Egyptian charged with sex assault of NY hotel maid

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Egyptian businessman and one-time head of a major Egyptian bank has been charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid at a luxury New York City hotel, police said.
The arrest Monday of Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar came two weeks after former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with trying to rape a hotel maid at another upscale Manhattan hotel.

Wife Battering: FG Recalls High Commissioner to Kenya

Odein Ajumogobia, Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister

By Paul Ohia and Zacheaus Somorin

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Kenya who doubles as Ambassador to the Seychelles, Dr Chijioke Wigwe, has been recalled by the Federal Government.

He was recalled by the foreign ministry as it perfects plan for the envoy’s investigation for allegedly assaulting his wife, Tess Iyi.

Foreign ministry spokesman, Mr. Damian Agu, said the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), has asked the top diplomat, who also represents Nigeria at the United Nations Environmental Programme and the UN Habitat in Nairobi, to return home.

“It is only when he is back that we can investigate him and know if the allegations were true or false,” Agu told THISDAY on telephone Monday.

Why I chose Anyim as SGF - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday explained that he chose former Senate President, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation based on his track record.


Jonathan had on Monday named Anyim as the successor to Alhaji Yayale Ahmed.

Robbers Kill London Returnee, 3 Others

Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim

Tragedy struck Sunday at Lekki-Ajah axis in Lagos when a nine man gang of dare devil armed robbers robbed and shot four people to death including a London-based Nigerian, Kunle Shonda.

The armed robbers were said to have stormed a filling station in the area at about 8 o'clock and ordered the fuel attendants and other people in the station to lie down before they unleashed terror on them.

Bangladesh woman cuts off 'attacker's' penis

AFP/File – Bangladeshi security forces are seen in the country's capital, Dhaka. A 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman …       

– Mon May 30, 3:34 am ET

DHAKA (AFP) – A 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman cut off a man's penis during an alleged attempted rape and took it to a police station as evidence, police in a remote part of Bangladesh said Monday.
The woman, a married mother of three, was attacked while she was sleeping in her shanty in Jhalakathi district, some 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Dhaka, on Saturday night, officers said.
"As he tried to rape her, the lady cut his penis off with a knife. She then wrapped up the penis in a piece of polythene and brought it to the Jhalakathi police station as evidence of the crime," police chief Abul Khaer told AFP.

Belgian church to pay victims for abuse

BRUSSELS – The Belgian church says it is willing to pay compensation to victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
Belgium's bishops and religious leaders said in a statement Monday they are "deeply touched and distraught" by revelations over the past year. Over 500 witnesses have come forward with harrowing accounts of molestation in the country by Catholic clergy spanning decades.

Yuguda gives N2m each to slain corps members’ families

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has offered N2 million to each of the families of the 10 slain members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were killed in the post election violence in the state. Yuguda who announced the offer yesterday shortly after taking the oath of office for a second term at the IBB Square in Bauchi said the government offered three Hajj/Jerusalem pilgrimage seats to each family of the victims killed in the wake of the post election violence in the state, in addition government offering free scholarships for two of the slain corps members’ younger siblings from secondary to the university level in any Nigerian university.

I made N3,000 daily dressing like lady –15-year-old boy

Moshood with items recovered from his bag

A 15-year-old boy, Teslim Moshood, has said he made about N3,000 daily by dressing like a lady to deceive unsuspecting men.


He said, “I dress like a lady to attract sympathy from men. I always tell people, especially men, that I am stranded and I need transport fare to travel.

Colourful display at Jonathan’s inauguration in Abuja

Colourful ceremony at Presidential Inauguration

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday took the oath of office at a colourful ceremony in Abuja, the capital city.
It was not a day of long speeches, but an opportunity for the military to show off its ceremonial and combat finesse.
Going by the military display and the colourful match past, one could have easily mistaken the event for a purely military affair.

