Boko Haram guns down 23 mourners near Maiduguri

Boko Haram insurgents have killed 23 mourners in Borno state, after they attended a funeral, local militia and residents said.

At around 1030 GMT on Saturday, the attackers on three motorbikes opened fire on a group of men as they walked back from a funeral in Nganzai district near the state capital Maiduguri, local militia leader Bunu Bukar Mustapha told the AFP.

“Our men recovered 23 dead bodies from the scene of the attack, which happened this morning,” Mustapha said.


The men were returning to Badu Kuluwu from nearby Goni Abachari village where they had attended funeral prayers for a relative, Mustapha said.

A Nganzai district official confirmed both the incident and death toll.

“I received calls from Nganzai that Boko Haram killed 23 people near Badu Kuluwu this morning,” said the official, who asked not to be identified for his own safety.

Local hunters and militia recovered the bodies after survivors returned to the village and alerted them, Nganzai resident Saleh Masida said.

Boko Haram fighters have been repeatedly attacking Nganzai district.

In September last year, the group killed eight people and stole livestock in two villages in the area after residents tried to stop them from taking their animals.



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Police still on mission to rescue Siasia's mom

The Police Command in Bayelsa has said that its personnel are working round the clock to ensure that the kidnapped mother of Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s former Super Eagles footballer is rescued from her captors.

SP Asinim Butswat, the spokesperson of the command made this known in Yenagoa on Sunday.

Mrs Beauty Siasia, who was kidnapped on July 15 with two others in Odoni community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have spent 14 days in the kidnappers’ den.

The 79-year-old woman was kidnapped with Mrs Florence Douanana, 65, and her daughter, Selekire Douanana, 17.


According to the police spokesman, the command is on top of the game, stressing that investigation is on-going to enable the victims regain freedom.

“Yes, investigation is on-going to rescue the victims,” he stated.

The state Commissioner of Police, Uche Anozia, had visited the scene twice and had deployed marine components of the force to comb the creeks of the area in search of the abducted victims.





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Two tenants kill landlord, steal his car

he Lagos State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly killing their landlord and stealing his Toyota Camry car.

The command’s spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said that the suspects were flagged down by the police for reckless driving before they discovered that the car the suspects were driving was stolen.

The News Agency of Nigeria quoted the spokesman as saying, “On July 24 at 5.00 a.m., some policemen from the Iba Police Station on Stop-and -search at First gate, Agboroko area, Iba, Lagos flagged down a Toyota Camry which was driven in a reckless and suspicious manner by two suspects namely: Daniel Isaac, 38, and Emmanuel Chukwu; 36.

“Further investigation revealed that the first suspect, Daniel Isaac, had allegedly killed his landlord, Don Able, 50 , from Rivers and dumped his corpse in a well inside his compound at Owodun Street in Ikotun area of Lagos State.

“The suspect was escaping with the stolen vehicle of the deceased in company of his accomplice, Emmanuel Chukwu, when they were intercepted. Their intention was to sell the car.

“They confessed to the crime. Homicide detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Yaba are investigating the case. Suspects will be charged to court.”



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Marrying you is the best decision I ever took! Akinwumi Adesina tells wife on their 35th wedding anniversary

The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina and his wife Grace Yemisi are celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary today. To mark their special day, Mr Akinwumi took to twitter to pour encomium on his wife. In his first tweet he wrote:

“Today is a special joyful day for me: 35 years ago I married my sweetheart, Grace Yemisi. I would not be who I am today without her. I will marry you again, honey, 35 times over. Happy 35th anniversary my sweetheart, rock and friend”.

In another tweet, he said:

“My sweetheart, we were so young, found love, and never looked back since 1981. Today as we celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary, I just want to thank you for marrying me. Marrying you is the best decision of my life! ”

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Agent connived with maid to steal employer’s N450,000 jewelry in Lagos (photo)

The operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, RRS, have arrested a housemaid agent who specialises in assisting people to get maids with the motive of using them to abscond with money, jewelry and other belongings of their employers.

Francis Okputu, 37, a former drycleaner who turned house help agent had been using his influence to bring job seekers to Lagos and his wife who also helped him bring people from her home town to work in Lagos as housemaids.

Francis, whose mode of operation and agreement with the job seekers was to help them get maids jobs, where they would work as house help and domestic workers. He collected half of their salary for the first month as commission fee and he had been doing this since 2003 predominantly on the Lagos Mainland.


In his confessional statement to the police, Francis owned up to helping people get housemaids as an agent and he installs not less than 15 domestic workers every year and gets half of their salaries as his commission but began to change his tactics after his financial burdens rose.

