Read what SAN Festus Keyamo has to say about Saraki’s defection

Read what SAN Festus Keyamo has to say about Saraki’s defection

Senate President Bukola Saraki has finally left the APC

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has officially left the ruling party, APC. He announced his decision to leave the party via a tweet from his verified handle.

Read what he wrote below;

The senate president is yet to say the party he will be joining.

Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed moves from APC to PDP

Announcing his defection from APC to PDP,  Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed tweeted ‘following consultations and in response to calls by major stakeholders in the state, I have moved to the PDP as APC can no longer serve as a platform for achieving the aspirations and expectations of my people’.

Nollywood actress Oma Nnadi and hubby Nonso welcomes a bouncing baby girl

Actress Oma Nnadi and her husband, Noni Enem, welcomed their first child, a baby girl. The couple had their traditional wedding in January 2018, have already named their daughter Khloe Kyra Enem. The excited new dad shared the news on IG.

Man riding an SUV kidnaps three years old twins of a road side corn seller in Bayelsa state

A middle aged man kidnapped a set of male twin toddlers today at the Ekeki Motor Park area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. Reports said that the mother of the twins, Taiwo and Kehinde, Mrs Modupe Joseph, roasts corn along the road.

This afternoon, she went out to buy some things and left her five children in the care of her neighbor, one Aisha Ahmed and the kidnapper came to her sales point, pretending to buy corn. Funmi who is the twins older sister said the strange man gave her N200 to go and buy food for the twins.

Crying uncontrollably, Funmi said she refused collecting the money and told the man that they had already eaten back at home and that they weren’t hungry. After much pestering, she collected the money from the man and went to buy the food, leaving her brothers in the care of a total stranger. It was while she was away the man whisked the toddlers into his car and sped off.

“The man gave me N200 to buy food for my brothers but I told him that they have they eaten but he insisted, so I collected the money. Before I returned, he had carried my brothers away,” she said.

When questioned, Aisha whom Mrs Modupe had left her children with, said the kidnapper also succeeded in distracting her by giving her N1000 to also buy food for the children. According to her, the man said he needed change in lower Naira denominations.

“One man came to me and gave me N1,000 note to buy three plates of food for the children so that he could have change in his hand, but I asked him to bring the money so I would buy a recharge card for him to get change. While I went to get the recharge card, I saw the eldest among the children (Funmi) and I queried her for leaving the kids, but she told me that the man gave her N200 to buy food for the children. When we returned, we did not see the two boys. I don’t know what has happened to them.” Aisha said

The mother of the twins who wept uncontrollably, said ‘‘I left my children with my friend Aisha to buy salt at Tombia junction. Now they are telling me that my babies are nowhere to be found. If I don’t see my children, I will die.”

Confirming the incident, the state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Asinim Butswat, said the command has already commenced investigation into the matter and that the kidnapper will soon be arrested and the twins rescued safely.

Former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu loses bid to stop trial over N3.2billion fraud

Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, in his bid to stop his trial over an alleged N3.2bn fraud.

Kalu alongside his former Commissioner for Finance and Account, Jones Udeogu, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended 39-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.2bn.

The EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, had, on Friday, May 11, 2018, closed its case against the defendants, after the conclusion of evidence given by a prosecution witness, Chidi Chukwuka , Deputy Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC.

During the May 11, 2018 proceedings, the prosecution counsel had also moved an oral application to amend the charge against the defendants in view of the evidence given so far. However, the defence led by Awa Kalu, SAN, had, on May 28, 2018, filed a no-case submission on behalf of their clients, which they subsequently adopted as their written address.

In his short ruling on the no case-submission today, Justice Idris held that the prosecution had established a  prima facie case against the defendants based on the evidence against the defendants. The Judge also held that there was a link between Kalu and the two others.

