Ubi Franklin & Wife Lilian Esoro Open Restaurant In Lagos

                          

Record label owner, Ubi Franklin and his actress wife, Lilian Esoro-Franklin, are about to launch one of their major investment as a family. The husband announced the completion of a multi-million naira restaurant for his wife in Lagos Island.

The restaurant - TILT TERRACE - will be opening officially on 30th October. See photos:

Corper Shot Dead In Kaduna While Visiting Female Friend

A member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Kaduna State, Lawal Auwal Kontagora, has been murdered by unidentified assailants.

It was gathered that the deceased graduated from one of the universities in Malaysia four months ago to participate in the one-year mandatory service in Nigeria.

Reports have it that the incident occurred when Lawal and his friend went to visit a female friend.

While they were inside a Peugeot 407 car with the lady, the hoodlums were said to have moved near the car and asked them to open the door which they did.

When they alighted from the car, they were asked to be on their knees. The assailants then demanded for their mobile phones. It was gathered that in the process of going inside the car to get the phone, the killers thought he was trying to be smart so they shot him at close range.

According to the corps member’s sibling, Yusuf Ma’aji Kontagora, when they got the information around 10pm, they rushed to the scene and took him to Garkuwa Hospital along Sultan Road where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The young man, who was the first son of Danmaliki Kontagora, Alhaji Lawal Kontagora, from his second wife, Hajiya Hafsat Lawal, was said to be a gentleman and very friendly to everyone.

Police PRO, Kaduna State command, ASP Aliyu Usman, confirmed the murder of the corps member who was serving with an ICT firm.

He disclosed that an investigation had been launched into the case and some arrests already made

Sec State Govt Held Hostage in Delta State By Angry Mob Over The Killing Of Indigene By Herdsmen

Mr Festus Ovie Agas, the Secretary to the State Government of Delta, Mr Festus Ovie Agas, is currently being held hostage in Delta State.

Osissa community in the Ndokwa-East Local Government Area of Delta State staged a protest and has held the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Festus Ovie Agas, and his convoy hostage over the alleged killing of three members of the community by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The protesters which were numbering over one thousand intercepted the convoy of the SSG who was traveling to Asaba after spending the weekend with his family in Ughelli at about 6:55am along the Ughelli-Asaba express on Monday.


According to Punch reports, sources said other travellers, including those going to Onitsha market in Anambra State, were also trapped in the protest.

Suspected herdsmen over the weekend repeatedly invaded the agrarian community injuring at least one person.

Two members of the rampaging herdsmen who invaded the community with their cattle were nabbed by officers from the Ashaka Police Station.

According to reports, the situation took another turn Sunday evening when the herdsmen allegedly attacked again, killing at least three persons in the community.

The protesters who thronged the road blocking both lanes and demanded that Fulani herdsmen vacate their land and the killers prosecuted

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'Bring your stupid proof that there is god'- Proud Nigerian pimp, King TBlak rants (Photos)

                               
His lifestyle is as lavish as that of ‘Yahoo boys’  King Tblak has been trending online for a while after he went ranting on Instagram claiming that he doesn't believe in the existence of God and need for prayers...see the annoying things he shared below...
                       

                             

                                   


                                 

                              

                               

                                

                              

                                

                                   

                                  

                                        

                                      

Korede Bello Labelled Himself"Your Mechanic Crush"

                                   

Korede Bello wore this denim jumpsuit to the MAMA awards on Saturday and after the backlash from fans, he is flaunting it all up in our faces. He has dubbed himself  your 'Mechanic Crush'

He wrote:

In This Country.........................

Youve Gat to be Kidding Me

Checkout Robber who abandoned operation in order to rape victim, beaten to stupor

But for the intervention of the police, an alleged notorious leader of an armed robbery gang at Igando would have been lynched yesterday morning.

Akeem Folorunso alias Scorpion was apprehended around 5:30am, after he and another suspect at large, attacked residents of 6, Ismail Abass Street, Igando.