“I Have been helping Lagosians get house helps and everybody in my neighborhood knows what I do and they also make recommendations and link me with their relatives who need my service,” he said.

Francis added that, “sometime in May this year, a friend directed one Joy Onoz to me to help her get a housemaid job which I did and all was fine until the next month when she began to call me that her mistress does not like her and she will like him to help do something about it.

Francis getting to know that Joy’s Madam is wealthy, began to find means of looting the unsuspecting employer. He called Joy one day and warned her not to speak English throughout their conversation and told her to steal her madam’s money, jewelries and also help him get her picture and deliver it to him in an undisclosed place.

The gold jewelry, he told Joy, would be replaced with copper and that he would take the picture to a prophetess who would help him bewitch and make her not to question any of the girl’s deed after stealing her things.

Joy, while talking with policemen about her agent’s move to loot her employer quickly told her Madam of Francis’ plans and they played along with his arrangement. The Mistress gave Joy some hard currencies and Jewelries and her picture and told her to contact Francis that she had successfully gotten some valuables.

Francis, unknowingly instructed Joy to meet him at Iyana-Ipaja to handover her loots to him and that he would arrange how to get the fakes across to her by doing imitations of the jewelries to avoid any suspicion.

Officers who had been contacted by the employer swung into action and laid siege for Francis at the agreed location where he was arrested after receiving the loots.

After his arrest, the Decoy team of RRS visited some housemaids whom Francis had installed in different parts of the State to question them if he Francis had one time or the other asked them to bring their employer’s valuables and also advised them to stay clear of any plan that is contrary to the law.

The police also visited the said prophetess who was to help Francis hypnotize Joy’s mistress and she disclosed that the last time she saw him was in February 2018 when he came for prayer and asked her to help hypnotize a woman who employed one of his clients but that she refused his demand and sent him out of her church because she did not indulge in such practice as a servant of God.

Recovered from Francis’ hand when joy was trailed to Iyana Ipaja, the point of exchange of the stolen items, were $15 dollar notes, sets of gold jewelries worth N450,000 and a picture.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Adamu Muazu in his reaction to the incident directed the transfer of the case to the State CID office and advised Lagosians to be conscious of whom they employ as domestic staff to avoid theft of their hard-earned properties

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/agent-connived-with-maid-to-steal.html

Nigerian man who preaches on the streets of London gets £2,500 compensation after his arrest

A Christian street preacher who had his Bible wrested from him as he was handcuffed and taken away by police has been awarded £2,500 for wrongful arrest.

Oluwole Ilesanmi, 64, has welcomed the payout by the Metropolitan Police as a victory for freedom of speech after he had been wrongly accused of Islamophobia.

The former dentist was preaching outside Southgate Tube station in North London in February when he was approached by two officers.

A passer-by had earlier called police and accused Mr Ilesanmi of hate speech.


He admits to having described Islam as an ‘aberration’ but insists he was simply expressing his point of view as a Christian rather than denigrating Muslims.

One of the police officers claimed Mr Ilesanmi was disturbing the peace, saying: ‘No one wants to hear that. They want you to go away.’

A video of the incident taken by a passer-by shows the policeman taking the Bible away, to Mr Ilesanmi’s visible distress.

One of the officers then says: ‘You should’ve thought about that before being racist.’

He was handcuffed before the officer gave a thumbs-up to the camera. Mr Ilesanmi was then bundled into a police car and driven several miles away. There the grandfather was ‘de-arrested’ and let out of the car.

However, he was not carrying any money and it was only thanks to the kindness of a stranger who gave him the necessary bus fare that he was able to get back.

Scotland Yard has now agreed to pay Mr Ilesanmi £2,500 for wrongful arrest and his humiliating and distressing treatment.

Mr Ilesanmi told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I believe God loves everyone, including Muslims, but I have the right to say I that I don’t agree with Islam – we are living in a Christian country, after all.

‘I was upset when they took away my Bible. They just threw it in the police car. They would never have done that if it had been the Koran. Whatever happened to freedom of speech?’

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/nigerian-man-who-preaches-on-streets-of.html

Rev Esther Ajayi exposes rich Nigerians who come to white garment churches for help

Rev. Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi popularly known as Iya Adura of Love of Christ C&S church has exposed Nigerians who come to white garment churches at night, but during the day attend Pentecostal churches.

The Reverend exposed them while calling Nigerians hypocrites. Speaking of how bad this is, she said;

“A lot of people are hypocrite, concerning the white garment churches. They will come in the night, I know a lot of above average Nigerians that come to meet me. They dont want their name to be mentioned openly buy they come to me in the night, i pray for you and miracles happen and then you dont want to be my friend in the open. Stop Been An Hypocrite.


