Court awards N40m against El Rufai, Police over Chocolate City CEO detention

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, awarded N40million cost against Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state and the Nigerian Police Force for illegally detaining the Chief Executive Officer of Chocolate City Entertainment, Mr. Audu Maikori.

Justice John Tsoho upheld a fundamental rights enforcement suit Maikori filed before the high court.

Respondents in the suit were the Inspector General of Police; Kaduna State Commissioner of Police; Kaduna State Governor, and the Attorney General of the state.

The court directed that the resondents should pay the money to the plaintiff as compensation and general damages, jointly and severally. Maikori had in his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/385/17, prayed the court to award N21billion to him as damages.

He challenged his arrest and detention by the police over a message he passed through his tweeter handle. It will be recalled that Maikori was first arrested in Lagos on February 17, 2017 and detained for 24 hours in Abuja for allegedly posting “inciting” materials on the Internet.

The plaintiff had in the said tweet, alleged that some Southern Kaduna students were killed by Fulani herdsmen. The tweet infuriated Governor El-Rufai who vowed to prosecute Maikori for peddling falsehood he said was capable of worsening the security situation in Kaduna state. However, Maikori later apologised to the governor, saying he was misinformed by his driver.

He was subsequently arrested, allegedly on the order of governor El Rufai. Dissatified with the way he was treated, the plaintiff approached the court for a redress. Out of 25 reliefs he sought before the court, only 14 were granted. In his judgment, Justice Tsoho ordered the respondents, jointly and severally, to pay the applicant the sum of N10m only as compensation for the violations of the applicant’s right to personal liberty as enunciated in Section 35(6) of the 1999 Constitution for the loss of his business earnings while in detention.

The court also ordered the respondents to pay jointly and severally, as general damages, the sum of N10m only for injury to character, self-reputation, business reputation, esteem, proper feeling of pride of the applicant, his staff? management and the applicant’s other international business concerns.

Besides, Justice Tsoho directed the respondents to pay damages in the sum of N20m only for injury to health, for medical bills being incurred by the applicant in treating himself and for psychological damage done on the applicant.

He firther awarded N1,430 as cost of the suit, as well as, 10% interest per annum on damages until total and final liquidation of same. The Judge however noted that following the tweet on the social media, Maikori made himself liable to be arrested, even though he realised that he was misinformed by his driver.

He said:

“I hold the respectful view that by virtue of his act, the applicant made himself liable to be deprived of his personal liberty” the court stated.

Justice Tsoho further stressed that an arrest made by the police upon reasonable suspicion of commission of a crime is lawful.

He said the judgment went in favour of the applicant in view of the fact that the police, in carrying out its duty, violated Maikori’s fundamental rights. “This judgement is without prejudice to offences that the applicant is standing trial for. “The judgement will serve as a lesson to law enforcement agencies, they should discharge their duties in accordance with constitutional requirements, and not discharging their duties with impunity”, he held.

Justice Tsoho said though citizen have a right under the constitution to express themselves, he said such right should not be abused through the social media.

“Social media cannot be without social responsibility. It would amount to an invitation to anarchy to say that the cyber space is beyond control”.

He observed that it was for the purpose of control and regulation of the social media that the Federal Government enacted the Cyber Crime Act. Maikori was arrested in Lagos on February 19, 2017, based on an arrest warrant that endorsed by a Kaduna State Magistrate court.

Justice Tsoho however declared the arrest warrant invalid on the premise that it was not endorsed by a court in Lagos before the arrest was effected.

“The arrest was improper, illegal and unlawful and by implication, the applicant was wrongfully and unlawfully arrested and detained for 48 hours. “By dint of failure to make lawful arrest, the 2nd respondent infringed on the right to liberty, freedom, movement of the applicant.

The court agreed with submissions by Maikori’s lawyer that the applicant was arrested and detained even when the police was aware of his respiratory health challenge. “By virtue of exhibit 3 (medical report) an affidavit evidence, the police was made aware of the health challenge of the applicant. This fact was not controverted by all the respondents.

