5 DEAD AS BUS PLUNGES INTO OJI RIVER

Five persons lost their lives early Thursday morning on the Onitsha-Enugu express way, as a commuter bus heading towards Enugu plunged into Oji River, near Anambra.

Mr. Sunday Ajayi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Anambra Command, who confirmed the accident told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the incident occurred about 1:25 a.m. on Thursday.

Ajayi said there were 15 passengers in the vehicle, out of which 10 were rescued and taken to hospital, while five were killed in the incident.

He said the timely rescue operations led by the personnel of the FRSC minimised the number of casualties.

“The rescue at Oji River is still going on, we have been able to rescue 10 people alive and taken them to hospital, five were confirmed dead and the bus has been recovered,” he said.

The commander said it was a ‘lone accident’ and blamed it on drowsiness of the driver, poor visibility and other dangers associated with night driving.

He urged people who wished to travel to do so during the day time, and set out on time for journey that may stretch into the night.

MAN JAILED FOR DEFRAUDING 2 COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, has sentenced one Mohammed Isah to two years’ imprisonment for defraudinsg the Anambra and Ondo states Commissioners of Police of N154,000.

While the Anambra CP was duped of N150,000, his counterpart in Ondo State was swindled of N4,000.

The court held that Isah was guilty of the offence and handed him the sentence without option of fine.The convict was said to have operated in Anambra, Ondo and Lagos states between June and December 7, 2015, before he was arrested by the police in Lagos.

The Katsina-born convict had gone to the Lagos State Police Command’s X-Squad Department in Ikeja to complain that some policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad collected N188, 200 from him.

A police officer, ACP Edward Ajogun, who had served in the Ondo Police Command before he was transferred to Lagos in September, reportedly met him making the complaint.

It was learnt that Ajogun had witnessed a similar scenario of the convict framing some policemen in Ondo with the sole aim of getting compensated.

Isah, who was immediately arrested, had reportedly implicated policemen in Ondo and Anambra states by taking the number plates of their patrol vehicles to the state police headquarters on the claims that they extorted money from him.

It was said that the Anambra Commissioner of Police had paid him N150,000 after he alleged that the cops from the command swindled him of N270,000.

ISAH

Isah, who had used a pseudonym, Musa Mulamba, also accused a team of six policemen on patrol in Akure, Ondo State, of extorting N140, 000 from him. But the state CP gave him N4, 000 for reporting the matter to the command.

IT was learnt that the allegation led to the dismissal of the six cops.

Isah had on December 12 pleaded guilty to the three counts bordering on fraud when he was arraigned before the court’s Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Olayinka.

The charges read in part, “That you, Mohammed Isah, between June 2015 and December 2015, did falsely accuse the patrol team police officers of Anambra, Ondo and Lagos states commands of extorting the sum of N270, 000, N140, 000 and N188, 200, from you respectively, thereby committing an offence punishable under sections 93, 95, 96 (a) (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

“That you did fraudulently obtain the sum of N150,000 and N4,000 from the Anambra and Ondo states CPs respectively, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 312 (a) (b) (2) and (3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

The magistrate consequently sentenced him to two years in prison for each of the three counts, adding that the jail terms would run concurrently without option of fine.

CHRIS BROWN'S GUARD BEATS UP FAN

Chris Brown's bodyguard could be in a lot of trouble after allegedly beating up a female fan at a Vegas party. Reports say she's currently hospitalized from the incident.
Jakaria, who is a 28-year-old insurance agent, tells TMZ that she was hanging with Brown and his crew early Sunday [November 1] a tPALMS CASINO RESORT. She says everyone had to leave their phones with his security, and when she went to pick up her 2 phones, his team thought she was trying to steal someone else's.
That's when Jakaria says Brown's security guard became violent, grabbing her by the hair, shaking her around and throwing her to the ground. She says the guard tried to stomp on her but someone mercifully stepped in.

She further adds that she got home but realized she was in bad shape so she called an ambulance. Doctors told her she had whiplash. 

According to the site, police are looking into her case and have taken a battery report to find out what exactly happened. 

KARIM BENZEMA ARRESTED FOR BLACKMAIL

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema and one time Rihanna fling, has been arrested in connection with an alleged sex tape blackmail involving his France teammate Mathieu Valbuena. According reports, Benzema is suspected of plotting to extort money from Valbuena in exchange for withholding the sex tape involving Valbuena and a lover, from the public.