“You have explanations to make,” the Judge said. Following the ruling, one of the defence counsel, Goddy Uche, SAN, informed the court that the lead counsel to the defendants, Awa Kalu, SAN, had written to notify the court that Kalu has an appointment to undergo a surgery abroad.

He, therefore, pleaded the court to adjourn the matter to September 10, 2018 to enable the first defendant, Kalu, to open his defence.

Former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu loses bid to stop trial over N3.2billion fraud

Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, in his bid to stop his trial over an alleged N3.2bn fraud.

Kalu alongside his former Commissioner for Finance and Account, Jones Udeogu, and a company, Slok Nigeria Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended 39-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.2bn.

The EFCC, through its counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, had, on Friday, May 11, 2018, closed its case against the defendants, after the conclusion of evidence given by a prosecution witness, Chidi Chukwuka , Deputy Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC.

During the May 11, 2018 proceedings, the prosecution counsel had also moved an oral application to amend the charge against the defendants in view of the evidence given so far. However, the defence led by Awa Kalu, SAN, had, on May 28, 2018, filed a no-case submission on behalf of their clients, which they subsequently adopted as their written address.

In his short ruling on the no case-submission today, Justice Idris held that the prosecution had established a  prima facie case against the defendants based on the evidence against the defendants. The Judge also held that there was a link between Kalu and the two others.

“You have explanations to make,” the Judge said. Following the ruling, one of the defence counsel, Goddy Uche, SAN, informed the court that the lead counsel to the defendants, Awa Kalu, SAN, had written to notify the court that Kalu has an appointment to undergo a surgery abroad.

He, therefore, pleaded the court to adjourn the matter to September 10, 2018 to enable the first defendant, Kalu, to open his defence.

Loved up photo of Actress Omoni Oboli and her hubby as they vacay in Ontario, Canada

Actress Omoni Oboli is currently on vacation with her husband in Ontario, Canada. The beautiful pictures she shared were taken at the Niagara falls. See photos below;

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3 children dead, 2 still missing as flood hits Onitsha, Anambra state

Three children died of drowning while two others are still missing in a devastating flood following three days of downpour that wrecked havoc at Okpoko in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The flood also damaged atleast 10 buildings in the area and properties worth over N100 million were lost.

A resident of the area, Mr. Christian Aguchi said yesterday that the two missing kids had not been seen by their parents as their homes were also among the buildings that were swept away by the flood, Vanguard reports.

“The three children drowned in the flood when it flowed into their residences. As we speak, two other children have not been seen by their parents. Even now that the rain has subsided, there are still floods flowing on some streets and one wonders where they are coming from.” Mr Aguchi said.

Photos – Former Presidents, Obasanjo and Goodluck held a closed door meeting earlier today, reason yet unknown

Former Presidents of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan held a closed door meeting earlier today at Jonathan’s Otuoke residence in Bayelsa State.

The cause of his visit is yet to be disclosed but speculations going round says the meeting is connected to the forthcoming 2019 general election.

Photos from the house warming party thrown by super falcons footballer Asisat in celebration of the house she bought her parents

Super Falcons of Nigeria forward and Dalian Quanjian FC footballer, Asisat Oshoala who bought her parents a mansion in Lagos, threw a housewarming party over the weekend at the new house to celebrate with her family and friends.

See photos from the ceremony below.

High court stops swearing in ceremony of Calistus Ekenze as Imo state deputy governor.

A High Court in Owerri, the Imo State Capital stopped the swearing-in ceremony of Mr Calistus Ekenze as the new Deputy Governor of the state.

The court ruling came in on Tuesday morning just as Mr Ekenze was about to be sworn in.

Channels TV reports that the Attorney-General of the state, Miletus Nlemadim, informed those gathered for the ceremony about the ruling which halted the process that was  taking place at the Sam Mbakwe expanded Exco Chambers, at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital.

