Gov Ambode special adviser Slump while playing Football

Deji Tinubu, who was the former Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, slumped in the field and was confirmed dead at a hospital in Epe.

A source who witnessed the sad incident, said

“He slumped while playing football this evening at Retreat with Governor in Epe, took to the Charlet clinic but was later rushed to the General Hospital in EPE when condition didn’t improve…. unfortunately, we lost Uncle Deji Tinubu is gone.”                

He is 5th left in the photo above which was taken few minutes before he slumped. Deji Tinubu is remembered for pushing for the approval of five schools competitions by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, which held in November and December in Lagos.

South African Policemen Arrested For Car Smuggling

South Africa’s organised crime unit, the Hawks have arrested nine people including five policemen and one immigration officer from the neighbouring country on corruption charges, fraud and smuggling of stolen vehicles into Zimbabwe.

Hawks spokesperson for Limpopo province, Captain Matimba Maluleke said the suspects were arrested on Monday and Tuesday during an operation code-named “Mirror.”

He said the group had been under surveillance for two years.

“The nine suspects aged between 32 to 51, including five police officers and a Home Affairs official were arrested on January 22 and 23 in Limpopo for alleged corruption, fraud and smuggling of suspected stolen vehicles out of South Africa, ”said Captain Maluleke.

“The arrests are a culmination of a Hawks’ investigative project dubbed “Mirror” aimed at addressing corrupt and illegal activities which includes, smuggling of suspected stolen vehicles through Beitbridge Border Post.

“The five police officers who were stationed at Tom Burke SAPS and the border post as well as the home affairs official and three runners, were under Hawks’ radar since 2016 following complaints from members of the public,” said Captain Maluleke.

He said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly forged documents to facilitate the smuggling of stolen vehicles through the Beitbridge Border Post.

Captain Maluleke said one of the police officers, Sergeant Israel Mandiwana who is stationed at Beitbridge has since appeared before a Makhado magistrate’s court.

The accused have been remanded in custody until February 1 for a bail application.

Captain Maluleke said Mandiwana’s accomplices will appear in different courts today.

“We are not leaving any stone unturned as we seek to reduce cases of cross-border crimes relating to smuggling and theft of motor vehicles,” he said.

More than 40 people have been arrested in the last 12 months for smuggling stolen vehicles into Zimbabwe from the neighbouring country through the Limpopo River.

The smuggling of vehicles between Zimbabwe and South Africa’s border is rife amid reports that most of the cars are destined for Tanzania and Malawi while others find their way into the local market

3 Principals, 2 Others Die In Auto-crash In Oyo

Tragedy struck on Wednesday as five people, including three secondary school Principals, one Account Clerk and a driver died in a motor accident along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road, in Oyo state.

Seven others were seriously injured in the accident involving a truck and the bus in which the victims were traveling.

Sources told newsmen on Thursday that the victims were returning to Ogbomoso from Oliveth High School, Oyo State, where they attended a workshop.

According to sources, one of the deceased principals, identified as Mr. Ogunremi, was due to retire next week Friday, before he met his untimely death.


It was gathered that the accident occurred when a reckless truck driver was trying to dodge a pothole along the road and it  reportedly veered off its lane and crushed the vehicle the victims were traveling back to their base.

“While Ogunremi, two other principals and the driver died immediately, the account clerk, identified as Mr. Ajao, died in the hospital where they were rushed to”, one of the sources added.

Those injured in the crash were presently receiving medical treatment at the BOWEN University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

When contacted, the Deputy Route Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Oyo State Sector Command, Oluwaseun Onijala  said only three people died, while 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries.

Yahoo Boy Arrested While Trying To Withdraw 15M

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, arrested one Fidelis Iruedo, a suspected love scammer, for allegedly defrauded a United Kingdom citizen of £30,000 (N15,428,354) in a romance scam.

Luck ran out of Iruedo, 31, after a petition to the Commission by the Nigerian High Commission, London, on behalf of one Alan Digweed, a UK citizen, alleging that the suspect had defrauded his victim of the said amount of money.

Investigations by the EFCC revealed that Iruedo, who voluntarily confessed to the crime, met his victim between July and December 2017, via a date site, match.com.

