Atleast seven people were yesterday injured as four fuel-laden trucks were gutted by fire in the loading section of the depot of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Apata, Ibadan Oyo State.
The fire incident completely damaged the loading point of the depot with pumps and the roof affected.
According to one of the drivers of the affected tankers, “One of the tanker drivers was using the battery of another truck to start his truck. It was in the process the fire started.”
The fire, which lasted for about two hours, was, however, quenched by a combined team of the Oyo State Fire Service and men of the NNPC. No life was however lost to the incident.
Some bandits in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the residence of the Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, Kabiru Matazu, abducting his two children.
They also killed his guard.
It was learnt that the chairman, who was in the house when they struck, managed to escape
Sources said the suspected bandits who were about 20, stormed the house about 2.10am and started shooting.
They reportedly spent over one hour ransacking the whole house. The chairman reportedly escaped in the process, a development that was said to have angered them.
It was learnt that it was in the process that the night guard was killed.
The suspected bandits thereafter abducted Matazu’s two children.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested a prominent scholar after he criticised the policies of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) as a threat to the kingdom's culture, according to a prisoners' rights group.
In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the Prisoners of Conscience group said Sheikh Omar al-Muqbil, a professor of Islamic law at Qassim University, was detained after a video resurfaced in which he described the GEA's actions as "erasing the original identity of society".
"This is a continuation of the arbitrary arrests that have taken place in the kingdom for the past two years, which are aimed at leading scholars, sheikhs and other free thinkers," the Prisoners of Conscience group said.
Over the past year, the GEA has hosted a number of music stars including Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Sean Paul, in an attempt to boost the image of Saudi Arabia globally.
Last year, the authority announced plans to invest $64bn in the entertainment sector during the next decade as part of a programme of social and economic reforms driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the world's top oil exporter.
The reforms stem partly from an economic motive to increase domestic spending on entertainment and attract Western investment to offset the effect of a slump in the price of oil that began in 2014.
Other measures include ending decades-long bans on women driving, cinemas and mixed-gender concerts.
A federal grand jury in the United States has indicted Obinwanne Okeke for $11 million fraud.
The decision affirmed the investigation of the U.S. Department of Justice, conducted by the F.B.I, and now set the stage for commencement of criminal trial.
Besides the indictment, the jury also recommended that Mr Okeke be made to forfeit at least $11 million in cash and asset or both if convicted.
An emerald cut engagement ring found on him when he was arrested should also be forfeited, the jury ruled.
Mr Okeke, 31, was arrested on August 6 in the U.S. and slammed with two counts of computer and wire fraud. He was subsequently taken before a court and remanded in prison following preliminary hearings.
While he remained in custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, a grand jury was set up to look into the allegations against him.
The jury returned on September 9 with an indictment of Mr Okeke for the $11 million fraud.
A grand jury typically consists of 23 people who may not necessarily be lawyers or have law enforcement backgrounds.
The F.B.I. had detailed the fraud in its criminal affidavit against Mr Okeke as involving a subsidiary of heavy equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar. The business email compromise (BEC) fraud was carried out in 2018, American authorities said.
The jury agreed with the F.B.I. findings that Mr Okeke, better known in Nigeria as ‘businessman’ Invictus Obi, was the individual who committed the fraud alongside others.
Mr Okeke, who faces up to 30 years if convicted, has named John Iweanoge, a Washington D.C. attorney of Nigerian origin, as his lead counsel. He would be expected to enter a plea during his September 16 appearance.
Gunmen have abducted the Chairman of the Kogi State Miners Association, Yunusa Oruma, from his residence at Ankpa Local Government Area of the state.
A brother of the victim, Prince Oruma, told Daily Trust yesterday that the incident occurred on Sunday night.
According to him, his brother was relaxing in his house when gunmen numbering eight invaded the place at about 8pm and began shooting sporadically.
He said the gunmen in the process seized his brother and drove away with him, adding that there has been no information on the incident.
He said the matter has been reported to the police and other security agencies in Ankpa, appealing for concerted efforts to secure release of the victim.
When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer of the Kogi Command, William Aya, confirmed the incident, adding that efforts were on-going by its men to rescue the victim.
Allen Onyeama, chairman of Air Peace, says he wept when Nigerians who were returning from South Africa mobbed him and sang the country’s anthem.
Onyeama disclosed this while addressing the media shortly after 187 Nigerians returned from South Africa over xenophobic attacks.
The airline had offered free flights to those who sought to return.
“I put together over N280 million in other to bring these people back, Air Peace decided to bring them free of charge, nobody paid us a dime, we decided to do it free of charge for our country and for our people. When I stepped inside the aircraft to welcome them, they mobbed me and started singing the Nigerian national anthem, there was nobody there singing about separation, they felt proud to be Nigerian, they rose in unison, that drew tears from me.”
Her latest business venture was mired in controversy before it had even launched, but Kim Kardashian has still managed to rake in an estimated $2million within minutes of it going on sale.
The business-savvy reality star, 38, launched her SKIMS range of shapewear on September 10 after furious claims of cultural appropriation prompted a hasty rebrand and subsequent departure from its ill-thought original name – the Kimono.
But despite the upset Kardashian’s range of undergarments reportedly sold out within moments of going on sale, and sources claim the first-day sales have exceeded those reached by other, better established brands.
It’s understood that globally recognised brand Spanx raked in $4million within its first 12-months on the market, while SKIMS Solutionwear managed an average 50% of that figure in just one day.
TMZ claim the official website crashed due to the volume of traffic clamoring to gain access before the affordable range, of which nothing is priced above $100, had even launched.