You will come in the night to a white garment pastor and on sunday you will go to redeem christian church of God or other Pentecostal church. You Are an hypocrite and a deceiver as well.

In every other churches, Methodist, Anglican and others, there will always be a Judas among the disciple and an absalom in the formulae but it doesnt mean you should castrate everybody.”



source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/rev-esther-ajayi-exposes-rich-nigerians.html

Kenyan pastor claims to have found Jesus, takes him to his church to meet his congregation (photo)

Oh dear, a Kenyan pastor has claimed he has found Jesus according to a twitter user who shared the story. The twitter user claims he took the white man to his church, introduced him to his congregation and his church members are happy Jesus is back and he landed first in Kenya. The twitter user’s exact words:

''A Kenyan pastor claims he has found Jesus Christ walking on the streets of Kenya. Took the whiteman to his church, gave him a warm welcome and now his church followers are happy that Jesus has finally come back! And lucky for them he landed in Kenya first.''

Anyway, since we didn't hear this claim from the pastor himself, we will assume it's a drama. Even if the pastor says Jesus is back, so his congregation does not know what the bible says about Jesus' second coming? Lol...

A Kenyan pastor claims he has found Jesus Christ walking on the streets of Kenya. Took the whiteman to his church, gave him a warm welcome and now his church followers are happy that Jesus has finally come back!

And lucky for them he landed in Kenya first. 🤦🏾‍♂️🧐🤫 pic.twitter.com/2iUJqIha1Q

— Syńbâd™ 💯 🇺🇬 (@DeSaylor1) July 24, 2019

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/kenyan-pastor-claims-to-have-found.html

Beautiful new photos of Beyonce and husband, Jay-Z

Power couple…

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The first 28 years of my life were miserable that I was suicidal ! Tyler Perry shares story about his life

Tyler Perry has shared an inspiring story about his life. The actor and filmmaker revealed that the first 28 years of his life was miserable and he was so tired of life to the extent that he was suicidal but kept on working and pressing till he was successful.

His words;
''When I first saw the land that is my new studio it had been abandoned for years. 10 foot tall grass, snakes, coyotes, etc... but where others saw dilapidation, I saw hope. I saw promise. Several advisors told me not to do it.

 They gave many reasons. It’s a money pit, timing isn’t right, and so on. But I sat there and prayed about it. I came to peace with it, and I bought it. Now, every day I drive in and see thousands of people working there; working in my dream to build their own.


To think that all of my hard work and a lot of God’s grace have met me at the door of all that I dreamed humbles me to tears. I’m so full with gratitude every day.

I can’t help but look back on my life and remember all the dark days. The first 28 years of my life were miserable. So much so that I was suicidal. I was so tired of living my life in pieces when all I wanted to do was live my life in peace.

My biggest issue and question was this “God, why would you put all of these dreams inside of me and not show me a way to accomplish them.” Nonetheless, I kept working and I kept pressing. What I didn’t know at the time was that every step I was taking was moving me closer to my goal (even the ones that I thought were setbacks). But I kept pressing.

Today I want to challenge all the dreamers reading this. I want to challenge you to keep pressing. GET THERE! GET IT DONE!! I know you can. No matter your age, no matter your circumstances, you too can make it. When you pray, believe!!''

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/the-first-28-years-of-my-life-were.html

Liverpool sign teen record-breaker Harvey Elliott

Liverpool have completed the signing of 16-year-old winger Harvey Elliott from Fulham, the European champions announced on Sunday.

“To have joined the club that I supported as a boy is a dream come true for me and all of my family and it’s an incredible feeling to now officially be able to call myself a Red!” Elliott wrote on Instagram.

The teenager made his debut in the 3-1 League Cup win over Millwall in September at the age of 15 before going on to become the youngest debutant in Premier League history when he played against Wolves in May at the age of 16 years and 30 days. He also featured against Newcastle for Fulham.

The England youth international is in the squad for Liverpool's friendly with Napoli in Edinburgh on Sunday.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/liverpool-sign-teen-record-breaker.html

Hilarious birthday gift lady gets from her 'boyfriend'

A facebook user, Mary Ogechi has been left unimpressed over the birthday gift she received from her boyfriend. She found a bunch of bananas and a bottle of groundnut wrapped as a present for her birthday. Lol. Sharing the gift on her facebook page, Mary wrote;

''He gave me this as birthday girl. Is this guy not wicked.''