EFCC reportedly opens investigation on Gov Fayose, his wife and top aides

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has started the investigation of Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, his wife Feyisetan Fayose, and his top aides including Lere Olayinka, spokesperson to the governor; Toyin Ojo, the state’s commissioner for finance; Oluyemisi Owolabi, the state’s accountant general.

According to a report by The Cable, sources in the know of the investigation reveal that the anti-graft agency is attempting to nail the governor, his wife, and members of his cabinets on allegations of money laundering and abuse of office. Some of the letters seen by The Cable, dated July 20, 2018, and addressed to the managing director and the chief compliance officer of Access Bank Plc reveal that EFCC is also investigating the governor for abuse of office.

The EFCC listed four Access Bank accounts being run by “Ayodele Peter Fayose”, and about five accounts in the same bank, being run by “Feyisetan Helen O. Fayose”, believed to be the wife of the governor. Similar letters were also sent to other major banks in the country, where the governor and his loyalists run personal transactions.

Some of the letters referenced “CR:3000/EFCC/ABJ/EG-TA/VOL.57/254” and “CR:3000/EFCC/ABJ/EG-TA/VOL.57/258” requested that the banks’ compliance officers should report at the EFCC economic governance section on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 — 10 days after the just concluded Ekiti elections.

Insiders also revealed that the banks were asked to present the details of accounts of the governor and his loyalists, including their; statements of accounts, bank verification, and any other relevant information that may help the investigation.

Rapper Ill bliss shares his experience with SARS, says they were searching his car for tramadol

Rapper, Illbliss oga boss had a very unpleasant experience with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) officers last night in Lagos.

According to him, SARS officials had guns to his head while they were searching him and his manager for ‘tramadol.’

Benue state governor Ortom, issued impeachment notice by APC members of the state house of assembly

Eight APC members in the Benue state House of Assembly this morning served a notice of impeachment to the state governor, Samuel Ortom.

Spokesperson of the eight lawmakers told journalists that the House has commenced impeachment proceedings against Governor Ortom on the allegations of diversion of state funds and abuse of office. The spokesperson added that 15 lawmakers have been suspended for six months.

The 15 newly suspended lawmakers are part of the 22 lawmakers who impeached the House Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange, last week.

This development is coming up after Governor Ortom announced his defection from the APC to PDP.

Otedola bridge fire – Lagos state Government says 9 bodies has been identified through DNA

The Lagos State Government says nine bodies from the Otedola Link Bridge fire incident which occurred on June 28 have been successfully matched to the families.

The Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, who confirmed the development, said that 11 families had shown up at Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, LSD&FC, for testing and only nine families had been matched.

“On July 5 2018, samples from the incident were picked up by LSD&FC staff from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Forensic Pathologist, under secured chain of custody,” said Mr Idris.  Reference DNA profiles were generated at LSD&FC from representative family members and compared to the DNA profiles generated from the victims’ samples received from the Forensic Pathologist. Based on the DNA analysis performed at LSD&FC, all victim samples were successfully matched to relatives’ samples. Nine bodies have been successfully matched to nine families, out of the 11 families that showed up at LSD&FC.

They are now ready to be handed over to the rightful families for necessary burial arrangements.”

He said collection of the remains would commence from 10.00am July 28 at the Seminar Room of the Pathology & Forensic Medicine Department of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.

The commissioner said that this was the first time unidentified victims of a mass disaster had been successfully identified locally using DNA technology.

He said that the identification process was completed in less than four weeks after the incident as against over six months when the practice was to take samples abroad for analysis.

“I also wish to note that rigorous effort is made in ensuring that errors are reduced to the barest minimum in order not to compound the agony already being experienced by the bereaved families. As a government, we share the concerns and anxiety of the affected families and associates on the identification and the need for prompt release of the remains of their loved ones.

However we believe that the thorough investigation which was conducted is in the best interest of all concerned. We wish to reiterate that the entire cost of management and treatment of the surviving victims and DNA forensics for the dead and their families was borne by the State Government,” Mr Idris added.

