South African singer Brickz bags 15-year jail sentence for raping 16-year-old relative

                          

South African singer Sipho Ndlovu a.k.a Brickz, has bagged a 15-year jail sentence for raping a 16-year-old relative in 2013.

Brickz was found guilty of raping the victim who bled after the incident as her hymen was broken, as she was a virgin at that time. He reportedly threatened to kill her if she told anyone.

Passing his judgement Magistrate Baloyi, said the victim who was unaware that she had been infected with a sexually transmitted disease, wanted to end her life as a result of the trauma and became fearful of the musician. Though Brick’s cousel argued for a lenient sentence, however Baloyi said the Kwaito star has not shown remorse for his crime and the court has a duty to protect the freedom of women.

Brickz who was all smiles as he walked into court to hear his fate, was first arrested in 2013 after the teenager accused him of raping her in his Johannesburg flat. He denied the charge and the trial lasted for three years. The teenager had lost her parent and had moved in with the Uncle who turned out to be her rapist.

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Uber driver killed by security guards around his home while on his way to work in Lagos

Residents of Ikenne/Eloseh street Surulere, Lagos, meted out jungle justice to one of the suspects who reportedly killed an Uber driver, Utibe Akpan while on his way to work on Saturday.

It was gathered that Akpan was stabbed by a security guard identified as Ibrahim Abionu aka Horror, alongside a mechanic. After he was killed, he was put in the booth of his car and dropped in a nearby street, Folawiyo Bankole, after which the suspects fled with his car

However one of the suspects was nabbed this morning, he was beaten to stupor by the residents who recovered an ID card of Horror. He was however saved by the Police, as manhunt has already been launched for Horror who was calling his phone continuously to get information whether the residents of the area have found out. The third suspect is also on the run and the car is yet to be retrieved.

An eyewitness said;

“Only God knows if the owner of the car, that gave Akpan to use as Uber, knows about the situation already. I heard he was just given the car less than a week ago. .
Imagine been killed inside your own street. There have been several robberies and car thefts on the street, without knowing the security guards are responsible for them.”

Mother, 24, allegedly burns two of four kids in oven (Photo)

A 24-year-old mother has been accused of killing her two toddler sons by putting them inside an oven and turning it on.

The suspect, Lamora Williams was arrested on murder charges after 1-year-old Ja’Karter Penn and 2-year-old Ke-Yaunte Penn were found dead in their Atlanta apartment.

According to reports, the two boys were placed in the oven sometime early Friday and were found dead with burn marks on their bodies when cops arrived at the home, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

Williams called Jameel Penn, the father of her three youngest children, on Friday night to tell him his kids were dead, and he immediately notified the police after seeing the two boys on the floor during the video chat.

The father, mourning the loss of his sons at a vigil on Saturday night, said, “I ain’t got no soul no more.”

Williams and Penn’s 3-year-old son was found unharmed inside the apartment, and her 6-year-old daughter was not home at the time of the deaths, the AJC reported.

Friends and family said Williams suffers from un-diagnosed mental health problems and should be put on suicide watch while she remains in jail.

Late Tagbo Umeike To Be Laid To Rest This Friday

Tagbo Umeike a friend of Davido and Caroline Danjuma's boyfriend will this friday, 20th of October be laid to rest at his home town in Anambra State. Tagbo whose cause of death was revealed as suffocation died on his birthday. 

Femi Fani-Kayode and Osita Chidoka Storm court in Igbo attire today for Nnamdi Kanu’s trial

          

Femi Fani-Kayode, and Anambra governorship aspirant Osita Chidoka, who are co-defendants in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial showed up in court in Igbo attire, even though Nnamdi Kanu failed to show up in court today as hearings on his trial begins.

However, the three other defendants – Benjamin Madubugwu, Chidiebere Onwudiwe and David Nwawuisi were brought into the court by prison officials. Here are more photos below;

          

Checkout how a Businessman defrauded Union bank of N335m

A 47-year-old businessman, Henry Ekuase, has been brought before an lkeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for alleged fraud.

