Nigerian gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi has reacted to Obinwenne Okeke’s arrest in the US saying another word for 419 in Nigeria now can also mean “it’s by God’s grace”.
Reacting to the arrest of the CEO of Invictus Group, Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi, Bisi took to Facebook and wrote;
''Nigerians have this stupid, fraudulent act of saying “it’s by God’s grace” when you ask them the secrets of their success. Well it is now very clear thanks to Obinwenne Okeke that god’s grace is another word for 419. There is nothing like god’s grace, stop deceiving people. It is either you have made it through hard work, connections or family wealth, and you have a right to share your secret or not to share your secret. Saying it is the grace of God is a fraud, and you are nothing but 419! Simple!''
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified airlines, passengers and all other stakeholders that the runway at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu will be closed for major repairs.
FAAN’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday.
The closure of the airport was coming three months after the immediate past Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the airport would be closed down over the condition of the runway.
Sirika had said that the airport would be degraded for international operations because the runway length is not ideal for such operations.
Yakubu explained that the closure was aimed at resolving the existing safety and security concerns to flight operations.
The general manager said the closure of the runway would take effect by 12am on Aug. 24.
She noted that a date to reopen the runway would be communicated in due course.
Samson Siasia has appealed for calm over news of his life ban from the game by world football governing body FIFA.
Siasia was banned for life from the game following a match-fixing probe by FIFA.
Siasia, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja through an associate, Prince Opukiri Jones-Ere at the main bowl of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, said the matter was currently being looked into by his lawyer.
The former Super Eagles forward said he was hopeful of a positive conclusion of the matter.
“We want to please plead with everyone to be calm as the issue has been handed over to a lawyer and he is looking at the case.
“So, at this moment, Siasia will be unavailable to speak to the press.
“I want to also appeal to you all to be patient with us, considering the fact that he is already going through so much stress with regards to his mother’s kidnap which we are dealing with at the moment.
“We appreciate you all for your concerns and solidarity messages which have been received from the onset of this situation.
“So, my kind appeal is that you all give us some time for the lawyer to look into the case and as soon as possible, hopefully by next week, we will come up with our position and further action to be taken on the issue.
“On behalf of the family of Siasia, we want to once again thank you for your concerns and we pray that this will end well,” he said.
FIFA had said in a statement on Friday that the adjudicatory chamber of their independent Ethics Committee found the 51-year-old Siasia guilty.
She was accused of embezzling money on her reality show. Yet Blac Chyna brushed off the drama and revealed she was looking at life a different way as she shared a series of bikini snaps on Friday.
The reality star, 31, rocked a lime green two piece and posed up a storm in the series of shots that garnered thousands of likes.
She paired one of the photos with the positive caption: 'The beginning [clover emoji] fresh outlook on life!'
Chyna accessorized with gold drop earrings and some layered silver chain necklaces.
They recently rang in their third wedding anniversary. And Kevin Hart and Eniko Parrish have marked the occasion with a luxurious trip to St. Lucia as documented on his Instagram.
The hunky 40-year-old comic and movie star showed off his summer body in a string of swimsuit photos with his wife.
In one smoldering snapshot, the Ride Along dreamboat stood shirtless beneath a waterfall and spread out his arms.
Acclaimed animator Richard Williams, who worked on hit films including 'Roger Rabbit' and the 'Pink Panther', has died.
The 86-year-old triple Oscar and triple Bafta winner, who was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to Britain in the 1950s, died at his home in Bristol on Friday, his family announced.
Williams was the animation director on the 1988 blockbuster 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' - creating characters including Roger and Jessica Rabbit.
Jeremy Kyle and his fiancée Vicky Burton are expecting their first child together.
The TV talk show host, 54 - who already has four children from two previous marriages - has revealed that he and his other half, 37, will be expecting their bundle of joy in January.
Speaking to The Sun, he revealed: 'Vick and I couldn’t be happier to say we’re expecting our first baby together. We’ve told our families and everyone is delighted.'
Jeremy continued: 'It’s the best possible thing that could have happened and we’re excited about preparing for his or her arrival in January.'
His delight comes after a difficult few months which saw the axing of The Jeremy Kyle Show, which had been a regular fixture on on TV since 2005, following the tragic suicide of a former guest.
Gabonese President Ali Bongo has appeared live in public for the first time almost 10 months after suffering a stroke, walking with a stick as he attended ceremonies in the capital, Libreville.
The 60-year-old, whose every move has been scrutinised for signs of ill health, attended commemorations on the eve of Gabon's anniversary of independence from France in 1960, the AFP news agency reported on Friday.
The appearance marked the first time Bongo had been seen in public outside the presidential palace since his illness in October last year, except for occasions that were filmed and edited by government or state media.
A smiling Bongo spoke with security officers before laying a wreath at the tomb of Leon Mba, the first president of the small oil-rich country.
Bongo walked with a stick and an aide helped him to climb several steps. The ceremony lasted half an hour, which was shorter than in previous years.
Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie is a year older today. And she has shared beautiful new photos to celebrate her special day.Captioning one of the photos, she wrote;
''It's my year of establishment.
It's my year of favour.
It's my year of more than enough.
The world ain't seen nothing yet.
IT'S MY YEAR!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WORLD'S BEST!!!
Psalm 87:5
THANK YOU LORD FOR ANOTHER YEAR
AM GRATEFUL
A QUEEN IS BORN TODAY''
Singer, Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, has said that fans usually put celebrities under pressure to lead fake lives. He told Saturday beats, “90 per cent of celebrities lead fake lives because you guys (the public) are putting them under pressure. People don’t like it when you are real; they prefer it when you lie to them, and that’s why many fake it until they make it.
