Diego maradona striped of ambassadorial duties by FIFA for misconduct in Argentina’s match against Nigeria

FIFA removed football legend Diego Maradona as ambassador for FIFA and will no longer be paid over his poor conduct during the Argentina and Nigeria match. Maradona had celebrated Argentine’s second goal by raising his middle finger at fans who were trolling him when the score was at 1-1 draw.

FIFA had considered his behaviour embarrasing and hence will no longer be entitled to the fee he do receives from the world soccer governing body for bringing the spotlight to any world cup match he witnessed live.
He has also been urged to be of good behaviour in the remaining games he’s going to watch at the world cup if he is to avoid a possible stadium ban.

Brother of former Akwa Ibom state Governorship aspirant narrates how he was assassinated

Victor Iyanam the brother of former globacom manager, Okon Iyanam, who was assassinated on Wednesday in Ogun state,(Read here) has given an account of how he was murdered.

Read what Victor wrote on his Facebook page below;

YES, IT IS TRUE.
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the tragic death of my brother, Okon, in the early hours of Wednesday 27th June, 2018. Okonpapa had just recently opened his new Heritage Hotels and Resorts in Mowe, Ogun State where he spent most of his time trying to stabilize the management and sales techniques. He reported a successful ongoing venture. While a birthday party was going on in the hotel, some men, suspected to be either armed robbers or hired assassins crashed into the place at about 12.30am with sporadic gun shots. They asked for the owner. When he was eventually identified, he was shot at close range in the neck region. He stood no chance. He died instantly. The Police first Responders then deposited his body in a Morgue. I rushed to Lagos upon the information delivered to me and confirmed for myself, the level of wickedness anybody could deliver to a man whose only crime was working hard for his livelihood.
Okon papa graduated from the University of Calabar in 1986. He started his career with UAC Foods immediately after his NYSC in 1987. Thereafter, he worked across almost all sectors of the economy. He worked with Akwa Ibom State Government owned Peacock Paints, serving as the Marketing Manager in Lagos; 33 Export Lager Beer, serving as the Area Manager, Makurdi; Glo GSM Network as pioneer Marketing Manager but later elevated to the position of Chief Operating Officer and eventually left Glo as Executive Director, Sales and Marketing. He, at some point also served as the Chief Marketing Officer, V-Mobile. Okon retired to consulting and later, farming in Mowe and Katsina. The Heritage Hotel was his latest and now last venture.
He was interested in the Governorship of Akwa Ibom State and first used the platform of the PDP. When this was not possible, he bought the gubernatorial ticket under the platform of the Accord Party. He was a consummate Marketer and Social Commentator. He loved the Internet and used it effectively as a vehicle for the propagation of his ideas on wide strata of subjects. He was aged 52.
We shall all miss him.

Lagos state Government commiserates with families who lost their loved ones yesterday

The Lagos State Government commiserated with families of victims who lost their lives and property in a fatal tanker explosion which occurred on Thursday evening on Otedola Bridge, inward Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State.
The incident, which occurred at about 5pm, left scores of vehicles burnt while some lives were lost.
The Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, described the incident as a sad development, saying that the incident was most unfortunate and regrettable.

“On behalf of the Lagos State Government, we extend our deepest commiseration to the families of persons who lost their lives as well as properties to the incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with them in this time of pain and grief. As a government, we would not relent in putting measures in place to ensure safety of lives and property of all residents,” 
The Commissioner said that Governor Ambode has directed all relevant agencies to move into the area to normalize the apprehension that had taken over the area and to also ensure that those in need are adequately taken care of.

The governor assured that clearing of the highway of damaged vehicles to establish normal traffic flow would continue throughout the night until the objective is achieved. He also called for the co-operation of all citizens with the officials of the agencies to restore the situation to normalcy.
He also urged motorists to continue to adhere to the safety standard and the State Traffic Laws so as to prevent a re occurrence of such incidents.