The police said Ekuase fraudulently obtained the sum of N335m from a Union Bank branch at Marina Stallion Plaza on the Lagos Island.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Henry had acquired the sum as a loan from the bank to trade in beverages.


He was arraigned on Monday on three counts bordering on false pretences and fraud to which he pleaded not guilty.

The police prosecutor, Inspector N. Peter, said Henry committed the offence sometime in November 2016.

He said the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 285, 314(1)(a)(b)(2) and 322(3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.

The charges read in part,

“That you, Henry Ekuase, sometime in 2016, at No. 36, Marina Stallion Plaza, Lagos Island, in the Lagos Magisterial District, with intent to defraud, did obtain N335,363,146.76 from Union Bank Nigeria Plc. with pretence of trading in Nestle products, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 314(1)(a)(b)(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did issue Unity Bank Cheque number 002082091, dated May 31, 2016, for N900,000.00; cheque number 002082090, dated June 24, 2016, for N2,500,000.00, and cheque number 00208209, dated July 26, 2016, for N5,000,000.00; money that you fraudulently obtained from the bank and which was returned unpaid due to insufficient fund standing in the account, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 322(3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Y.O. Aje-Afunwa, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50m with two sureties in like sum

Shocking Moment Man Crashes Car and Leaves Female Friend to Burn to Death (Photos)

Saeed Ahmed and Harleen Grewel

The shocking moment a New York man was caught on camera hailing a taxi to leave the scene of a car crash while his trapped female friend burned to death nearby has been revealed.

According to Dailymail, the footage shows 23-year-old Saeed Ahmed asking a taxi driver in the middle of a highway if he can get a ride just moments after crashing his car in Brooklyn on Friday night.

The video, which was shot by a witness and obtained by ABC7, shows his car engulfed in flames in the background. The female friend identified as Harleen Grewel, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene after her charred body was found in the front passenger seat by firefighters at the scene.

Ahmad was allegedly weaving in and out of traffic on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway before his 2007 Infiniti G35 hit a barrier. He is said to have escaped the burning wreckage before flagging down the taxi to take him to hospital, leaving Grewel behind in the car. 

Saeed was later arrested at a hospital where he was being treated for burns to his arms and legs following the crash. Ahmad's father has since said he doesn't know what his son was thinking fleeing the scene of the horror crash.

'I don't know what happened yet, I need to see him, talk to him, find out what happened,' Mohammad Azam told the New York Daily News.

He added that he never knows what happens in Ahmad's life and he is often out late with his friends. Meanwhile his brother Waheed Ahmad, 21, told the New York Post that he never fled the crash scene and suffered his injuries trying to save his friend. 

'He did not just run away from the scene. He lost his phone in the car [and was] unable to call the ambulance,' he said. 

'He tried to get her out. That's how his hands and his legs and his neck got burned. He couldn't get her out. The fire got too crazy. It just burned so quick.

'Everything is chaos right now. We are shocked. It's horrifying for the girl and her family.

'He's emotionally distraught. Every time they ask him about what happened, he's crying and screaming. His friend burned alive.'  

Saeed admitted to police that he had been drinking alcohol before the crash but a subsequent blood test revealed he was not legally drunk. He was charged with criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and speeding.

Bukola Saraki To Stage Superlative Wedding For Daughter In Lagos Next Week

Senate President Bukola Saraki and his wife are set to throw a superlative wedding for their first child, Tosin who will next week Saturday, October 28 precisely walk down the aisle with her prince, Adeniyi Olatunde Olukoya, the son of Omooba Tokunbo Olusanya.

According to sources the wedding will be a talk of the town. We say big congrats to the couple. By the way, Tosin is 25.

