How Our Daughters Were Sold To Libyan Slave Merchants – Nigerian Mothers

Three women on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, lamented as they gave details how their daughters were trafficked and sold to Libyan slave merchants under the guise that they were heading to Dubai for, ”good jobs.”

They opened up on their ordeal at the state police command after the arrest of one Dada Ogundare, who allegedly facilitated their journey to the slave camp.

Mr. Ogundare was paraded alongside a supposed prophetess, Omoseeke Komolafe. They were said to have collected an undisclosed amount of money from the victims’ parents for the trip.

However, the suspects claimed that they only assisted the young ladies, one of whom was pregnant, to seek employment outside the country not knowing that they would end up as slaves.


The victims left Nigeria on November 25 by road through the desert instead of going by air as promised by the suspects.

They were also taken to Libya instead of Dubai, where they were reportedly sold as slaves.

Magareth Olorunfemi, one of the mothers of the victims, said they later learnt that their children only ended up being trafficked and sold to slave traders.

She said efforts were made to get the girls back, but the traffickers holding the girls had demanded N1.2 million each to free the girls.

She said herself and the prophetess were members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in a ward at Ikere Ekiti where the deputy governor also belongs.

Mrs. Olorunfemi disclosed that Ms. Komolafe told her daughter that the deputy governor had been given four slots to be given to children of party members in his ward to travel to Dubai with the payment of N150,000 to facilitate the trip.

She said she became worried after the kids embarked on the trip, when she did not hear from her daughter.

According to her, she later was able to speak with her daughter on December 10 who told her that she was in a slave camp in Libya.

“My child called that the prophetess had sold her into slavery that we should go and meet the deputy governor, that we should get N1.2 million before they can be freed from slavery,” Mrs. Olorunfemi said.

Feyisayo Adedayo, another parent who reportedly fell victim to the traffickers’ tricks, said her daughter is pregnant.

“My daughter, Ayomiotan, spoke with me on the phone that they went through the desert and not by flight as they were promised,” she said.

“I don’t have N1.2 million to send to them to free my daughter. (Ekiti State) Government should return my daughter to me with her pregnancy.

“She (daughter) is my only girl and my last born. I reported the case at the police station in Ikere. I want my daughter back because Idon’t want her to die in slave camp.”

The third woman whose daughter was also reportedly enslaved, Bukola Bamise, said she was shocked to learn that her daughter had been sold as a slave.

“It was the deputy governor that said he wanted to use the four slots given to his ward to benefit our children but I was shocked to learn that they were camped somewhere and they had been sold as slaves,” she said.

However, Mr. Ogundare, the suspected accomplice in the crime told reporters that he contacted the prophetess to help him find girls interested in jobs in Libya, suggesting that the prophetess only used the name of the deputy governor, ”to deceive the girls and their parents.”

He also claimed he didn’t collect any money from the victims.

Mr. Ogundare, who explained that his wife and younger sister were in Libya, added that he told the prophetess to inform the girls’ parents of their destination.

“I didn’t collect one naira from anybody, I have so far taken four persons to Libya while madam (prophetess) had taken nine persons to Libya,” he added.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Julius Okoro, warned parents against allowing their children to embark on questionable trips.

“The girls were trafficked to Libya on the pretext that they were taking them to Dubai,” Mr. Okoro said.

“Information reached their parents that they are suffering and they had been sold out in the slave camp in Libya.

“One of the girls trafficked to Libya is pregnant but was rejected by those buying them because of her pregnancy. We understand that they are suffering seriously in Libya.

“Our advice to parents is that they should be careful of those they entrust their children to. Let them be careful and be sure of the persons they are handing over their children to,” he added.

“My individual effort to campaign against APC and PDP in the 2019 elections" Oby Ezekwesili

                          
A former minister for education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that her political agenda for 2019 is to stop the two major political parties in Nigeria – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – from winning state and national elections.

Mrs. Ezekwesili, who is also a co-leader of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, tweeted on Thursday that the essence of her new agenda was to “disrupt and end the political and governance stagnation and retrogression that our cyclical low equilibrium political Russian roulette has cost our country and people.

“Enough is enough,” she said, through her Twitter handle @obyezeks. “My political agenda is simple. I shall actively campaign against APC and PDP in the 2019 elections except in rare cases where they field new minds with a strong record of public interest.


“I shall actively campaign for the best candidates of all other parties in the elections.

“My individual effort to campaign against APC and PDP in the 2019 elections may not amount to much, but it is at least a definite expression of my personal conviction.

“My conviction is that it is time to end the tyranny of rulership of a wicked minority political elite class,” she wrote.

Mrs. Ezekwesili’s position is a reflection of the general discontentment among Nigerians against the country’s political leadership.