The suspect, while parading as a lady, procured British passport using the name ‘Tracy Anderson’ with which he used to defraud the victim. He was arrested in Abuja, during an attempt to make withdrawal in a bank.

On arrest, items recovered from him include: several scam letters, 3 flash drives, 1 iphone and a laptop computer. The suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as investigations are concluded.

This Obasanjo Cute Birthday Cake Is Buzzing The Media

                                      

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, received a doctorate in Christian Theology
at the 7th convocation of National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN), on January 20th, 2018

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo enrolled at the National Open University of Nigeria in 2014 as a graduate student having obtained a post-graduate Diploma in 2009.

When asked why he wanted to go back to school, the former president said he wanted to achieve in every aspect of life.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo recently caused a huge stir when he wrote an explosive letter that called for a movement to replace President Buhari come 2019 presidential elections.

In the 13-page scathing statement, Obasanjo called on the president of Nigeria, President Buhari to bury any plans of re-contesting in 2019.

He urged President Buhari to “honourably dismount from the Horse” and join the league of the country’s former leaders whose “experience, influence, wisdom, and outreach can be deployed on the sideline for the good of the country.”

The Presidency reacted to the letter, saying it had taken the former President’s admonition in good faith. But that Obasanjo’s criticism on the economy indicated that his busy schedule denied him appreciation of government’s efforts and resounding successes recorded in the economic sphere.

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, gave the response in a seven–page statement read to state House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council Meeting and thanked Obasanjo for his write-up.

He said;

“I always aspire to something new in my farm. I do that in my international activities. I do it in my writing. I do it in the improvement of my academic work which helps to sharpen my brain and strengthen my faith”

Check him out dancing in high spirits alongside his Ph.D cake.

South African Actor Sandy Mokwena Is Dead

Popular South African actor Sandy Mokwena, 68, has died. He died in the early hours of Thursday morning of natural causes.

Mokwena was best known as bra Eddie Khumalo in e.tv’s popular weekday soapie Scandal! He has been with the soapie since 2005.

He appeared in several television series including Okavango, Generations, Khululeka, Soul City, Going Up, Yizo Yizo, Justice for All and Zero Tolerance.

That Moment Man Head Was Smashed By A Fast Moving Train

A video has shown the truly horrific moment a man was struck by a train while posing for a selfie – and miraculously survived.

According to The Sun UK, the showing footage shows the man, identified as Siva, 22, standing perilously close to the tracks as the train speeds towards him.

The disturbing incident happened in the South Indian city of Hyderabad on Sunday.

As the clip begins, a voice can be heard in the background warning Siva that he is too close to the track.

But Siva just says “wait” in response and continues to smile back at his phone.

He ignores the train, which blares its siren loudly in warning.

As the train hits him, the image goes blank, but the phone continues to record the audio for over a minute catching the commotion that ensued.

After Siva collapsed to the ground bleeding, his friends who had accompanied him, rushed him to hospital.

They later said he wanted to “touch the train” as it passed

Police said it was the force of the wind, as opposed to the train, that knocked him down.

According to medical reports, Siva is undergoing treatment at a private hospital for serious injuries to his head and hands but is said to be in a stable condition, outlookindia.com reports.

Secunderabad Railway Police Superintendent Ashok said his staff noticed Siva’s stunt and had asked him to move away.

“He did not listen to the advice of staff at the track,” said Ashok.

A case of trespassing has been booked against Siva.

Watch the video below:

Lagos banker allegedly stole N1.4million from bank customers

John Alikalih, a banker working at the Customer Service section of a commercial bank, allegedly withdrew N1.4 million from customers’ accounts under false pretenses. He was, yesterday, arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

According to Vanguard, Alikalih, whose place of resident was not disclosed, is on trial on a three-count charge bordering on fraud. The prosecutor, Inspector Abbass Abayomi, disclosed to the court that the defendant, who was a staff of a commercial bank in Lagos, committed the offences on January 19, at 1p.m, in Isheri Ojodu branch of the bank.

He said the defendant used his position in the bank to fraudulently withdraw N1.1 million from an account belonging to one Mrs Adesola. Abayomi. He was alleged to have gone further to withdraw another N334,052 from an account belonging to another customer of the bank identified as Mrs Benson.