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/hilarious-birthday-gift-lady-gets-from.html

Photos: Kola Aluko’s superyacht Galactica Star sold

The 65-metre Galactica Star superyacht owned by Kolawole Aluko, the Nigerian oil mogul has been sold.

Yachtharbour.com said the yacht was sold on 25 July. Fraser representing the seller and Burgess represented the buyer. The vessel was listed for sale earlier this year for $ 42,000,000, as a result of a notorious corruption case in Nigeria, involving Aluko, Prince Olajide Omokore and former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The yacht was custom-built by Dutch yard Heesen in 2013 and is seconds only to the builder’s 70-metre Galactica Super Nova in terms of LOA. She features exterior styling by Omega Architects, engineering by Van Oossanen & Associates, finished by interiors from the boards of Bannenberg & Rowell.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/photos-kola-alukos-superyacht-galactica.html

Lizzy Anjorin alleges her ex-boyfriend is after her life

Nollywood actress and business woman, Elizabeth Anjorin has called for help over an alleged threat to her life by her ex-boyfriend she accused of sleeping with her staff. She stated that her ex-boyfriend should be held responsible if anything should happen to her because he has been sleeping with her staff, and asking them to bring vital information about her.

She wrote;
'' LIFE THREAT ALERT!!!👆( 07084641262)..
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.If anything happen to me , after arresting these people ...please pick my ex ...He was the one sleeping with all my workers and asking them to bring vital informations about me ...@gistlover.blog can bear witness because he has audacity to promote shit about me ..for over 3weeks gist lover kept bashing me back to back ..until a close friend dm him/her 🤷♂️🤷♀️ with necessary documents audio and many evidence and the evidence make #gistlover.blog bow for satan himself ..He/she forwarded the evidences to him but he couldn't defend it ...since then he has not back down, both physically and spiritually, but my late mummy & my good deed no sleep ..

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2, pick all my workers both the current ones and those that left. .
3, Get record of everybody on my phone list and prosecute them ...
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4, As for my badagry people ..Bring out full #TARAN and do necessary rituals within 3days ..let every souls that has hand in shit against me should all die in mysterious way with their misrable family ..
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Because a young successful lady was shot and thrown out of bus at Maryland few months ago till now ..Everybody kept quiet till today with no placard .
As i am working so hard ..me sef no sleep , No let my Alhaja life style deceive you ...I dey pay my dues for traditions because of evil people like you ...
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5, Because if anything happen now una fit talk say ...
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A,We talk am, that lizzy dey do dirty deals.. maybe she boycott those people
B,Na cocaine burst for her tummy she don swallow pass her capacity .
C, Her ritual don expire na the year wey dem give am reach .. ..I' m so legit ,Heaven is my witness,i work like machine , I barely sleep 3hrs , I dont smoke ,no club ,no social life..I'm too kind,generous & disciplined to deep my hands into dirty shits...Biko I get plenty debt to pay , debt dey my neck oooo..make una leave me oo ..no kill me oo so that I can pay the debts on my neck no let me pass debt to my next generation ...una wan kill ur mama on top of White House...shogun layeni🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷♂️
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Abi make I sell the house relocate for safety ni??''

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/lizzy-anjorin-alleges-her-ex-boyfriend.html

Bauchi Governor weds Lebanese second wife in Lagos

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, wedded his second wife, Natasha Mariana, a Lebanese-Nigerian woman at the Syrian mosque in Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Friday. The wedding attracted a plethora of political figures and bigwigs within and across the confines of the country’s upper echelon of power.  More photos from the event below…

Bauchi governor marks 60 days in office in style, takes Lebanese bride. pic.twitter.com/xR1AFfeckA

— Jaafar Jaafar (@JaafarSJaafar) July 27, 2019

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/bauchi-governor-weds-lebanese-second.html

The cake angle: what I ordered vs what I got

Speechless!  I guess saying 'I CAN'T DO IT' is free of charge now. No one will beat you if you say you can't make the cake, LOL. Is it now a crime to patronize your friend?

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Skales shares new lovely photo with his girlfriend, Neza

The singer shared loved-up photo of himself and his Rwandan-Canadian girlfriend, Neza on his instagram page writing;

''Still growing strong despite the storms....go best friend that’s my best friend @thisisneza ❤️❤️💪✊😍''



source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/skales-shares-new-lovely-photo-with-his.html

Kidnapped CMD’s son, 2 health officials regain freedom

Kayode Sule, son of the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan who was waylaid by suspected herdsmen and abducted and alongside two other hospital staff, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway had been released.

It was reported that Kayode, Dele Adigun and Opeyemi Abifarin were released on late Friday night by their captors who were said to be about 15 in number.