Nigeria, with its main earnings coming from oil, is Africa’s biggest economy. Yet most of its population still live in abject poverty.

Mrs. Ezekwesili, in her one of tweets, described the APC and the PDP as “twin brothers”.

“This for me is the #YearOfTheOfficeOfTheCitizen when all citizens lift their red card.

“Whether many other citizens feel the way one feels about our political status quo does not matter. Standing up for what I believe is what one was raised to epitomize.

“It is sickening to watch the repetition of a similar pattern of bad behavior by our political class,” she said.

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6. Fastest Growing Region in Africa.

It is home to Multi-billion dollars projects such as:-

1. Lekki-Epe International Airport 

2. Lekki Deep Sea Port

3. Dangote Petroleum Refinery (This project will be completed this year)

4. Lekki Free Trade Zone

5. Chinese Free Trade Zone 

5. Ibeju Lekki Railway Station

6. New Shoprite (Biggest in West Africa) 

7. 4th Mainland Bridge

8. Luxury Resorts such as La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Omu Resort, Eleko Beach, Lagos Private Golf Beach Resort, etc.

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D’banj Honoured With a Chieftaincy Title in Imo State

                       

The year has kicked off on a very good note for D’banj as he was just honoured with a chieftain title in Imo state. The Nigerian musician was named as the “Ezi Enyi Ka Nwanne of Amuzi”, Obowo in Imo State. And he has joined the league of other Nigerian celebrities and politicians that have been conferred with a title in a land different from theirs.

Good one for him.

Police Officer Arrested For ‘Killing Of Seven Farmers In Adamawa

The Adamawa Police Command today confirmed the arrest of a policeman who was alleged to have shot to death seven farmers in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrest followed a petition by a Civil Society Organization, Progressive Mind for Development Initiate.

The petition signed by the president of the CSO, Abubakar Abdulsalam, alleged that the officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, committed the offence on Nov. 23, 2017.

It indicated that the police officer, while in charge of Safer Highways Patrol Team, arrested the farmers who were working on their farms at the outskirts of Gombi town, tied and shot them to death.


The petition further alleged that the same officer had on April 30, 2016, while in charge of a police outpost in Kem village, Shelleng Local Government area of the state, killed four people suspected of committing robbery.

“We as a concerned organization consider the act of the suspect (policeman) as an act against the provision of the Constitution and infringement on the fundamental rights of the people in question.

“If such act is not checked it will continue to spread like wild fire and eventually Nigeria will be unsafe for its citizens,” it added.

The spokesman of Adamawa Police Command, Othman Abubakar, said the policeman had been arrested and detained as investigation continues into the case.

PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH

Toke Makinwa (born 3 November 1984) is a Nigerian radio personality, television host, vlogger, and author.She is known for her book, On Becoming, co-hosting The Morning Drive on Rhythm 93.7 FM and her YouTube vlog series Toke Moments.

                                  
Makinwa was born on 3 November 1984 in Lagos state. She went to high school in Federal Government College Ogbomoso, Oyo State and graduated from the University of Lagos where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature.
                       

Makinwa (along with Tosyn Bucknor and Oreka Godis) was announced as one of the hosts of 3LiveChicks, an entertainment program which was initially launched only on the Web but was later extended to terrestrial TV stations in late 2012.Makinwa did not renew her contract with Flytime TV for season 2, and was subsequently replaced by her radio colleague Omalicha
In January 2014, Hip Hop World Magazine announced Makinwa as the host for its latest show Trending which debuted on Valentine's Day
On 21 May 2014, it was reported that Makinwa would be joining the Moments with Mo team on EbonyLife TV as a guest host She has since featured in many episodes on the EbonyLife TV Network
In 2010, she hosted the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant.
                            
In November 2016, Makinwa released her autobiography On Becoming. It tells of her struggles in life after she lost her parents in a house fire at the age of 8, as well as growing up and her version of what led to the break down of her marriage to Maje Ayida
                          
In 2013, Makinwa became an ambassador of the United Africa Company of Nigeria alongside Osas Ighodaro, Dare Art Alade and Dan Foster. She also signed a multi-million naira contract with Nestlé Nigeria to become the new face of Maggi. In 2016 she became the brand ambassador and face of Mecran Cosmetics
                             
On 15 January 2014, married Maje Ayida. In 2015, she separated from her husband following a scandal revealing he had impregnated his ex-girlfriend.On 5 October 2017, Makinwa's marriage to Ayida was dissolved by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos on the grounds that Ayida committed adultery

Gory Photos Of A Lady Killed In Makurdi By Fulani Herdsmen

According to FFK these are photos of Benue residents butchered like goats by fulani herdsmen. In all 20 people were killed and 30 injured. Please the photos below are very gory. This is more than sad!