“The attitude of the respondents threatened the applicant’s right to life. Right to life and human liberty includes right to human dignity and other things that make life worth living. “This court found and held that the conduct of Police infringed on the applicant’s right to life, liberty, dignity, freedom, movement as enshrined in Sections 34, 35, 40 and 43 of the Constitution”, Justice Tsoho held.

Do i need to tell the world that you help politician launder money, yet we discovered you are the one going behind to sell their info and that of Lagos boys" Hushpuppi Spill More Dirty Details About His Bestfriend Mompha

Hushpuppi & His bestie Mompha have been at each other neck ever since he was accused of living a fake life.

Hushpuppi is now alleging that Mompha squandered 70million naira given to him, he snitches on Yahoo boys and launders money for Nigerian politicians. See his posts below…

Man about to get his leg amputated after being hit by stray bullet from policemen fighting in Abuja (Photos)

A newly married man, Kingsley is about to lose his leg after being hit by stray bullet from some policemen fighting in Abuja.

Facebook user, Amanda Chisom who shared the photos wrote;

“What was this young boy’s offence?
Kingsley just got married barely 5 weeks ago!!!!
He just went to Exclusive stores Wuse 2 Abuja to shop on the 18th of October ,where two police men fighting with their guns shot him on the leg.One of the police men is Akpabio Daniel of maitama division. Now the doctors are insisting the leg must be amputated.
Please let this matter get to the IG ASAP, this poor boy’s leg must not be amputated and those Police men must not go free.”

Dija Pregnant With Her Second Child

Mavin star, Dija seems to be pregnant with her second child. She was spotted with a growing baby bump at the Lagos Fashion and Design Week. 

VIO Officer Forces Taxi Driver To Crash Car Into Restaurant [Photo]

The Jabi area of Abuja was yesterday thrown into pandemonium when visibly frightened customers at the Mr. Bigg’s restaurant fled for safety after an errant Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO) crashed their car into the venue.

According to an eyewitness, around 3:30p.m. an unnamed officer was dragging the steering wheel with a taxi driver, who was escaping arrest until the vehicle crashed into the building.

The car, with registration number ABJ 189 XD, which had a lady at the passenger seat, crashed into the restaurant, which is along Awolowo Way, injuring the lady and some staff of the restaurant. It also destroyed some property.


The officer, who had stopped the driver around airport junction, about 2km from the site of the incident, was said to have forced his way into the driver side of the vehicle and struggled with the steering until it rammed into the building.

The vehicle shattered the glass entrance of the restaurant, pulled down a standing air conditioner, tables and chairs before a pillar and counter at the centre of the restaurant forced the vehicle to a stop.

While the incident attracted a mob, joint task force, which included the police, army, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and Civil Defense invaded the location, harassing people to leave the scene and beating a photojournalist.

In an attempt to capture the incident, the journalist, who displayed his Identity Card to the military men was beating profusely while his camera was dragged from him.

The taxi drivers, who complained about the excesses of the VIO officials, had protested against the highhandedness, threatening to lynch the officers.

The crowd was however dispersed and policemen at the scene declined comment, saying they were not authorized to speak on the issue.

Former Akwa Ibom First Lady Loses Only Child

Former First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Uduak Abasi Umondak only child, Victoria Nkanga Herman is dead. Victoria was Uduak’s only child from her marriage to Nsikak Nkanga, the former Military governor of Akwa Ibom state.

40 year old Victoria   suffered a cardiac arrest in the United States but succumbed to it.  

She was was buried in the USA, where she had lived almost all her life.  May God rest her soul.

2 Varsity Students Arrested For Internet Fraud

Two students of a university, Onuta, 22, and Mba, 20, have been arrested by operatives of the Cross Rivers State Police Command for impersonating military officers on their Facebook accounts to defraud people.

Vanguard gathered that they have been duping members of the public until they were arrested by police operatives. Investigations by Vanguard revealed that they defrauded, one Mr. Thomas of N400,000.

 According to Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, the fraudsters never knew that they were being tracked by their surveillance unit. One of the suspects, Onuta, who provided his account for the transaction, told Vanguard that he did it to pay school fees.