The customers, upon realizing a fraudulent deductions in their account balance, reported to the bank authourities and further investigations on the missing money was then trace to the banker.

According to the prosecutor:

 “The defendant willfully procured the registration of two ATM cards belonging to the two complainants, Adesola and Benson, and used the ATM cards to perpetrate the acts. The total amount, which the defendant fraudulently withdrew from the bank customers’ accounts was N1.4 million.”

The offences are punishable under Sections 326 and 327 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge. He was subsequently granted bail by the Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe to the tune of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The Magistrate said the sureties must be gainfully employed, one of who must be a blood relation to the defendant, adding that the sureties must show evidence of three years tax payment to Lagos State Government and adjourned the case till February 27 for a mention. 

Lagos State Sanitation Office Clash With The Marketer

                             

Four operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps on Tuesday sustained varying degrees of injury during a confrontation with some angry traders in Araromi, Oshodi area of Lagos State.

It was learnt that the officials were on patrol when they sighted some alleged environmental infractions in the community.

Some of the men were reported to have come down from the patrol truck to confiscate goods displayed by traders on the sidewalk, while others damaged structures erected by the roadside.

The traders were alleged to have become infuriated when they noticed some operatives filming the scene.

Our correspondent was told that the traders, together with some hoodlums, attacked the officers with broken bottles, sticks and stones.

It was learnt that while four of the officials were injured in the melee, the windscreen of the LAGSC vehicle was shattered.

A statement by the Public Affairs Officer of LAGSC, Ramat Alabi, said the agency reinforced back to the scene and arrested 15 suspects.

She said, “On Tuesday January 23, the men of the special squad of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps were on routine inspection to Oshodi Marcarthy/ Araromi/ Banjoko streets“Far reaching environmental infractions were noticed, including drainage littered with debris, stagnated drainage and traders arbitrarily displaying wares on the sidewalk and culverts. Officers commenced enforcement and pictorial recordings of the scene and dislodging of the traders.

“The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, Mrs. Idowu Mohammed, said it was at this point that some of the traders attacked the officers with stones, bottles, sticks and other dangerous objects. The atmosphere became tense and it was realised that the officers could not vacate the scene without getting hurt.

“Upon receipt of the report, we immediately ordered a back up team from the headquarters and before the reinforcement could get there, some of our officers had been injured and some vehicles badly damaged. With the help of the back-up team, 15 people, including eight males and seven females were arrested at the scene.”

While urging residents to desist from attacking sanitation officials in the discharge of their duties, Alabi said the suspects had been arraigned before the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Safety Arena, Bolade-Oshodi.

She said their punishment would serve as a deterrent to others.

“I will like to call on Lagosians to be law abiding and conscious of the cleanliness of their environment,” she added.

South African Policeman Remanded in Prison For Killing Nigeria Man

                    

The South African policemen responsible for the death of a  Nigerian, identified as Ebuka Okori, have been remanded in prison.

Okori was allegedly killed by two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday.

Nigeria consulate in South Africa confirmed the arrest of the officers, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, said the in a statement.

The consulate reportedly said consular officers from the Nigerian consulate-general in Johannesburg and the Nigerian high commission in Pretoria were in Durban to witness the court proceeding.

The accused were said to be remanded in prison custody till Monday, January 29, when the case would come up for further hearing.

The Nigerian community reportedly mobilised its members to the court where the suspects were denied bail.

Commenting on the latest development, Dabiri-Erewa appealed to Nigerians living in the affected areas to remain calm and await the outcome of the judicial proceedings.

In a statement issued by her media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa condemned the deaths.

“We condemn in strong terms the barbaric acts and call on the South African authorities to intervene and put an end to this ugly trend,” the statement read.

“We also call on Nigerians to continue to be law abiding, as we work towards obtaining justice for the family of the deceased.”

In a related development, the consulate said investigation is on to unravel the cause of the death of another Nigerian in Rustenburg, north-west province, South Africa on January 20.

Chinese Ban Hip Hop Culture & Tattoo On Media

                        

China has banned references to hip-hop culture and actors with tattoos from appearing in the media as part of a crackdown on “low taste content”.

There were four “don’ts” that the media must now abide by, according to Gao Changli, the publicity department director at the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT).