They were said to have broke into the house and attempted to rape a female occupant, when the victim’s father prevented them.

Angered by his obstruction, the suspects, it was gathered attacked the man before carting away his properties.

Neighbours who discovered what was happening, surrounded the residence and also contacted the police.

Scorpion was nabbed while his colleague escaped.

It was gathered that the residents beat him to a coma and wanted to lynch him before policemen from Igando Division got to the scene and whisked him away.

Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, told Nation that the suspect was taken to the hospital.

Nigeria Police Arrest Brothers Who Converted Their Apartment Into A Cult Shrine

Police in Lagos have arrested some suspected members of Eiye Confraternity, who allegedly used a residence on Halidu Avenue, Shibiri, in Okokomaiko area of the state, for cult activities.

Among the suspects are three brothers, David Richard, 33; Sunday Richard, 39; Odefe Richard, 29. Two other siblings, John Agboroko, 30; and 34-year-old Matthew Agboroko, were also arrested.

Other suspects are Samson Okpe, 32; Paul Jago 30; Saheed Oriyomi; 32; David Quenum, 29, from the Republic of Benin.

Police said the residence belonged to one Mrs. Rosemary Lawrence.

The woman lives on Old Marine Road, Apapa. According to Punch, a shrine, where new members were initiated, was uncovered by a team of detectives who stormed the compound 5am on Saturday.

It was gathered that wraps of drugs suspected to be cannabis were also recovered from the scene. A police source said operatives had been on surveillance of the area prior to the arrest of the guys.

“There was a shrine in an apartment on that premises, where the suspects used to meet and initiate new members. We got information that the gang was initiating new members and we stormed the compound. Some of the suspects are siblings. We have been keeping a close watch on the group’s activities for some time. They are Eiye Confraternity members,” the source said.

Lagos Police PRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest, adding that Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had directed that the suspects be charged to court.

I belong to the kitchen, I belong to the living room and I belong to every room created by God.-River First Lady

                          

Wife of the Rivers State Governor , Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike has said that she belongs to the kitchen, the living room and every room created by God.

Justice Suzzette Nyesom-Wike said this on Sunday at the 10th Biennial Diocesan Women's Guild Conference Thanksgiving Service of Anglican Diocese of the Niger Delta North at Saint Thomas Anglican Church in Diobu, Port Harcourt. 

"All women have been through a lot as they strive to build the society . Our contributions to societal development cannot be underestimated. 

I belong to the kitchen, I belong to the living room and I belong to every room created by God. So also other women. We are created by God to do more. In my own case as a judicial officer, I also belong to the courtroom. Other women belong to different rooms, depending on their professional calling" she said.

She added: ” Women are very important to the development of any community. They form a larger percentage of the workforce that keeps the society 

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28-Year Old Man Turns 15-Year Old Into S3x Slave In Lagos

The police in Lagos State have arrested a tricycle rider, Dada Azeez, for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old girl, Jumoke (pseudonym), and turning her into a sex slave in the Agege area of the state.

It was learnt that the suspect abducted the victim on October 5, while she was running an errand for her sister.

He allegedly took her to a single-room apartment where he sexually assaulted her till October 21, when operatives of the Rapid Response Squad rescued the victim.

Punch learnt that Jumoke’s sister, one Mrs. Gbemisola, reported the case to the RRS, informing the police that the victim was abducted with a sum of N58,000 meant for her thrift contribution.

The suspect, after lodging in several locations to evade arrest, was reportedly nabbed on Oseni Street, in the Danjuma Cinema area, Agege, with Jumoke in the apartment.

Azeez, 28, reportedly confessed to the crime, saying he had been dating Jumoke since she was 14 years old.

He said, “We started having an affair about a year ago. But her sister frowned at the relationship.

“I was able to perpetrate the crime when her sister sent her on an errand on that Sunday. However, I didn’t know she was with any money. I just wanted to take her far away from her sister for not supporting our relationship.”