Reno Omokri asks , why there is no oil producing Niger Delta state in the list of states that will benefit from Abacha’s loot.

Reno is asking why no Niger Delta state where the money Abacha stole was generated from is included in the list of the beneficiaries.

Yesterday, the Federal government disclosed that 19 states namely Niger, Kogi, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kwara, Cross River, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarrawa, Anambra and Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) in Borno are to benefit from the repatriated loot. The disbursement is said to start in July.

Nurse found guilty for trafficking women and using juju to force Nigerian women into prostitution

A British hospital nurse, who uses voodoo magic to enslave young Nigerian girls and transport them to Europe for prostitution, was today found guilty in the first case of its kind in the UK.
Josephine Iyamu, aka Madam Sandra, formerly of south London, used a witch doctor to convince her victims they were under her control and exploited them to fund a lavish lifestyle. The 53-year-old was a ringleader of an international human trafficking crime network and lived in a huge Nigerian mansion complete with a servants’ quarters.

Iyamu charged each of her victims Euro 30,000 and Euro 38,000 to arrange for their travel to Europe, profiting from more than Euro 15,000 from one victim alone via wire transfers and cash payments.
Iyamu would first make the vulnerable women undergo “Juju” ceremonies which would involve them drinking blood containing worms and eating the heart of a chicken.
Describing the ritual ceremony, an officer said:
They were given blood containing worms to drink.
A chicken was used to hit her naked body on the back and on the chest. She had to eat the heart of the chicken which had just been killed. And the priest would cut their skin and mouth with a razor blade.
Iyamu then took snippets of her victims’ head and pubic hair and kept them in individualized packages and she told the girls: ‘You have now eaten from the devil and if you do not pay, the devil will kill you.’
After the juju ritual, the victims would then be forced to endure an arduous five-day journey to the Libyan coast. Sometimes, the journey saw them shot at, ambushed, and gang-ra.ped. They would then catch an inflatable boat crammed with hundreds of people to Italy before being moved into Germany to work as prostitutes.
Iyamu and her husband Efe Ali-Imaghodor, 60, were arrested at Heathrow Airport on August 24 last year after traveling back from Nigeria. Police found her in possession of seven mobile phones and more than 30 SIM cards and this linked them to a German human trafficking investigation. Officers also discovered a piece of paper detailing a list of items needed as part of the “Juju” ceremonies and another with telephone numbers of criminal associates.
Today, Iyamu was convicted by a jury of five counts of arranging to facilitate travel of another person for exploitation following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. She was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice after paying Nigerian police to arrest one of the victims’ relatives in a bid to stop the woman giving evidence against them in the trial while both were in police custody in the UK.

Iyamu forced one of her victims to have an abortion in Italy after being ra.ped and impregnated on the journey, according to Kay Mellor, a senior investigating officer at National Crime Agency (NCA).
Ms Mellor said:
Despite still bleeding, Madam Sandra told her that she had to start work as soon as possible, she needed to pay the extra Euro 500 to cover the cost of the abortion.
German police found text messages from Iyamu to her victim forcing her to work as a prostitute while still bleeding from her operation.
The victim wrote: “Have you forgotten that you sent me straight back to work right after my abortion, even though I was still bleeding?”
Iyamu replied: “Time is dragging on. Pull your finger out!”
Following her conviction today, she will be sentenced on July 4.

Comedian Ali baba on Otedola tanker explosion – you can’t pray away lawlessness

Comedian, Ali Baba on his post on Instagram yesterday, attributed the tanker explosion that occurred at the Otedola bridge in Lagos yesterday evening to lawlessness.