He said that some of the victims of the accident are  currently being treated at the Trauma & Burns Centre, Gbagada General Hospital and LASUTH and are responding to treatment.

Ten patients were admitted at the state’s various hospitals, two died, three have been discharged and five are still on admission.

Guys And Girls On Exactly When It’s Okay To Fart In A Relationship

We asked , and you guys answered! Below are the best responses to this shockingly divisive question about a natural bodily function.

1. “sometimes u just have to test the waters with a little poot (ya know, a girl fart if u will). if he’s cool with it, then u know it’s time to unleash the kraken.”

2. “Whenever you feel comfortable enough. But, let him make the first fart or he’ll never let you live it down.”

3. “Never! I have been married to my husband for 16 years. I have never. I had my kids by c-section, and I was very gassy for a few days. I would ask him to leave the room. I would tell him, I needed a drink or something so he would leave.

4. “Keep it old school. Ladies first.”

5. “When you both no longer care.”

6. “The first time you pull out!”

7. “You need honesty in a good relationship, and farting is about as honest as you can get! Do it asap!”

8. “If you can’t comfortably fart in front of each other and have a great laugh, you should not even be in a relationship.”

9. “I like a little mystery, farting is for coworkers only.”

10. “If the guy really likes you, he will accept if you fart in front of him anytime. Sooner or later, he will find out. So what the heck?”

11. “Right away. Get it over with so that you know what you’re dealing with. It would make an awesome initial greeting!”

12. “A few weeks for the guy and a few months for the lady.”

13. “Dealing with someone else’s asshole is like dealing with someone’s bad day, if you can’t take it don’t bother trying to make it.”

14. “If it’s a guy you don’t like & want get rid of just let’em rip. But some guys really like a gassy girl.”

15. “Never. And none of that peeing with the door open nonsense either.”

16. “Omg just let it rip everyone does it lol ffffrrrraaaaappppppppp 💩 lol”

17. “I’m not opposed to farting in front of a guy I like, I just don’t in general go out of my way to fart in front of other people. I try to leave the space/room. With that said, it is normal to fart so if one squeaks out, I would totally be fine with it.”

18. “My husband and I have been married 20 years and it hasn’t happened….we refuse. Maybe when I’m in my 60s and just don’t give a damn 🤣”

19. “Four years in a relationship and he is not only farting in front of me. He sometimes catch some in his hand and chase me to smell it. 😂😂😂”

20. “Once you move in together. There’s no hiding it anymore. It’s just a matter of time! Lol”

21. “whenever you gotta? Idk we’re friggin humans.”

22. “Men-whenever…women-NEVER IN LIFE”

23. “Twenty-five years and I still don’t. Lol!”

24. “Was dating him for a few months at the time. Stayed the night at his house. Both of us dead asleep. He ripped it so loud it scared me awake 😂 I did all I could not to laugh so loud that it would wake him. Hiding it from one another was history the next morning.”

25. “Day one. Especially if you’re already in bed together. Night farts are real.”

26. “Maybe 10 yrs in…… but the real answer is NEVER.”

27. “If you fart – chances are he’ll laugh. If he doesn’t, time for a new boyfriend.”

28. “It is a natural body function. I try my best not to but eventually it happens. For instance one time we were dead in the middle of coitus when the alarm bell rang…..I died of embarrassment he laughed and got on with it. We ended four years laterbut its a funny story.”

29. “First date. Stop tryna do this fake shit. Be real. If your date didnt like it, then he or she aint good for you. You want somebody you can be comfortable with. Say like “hey excuse me i gotta go outside imma just let go of this gas ive been holding for a hot minute. Brb. Dont want you to smell it.”

30. “First date, get that shit out the way instead of dragging it out. If it’s meant to be, they won’t give a damn.”

