Gunmen have killed a young man at Ogbor, in Aba North Local Government Area of Abia State.
The incident, which The Nation learnt, occurred at Uwakwe Street, off Ukaegbu Road, Ogbor-Hill, has caused panic in the area.
Sources said the deceased, who reportedly visited his parents, was the only person killed by the gunmen, who, however, dispossessed others of their belongings.
The sources said they suspected the killing to be cult-related.
They said: “We don’t know the young man, but some people said he came to visit his parents at Medical Drive, near Ukaegbu Road.
“According to reports, he entered a bar and a few minutes later, armed men stormed the area and struck.
“We suspect that the gunmen trailed him to the bar. They only robbed other people in the vicinity.
“We learnt that he was planning to wed and came to inform his family, who live on Medical Drive.
“We ran into our houses when we heard what happened. We thought cultists were fighting again, but later found out that it was the deceased that was targeted.
“We are now afraid because of the killing.”
Police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna confirmed the incident in a phone interview with our reporter.
He said he was yet to be properly briefed on what happened.
The Nation gathered that the body had been deposited at the mortuary.
The Federal Government yesterday warned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar against resorting to self-help over the outcome of the February 23 election.
It asked Atiku to realise that the only lawful channel for challenging the result of an election is the court.
Any act capable of triggering a crisis will not be condoned, the government said.
The government said it was absurd that Atiku had hired a lobbying firm to convince the United States not to recognise the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari until the Supreme Court has ruled on the suit he filed. Atiku has denied this.
It said having lost by almost four million (4m) votes, it was unfortunate that Atiku is seeking US recognition as the winner of the election.
To the government, it is unfortunate that Atiku is thinking of replicating the Venezuelan model in Nigeria.
The government made its position known at a briefing in Abuja by Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, which was attended by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Mohammed said: “As you must have noticed in recent times, posters bearing the picture of former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, with the inscription: ‘’THE PUKKA, H.E. ATIKU ABUBAKAR, THE REAL AND THE RIGHT’’, have surfaced across major streets in Abuja.
“The appearance of these posters coincide with the media report that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has hired a US lobbying firm to convince the United States not to recognise the re-election of President Buhari until the Supreme Court has ruled on the suit by the PDP presidential candidate
“The posters and the hiring of U.S. lobbyists, the latest of such by the PDP candidate, have triggered questions about what Alhaji Abubakar is up to. Is he starting a fresh campaign after the elections have been won and lost?
”Has he rescinded his decision to challenge the results of the presidential election in court, perhaps after realising that the results he claimed to have obtained from the INEC back server are cooked? Is he now going for self-help? What really is Atiku’s motive?
“Gentlemen, we are aware of media reports that the PDP presidential candidate on Wednesday distanced himself from the posters that are circulating in Abuja. He also reportedly denied hiring U.S. lobbyists, claiming tongue-in-cheek that the APC fabricated the report.
“If the media reports are right, it means that the former Vice President has suddenly realised the grave implication of his actions, hence has decided to beat a quick retreat before it is too late.
“As a self-avowed democrat, he should realise that the only lawful channel for challenging the result of an election is through the courts. Resorting to self-help, as he seems to be doing now, is an act of desperation and the consequences are dire.”
The Federal Government described Atiku’s plot to replicate the Venezuelan model in Nigeria as sheer daydreaming.
Associated Press photographer Pablo Martinez Monsiváis was just doing his job Wednesday when he took a picture of President Donald Trump at a press conference on the South Lawn of the White House.
It’s that picture, however, that has captured the attention of social media users this week with many describing it as beautiful.
Taken before Trump boarded Marine One, the photograph depicts Trump’s eyes in clear detail with an image of the media reflected back.
Monsiváis posted an edited version of the photo on his Twitter account.
The photograph has received lots of praise and somewhat mixed reactions on social media as expected anyway.
Some have pointed out the symbolic nature of the photograph, as it comes at a time when the president has repeatedly suggested that the media is the “enemy of the people.”
A 65 year old man, Sulaiman Rauf, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state Police Command for defiling 10 years old girl.
The arrest of the suspect followed a complaint by the girl’s father, Fahinhun Mathew, who reported at the Idi-roko Divisional Police Headquarters that the suspect who resides in their neighborhood, sent the victim an errand, but when the girl returned, he lured her into his room where he forcefully defiled her.
After the sexual abuse, the girl quickly notified her father about the incident, which prompted the man to report it at the Police station.
Detectives stormed Araromi Street Ilase where the suspect resides and was promptly arrested, according to Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state.
Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who made this known in a release, stated that “upon interrogation, the randy old man admitted having carnal knowledge of the victim but claimed not to know what led him to it.”
The Police Spokesman added that the victim has been taken to the General hospital for medical attention and report.
However, the Commissioner of Police Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti-Human trafficking and child labor unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution
This is wrong, why not stay and seek assistance? A Nigerian woman and her newly born triplets (two boys and a girl) were spotted begging for money on the road at Rainoil Petrol Station in Asaba, Delta state.
According to reports, she started begging on the road after her husband, the father of the babies, absconded on hearing that his wife gave birth to triplets.
The management of University of Ibadan has suspended one of its student, Ojo Aderemi, for leading a protest in 2017 over the school’s inability to provide identity cards for students.
Aderemi, who spoke with PT, said the institution has handed him a four-semester suspension. Sadly, this means the 300 level student will lose two academic years.
In May 2017, after becoming the students’ union president, Mr Aderemi presided over a congress that resolved protested the failure of the university to provide them identity cards.
The students also demanded for the use of electric-powered cooking appliance in their hostels. The peaceful protests forced the university to be shut for weeks.
The university also suspended students’ union activities in the school.
Mr Aderemi, on Thursday, told our correspondent that the university suspended him on Wednesday for his role in the 2017 protest.
“I was informed about the panel’s decision yesterday,” he said. “I have been suspended for four semesters,” he told Premium Times.
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The University’s Vice Chancellor, Idowu Olayinka, did not respond to PT calls and text messages.
The University’s spokesperson, Tunji Oladejo, said he had no knowledge of the suspension. He said he was “yet to avail myself with the procedures of what happened there,” although, he promised to get back to Premium Times after getting details of the development.
Kabir Marafa, senator representing Zamfara central, has offered Senate President Bukola Saraki another wife. He made the offer while thanking his colleagues for approving a N10 billion intervention fund for Zamfara State following the spate of insecurity in the state.
Speaking on the floor of senate on Thursday, the popular Zamfara Senator said there is room for another wife in Saraki’s house because its size “is grossly underutilised.”
He said, “I have a mounting order from my constituents to thank you for the efforts we all collectively put in addressing the plight of the people of Zamfara state.
“Mr President, I want to thank you specifically. A lady in my constituency said I should tell you specifically that she has never seen you hit the gavel the way you did yesterday and I should tell you that when you commence your sabbatical, that she has offered herself to marry you, if you so wish.
“I told her to wait until we see facts and figures in the 2019 budget. With respect and apology to Madam at home but from where I come, you are allowed up to four wives. So madam should please keep space because anytime I sit at home and look at the size of the house, I feel it is grossly underutilised.”
Two students of the University of Lagos who attempted to r*pe their course mate on Thursday has appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos on a 5-count charge.
The students identified as Ikedi Okpanlanedu, 21 and Samuel Idongesit, 20 - are facing charges of conspiracy, attempted r*pe, assault, impersonation and threatening violence.
Police Sergeant Modupe Olaluwoye, who prosecutes the case, told the court that the undergraduates invited the course mate who was a makeup artiste to an hotel and attempted to r*pe her.
The Sergeant also told the court that the defendants committed the offence at 4:40pm on April 1, at Peace Land Hotel, Fola Agoro area of Lagos. They invited her with the promise that they wanted to introduce her to someone who needs her services.
A former Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Monday Ubani, has regained his freedom after being detained for more than 20 days by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The EFCC detained Ubani along with Senator Christopher Enai, with whom he stood as surety for a former Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Mrs Ngozi Olejeme, whom the EFCC accused of N6.4billion fraud.
The EFCC on March 19 invited and detained Ubani and Enai because Olojeme allegedly absconded.
The two men, through Mike Ozekhome (SAN), challenged their detention by the EFCC before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja.
In his judgment on March 26, Justice Silvanus Oriji ordered the EFCC to either charge both of them to court immediately or release them on bail on or before March 28.
However, many days after the judgment, the EFCC neither released them on bail nor charged them to court, prompting Ozekhome to commence contempt proceedings against EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu.
The refusal of the EFCC to comply with the court order drew criticisms from various quarters, including the NBA and a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).
A senior EFCC official confirmed Ubani’s release on Thursday, The Punch reports. Efforts to speak to Ubani about the terms of his release were unsuccessful as his mobile phone was switched off.
Already, the Commission has filed three charges against him for failing to produce Mrs. Olejeme.
A political analyst, Wale Ogunade, on Wednesday said the governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, would have surpassed the achievements of his predecessors if he had not ignored the political structure that brought him to power.