Read the full gist the comedian wrote below;

”In organized societies, where traffic is a major issue, tankers and heavy duty vehicles move at night or at specified times. In developed climes, MOT agencies… are as serious as the police force. In some other climes, that have deep shores like we do, only one port can not be used for discharge of staples like fuel, and even then, fuel and transportation of inflammable contents are done in controlled methods.
We are a Lawless country. If government tries to organize these same tankers now, they will go on strike, shut down the economy and day to day running, and we will let them continue. Same thing with teachers… try to get them to go get retrained and be bwtter qualified to teach, they will strike and wr are back to status quo. We do not punish people who even chop monies meant for projects. Projects that have been captured in the budget and monies released.
The same people who chop the monies will now be in the ruling party and to prosecute them becomes a No No. And as nothing is done to them another person will do it. Just imagine. Nigerians died today because of avoidable precautions and failure to create policies and laws that have consequences that could have DETERRED that tanker from being on that road. But no. Law makers dont care. The Executives no send and the JUDICIARY is not jailing them. Bet me, more tankers will fall. Nothing will be done. Nothing”.

Man caught his fiancee red handed having se.x with his best man just 3 weeks to their wedding

A man has only three weeks to wed his fiancee, but before he could say “I do” to her, He caught his wife-to-be and his best man having se.x.

It was gathered that the man’s girlfriend of 5 years was sleeping with his best man. Here’s @Jenniieey’s tweets;
“What will u do if u find out ur fiance/fiancee is cheating on u with d bridesmaid/best man 3 weeks to your wedding?. My friend is devastated right now & totally confused, He gave me permission to post his story. He caught his fiancee wiv his best man(best friend)”
“They’ve been dating over 5yrs & got engaged last year and the wedding is supposed to happen in 3weeks. He loves this babe so much, he’s done stuff for her, he treated her like a Queen and respect her.. most times when she comes around to his place”
“His friends r around after work. He introduced her to one of them who is his best friend years ago and not best man but I guess they went behind his back and took the introduction to another level.. although he said he was suspecting the closeness”
“But he thought he was just paranoid and didn’t think a thing like that could happen between them..cos he trusts both of them.. but for years they’ve been doing stuff behind his back.They all hang out, eat together and gist but nothing prepared him for this”
“He traveled a few days ago and was suppose to come back Thursday..but 4days ago, another friend called him to inform him that something is not right with his bride to be and his best man that he is only telling him cos he feels it’s d right thing to do”
“My friend thought dis guy who told him stuff was just one of those bad Belle people who doesn’t want u to settle down..he kept thinking about it but didn’t tell anyone.So yesterday he decided to leave Abuja for Lagos but didn’t tell anyone he had changed his plan”
“He canceled his travel from Thursday (4days from now) and brought it to yesterday..he arrived Lagos and went home straight but in mind, he was praying that everything he heard was not true..he got home (his fiancee stays with him) and used his key”
“He went straight to the bedroom and when he opened the door, he said he almost fainted.. everything was true. she was in bed wiv his best man and he said he didn’t know what to do but that if he had reacted, he wud have attacked his friend because he betrayed him”
“So he said he just turned back and closed the door and left the house for them .. he went to his mom’s house but don’t know what and how to tell her what he saw .. How do u tell u mom u saw ur bride be in bed with your best man 3weeks to your wedding”
“Everything is done and ready .. invitation cards sent out, hall booked.. and the funniest thing she’s been calling and texting that it’s a mistake and she’s sorry but he should not cancel the wedding cause people will shame her and insult her”
“She even got her mom to call him to talk to him but she didn’t tell her mom d reason y he’s angry wiv her, she just told her mom that they had a fight and he’s not talking to her.. my friend said he doesn’t know how and if to tell his fiancee’s mom what he saw”
“He’s confused and doesn’t know what to do if to cancel d wedding or tell his mom or his fiancee’s mom what really happened but according to him he can’t trust her again or his best man and can’t have d wedding with her and he has told her already”
“But how will he tell his family and her family about his decision to cancel the wedding..visitors coming for d wedding, how will he inform them.. he needs to know the right way to handle this situation..he is reading my thread so pls tell him”