Part of the investigations around the case also saw former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse taken into custody and later released.
According to media reports, Benzema mentioned the tape to Valbuena during a team meeting in October. Police are now attempting to find out if the conversation between the two players involved payment regarding the tape.

The prosecutor has placed Benzema under formal criminal investigation, with a source close to the case saying: "We can confirm that he is being questioned over his role in this affair".

Benzema can be held and questioned for up to 48 hours, but his lawyer, Sylvain Cormier, says the striker is relaxed as he did nothing wrong

"He came to respond to some questions. He is fine. He had nothing to do with this blackmail case. "He's pleased, even satisfied, that he can end this controversy once and for all".the lawyer said

ROB KARDASHIAN DEMANDS $250000 TO FEATURE IN THE KARDASHIAN-JENNER FAMILY CARD

Rob Kardashian is trying to make good use of his body size and where else to start than his own family!

The 28-year-old reality TV star is reportedly demanding for a whopping $250,000  just to feature in the Kardashian-Jenner family Christmas card this year. This hefty payout bill has definitely cause war between him and his clan.

"Rob is demanding a staggering $250K to participate in the photo-shoot, claiming he’s the most marketable member of the family right now since he’s been out of the public eye for a long time now while he loses weight and cleans up his act,” a source revealed to Radar Online.

'I WORKED HARD TO GET WERE I AM UNLIKE KIM KARASHIAN'-REBEL WILSON 'FAT AMY'

If there's one popular celebrity in the US who's certainly not in the Kardashian-Jenner fan club, its Rebel Wilson also known as 'Fat Amy'.

In an interview with Australian radio station, the 'Pitch Perfect' star, 35, revealed she turned down the opportunity to present at MTV VMA with the Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

"I got asked to present with Kendall and Kylie at the latest VMAs but I said, 'No, I'd rather do it by myself,'" she told KIIS FM.

She explained that she feels as though the sisters promote a "superficial" image, which goes against the self-acceptance message Wilson is trying to spread.

"What they stand for is totally against what I stand for. They seem a bit superficial and their careers aren't really based on talent," she said. 

Wilson didn't stop at the Jenner sisters, she also took a swipe at big sister, Kim Kardashian, pointing out the difference between how she achieved her fame compared to the reality TV star.

"I know they're super popular, but I'm all about personality and working hard to get to where I am," she said. "I mean how Kim Kardashian got famous from the sex tape and I just went to acting school and worked really hard." she said. 

EDDIE MURPHY EXPECTING 9TH CHILD FROM GIRLFRIEND

Hollywood actor, Eddie Murphy, is having a baby with his girlfriend, Australian model Paige Butcher. This was made known by a rep of the comedian, Us Weekly reports.

Murphy, 54, and Butcher, 36, who have been dating for four years, will be welcoming their bundle of joy in May 2016.

The Beverly Hills Cop actor is already a father to Eric, 26, with Paulette McNeely; Christian, 25, with Tamara Hood; and Bria, 25, Myles, 22, Shayne, 21, Zola, 15, and Bella, 13, with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell. He and former Spice Girl Melanie “Mel B” Brown also share one daughter, 8-year-old Angel.

In 2013, Butcher opened up to Vanity Fair about her relationship, saying:

“I’m in a relationship with a celebrity, so I felt like there’s already enough of me out there,” she told the magazine of why she chose to stay off social media. “I felt like I was giving out too much information. I was giving people too much access. I like to keep as much private as possible now.”

The Australian model has previously appeared in such films as Something’s Gotta Give and Big Momma’s House 2.

KATY PERRY BECOMES FORBES HIGHEST EARNING WOMAN

Katy Perry has defeated Taylor Swift to become this year's Highest-earning Woman in Music, according to Forbes.

Forbes estimated in a ranking released on Wednesday [November 4] that the 31-year-old singer earned $135 million in the past 12 months, thanks to a huge worldwide 'Prismatic' tour and endorsements deals with beauty companies like Coty and CoverGirl. Also,  Perry’s latest album 'Prism' has sold some four million worldwide since its release in 2013 and the 'Roar' singer has been touring for most of the year.

MUSLIM MAN DETAINED FOR CHOKING JEWISH PASSENGER ON ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE

A Muslim man has been detained for choking a Jewish passenger on a flight to Ethiopia and urging others to lynch him after discovering the man was Israeli. The Sudanese attacker realised he was seated behind the Jewish passenger about 30 minutes before the Ethiopian Airlines flight landed in Addis Ababa, on Thursday last week.