Justice J.K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced the duo of Onyeka Ifeanyi Johnson and Andrew Onyebuchi Okwuoha to one year imprisonment each for offences bordering on obtaining under false pretences, internet fraud and possession of proceeds of crimes.
The two convicts were both arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on September 9, 2019 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal office on one count separate charge.
Ifeanyi’s offence bordered on obtaining under false pretence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act, while Onyebuchi ‘s offence bordered on retention and possession of proceeds of crime contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act.
Hana Cross liked Brooklyn Beckham's latest Instagram post and began following him again on the social media site, amid claims the pair have split.
The model, 22, showed her appreciation for the photographer's latest sultry snap - which saw him enjoying drinks on a rooftop - on Wednesday as she re-followed the hunk on Instagram.
But Brooklyn, who boasts more than 11million followers, is yet to return the following favour, although he still has a selection of snaps with Hana on his grid.
In turn, Hana also has several loved-up snaps with David and Victoria Beckham's son on her Instagram, with the last snap posted from Wimbledon on July 15.
This comes after an insider previously told MailOnline the pair have called it quits after eight months of dating, in the wake of a string of explosive public rows.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday became the first governor of a PDP state to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on the validation of his re-election by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
While no other PDP governor or the presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has spoken on the verdict, Wike has chosen to behave like a sportsman, to stretch his hand of fellowship across the political aisle, even though the party said it would take the matter to the Supreme Court.
Wike’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, his Special Assistant on Electronic Media.
The governor urged Buhari to use his victory to work for all Nigerians, irrespective of their political leanings
She famously transitioned from male to female in 2015. And Caitlyn Jenner is clearly happy to poke fun at herself as evidenced by her wise-cracking during the taping of Comedy Central's Roast Of Alec Baldwin.
In a clip from the show slated to air on the cable channel on Sunday, the 69-year-old joked about her p.e.n.i.s, noting that in becoming Caitlyn, 'I didn't cut it off. I just retired it.'
She then expounded on the prowess of her appendage, bragging about the offspring she had fathered while still living as Bruce Jenner.
'Let me remind you, it made Kylie Jenner, the youngest self-made billionaire in history,' she bragged. 'It made Kendall Jenner, the highest-paid model in the world.'
The former Olympic decathlon gold medalist and ex-husband of Kardashian momager Kris Jenner went on: 'I raised 10 children. I'm coming up on 20 grandchildren. I didn't cut it off. I just retired it. It was done!'
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, in collaboration with United States FBI, has arrested one John Ani Chukwuebuka for his alleged involvement in Business email compromise fraud.
The suspect, a 30-year-old graduate, was arrested on August 5, 2019 in the Jakande-Lekki Area of Lagos during a collaborative operation by the EFCC and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.
Chukwuebuka alongside his conspirators, Idowu Adetokunbo Taiwo and Sherrif Shoaga (still at large) allegedly engaged in Business Email Compromise, BEC, where they redirected the sum of $4 million to several accounts between 2016 and 2018.
A Nissan car was recovered from the suspect at the point of his arrest. The suspect will be arraigned in court soon.
An inferno has consumed a section of the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Apata, Ibadan.
According to an official of the corporation, the incident occurred in the loading section of the depot.
The fire incident caused traffic gridlock around the Odo-Ona-Apata Road and Bembo-Government College Area.
The Apata depot of the NNPC was re-commissioned in October 2017 after long neglect.
The NNPC explained later that it was a minor fire incident involving some fuel trucks at the loading bay.
The body of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe has arrived at the country’s main airport, but his final resting place remains a source of mystery amid a dispute between some family members and the government.
Mugabe, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years until he was ousted by his own army in November 2017, died in a Singapore hospital five days ago.
The fight over where he will be buried is threatening to embarrass his successor as president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and deepen divisions in the ruling Zanu-PF party.
His body arrived at Harare’s Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport shortly after 3.30pm local time (2.30pm BST). Crowds had gathered at the airport well before the scheduled arrival time, with some people wearing T-shirts bearing Mugabe’s face and others with Mnangagwa’s image, while music blared from loudspeakers.
Mugabe’s wife, Grace, and the Zimbabwean vice-president Kembo Mohadi were among those accompanying the body on the plane, according to Leo Mugabe, a nephew and family spokesman. Mnangagwa, senior officials and other Mugabe family members were at the airport to receive the body.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday lauded the affirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s election victory by the Presidential Elections Tribunal.
Tinubu said the tribunal’s verdict was “a resounding judicial vindication of Buhari’s personal character and his electoral victory.”
The APC national leader said in a statement entitled: “Presidential Elections Tribunal Verdict, Justice Served, Democracy Saved.”
“With the unanimous ruling of the Court of Appeal dismissing the Presidential Election Petitions of the PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, today, the rule of law came to the defence of democracy by affirming the sovereign will of people.
Security has been beefed up within the vicinity of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal delivers judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging president Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 general election.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that security personnel comprising mainly men of the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps mounted security checks at both ends of the stretch of the road to the court.
NAN reports that lawyers and journalists who arrived the court premises located in the Three Arms Zone, were subjected to checks by security personnel.
Benson Andrew Idahosa, was a Charismatic Pentecostal preacher. Benson Andrew Idahosa was the founder of Benson Idahosa University in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
Born 11th of September 1938 in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria, Benson Andrew Idahosa would have been 81 if he was alive today.
The Pentecostal preacher died on the 12th of March 1998, aged 59.
He left behind a wife, Archbishop Margaret Idahosa, a son and 3 daughters.
He was a televangelist, author and pastor. As expected, many will be celebrating him all over the world today.