I’m an exposed Nigerian who has survived 4 assassination attempt – Senator Dino Melaye

Jude Okoye shares his experience in Lagos for the first time in 1995

Music producer, Jude Okoye, shared a motivational talk with his followers on IG earlier today. He shared a story of how he came into Lagos in 1995 and spent four nights under the bridge in Ijora all in pursuit of a music career.

See what he wrote below;

Toke Makinwa spotted in New York rocking 500k Balenciaga boots

Toke Makinwa is sure living life. The media and fashion girl was spotted in the streets of New York rocking this pair of thigh-high purple  boots worth N502,200. She paired the boots with a white shirt dress and white sunglasses.

The boots which cost $1,395, are a favorite among fashion lovers. It has also been worn by Kylie Jenner.

Do you agree with Toke Makinwa on saving money

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Dino Melaye talks about his kidnap, and how he managed to escape his assailant

Senator Dino Melaye in a long interview with Premium Times narrated his own version of what happened to him along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway which led to his disappearance for almost 24-hours.

The senator confirmed he was not abducted, but that he was not the architect of his ordeal either. He said he was travelling from Abuja to Lokoja for a court appearance on Thursday morning and shortly after passing Gwagwalada, which is roughly 50 kilometres southwest of Abuja, a convoy of three vehicles drove recklessly by his vehicle, intercepting him on the highway and forcing him to stop.

According to him, the assailants tried to open fire to force themselves into the vehicle, only to realize that it was a well-fortified vehicle with bullet-proof. Without much time to waste at the scene, the attackers devised an alternative.

“They started shouting that they wanted to burn me, they said ‘burn him, burn him down,’ and crossed the road to look for tyres to set the vehicle on fire,” Melaye said. As the attackers dispersed in different directions to scavenge for tyres, Melaye said he feared for his life and made instinctive calculation to jump into the bush and bolt, rather than remained in the car in defiance.

“I jumped into the bush, and I started running. They pursued me and I was able to outmanoeuvre them and climb a tree. I was on top of the three when I saw them run past looking frantically for me. When they didn’t find me, they also ran back” he said.

The senator said it was on the tree that he perched until his assailants left. While on the tree, he saw four of them passing, but remained hushed to avoid being detected. He would go on to spend 11 hours trying to ensure that he was no longer at immediate risk from his assailants and navigating his way out of the overgrown weeds.

He also said he could not identify any of them, even if there is an identification parade by authorities, largely because he was more apprehensive of his survival than anything else at that traumatic moment. The senator said he believed those who attempted to attack him were police-sponsored elements. He said when he appeared in court on Wednesday for his attempted suicide trial at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, he saw some men trailing him after the proceeding.

He described the vehicles the men were driving as two Toyota Hilux trucks and a Toyota Sienna minivan. “They were exactly the same vehicle that were used to attack me on Thursday morning,” he said.  He was driving to Lokoja in a vehicle not previously known with him, in a bid to disguise his move to those who were trailing him.

“I was going in a totally different vehicle, but I asked my brother to drive behind me in an SUV as a back-up. But I was shocked to see the attackers run into the middle, creating wall between my brother and I before attacking me” he said.

He added that “to begin with, the federal government and the police in particular have combined five cases against me in court. I have never declined to appear in court for trial in all the five separate cases”. 

He said the claim that he was trying to avoid court appearance should immediately ring false to lucid minds, especially since he was in court just a day before. Besides, the court appearance in Lokoja was more about symbolism than substance. This was because he had learnt from his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, that the case would not be heard on Thursday because prosecution lead had already written to notify of his unavoidable absence and seek adjournment.

“Alex Izinyon is the prosecutor and he had written to my lawyer to inform him that he would not be in court on Thursday and that the judge should adjourn the matter. So why would I not want to be in court when I know that nothing would happen to me?” I have been attending all previous court hearings. I have been told that the prosecutor wanted an adjournment. I have been granted bail long ago which I continue to enjoy. So why would I not want to go to court that day? There is no sense in that claim. It is completely against logic,”Melaye said.