Jumoke said the suspect deflowered and turned her to a sex slave.

She said, “He forced himself on me the very first day I visited him at his residence. Since then, he had been raping me without using a condom.

“He raped me everywhere and even at his friends’ place where he hid me for weeks. I succumbed to him because I couldn’t go back home.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident, urging parents and guardians to monitor  their children and the company they keep

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The Judges Must Step Down For Trial-Presidency

The Presidency is insisting that two Supreme Court Justices and four others must step aside ahead of their trial for alleged corruption, The Nation learnt last night.

It also faulted Chief Justice Mahmud Mohammed’s claim that the Judiciary had issues with the Department of State Services (DSS), not the Federal Government.

It was also learnt that the DSS refused to release the evidence against the judges under probe to the National Judicial Council (NJC) in order not to prejudice their trial.

Those under investigation by the DSS are two Supreme Court Justices -Justice Sylvester Ngwuta and Justice Inyang Okoro; the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya, who was picked up in Sokoto; Justice Adeniyi Ademola (Federal High Court); the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike;  Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court;  Justice Muazu Pindiga (Gombe State High Court);  Justice Bashir Sukola and  Justice Ladan Manir, from the Kaduna State High Court.


Of the nine judges, the NJC has recommended sanctions for Justice Tsamiya; Justice. Umezulike and Justice Kabiru Auta.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating six judges of the Federal High Court. They are: Justices Mohammed Nasir Yunusa; Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa; Musa Haruna Kurya; Agbadu James Fishim; Uwani Abba Aji; and Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia.

But the NJC has refused to suspend six of the judges because, according to the Judicial agency, the DSS is yet to submit petitions and evidence against them.

The government however said the judges must step aside to clear their names instead of facing trial while on the bench.

A top government source, who spoke in confidence, said: “The government has made its position known to the CJN on why the judges should step aside ahead of their trial. The government will not yield ground on this.

“If we go ahead to arraign them in court, the same CJN and NJC will accuse the government of desecrating the Judiciary. The right step now is to allow the judges to face trial and clear the allegations against them.

“It is unfortunate that what the CJN told the government on how to handle the case of the judges was different from the statement he issued.

“We are suspecting that the CJN might be under pressure from his colleagues or he wants to leave the fate of the judges to his successor.

“He cannot rationalise by making a distinction between the Federal Government and the DSS. The government was in support of the sting operations of the security agency. So, the DSS did not act unilaterally.

“We will not take up issues with the CJN because the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), some former Supreme Court Justices and the Body of Benchers have supported the position of the government that the judges should step aside.”

The source added: “Some of the judges in their letters to the CJN admitted having huge cash at home as if their houses are banks. In some jurisdictions, no judge can have up to $5,000 dollars at hand.

“We have a case of a judge who had never withdrawn a kobo from his salary account. How does he feed? Yet, the CJN was put into confidence on some of these issues at a meeting with some government officials. In what other way can the government respect the Judiciary?

It was learnt at the weekend that the NJC might meet this week or before the November 10 exit date of the CJN on the petitions against some judges.

It was gathered that the NJC session scheduled for Saturday was suddenly shifted following pressure from some quarters.

A member of the NJC said: “Yes, our meeting was postponed at the last minute because of certain circumstances. We are hopeful that we may meet this week, depending on the disposition of the CJN.

“What is however clear is that we will hold a meeting before the exit date of the CJN. We have to take a decision on some petitions against some judges before the council. One of the petitions is a high profile one.

“It is also statutory that we meet to bid the CJN a farewell and ratify some recommendations on some judges.”

It was gathered that the DSS refused to release evidence against the embattled judges to the NJC in order not to lay all the cards on the table before their trial.

The DSS suspects that there is no way the judges will not be privy to the evidence against them and they may begin to frustrate their trial with preliminary objection.

The agency prefers encounters with the judges in court instead of the NJC, which is a disciplinary body.