It was further learnt that Kayode who sustained gunshot injury on the leg was being given medical attention after regaining freedom.

It could not be ascertained whether the N50 ransom earlier demanded by the kidnappers were paid before they were released.



source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/kidnapped-cmds-son-2-health-officials.html

Police arrest ‘fake’ spiritualist for defrauding traders in Lagos, Ogun markets

The police have arrested a 50- year- old described as a fake spiritualist with specialization in defrauding people.

Raphael Ekechi’s victims are mainly in Lagos and Ogun States. He was picked up from his Alagbado hideout in Lagos after his latest exploit in Abeokuta.

Ekechi claimed he had spiritual power that could fetch his victims including traders, contractors and politicians, immense fortune.

He charged his victims heavily, raking in millions of naira in the process, and he often warned them against reporting him to the police, otherwise he would deal with them spiritually.


But he ran out of luck after allegedly defrauding one Emmanuel Ekpe who defied his threat and reported him to the police.

The security men went on his trail and arrested him on July 8, 2019.

Among the items recovered from his ‘mystic temple’ during  the arrest by the police were  a sum of $3,700 suspected to be counterfeit, consultation forms ,a collection of Hindu paraphernalia and posters.

The suspect  who gave his name in his  ‘metaphysical’ business as Raghdra Anandra ,claims to be  a 100 level Law student of the National Open University.

The father of four claimed that his journey into the illegal business started when “I traveled to Accra, Ghana, and customs operatives seized my goods and it disorganized me.

”I still remember, it was during the military era. I lost about N3million  and it so frustrated me that I couldn’t get money and help from anyone.

“It was in that horrible state of idleness that I decided to become a fraudster.

“My second reason is that I found out that some Nigerians are gullible in order to get rich quick and I decided to use my brain instead of gun to get what I wanted.

 “I lied to all my clients or should I call them victims? I lied to them that I got power and learnt metaphysical science from an Indian University and that was how I became a fraudster.

“I have sold pure water and I was making N400 daily. I have followed these people who sell fake drugs in the open market with loudspeaker and they used to give me N500 after sales. It was the activities of these fake drug sellers that helped to sharpen my mind.

“I pasted posters on the streets   with Ragen Hindu monk temple boldly written on the posters to attract patronage from people in need of spiritual protection, get rich quick charm, among others.

“I charged N7,700 for consultation form, N500, 000 for power charm, N2, 000, 000(two million) to see my master general and N1,000,000 (one million) to win contract.

“I believe in the Bible and I believe that the Bible is supreme.  I don’t mention Bible because I know that what I am doing is fake and you cannot joke with the Bible or  the Quran.”

Recalling the incident that led to his arrest,Ekechi said : “This man, Emmanuel Ekpe, was in my office and he complained that what (charm) I did for him did not work. He wanted his business to boom and mystic power to perform miracles as an evangelist.

“I charged him a sum of N167,000   but he deposited N57,000  and he promised to pay the balance after one month.

“I told him that he must pay me the balance otherwise the charm I gave him would not work, because he cannot cheat the ‘spirit’. Unfortunately, it still did not work for him.

‘’When I told him how people like him ran away to avoid the wrath of the mystic gods, I  thought that he would do the same not knowing that he went to report to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT).

“I plead for forgiveness, I will not defraud people again.”

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/police-arrest-fake-spiritualist-for.html

Horror as 'zombie' raw chicken breast 'comes back to life and crawls off table'

The term 'running around like a headless chicken' has its origins in what many farmers know - chooks can indeed continue to run about after their heads are chopped off.

It is commonly believed that headless chickens run because many of the birds' reflex movements are controlled by their brain stems, not their brains - meaning a chicken will sometimes continue to race about.

But raw chicken 'coming back to life'? A viral video appearing to show a slab of chicken on the plate full of raw meat wriggling then hoisting itself off the table is baffling the internet.

The footage shows a piece of raw chicken begins to twitch towards the plate's edge, almost as if it's escaping, then launches off the table and falls to the ground as a diner screams.


It is unclear where the footage was filmed - although many viewers have noted chopsticks on the table.

And it's even less clear how a very dead chicken has supposedly managed to 'reanimate.'

The footage posted on Facebook by Rie Phillips two weeks ago was full of theories.

Some wondered whether it is possible for a freshly slaughtered chicken's severed parts to still be firing off nerve signals.

One person suggested: "Usually because the meat is so fresh the muscles can still move."

Another didn't need any answers, writing: "Hell no if my food is walking, I’m walking too."

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2019/07/horror-as-zombie-raw-chicken-breast.html