Dream Kardashian Gets Her Ear Pierced

Blac Chyna has showed off her 11-month-old daughter's tiny heart-shaped diamond studs on snap, captioning the photo 'Dreamy got her ears pierced

Bobrisky mocks Linda Ikeji’s younger brother for ‘begging for followers’ in return for iPhones

                              
Linda Ikeji’s younger brother, Peks Ikeji two days ago took to his Instagram to ask his followers to help make his followers up to a 100k in exchange for 100 iPhones to 100 of them.
                    
                   

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Prison warder commits suicide after her affair with inmate was exposed

A Losperfontein Correctional Centre employee committed suicide on Monday morning after photos of her being intimate with a prison inmate went viral.

Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said it is unclear how the pictures were shared and who shared them.

He further stated that in the case of the inmate involved, an investigation is underway to indicate the violations and to recommend sanctions. 
“The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has been made aware of images involving an official and inmate, from Losperfontein Correctional Centre, in an intimate position circulating on social media,” Nxumalo said.
“As this is disturbing and strictly prohibited, the department condemns this type of behaviour in the strongest possible terms.
“Whilst DCS was busy investigating this matter, we have since learned with shock that the official allegedly appearing on the images has committed suicide.”
Regional Commissioner Mandla Mkabela has expressed grief and sadness at the incident.
”On behalf of DCS, we want to convey our condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased official,” said Mkabela.
“We have dispatched a team of senior managers and our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) specialists to provide necessary support.
 

Rapper Gucci Mane fiancée set to tie the knot today

                             

U.S. rapper, Gucci Mane & his fiancé Keyshia Ka’oir are currently filming a realty series on BET capturing their big wedding day, today October 17th.

BET is reportedly picking up the entire tab on the million dollar, lavish & star-studded event.

But before it officially airs on BET tonight, photos from the rehearsal dinner started surfacing online Monday, giving a brief preview ahead of the couples big night.

In addition to that though, Guwop decided to show off the new gift he bought his soon-to-be-wife, and that being a brand new Rolls Royce Wraith.

LNSC Foils Kidnap Attempt Of 2-Year Old Boy In Orile-Agege [Photo]

Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corp (LNSC) yesterday foiled kidnap attempt of a two-year-old boy, Darasimi Tijani, who was allegedly lured by suspected kidnappers with N50.

It was learnt that the incident occurred at No 90, Oyewole Road, Orile-Agege, about 9a.m. when the kidnappers realised that Darasim’s guardian, Mrs. Fathimo Balogun, went in to attend to the need of other kids.

Passers-by, it was learnt, suspected the kidnappers’ sinister moves and raised the alarm which led to their arrest by a mob.

The swift intervention of the LNSC officers saved the suspects from being lynched while the boy, his mother, Mrs. Wasilat Tijani, and the guardian were taken to LNSC station at Orile-Agege LCDA.


The Chairman of LNSC, Mr. Israel Ajao, who spoke through the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Mr Afolabi Olayiwola, confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

He said: “LNSC, at exactly 9.30a.m., upon an intelligence information received from the public, arrested two kidnappers at No 90, Oyewole Road, Orile-Agege who lured the little boy, Darasimi Tijani (two years old), with N50 note, when they realised that the guardian, Fathimo Balogun, quickly went in to attend to the needs of other kids.

“Passer-by raised the alarm and the LNSC officers moved to arrest and save the two kidnappers from being lynched by the public. We rescued the boy and the mother, Wasilat Tijani, with the guardian to our station at Orile-Agege LCDA along with the kidnappers.”

According to Ajao, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, preliminary investigation by the agency revealed that one of the suspects speaks Hausa while the other pretends as mad man.

He added: “Our primary investigation revealed that one of the suspects is a Hausa man by name Muritala Lado, who claimed to be a tailor, the second suspect pretended to be a mad man but later mentioned his name as Bassey. They all confessed to have committed the crime. They have all been moved to the Agency Headquarters at Bolade Oshodi for necessary further action.”