He then allegedly lashed out at him - striking him with a metal food tray and screaming 'Allah Akbar' and 'slaughter the Jew'.


The victim, named as 54-year-old Arik, told Ynet: 'He hit me over the head with a metal tray and shouted "Allah akbar" and "I will slaughter the Jew. Only after a few seconds, just before I was about to lose consciousness, did I manage to call out and a flight attendant who saw what was happening summoned her colleagues.'

Aside from the staff on board the Chad to Ethiopia flight, the only other person who came to his aid was a Lebanese passenger.

He said once they overpowered the attacker, Arik was sheltered at the rear of the plane while his attacker was guarded.

However, he said his Sudanese Muslim attacker even tried to convince the rest of the passengers to help 'finish him off'.

According to Haaretz, an Ethiopian Airlines spokesperson said the attacker showed no signs of violence when boarding the flight in Chad.

'He didn't only attack the Israeli passenger, but other passengers and crew members as well.

KIDNAPPER ARRESTED IN IMO STATE WHILE WITHDRAWING RANSOM MONEY

The Imo State Police arrested Nwabueze Nicholas Lucky on charges of kidnapping and extortion after he abducted 2-year-old Somtochukwu Olewu on October 27, at his mother's shop located at Zone 4, World Bank Area, New Owerri, Imo State. 

 

Nwabueze had gone to buy something but when he got to the shop, he saw the little boy playing alone outside while his mother was busy inside the shop and he quickly kidnapped him.

He demanded a ransom of N500,000 which was paid the next day. He however kept the boy in his custody, hoping to release him immediately after cashing the money. He succeeded in withdrawing only N120,000 through the ATM machine. When the ATM machine didn’t dispense the rest of the money, he was forced to go inside the bank to make a complaint. He was immediately nabbed by the police.

Confirming the arrest, the state command Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Andrew Enwerem said the arrest was made by the operatives of the Anti-kidnapping squad of the command following a tip-off.

 

     "Following a tip-off, the operatives of anti-kidnapping unit of the Command moved into action. That movement produced a positive report, hence the suspect, Lucky Nwabueze, who has confessed to the crime was arrested while the poor boy, Somtochukwu was rescued. The suspect has been helping the police with useful information," Enwerem said.

The suspect confessed to have kidnapped the boy because the boy's father resides in China.

     "I was going to that Zone 4 in the World Bank Area in search of job. Whenever, I felt like eating something, I would go to the boy’s mother shop. Fortunately, on that day, October 27, 2015, the mother of the boy was inside the shop and the boy was coming out of their compound alone. When I did not see anybody, I took the boy away and joined the next commercial tricycle (keke) to the park, where I boarded a bus to Mbaise. I kept the boy in my custody for two days and called his mother, whose number I had before." he stated
     "A day after I abducted the boy, I received an alert of N500, 000 in my account. Hoping to release him immediately I cash the money, I went to my bank with my ATM card. I collected N120, 000 first. After that day, the ATM failed to pay. I went inside the bank to ask why. It was then I was arrested by the police," Nwabueze added.

 

The victim' mother, Mrs. Olewu Ifeoma, an undergraduate revealed that suspect usually comes to her shop to patronise her but that she never knew he had an ulterior motive.

     "I am very grateful to the police. I must sincerely thank the Imo State Commissioner of Police and his men, who rescued my boy," the grateful mother said. "In all, may God Almighty be glorified and may the Lord reward them abundantly,"

JUSTIN BIEBER STORMS OFF STAGE

Justin Bieber stormed off stage during his performance in Olso, Norway on Thursday, October 29 just hours after he walked out of an interview with a Spanish radio.

A video has been posted on Twitter of the incident which shows shortly after one of his fans had spilled a beverage on stage. When 21-year-old singer tried to wipe it up, he became irritated as his Beliebers got in the way of him trying to mop up the mess, which caused him to storm off.

While making his way off stage, Bieber tells the crowd, "Yeah, I'm done. I'm not doing the show."

Justin  also walked off on a Spanish radio on October 28 after nine minute interview where he was asked "stupid" questions about his personal life rather than the new  album he was there to promote.

It was obvious Justin became annoyed at the line of questioning during the interview  which culminated in asking him to make 'a crazy video to break the internet' for their 'hundreds of millions of followers'

He also tweeted an apology

I HAVEN'T MET THE RIGHT MAN YET - GENEVIEVE

Genevieve Nnaji, 36, who is a Nollywood superstar has spoken about the current state of her love life and marriage plans.