Mr Ogunade, who is the president, Voters Awareness Initiative, spoke with NAN in Lagos, while assessing Mr Ambode’s performance ahead of his exit from office next month.
Mr Ambode lost his bid to return to office for a second term during the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election, losing to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who became the party’s candidate in the March 9 governorship election and would be succeeding him on May 29.
Unlike Mr Ambode, his immediate predecessors, Babatunde Fashola and Bola Tinubu spent eight years each in office, having been there for two terms each.
Ogunade said Ambode started well as he continued on the development progress of his predecessors.
“In fact, Gov. Ambode should have surpassed his predecessors, but unfortunately he got carried away by power. He saw power as a means of getting himself above the system and I believe the system overwhelmed him. He is a technocrat, and unfortunately he did not take into consideration the political structure that brought him in. And of course, as election time came, the same political structure did away with him.
“I hope that it is a lesson that no matter how good you are, you must not lose touch with the political structure or the people, because the Governor at some point cut off the people. That was why he only had the support of the few friends he worked with and not the people,” he said.
Mr Ogunade urged political leaders to learn from the mistakes of Ambode and carry the people along in their administration.
“So, my advice to politicians is that the people must be factored into your political life, because as a President or a governor, you have to live a multidimensional life. You are a family man, a party man, chief security officer, head of civil service and the father of all, and you must carry everybody along because everyone matters,” he said.
Mr Ogunade said the governor’s administration has, however, recorded sterling achievements that have propelled the state on a positive economic trajectory which would outlive it.
As thousands of mourners gathered to attend the memorial service for Nipsey Hussle at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday (April 11), fights reportedly broke out.
According to a local reporter: "People started running as we were being escorted inside. Reports of several fights outside Staples Center at #NipseyHussle Memorial. Security can be seen running - people are crying. Reports are doors were closed as crowd tried to push inside. Doors open now."
One Twitter user posted their own recollection of the entire ordeal. “They are pushing each other,” said one person in the clip, while the other person replied, “This is ain’t place for all of that. They both should get kicked out for that.”
One person who witnessed a fight wrote, “The vibes in the room for sure changed with that small fight that just happened on the floor level of the [Staples Center].”
An estimated 20,000 people are expected to attend the memorial service for the late rapper who was shot and killed outside of his Marathon clothing store on March 31.
Smooth Promotions, a Lagos-based media company whose properties include Hip Hop World, the hit entertainment channel, Hip TV and The Headies all chaired by Ayo Animashaun has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, in Lagos against Heritage Bank, alleging that the bank has breached all acceptable professional conduct with respect to a transaction that has been the subject of a protracted disagreement.
Smooth Promotions is asking the court to reverse over N185 million in alleged interest rates over and above the agreed interest rate and other entries inputted into its account as at February 2017.
These charges were revealed by an independent audit of the company’s accounts stretching back to 2013.
According to the court papers, the company says it lost in excess of N533,927,562 owing to the failure and refusal of Heritage Bank to insure its property against risk like fire, and or provide information to Smooth Promotions as to insurance on its property following a fire incident on November 6, 2017, despite debiting Smooth Promotions for the insurance premium.
The case, filed by Kemi Pinheiro LP, alleges that Heritage Bank fraudulently deducted insurance premium from Smooth Promotions’ account without remitting the money to the insurance company; charged interests that were not agreed; and a forensic audit found that almost N200 million worth of charges were not correct.
Smooth Promotions’ Executive Director, Adeseun Kolawole-Oyeneye says the company will pursue all available legal means to seek redress.
A mum arrested in Dubai after calling her ex-husband's new lover a "horse" on Facebook will finally be allowed to come back to the UK.
Laleh Shahravesh had collapsed in court after she was originally told her case would be adjourned for a week.
But judge Mohamed Mustafa Ibrahim Khalil in United Arab Emirates (UAE) rushed through the ruling today.
The mum, of Richmond, southwest London, was fined £600 for a "misdemeanour".
Speaking immediately after the announcement Laleh said: "Just when I thought this nightmare was never going to end, after the court hearing this morning, now I know I am going home to my daughter!
"I am overcome with happiness and relief. I can't thank Radha and Detained in Dubai enough and all the support I received from the public."
It was previously feared she'd spend years in jail in UAE after she was arrested at Dubai Airport.
She wept in court at a previous hearing and shouted "no, no".
Her ex's second wife Samah Al Hammadi, 42, had complained to authorities Ms Shahravesh had called her a "horse" on Facebook three years ago.