A security source said: “With the suspicious manner the  NJC threw away some cases/ petitions  against some judges, the DSS cannot take such a risk to make all its evidence available to the body.

“Take the case of a judge who was implicated in a N500million bribery, the Petition Review Committee of the NJC cleared him. This is a judge who admitted on tape to have collected bribe.

“It took some persistence by a petitioner before the NJC could accept to sanction the Chief Judge of Enugu State. He was retired after about four petitions against him.

“Another judge accused of demanding N200million was retired by the NJC when the law is explicit on what should be done.

“To give evidence to NJC will amount to prejudging the judges. The DSS conducted sting operations in some judges’ quarters; it believes the law should take its course through trial.

“Once the evidence are made available to the NJC, the trial of the judges will suffer a setback from the outset because they will know what the government has against them.”

Basket Mouth Lament Over Paying 24K for a Meal

                           

He said he paid 24,300 for the meal and wasn't even full. See after the cut...

Dangote fires 36 Expatriates, 12 Nigerians over Poor Business

Recession is sure affecting many, including the very rich. The current hardship rocking the economy has hit one of the biggest employers of labour in Nigeria as the Dangote Group, belonging to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has fired 48 senior members of staff.

Those sacked were made up of 36 expatriate and 12 Nigerian workers from the group’s headquarters and one of the subsidiaries, Dangote Cement Plc.

Though no official of the group was willing to speak on the matter, The Punch gathered from highly placed sources that the decision to sack the workers was not unconnected with the current high cost of running business in the country occasioned by the unavailability of foreign exchange and the unprecedented hike in the naira to dollar exchange rate.

It was further gathered that the huge amounts in foreign currencies being paid to the expatriate workers had become a burden on Dangote due to the steady depreciation in the value of the naira and the difficulties of raising enough dollars.

Consequently, Dangote, according to sources, has decided to replace the expatriates with Nigerians, who have acquired the requisite experience on the job, and he will be paying them in naira.

For the affected Nigerians, it was gathered that most of them had disciplinary issues, which made it easy for the group to do away with their services

Family Runs ‘Around’ To Raise N100m For Obanikoro’s Bail

                            


The family and associates of the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, are intensifying efforts to raise N100m to release him from the detention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

A source said the family had taken a decision that the former minister would not spend another week in the detention facility of the commission.

Obanikoro flew into the country on Monday last week and has since been held by the EFCC, whose operatives have been interrogating him in connection with N4.7bn traced to Silva Mcnanamara, a company in which, the commission says he has interests.


Babajide and Gbolahan, two of Obanikoro’s sons, were said to be directors of the company when N4.7bn was allegedly paid into the company’s accounts from the office of the National Security Adviser in 2014.

The money was said to be part of the amount earmarked to finance the June 21, 2014 Ekiti State governorship election, which Governor Ayodele Fayose won, and the November 2014 governorship poll in Osun State, which Chief Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party contested and lost.

Fayose, also of the PDP, defeated the then incumbent, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of the All Progressives Congress, while Omisore lost to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, of the APC.

A family source on Sunday said members of the family were worried about the continuing detention of the minister because of his health and were moving to ensure that he did not spend beyond Tuesday (tomorrow) in detention.

“We are concerned about his health and we are not ready to see him still in detention beyond Tuesday this week. The man’s life is more important than the money they are asking him questions about,” the source stated.

The family source confirmed that the commission had given a condition to the former minister to raise N100m to get an administrative bail.

“If that is the only condition to see him out of detention for now, we are making efforts to raise that. You know the situation of the country now, but no sacrifice is too much to make him a free man again,” the source told a Punchcorrespondent

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Less than 2 months after being crowned, the Eze Ndigbo of Malaysia dies in his sleep

The Igbo community of Malaysia have reportedly lost their chief, a renowned exporter, Izuchukwu Nwajiaku, who was crowned on August 2016.

He reportedly died yesterday, and the cause of his death is still unknown. See more photos of the 'late' chief below!