Chinese news outlet Sina reported that the regulator now “specifically requires that programs should not feature actors with tattoos [or depict] hip hop culture, sub-culture and dispirited culture.”

Hip hop artists Wang Hao, known as “PG One” and Zhou Yan, known as “GAI”, both won popular television show “Rap of China “, but both were sanctioned in recent weeks for bad behaviour or content at odds with Communist Party values.

PG One was forced to apologise for lewd lyrics, which critics said were insulting to women and encouraged the use of recreational drugs.

Last July, Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Culture said it was “not appropriate” for Justin Bieber to tour in China because previous performances there had created “public dissatisfaction.”

A month later, organisers aiming to bring Grammy Award-winning artists to China said they would only “promote artists with a positive and healthy image.”

Citizens reacted with anger to the ban, flooding Chinese social media with negative comments.

“How can a government with high culture have such childish logic?” one user wrote on Weibo — China’s equivalent of Twitter.

”Absolutely do not use actors whose heart and morality are not aligned with the party and whose morality is not noble,” he said.
“Absolutely do not use actors who are tasteless, vulgar and obscene. Absolutely do not use actors whose ideological level is low and have no class. Absolutely do not use actors with stains, scandals and problematic moral integrity.”

Late Nelson Madela Wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Rushed To Hospital

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been rushed to the hospital and now hospitalised with a kidney infection.  The 81-year-old was a South African anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of late President Nelson Mandela.

She reportedly complained of a ‘loss of appetite’ and that ‘one of her legs was painful’.  Her spokesman Victor Dlamini said she was taken to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Sunday.

‘Upon admission it was discovered that she had an infection that had affected her kidneys. She is expected to make a full recovery and should spend approximately a week at the hospital,’ Dlamini said in a statement. Madikizela-Mandela has been in and out of hospital since 2016 for back and knee surgery.

Oby Ezekwesili Finally Released By The Nigeria Police

                       

The former Minister of Education and convener of the BringBackOurGirls ( BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili has been released by the Abuja Police Command.

Mrs. Ezekwesiki said the police refused to tell her and seven members of her group the reason they were arrested Tuesday in Abuja.

Mrs. Ezekwesili was arrested and detained by the police in Abuja earlier on Tuesday.

Her arrest, however, was believed to be connected to the activities of the group.

The group has been carrying out sit-outs in Abuja since more than 200 girls were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, in April 2014 by Boko Haram insurgents

Mr. Ezekwesili’s BBOG group has sustained its advocacy for the safe return of the girls to their families for more than three years.

She said Aisha Yesufu, a known critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and six others, were also arrested.

In a series of tweets after her release, the former minister said the Abuja commissoner of police, Sadiq Abubakar Bello, who ordered their release did not state why they were detained.

“Without stating the reason for our arrest and detention, Commissioner of Police at the FCT Command, CP Bello has asked us to be let out of their station,” she tweeted.

“We insisted on a formal charge and release but his response? “I am the commissioner and now release you to go.”

Tanzania Prophet Arrested for kissing His Wife & Househelp

A self-proclaimed Tanzanian prophet has been arrested for his queer behavior.The prophet became famous after sharing sharing photos of himself kissing his wife and house girl.

Photos of Nabii Tito kissing the two women went viral on social media and irked quite a number of Tanzanians and East Africans who called him out for his queer behaviors.

According to reports, the self-proclaimed prophet has also been preaching while drinking alcohol.

Confirming the arrest,IGP Simon Sirro said Tito had been arrested following public complaints and will be dealt with accordingly.

Tito’s arrest was lauded by a cross section of Tanzanians who congratulated the police for cracking the whip on rogue,rather fake men of God.

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Wife Of Popular Pastor Mistakenly Send Her Nude Video To Whatsapp Group

The wife of one of the known pastors in Ghana, Osofo Maame has accidentally leaked her own s.ex video.

MandyNews.com gathered that the pastor’s wife mistakenly shared the video into a public Whatsapp group she belongs to.

As to who she was actually sending the video to is not yet clear, probably, she could have been sending it to her husband, the pastor.

From the short video, the Ghanaian pastor’s wife could be seen playing with her vital parts in the video while she seductively danced, facing the camera.

Through it all, her baby was crying in the background but Osofo Maame was too consume with the flames of passion to attend to the child.

Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer Resigns

                      
Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto has resigned to join online lender Social Finance Inc (SoFi) as its chief executive officer.

His departure comes at a time when the social media company is in the middle of a turnaround plan, sending the shares of the owner of a microblogging site down as much as 3.9 percent.

After leading Twitter’s successful IPO in 2013 as a Goldman Sachs banker, Noto joined the company the next year as its chief financial officer. In 2016, he replaced Adam Bain as COO to lead Twitter’s business and revenue generating operations when Bain quit.

“Anthony has been an incredible advocate for Twitter and a trusted partner to me and our leadership team,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a statement. We wish him all the best.

Dino Melaye Accuses NNPC Of Being Involved In A Fresh Multi-Million Dollar Rake

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, yesterday accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of involvement in a fresh multi-million dollar corruption.

Melaye, at plenary yesterday, claimed that NNPC is involved in a “monumental corruption” which the Senate should look into.

He noted that the NNPC allegedly registered a company by the name Brass NLG.

The firm, he said, was jointly owned by investors from Italy, Belgium, France, among others.


Melaye said contrary to statutory provisions that the account of the company be domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), NNPC and its partners, instead, opened an account with a commercial bank.

He noted that the account has no Bank Verification Number (BVN).

He claimed that money running into millions of dollars have been withdrawn from the account.

Melaye said: “While some individuals and government appointees would continue to steal, we have decided to continue to expose corruption in public life. This morning (yesterday), I draw the attention of the Nigerian Senate, a suspected colossal, monumental corruption in NNPC.

“Mr. President, a company was registered with the name Brass NLG limited with the Federal Government having controlling shares and we have some Italians, Belgians, French people who are shareholders with the Federal Government in controlling shares of about 50 per cent.

“It is known fact that once you have a joint venture, the account of such joint venture should be domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria. But in this case, that was not what happened.

“This account has no BVN and there have been periodic withdrawals. The last withdrawal from that account was to the tune of $4 million. As I speak to you, the balance of that account as at today is $137 million.”

Senate President Bukola Saraki sought the approval of the Senate to allow Melaye to bring a proper motion.

When the motion was put to a voice vote, the senators voted in the affirmative.

Governor Ambode Donates Bikes To Security Agencies

                 

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday donated 30 power bikes to some security agencies operating in the state.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said at the handing-over of the bikes at the Lagos House, Ikeja, that the gesture was in line with the government’s commitment to boost security and enhance safety of lives and property.

He said the donation of the bikes was in fulfilment of his promise to prioritise the security of residents and ensure that no stone was left unturned to protect the people of the state.

Mr. Ambode, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, said security, being one of the tripods upon which his administration was built, would continue to be accorded its pride of place.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the power bikes were funded by the Lagos State Lotteries Board and donated to the Police Command in the State.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were also beneficiaries.

Mr. Ambode said that the power bikes would enhance the job of the security agencies of securing lives and property of residents.

Earlier, the Chairman, Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Oye Hassan-Odukale, commended Governor Ambode for the donation, saying it came barely two months after he promised to procure more bikes for security agencies.

Mr. Hassan-Odukale said that the bikes would go a long way in preventing crimes, enhancing security and ensuring residents’ safety.

He expressed optimism that the equipment would be put into good use.

Mr. Hassan-Odukale called on corporate bodies and public-spirited individuals to team up with the government to procure more equipment for security agencies in the overall interest of the people.

Receiving the power bikes on behalf of security agencies, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, commended the State Government for the gesture.

Mr. Edgal said that the bikes would greatly help security personnel to pursue criminals, especially those operating in traffic.

“Power bikes are essential for hot pursuits of criminals. Power bikes in line with the visibility clause in community policing also establishes police and other agencies’ visibilities on our streets and highways.

“That is how important these power bikes are in fighting crime in Lagos and I want to assure the governor and the good people of Lagos that we will put the bikes to good use,’’ the police chief said.

In their separate remarks, the General Manager, LASTMA, Olawale Musa; General Manager, LASEMA, Adeshina Tiamiyu and the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Police Command, ACP Olatunji Disu commended the state government’s initiative.

They also expressed optimism that the bikes would help to prevent and to fight crime in emergency situations.