 He said: “We saw it as an opportunity when we started getting a lot of ‘likes’ and questions from people who were applying to enter the Nigerian Army, so we cashed in and started getting paid by different people. “We have collected money from more than 30 people.”

Checkout How Pregnant Wife Tortured Her Househelp For Eating Her Children Food

Juliet Ozoarinze, a pregnant housewife, is in the police net for allegedly torturing a 10-year-old girl, Blessing, in Ijesha, Surulere, Lagos State. 

According to a report by Punchng, the mother of four was also accused of assaulting the victim since she started living with the (Juliet’s) family in July 2017. 

She was alleged to have used different objects on her over allegations of being tardy in running errands, not being prompt in answering summons and practicing witchcraft. 

the suspect’s husband, Kenneth, was reported to have returned Blessing to her aunt, Vivian, on Tuesday, October 17, after the wife allegedly used a knife to cut the 10-year-old in the hand for allegedly stealing and eating the food meant for her children. 

Vivian, who gave the couple the child because Kenneth was a family friend, revealed that Kenneth said he was returning the child because of the injury. She said, “Blessing’s mother lives in Abuja and she has four children, including her. 

She had been saddled with the care of all the four girls. We thought the couple could assist with Blessing’s education in exchange for helping them with house chores. The man suddenly brought the girl back to our house. 

The woman used a knife to cut her in the hand and the man said he was not happy with the wife. After he left, I saw that she could barely sit and I asked her to remove her clothes. 

I was alarmed at the extent of her injuries and she told me that Juliet had been torturing her since she started living with them.” After after several attempts to convince Kenneth to to pay for the girl’s treatment, she reported the case at the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender. 

Young man marries older Oyinbo Woman in Ekiti State (photos)

A young Nigerian man simply identified as Seun took a big step in his life recently as he tied the knot with his older beautiful U.S-based British fiancée in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. 
The colorful wedding was held in the presence of family and friends. 
Congrats to the latest couple.

Kim Joins Kanye & Family LA Restaurant For A Belated Birthday Dinner

The party's just getting started for Kim Kardashian. And her famous family made sure to keep Kim the center of attention as they joined together for her belated birthday dinner at Carousel Armenian restaurant in Glendale, California last night.

The 37-year-old social media maven walked into her late father's favorite restaurant hand-in-hand with husband of three years Kanye West, with Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner following closely behind.

Kim looked absolutely stunning in a thigh-skimming tight white mini dress which showed off her tanned and toned legs.From the photos, they all had a nice time.

Woman hides phone in soup for robber boyfriend, to beat prison officials in Ogun

An attempt by a mother of two children to smuggle a phone to her boyfriend in prison custody has been foiled by the officials of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

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The 33-year-old woman, Fatima Balogun who has been arrested by men of the Special Intelligence Unit of the NPS, carried out the action on Wednesday at the gate lodge of Abeokuta maximum Prisons in Ibara. .
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The suspect confessed that she hid the phone which she bought for her boyfriend identified as Ganiyu Ajibode, in the cooler of soup from the Prisons officials. Balogun said she was a divorcee with two children before she met Ganiyu about two years back. .
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The suspect who said she lived in Fagba, Iju-Saga in Lagos, said she had never visited the Prison since her boyfriend was remanded for armed robbery six months ago. .
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The Controller of Prisons, Ogun State command, CP Benson Abolade said the action was a threat to national security, as the suspect was arrested for trafficking in Prison, which he said was against the Prison operation. .
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Fatima Balogun had hidden the hidden the offending phone, wrapped in a cellophane paper, in the stew because “I know they will not allow me to take it to him in the prison.”

Trouble In Paradise- Instagram Celebrity Hushpuppi In Messy Fight With Friends, Classic Baggie & Momopha

                                               ClassicBaggie, Mompha and Hushpuppi

 Nigerian big boy, Gucci Billionaire, Hushpuppi and his close friends ClassicBaggie and Mompha are taking swipes at each other on Instagram.

It all started when Classicbaggie, took to his page to shade Hushpuppi advising his followers on how it is important to invest properly, than live a fake billionaire life on Instagram and spend all your cash on Gucci.