“If you are very honest and truthful with them (fans), your records will have slow sales. 80 per cent of celebrities rent apartments but they would claim they bought the houses.
They go through that because fans put them under so much pressure. That you see someone on television does not mean the person is worth N1bn, so people should stop thinking that we’re living in heaven on earth.”
Having spent 19 years in the industry, Kcee admitted that he had also ‘faked’ it in the past. He stated, “Yes, I have faked it at some point.
When I started, I had to fake it. To be a celebrity, there is a perception you need to sell so that people can look up to you. I am saying this because I have gone through that and I have passed that stage. I am now successful. There was a time I was driving a Hummer jeep while my then partner, Presh, had his own. We would go to clubs and use all our money to pop champagnes. At the end of the day, we would throw the drinks away and go back home to eat noodles. We w
anted to impress people and make them see us as the most expensive artistes. When I was in Ajegunle (Lagos) and I got to a level where I needed to leave that area, I used to tell people that I was living in Ikeja, though I was still staying at Ajegunle. Before you knew it, we started living in Ikeja and from there, we moved on to bigger things. There is faith life and also fake life. My own journey was always keying into that faith.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke of conspiracy to commit fraud running into the sum of $12m.
This was disclosed in an affidavit made available to the press on Friday, by Marshall Ward, a special agent employed by the United States Department of Justice.
According to the information disclosed, the investigation was premised on a complaint lodged by representatives of Unatrac Holdings Limited for being victimized in the fraud.
Obinwanne Okeke (born 9 November 1987) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and the founder of Invictus Group.
In 2016, he was named by Forbes as one of ‘30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 to Watch’.
He was also listed among 100 Most Influential Young Africans 2018
A woman has been described as the lowest of the low as notes emerged as she tried to trick a small charity into paying for the renewal of her vows.
Wish Upon a Wedding offered to organise a £15,000 ceremony for Carla Evans, 29, who pretended to have cancer. She claimed she had bladder and thyroid cancer, and liver and kidney failure. Evans wrote online that she was dying and needed help and her posts were seen by Karen Hobbs, a volunteer from the charity who was taken in by her lies.
All the charity wanted in return was £500 towards the cost and proof of her diagnosis. However, a forged NHS letter from a hospital consultant at the Royal Gwent Hospital raised alarm bells and Mrs Hobbs launched turned private detective before contacting police.
Even when the police arrived at her home, Evans continued to lie and said she had a liver condition and required dialysis. When interviewed by police, she first denied forging the letter from the consultant but later admitted she had done.
Prosecutor Emma Harris said the cost of Evans’s ceremony would have been £15,000 but there was no actual monetary loss to the charity because of the deception.
She read a statement from Mrs Hobbs in which she said she can no longer trust people and had given up her charity work.
She said: ‘Carla had all my attention and trust, and I became very close to Carla and treated her as a friend. ‘She told me what she had gone through and I confided in her. I know how my children felt when they thought I was dying. I was hoping to make memories for her family.
Oh dear! Timi Dakolo has reacted to the news that his bid to seek asylum in the UK has failed, and shortly after that, he was also denied a US visa. This was made via a twitter handle, which the singer promptly reacted to. The handle had tweeted;
''COSA RAPE UPDATE: JUST IN: Timi Dakolo Denied US VISA After UK Asylum Bid Fails''. But the singer in a quick response, reacted saying;
''I swear i didnt know they denied me visa,Please let check my passport again whether my visas to the mentioned places have (link: http://expired.wow) expired.wow they are still valid.Maybe it is another timi Dakolo.Mad people everywhere.''
Cossy Ojiako's mom will finally be laid to rest this month. Her family has revealed her burial plans, saying she will be laid to rest on the 23rd of August, 2019. Cossy had lost her mom in May, 2019.
An official autopsy shows that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself by hanging, authorities said Friday.
The 66-year-old pedophile died in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan last week, according to findings by the city Medical Examiner’s Office.
The multimillionaire was being held on federal sex-trafficking raps that could have sent him to prison for 45 years.
The autopsy and other evidence confirmed Epstein committed suicide, the ME’s office said without elaborating.
The number and nationalities of the seamen kidnapped off-Cameroon on Thursday have now been revealed. They are nine Chinese and eight Ukrainians, all abducted when two merchant vessels came under attack, believed to be by Nigerian pirates, in Cameroonian waters.
“Seventeen Chinese and Ukrainians were kidnapped… (of whom) nine (are) Chinese who were abducted on one of the ships,” an official in the port of Douala told AFP.
A Cameroonian security official confirmed the account, adding that Cameroon’s security forces had launched a search for them.
The Gulf of Guinea, whose coastline stretches in a huge arc from Liberia to Gabon, is notorious for piracy as well as oil theft, illegal fishing and human and drugs trafficking.
The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted truck-loads of the banned drug, tramadol and others illicit drugs worth N5 billion in Lagos.
The spokesman for the service, Joseph Attah, an assistant comptroller confirmed this to journalists on Friday after conducting newsmen round a warehouse where the trucks of the intercepted items were parked at the Ikeja Training College of the service.
Attah said the Comptroller-General of Customs Strike Force in Zone ‘A’ stumbled on the contraband.
According to him, the smugglers believe that festive period is a time of merriment and less vigilance, “but our officers intercepted the illicit drugs as the smugglers attempted to move it from Lagos to other parts of the country’’.
Photos: Customs seizes N5b worth of banned tramadol in Lagos