President Buhari Son Undergoes Brain Surgery

President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, has undergone a successful brain surgery, according to the Guild of Medical Directors.

The Guild’s president, Prof. Femi Dokun-Babalola, disclosed this in a statement made available to Daily Sun in Abuja, yesterday.

Yusuf had been on admission at Cedarcrest Hospital, in Abuja, after a power bike accident in the city, on Tuesday December 26, 2017. He suffered injuries to the head and limbs.


Following denials of plans to move Yusuf out of the country for medical care, there had been speculations that he could be transferred to the National Trauma Centre, at the National Hospital, Abuja.

Yesterday, Prof. Dokun-Babalola spoke about Yusuf’s brain surgery and that he has been assessed to be stable.

“We are saddened to hear about the unfortunate accident involving the son of our dear president on a power bike.

“While we cannot comment on the exact circumstances of the accident, we are happy that the situation is being efficiently handled by Cedarcrest Hospital, in Abuja, one of the top Guild of Medical Directors-owned hospitals in Nigeria.

“It is heartening to note that his condition is now stable after undergoing brain surgery and we hope for complete recovery from this unfortunate incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with president Muhammadu Buhari and his family at this time,” the Guild said.

Prominent Nigerians, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have continued to call for prayers for Yusuf’s quick recovery.

Emmanuel Adebayor Adopt His Late Brother Son

Former Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, has taken custody of his late brother’s son who he has named Junior Emmanuel Adebayor.

He made the announcement on Instagram yesterday to the amusement of most of his followers who considered the action as a very good deed by the soccer star.

Emmenual Adebayor while sharing a photo of them both, wrote on Instagram: ‘Whoever knows me knows my elder brother, Peter Adebayor who is no longer with us’

‘Here is his son and today I declare him as my first son. Let me introduce you to my first son. His name is Junior Emmanuel Adebayor. Blessings.’

His elder brother Peter, died in the year 2013, leaving his son behind.

Peter was part of the members of his family that Emmanuel actually accused of witchcraft and he claimed that they planned to kill him and also plotted to inherit his investments. At that moment, the footballer even confessed that he almost committed suicide.

Alicia Keys Omit herself From the Car Company Brouhaha involving her Husband

Alicia Keys is fighting to be dismissed from a $16.5 million lawsuit filed against her and husband, music producer Swizz Beatz, who is being sued by a luxury car company.

In September, lawyers for Metro Gem Leasing sued Swizz, 39, and Alicia’s company, AK Worldwide Productions, accusing the producer of reselling and fraudulently using leased luxury cars after he defaulted on the payments.

In the complaint, the couple are accused of defaulting on five luxury car leasing agreements, including a $155,000 Range Rover and a $600,000 Ferrari F12.


According to The Blast, the 36-year-old mother-of-2 filed papers claiming she was not involved in the lease agreements, that her name is not included in any lease paperwork, and that to the best of her knowledge, the leased cars were returned.

The “Fallin” singer also accuses executives at the leasing firm of trying to involve her in the suit to maximize their potential payout.

Editors at The Blast add that Swizz, real name Kasseem Dean, has filed a separate motion to dismiss the case, accusing Metro Gem Leasing bosses of trying to obtain money from him due to his status as a public figure.

Checkout Mercy Aigbe 8 cakes for her 40th birthday,

Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe turned 40 yesterday, 1st January.

She received 8 birthday cakes and have just shared a photo of them on her Instagram.

She captioned it; “The Morn After……..”

Photos From Traditional Wedding Of Okonjo-Iweala’s son to Chinua Achebe’s granddaughter (Photos)

The traditional wedding ceremony between Uchechi, the medical doctor son of former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Chioma Achebe, the granddaughter of the late literary icon Prof. Chinua Achebe, recently held in Umuahia, Abia State.

Uchechi Iweala is a Harvard-trained scholar having graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 2014. He works in Washington, DC and specializes in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Chioma Achebe is also a graduate of Harvard Law and Business school and works as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BSG), Washington D.C

Ugandan Lady Propose To Her Older White Lover

A Ugandan lady who seemed to be tired of waiting for her much older white lover to propose to her has done the needful

She knelt down and proposed to him at a lounge and he said yes! More photos below….

Nollywood Actor Chuks Omalicha Welcomes Baby Boy

Nollywood actor, Chuks Omalicha, is now a proud father of a baby boy as he welcomed his baby with his wife in a US hospital.The actor who traveled down to the US to be with his wife who welcomed the baby on the 27th of December, 2017.

Rapper Waka Flocka shares naked shower photo of wife Tammy Rivera

American rapper Waka Flocka, who is head over heels in love with his wife, gave us an insight of one of the things that has got him stuck in his marriage with the caption the naked shower photo of his wife Tammy Rivera, came with on Instagram.