In an interview with Punch, the Nollywood queen who is promoting her new movie ‘Road To Yesterday’ said when Mr. Right comes along she will tie the knot. “I haven’t found the right man yet. When he comes, I’ll get married” she said.

A blogger Desmond Ike Chima was recently arrested by the Federal Criminal Investigation Department for writing that the Managing Director of UBA, Phillip Oduoza was allegedly having an affair with Nollywood star actress Genevieve Nnaji.

Chima of myemag.net and e-Nigeria.com wrote “Randy UBA MD, Phillips Oduoza In Adultery Mess, Romances Star Actress, Genevieve Nnaji” which landed him in trouble.

Genevieve’s latest movie is set to close Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF). The selected movies at the festival will be screened in Silverbird, Genesis Deluxe, and City Mall Cinemas from November 8 to November 15, 2015.

THE VERDICT IS BIZARRE- PDP

PDP has described as unacceptable and bizarre the election tribunal verdicts in both Rivers and Akwa Ibom state. The Akwa Ibom state election petition tribunal few days ago had nullified the state governorship election in 18 Local governments and ordered a rerun. PDP's reaction is contained in a statement released this afternoon by its National Publicity secretary Olisa Metuh. Read below

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declares the verdict of the River state governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja, which showed clear bias against Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP, as completely bizarre, unacceptable and part of the script by the APC to manipulate the will of the people.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Saturday said indications to this spurious judgment had months ago been hinted to the PDP, which in turn, alerted the nation and the international community of the heinous plot by the APC government, to use the judiciary and various security agencies to reverse the victory of the PDP in Rivers, Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Taraba and Abia states.

“We invite Nigerians and the international community to recall various reprehensible steps taken by the APC government that culminated in this ruling as well as the ridiculous Wednesday’sverdict of the Akwa-Ibom state governorship election tribunal, also sitting in Abuja.

1. The curious and controversial relocation of the elections tribunals from their states to Abuja without any justification.
2. The constant juggling of judicial officers and members of governorship elections tribunal in PDP states, especially, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states.
3. Constant harassment of judicial and electoral officers involved in the governorship election cases in these state, using agencies of government, particularly, the Directorate of State Services (DSS) under the direct command of a known APC member, Alhaji Lawal Daura.
4. Constant threats, intimidation and coercing of witnesses against the PDP in the tribunals.
5. The recent mass transfer of security operatives, especially the DSS and police personnel that actually participated in the conduct of the elections in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom, ostensibly to frustrate the course of genuine evidences in the process.

“The bias in the judgment against the PDP in Rivers as well as Akwa-Ibom is evidenced in the contradictions inherent in the trial process of the two cases and the verdicts therein, whereby the tribunals clearly disregarded standing legal norm that a petitioner must establish prove of claims.

“Also curious is the fact that after both the petitioner and respondent agreed before the tribunal that both card reader and manual accreditations were used for the election, the tribunal still went ahead to base its decision on issues of card reader.

While it is convenient to them to use legal technicalities to deny PDP victory in Imo, Lagos, Ogun and Yobe states, the same rules are misapplied to wickedly favour APC petitioners in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states.

“It is therefore evinced that these contradictions are direct fall-out of compromises as well as boasts by the APC of being in direct and remote control of the tribunals. If not, how can one explain the fact that while governorship elections are being upturned in PDP states, in APC states, where similar claims and facts are in contention, elections are being upheld.

“Further proof of bias by the Rivers tribunal is the fact that less than 24 hours after various counsels submitted nine written addresses and documents, the tribunal rushed its notice of judgment, an action ostensibly aimed at ambushing the pending Supreme Court action on the issue of jurisdiction regarding the relocation of the tribunal outside River state, which was due to be delivered on Tuesday.

“This is not withstanding the fact that the tribunal has up to seven days after of receipt of addresses, to deliver its judgment, but chose instead, to rush to deliver this spurious verdict even on a Saturday, a development eliciting suspicion that the judgment may have since been predetermined and written even before the commencement of the case.

“The PDP calls on all Nigerians and the international community to note this growing manipulation of the judiciary by the APC government, a factor which portends great danger to our democracy and the stability of our country.