Speaking after the previous hearing, Ms Shahravesh said: "I just feel so sick and don't know how I am going to cope with more time here.
"I really had hoped that the case would be dropped and I could go home to my daughter Paris.
"I know she is going to be devastated like me when she finds out. I'm not sure how we will both cope being apart."
Ms Shahravesh, who works in a homeless shelter, and her sister Laden Perry feared she'd lose her job if jailed.
When Laleh told them she can’t afford to stay in even a cheap hotel while she waits and is in danger of becoming homeless in Dubai," she said.
Dubai’s cybercrime laws state that an old social media post from before a person visits Dubai can see them heavily fined and jailed for years.
A new study has found that a lot of Brits would be willing to say goodbye to their bestest pal for just £131,000.
The research, commissioned by Foxy Bingo, saw 2,000 men and women be questioned over just how much money it would take for them to ditch their friend.
And 40 percent of the participants admitted they would definitely bin their bestie for the right amount.
Results showed that of those asked, women would give up their BFF for just £106,000, while men would require a bit more money at £180,000.
This put the average sum at £131,000.
Of all those questioned, those who lived in Liverpool were found to be the 'least loyal' to their mates,
saying they would only need £62,000 to sever ties.
Meanwhile those in Glasgow, would need a bit more incentive as they asked for a £200,000 cheque to do the deed.
Efforts are being made to rescue a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly dashed out to a 50-year-old prophet in Benue state to marry. According to reports, it is alleged that her parents gave her out to the prophet.
An activist who got hold of the news is now making efforts to storm Delta State and rescue the poor girl. Informing the public of his intention, he wrote;
14 Year old girl from Kwale, Delta state married out to Benue based prophet
Two weeks ago, received a complaint of child marriage/child abuse from our undercover agent (Name withheld). 'Her name is Nonye, from Kwale, Delta state. Handed over to a 50yrs old Prophet by her own parents. According to report, the girl is now mentally unstable.
"We will need full support of Ministry of Justice Delta state headed by Hon. Barr. Peter Mrakpor and other agencies to enable us facilitate her retrieval. #RetrieveRehabilitateGirlChild. My friends in Benue, I will need your full support and cooperation as we travel down to your State. #TreatUsWell "Child marriage undermines progress on girls' Education. Child Marriage a rights violation that undermines the health and prospects of girls. #EndChildMarriage."
This is beyond sad. If he knew it would kill him, he won’t have walked into it. Where was the mother or guardian? Chai!!! A little boy, Muhammed Arafat today met his untimely death when he ignorantly walked into an open transformer in Niger State.
OAP Bello Lukman, shared the very sad news online writing;
''This young boy Muhammad Arafat was electrocuted in Niger state as a result of the carelessness of the society, the electricity distribution company and his parents. The young boy just saw the transformer open and walked into it. Kai, so discomforting, disheartening and discombombulating. May Arafat's soul rest in peace and may we learn from this. Kai.''
After persistent cheating rumors and breakup buzz, it’s over for Wendy Williams and Kevin Hunter.
The talk show host is divorcing her husband of nearly 22 years, Williams’ attorney confirms. A source said Williams, who filed in Essex County, NJ, served Hunter with divorce papers at 6:30 a.m.
According to court documents, Williams and Hunter are splitting because of “irreconcilable differences.” Williams, who resides in Livingston, NJ, is seeking to establish an “appropriate amount of child support” as well as “other further relief as the Court deems fair and equitable.”
“Thank you to everyone for respecting the family’s privacy during this time,” the personal representative for Williams said in a statement. “Kevin is supportive of Wendy and they are working through this process together,” the statement further said.
What a wasted life! The identity of the Nigerian lady who was killed in Italy over alleged poor performance during s*x, has been revealed. The deceased identified as Blessing Benedicta Daniels but popularly known as Anita, a Nigerian runs girl in Italy, was murdered by Leopoldo Scalici, 40, for failing to satisfy him after he paid her for s*x.
According to Italian website, Modena Today, Scalici approached Benedicta on the streets of Modena Nord for s*x over the weekend. He loaded her on board the van on which he was travelling to reach a secluded place where they were believed to have had s*x.
Benedicta was reportedly killed after the duo had had s*xual inter-course and an argument had broken out, which led to Scalici hitting the Nigerian lady with a heavy object on her face and head.
It was however speculated that Scalici hit Benedicta because he wasn’t satisfied s*xually. Italian police have detained Scalici, after he voluntarily confessed to the crime. Sigh!