Mompha seeing the shade was a clear shot at Hushpuppi threw his own shade at ClassBaggie’s comment section. See below…

Well, this didn’t go down well with Hushpuppi as he clearly caught the sub. He replied below…

“As I grow older, I have been working on my self a lot mostly when it comes to social media matters that will concern people I have once sat down n shared food from the same plate, shared our problems with each other, laugh and drink to our wins together and most importantly kept secrets with each other. I always try to avoid being the one without any sense in the head without single maturity, I always stay away from coming here to throw shades or air things out through this platform when I have options of cursing or fighting u in real life or just squash whatever it is between us or involve people who are close to us to work things out. But I see there’s a big fool in you that has pushed you to foolishness and I will take my first post easy before I rip you apart in my next other once if u ever make more efforts to be more foolish. My fat foolish brother, before u come to social media and throw shade and call someone broke Instagram Billionaire, did u think of it well? Did u remind yourself this is the same person that just recently borrowed you 20million naira in CASH when all your friends turned you down and wanted to see you shamed? Did u know u haven’t even paid the whole money back to this broke person who stood by you as a true friend, gave you 20 million without collateral or even interest or agreement, did you remind yourself this is the same person u want to be like that you brought carpenters to tear down your staircase to put wood to be like the background he takes his photos in his malaysia house? How many of the people laughing at your foolishness in your comment section was there for you? Tell me, but you want to be a bitch nigga and run your mouth. As u are quick to tell the world bad about me, be quick to tell them the good about me too, don’t hide the good side of me, tell the world too. Is it by force to do friendship? I block u all now y’all ganging up to be foolish 🤣. Ordinary instagram verification hurting y’all life, is that what you stand for? U can go ur way in peace u know? Leave me out of your life. We are grown and have families, let’s be matured and live in peace. If u come look say ur mouth sharp, try me and reply then u will know”

Classic Baggie then replied his above post saying he took advantage of Hushpuppi’s foolishness, collected the N20m he gave him and invested it. See below…

Hushpuppi then replied ClassicBaggie’s above post saying;

“I am grateful to God u didn’t deny taking 20million from me which u haven’t even paid back in fully, either u are going to make yourself look good on social media by saying you took advantage of my kindness for foolishness as you call it, I am glad and proud of myself as a true good friend who was there for you either way you see it, kindly or foolishly. The houses issue have nothing to do with the 20million I lent you to pay different debts of “transactions” and you know damn well me and u split $150k towards going to Europe and the 20million has nothing to do with this totally, I have my receipts, conversations and everything. Money I took from u in Europe was far less than 10,000 euros and how does that account for 20million naira. Bigger people to me has been calling and sending messages to not bring myself out there, I have proved I am far useful to you than anyone of your so called friends and followers you might be trying to mock me to. I became who I am without non of y’all help from the ground up, none of you all can say u put me on, I did all and got here by myself. The fact that I cut you all off and kept my business and dealings to myself has been hurting your life so bad cos you can no longer take advantage of me. I will leave this here and let God help me teach you a lesson that people who take people’s kindness for foolishness need to learn. Thanks for letting the world know it’s not safe to be friends with you or do business with you cos everyone is a fool to you at the end of the day where u are supposed to be grateful #PayUp #VerifiedBillionaireGucciMaster”

2019 Campaign Posters Of Wanted Abdulrasheed Maina Floods Borno State

2019 campaign posters of wanted former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force for Pension Reforms, Maina Abdulrasheed has flooded Borno State. The posters were also seen  on the streets of Kaduna and Bauchi State.

The posters declared Maina who is on the run wants to takeover the first office in Borno State in 2019.

Harvey Weinstein Has Sued The Weinstein Company

The disgraced movie mogul, who was founder and former co-chairman, wants access to his emails and other company records that could help defend himself against sexual assault allegations, and also help defend the company against potential liability.

In the lawsuit filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery, Weinstein said he needed the information to prevent the company, in which he and his brother remain the largest investors, from being harmed by unjustified legal settlements.

Representatives for Weinstein and The Weinstein Co did not immediately respond to requests for comment.