“Nigerians would want to recall that under the PDP-led government with former President Goodluck Jonathan’s commitment to the tenets of democracy as encapsulated in the safeguard of ‘one man one vote’ and the independence of the judiciary, the PDP conceded electoral defeat in Edo, Anambra, and Imo states without attempting to collect victory through executive manipulation of the judicial process.

“The PDP restates unequivocally that this judgments must not stand in view of the prevailing inherent contradictions, in addition to the huge threat they portend to our democracy and national stability.

“Finally, the PDP charges all lovers of democracy, particularly our members in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom state not to be daunted, as these judgments will not stand the test of the law and the will of the people. We therefore reassure that the PDP will do all within the ambit of the law to resist this criminal attempt by the APC to steal and thwart the will of the people.

Signed:

Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary

Attachments area

TRIBUNAL ORDERS RERUN OF RIVERS STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS.

The Rivers state election petition tribunal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state today nullified Governor Nyesom Wike's election. The tribunal led by Justice Ambusa said the April 11 2015 election which brought Wike to power was marred by election fraud and violence. He ordered for a rerun election. The petition challenging Wike's election was filed by APC candidate, Dukuku Peterside

FAILED SUICIDE BOMBING, 4 FEMALE SUICEDE BOMBERS DEAD

Four Female suicide bombers lost their lives in a failed attempt to bomb Dala Yazaram community in Maiduguri today. This comes barely 24 hours after 55 people were killed in separate suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri in Borno state and Yola in Adamawa state.

Eyewitnesses say four female suicide bombers made an attempt to attack the area but one of them was arrested before she detonated the bomb on her. She later died. “Three people have been killed and many injured. One of the terrorists was arrested before she could detonate,” resident Shuaibu Umara, a security guard at a nearby NNPC petrol station, told AFP

PHOTO; FAN TATTOOS REEKADOBANKS' NAME ON HER ARM, SEE REPLY REPLY REEKADOBANKS GIVES ANOTHER JEALOUS 'FAN'

 SOME days ago a fan of davido tattooed davido's face across his torso, -CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO-
WELL another hardcore fan has proved her love for reekadobanks by having a tatoo of his name across her arm, photo below

Another person who wanted to air a view that reekadobanks does not care about got a simple reply, 

lol... what do you think? was he too harsh?

NIGERIA TO REDUCE FUEL PUMP PRICE, SAYS OSINBAJO

Nigeria's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the government is working on a medium-term reduction of the pump price of petroleum products.

According to him, the Muhammadu Buhari administration is working on ensuring that private refineries work, while reducing importation of refined petroleum.
“We are unbundling the NNPC so that its various components are effective core centres and are able to do their business well,” he told Bloomberg in an interview.

He said the government was going to reduce the role of the NNPC to its main objective of regulating the sector and ensure a reduction of pump price of petroleum products.

“We are going to have private refineries at the site of the old refineries, so they can benefit from the available infrastructure.

“We think that in the medium term, we would be able to get cheaper pump price, pump price of oil would be cheaper because we would be importing far less fine petroleum. A lot of that would be produced locally.

“Now, we have well over 30 modular refineries, so we think a lot of modular refineries would come. Many of them, their major concern is feed stock, are we going to be guaranteed feed stock?

“We are working on that. Once we are able to deal with that, we think that we would be able to reduce pump price and get the whole business of importation of refined petroleum and the NNPC getting directly involved; we are going to reduce that.

“The ultimate objective of course is to have NNPC regulatory, playing a more regulatory function as the private sector takes most of the downstream.”

OMOTOLA SIGNED AS SCANFROST AMBASSADOR

Award winning actress and philanthropist Omotola has just been signed as Brand Ambassador to Scanfrost. The campaign materials for the home appliances were styled by Ezinne Chinkata, make up by Bimpe Onakoya, hair by Ferdinand and shot by Tunde Owolabi studios.The actress who also celebrates 20 years of entertainment this year was said to have been paid some heavy figures for the endorsement. See some behind the scenes pics 

JAKE BAILEY, SELENA GOMEZ AND KATY PERRY'S MAKE UP ARTIST COMMITS SUICIDE

According to TMZ, the celebrity makeup artist who made a name for himself working with Katy Perry, Selena Gomez and Mariah Carey … died after an apparent suicide in L.A. Police said Jake Bailey‘s assistant found him this morning in his home in Los Angeles and called the cops. He may have killed himself with carbon monoxide.

The 37-year-old was most famous for his work with Katy Perry. An autopsy will be completed by the L.A. County Coroner’s Office.