out of the bag and realized the swap. Sadly I couldn't find him. I have dropped his bag with the air peace customer care. If by chance you know this person, please ask him to do same and drop mine with air peace customer care. On the alternative, you can dm me as well and we take it from there. I'd be very grateful. Please! 🙏🏾

Supreme Court dismisses petition against Cross Rivers state governor over alleged age falsification

The Supreme Court today validated the 2015 election of Cross Rivers state governor, Ben Ayade, dismissing a petition against him alleging he falsified his age during his registration for the PDP governorship primaries.

A member of PDP, Joe Agi, had approached the apex court to nullify the election of Ayade on the grounds that he falsified his age. The Supreme Court justices however ruled against the petition, saying the petitioner could not substantiate his claim.

BREAKING: Ayade, Cross River governor, wins at supreme court

The supreme court has upheld the election of Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Cross Rivers state.

Joe Agi, who came second in the party’s December 2014 primary, had asked the court to sack Ayade over false declaration of age.

However, the panel of justices held on Friday that Agi and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could not prove the allegation against the governor.
More to follow…

Photo: 23-year-old Nigerian arrested in Florida for aggravated assault and robbery

City Police on Thursday, December 8th, arrested a 23-year-old Nigerian from New York wanted for an aggravated assault and robbery during an October 23 incident at a 7-Eleven near Florida's Turnpike.

Abiola Adeniyi is accused of firing a gun after he stole a MacBook computer from a man in a lot near Mirasol Walk. No one was injured in the shooting.

A second man of Angel Ricardo Rodguez of Lakeland, was arrested shortly after the shooting. Police say Rodriguez drove the getaway car in the robbery.

2 soldiers implicated after 2 civilians are nabbed with hard drugs worth N62.4 million

Two suspected smugglers have been arrested after they were found transporting parcels of hard drugs believed to be worth N62.4 million.

The suspects, Itobo Egede and Munirudeen Ikumapayi, were arrested by Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service at different Locations - 

one at the Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode Expressway, Ogun State and the other at  Gbeaji Customs check-point, Seme Expressway in Lagos State.

Chapecoense footballer Neto, who survived the Colombian plane tragedy was reading Bible before the crash (Photos)

Chapecoense centre back, Helio Neto, one of only six people who survived the Colombian plane crash which killed 71, was reading a Bible passage about 'being safe in the shadow of your wings' before the crash. The footballer’s bible was found at the scene of the crash by journalist Roberto Cabrini.

In a video footage Cabrini notices the Bible with a note inside saying it belongs to the defender.

A bookmark had been inserted next to Psalm 63. It reads;

 'On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night; Because you have been my help; Then I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. My soul follows you closely; Your right hand upholds me."

Woman allegedly trying to sell her three children arrested in Enugu State

Odinaka Ali, a 25 year old woman from Ezilo, in Ishielu Local Goverment of Area of Ebonyi state has been arrested for trying to sell her three children.

According to Desk officer of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP) in Ebonyi State, Florence Onwa, the lady was arrested by the police after they received a tip-off from a waitress whom she had contacted to look for a trafficker who could buy her children because she could no longer take care of them after her husband abandoned them eight months ago.

How SSS Tortured Man To Death; Then Paid Family N15m To Keep Mum -

 
After “torturing” a man to death, Nigeria’s secret police, SSS, exploited the influence of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, to pay a paltry N1.5 million compensation to the victim’s family, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

At about 2.30 a.m. on April 4, SSS operatives on the trail of a suspect accused of cloning the phone number of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, stormed No 37, Aje Street, Pleasure, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos in commando style.

Residents of the address said the operatives scaled the fence of the compound, screaming and threatening as they knocked down doors and shattered ceilings. They rough-handled residents, who thought they were armed robbers as they did not introduce themselves, dragged them from their beds, ordered them out of their apartments and forced them to sit on the dusty ground of the compound.

Photos: Victorious Super Falcons arrive Nigeria

The 2016 Africa Women's Nation Cup Champion, Super Falcons arrived in Lagos on Sunday.

The Nigeria women's football team beat host Cameroon by a lone goal in the final to claim their 8th AWCON. Another photo after the cut.

Photos: Retired Police Inspector and his wife shot dead by suspected robbers

A retired police Inspector and his wife were shot dead on Saturday morning by suspected armed robbers, while they were on their way back to Taraba State after the NKST Church World-wide Choir conference held at Jaki, Kwande LGA of Benue State on Friday.

Speaking to IDOMAVOICE, an eyewitness Iorsalen Terver,  said:

"I stopped at Gawa at about 8:14 this morning to buy some foodstuffs on my way to Bali to buy yams when some young men walked to men saying its better to get the yams in the evening when the market is closing.

Photo: Elderly woman kidnapped in Lagos, her abductors are demanding for N150m ransom

The elderly woman pictured above was kidnapped by some kidnappers in Lagos a week ago. According to her son, Bolatito Nelson Akinrobalu who shared the story on Facebook, the kidnappers are demanding N150 million. Read what he wrote after the cut.

Fake U.S. Embassy busted in Ghana after a decade of issuing visas to intending travelers

A fake United States Embassy has been busted in Ghana after operating illegally for a decade.

 According to a statement released by the U.S. State Department, the sham embassy operated in Accra in a run-down, pink, two-storey building with a corrugated iron roof and flew a U.S. flag outside. Inside the office is a portrait of President Barack Obama.

 It was operated by a cartel that issued illegally obtained but legitimate visas.

Truck Crushes Bottled Water Seller To Death In Imo State. Graphic Photos - Travel

A bottled water seller in Owerri, the Imo state capital, identified as Chibueze Uguru, was yesterday crushed to death by a heavy duty truck that lost control. The truck with the registration number, Lagos XY - 844 - EKS, according to an witness account lost control at the the holy ghost secondary school - Assumpta road and hit a non moving pay loader before ramming on the young man who was hawking on the road side which led to his instant death .