The photo came with caption;

‘Real ASS Real Hair REAL ASS WOMAN…Real live mine ?.’

Checkout Cute Pre-Wedding Photos Of Super Eagles Defender Kenneth Omeruo and his Wife

uper Eagles player, Kenneth Omeruo, will be getting married to his fiancee, Chioma Nnamani, in Enugu state tomorrow, December 30th.

Kenneth, who is a Chelsea defender but currently on loan at Turkish club Kasimpasa, proposed to Chioma in September.

See their pre-wedding photos as well as photos from their introduction below…

Cardi B and Offset Slam Lady That Claim She is Pregnant For Him

Cardi B and Offset have shaken off claims from Instagram star Celina Powell that she’s pregnant with Offset’s baby.

Celine Powell shared an image of an ultrasound on her Instagram with a caption claiming Offset was the father, and that she hoped they could ‘work things out’ for their supposed child.


She wrote:

‘I hope Offset & I work this out for the sake of Karma Lee Cephus.’ The 22-year-old added: ‘These past few months have been a complete mess, but I finally found enough strength to open up about what’s going on. ‘Yes I am expecting & yes she’s a GIRL, my whole life is changing and right now it’s definitely for the better. ‘I know y’all like “this bitch done faked hella pregnancies,” but this time there’s NOOO doubt. I can’t wait to meet you my angel.’


But Cardi B, 25, and Offset, 26, have hit back at the claims from Celine, who even admitted in the post to faking pregnancies in the past.

The Bodak Yellow rapper, and Migos member, say the story is made up and that ‘he doesn’t even know her’ according to TMZ.

Celine, who’s Twitter bio reads she’s ‘God’s gift to rappers’, has apparently previously accused Fetty Wap and Chief Keef with claims of fake pregnancies.

Offset and Cardi B met last February, and got engaged in October when he proposed to her while on stage in Philadelphia

Australia Prime Minister Fined For not Wearing Life Jacket

Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has been fined $250 (£145) after he was photographed driving a dingy while not wearing a lifejacket.

Mr Turnbull issued an apology on Facebook after The Australian newspaper published the photos of him in a motorised inflatable raft near his home in Sydney Harbour.

The Liberal politician, who owns a waterside mansion in the affluent neighbourhood of Point Piper, in east Syndey, said the rules around maritime safety were "very technical" but that he had "learned" his lesson.

Following the publication of the photos, Mr Turnbull said he called the local maritime authorities, who confirmed he was in breach of the rules.


The NSW Roads and Maritime authority has since confirmed that the Prime Minister will be issued with the fine.

In his Facebook apology, Mr Turnbull said he was only moving the dingy a short distance and was close to the shore when the photograph was taken.

He said: “Water safety is all important especially at this time of year and as I discovered today we all need to be very alert to rules about wearing life jackets. Yesterday I was moving an inflatable dinghy from a jetty into the beach - only about 20 metres and always very close to the shore.

“I wasn’t wearing a life jacket, but as NSW Maritime explained to me today when I called them, because I was in the dinghy alone, even for that very short distance the NSW regulations required me to wear one.

“The rules can often seem very technical, but they are there to keep us safe and we should all comply with them. So lesson learned; I will make sure I always wear a life jacket in my dinghy regardless of how close I am to the shore, just as I always do on my kayak.”

What Went Down At The #Davido30Billion Concert Powered by Pepsi and Host of Others

the initial announcement a few months back, Davido’s ’30 Billion Concert’ had effortlessly become the most talked about 2017 concert in Africa, and it is no surprise the concert attracted attendance and performance from the most celebrated names in Africa such as WizKid, Don Jazzy, Nasty C, D’banj, Wande Coal, Falz; just to name a few.



Put together by TE Group, Achievas Entertainment and Pentagon, the concert also recorded a handful of rare feats that solidifies its position as 2017’s biggest concert; such as the first ever reunion from Mo’ Hits Stars, which was undoubtedly one of the concert’s best highlights – a performance that saw the once label mates perform their smash hit records such as ‘Booty Call’, ‘Closer’, Pere, among others.
Falz thrilled fans with his energetic performance of his hit single ‘Bahd Baddo Baddest’ featuring the man of the hour himself; Obo. Both artists went on to perform the song together.

Olamide also added to the fiery ambiance of the night, performing one of 2017’s biggest smash hits ‘Wo’, accompanied by Davido.

Another awe-inspiring highlight of the night was experienced as popular South African wordsmith Nasty C graced the stage alongside Runtown; performing their tuneful club banger ‘Said’. Nasty went on to deliver more commendable performances; met with uncontrolled cheering from fans.