Jonathan: it’s action time

President Jonathan taking the oath of office administered by Chief Justice of Nigeria Aloysius Katsina-Alu and the Registrar, Mr Sunday Olorundahunsi ... yesterday

President promises to revive economy and fight corruption

Abuja and 26 state capitals were alive yesterday for the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan and 26 governors. Nine of the governors are first timers.
They are: Tanko al Makura (Nasarawa), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Abdul Fatah Ahmed (Kwara), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Kashim Shetima (Borno), AbdulAziz Yari (Zamfara) and Hassan Dankwabo (Gombe).

Soft Porn!!!

Mobile porn

Girlfriend, the moral code states: “Dress the way you want to be addressed.” If we were to make a quick summary of what you are wearing, we would describe this as beyond sexy, because this is an outrageous sex appeal and we think you have pushed it too far. If we need to watch a porn movie, we would be discreet enough to watch it in our bedrooms and not in public. You are to pay N5 million fine.

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I’m proud of my boobs –Adaora Ukoh

• Adaora Photo: Sun News Publishing

Call her big and beautiful, you would be right. Call her bold and sexy, you would still be correct. Adaora Ukoh, the actress with a “massive presence”, speaks to SAMUEL OLATUNJI on life as a thespian and the controversy over her certificate.

You have your hands in many pies. Are you not satisfied with acting?
It is another way of making money for me. A lot of it is advocacy about democracy in Nigeria; for good things generally. When I got the contract, it was something different from what I was used to and I jumped at it. I have always loved advocacy.

Major Hair Makeover for Rihanna Before Taking to the Stage as a Sexy Sailor

Rock chick: The Bajian beauty showed her edgy side as she posed for pictures

Daily Mail

Rihanna received a swift hair makeover to prepare for her performance on The Today Show this morning.
The 23-year-old left LAX yesterday afternoon with her signature bright red bob but just hours later the singer's hairdo had transformed into a long lustrous mane.

Before her live performance in New York began, she was seen sporting a hair net with her newly extended locks pinned up in curls as she completed a sound check.
The result was waist length voluminous red curls which swirled around her shoulders as she bounced around the stage during her set.

Stampede: 25 die at Saraki’s valedictory party

Dr Bukola Saraki

Many families in Ilorin and its environs have been thrown into mourning following the death of their loved ones during a stampede on Friday night at Mandate House, Ilorin at the valedictory party for Dr. Bukola Saraki - former Kwara State governor.


There was uncertainty and confusion over the exact number of people that died and those that sustained injuries. While the Kwara State Government said that two people died, the police said they could not confirm the actual number as investigation was still ongoing, according to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ilorin Command, Mr Dabo Ezekiel.

At 50, No one wants to marry me – Yeni Kuti

Yeni Kuti , the first child and daughter of late Afro beat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti turned 50 years last Tuesday. She relives memories of her active years as a dancer, life after the death of her father and her desire to re-marry if she has the opportunity to do so, amongst other issues raised by Showtime Celebrity.
Enjoy.

My husband’s killers still move about freely–Wife of slain cop cries out

Peter Okeke

For the past three months, Mrs. Beatrice Okeke has missed the charming smile and the gentle touch of her husband. Even her two children are not left out as the constant telephone calls when the man of the house was not around have vanished, a situation the woman and the kids find very difficult to live with.


Beatrice’s husband, Mr. Peter Okeke, was a constable in the Nigeria Police Force before he was killed in a gruesome manner. Okeke was one of the two persons shot by soldiers attached to the Reynolds Construction Company in Onne, Rivers State. Okeke and his friend, Mr. Tombari Nnaa, were said to have died instantly at Onne Bypass in Eleme Local Government Area, where they were shot.

Court issues warrant of arrest on monarch alleged to have raped corps member

Oba
Adebukola Alli 

An Osogbo Magistrate Court on Friday issued a warrant of arrest on the Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Council of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, alleged to have raped a 24-year-old female corps member, Miss Helen Okpara, serving in his domain.

The presiding magistrate, Adewumi Makanjuola, issued the warrant on the monarch for failing to appear in court yesterday.

Landlord hacks 15yr-old tenant

The house and Samuel’s injury

An SSII pupil of the Millennium Secondary School, Egbeda, Lagos, Paul Samuel, has been allegedly stabbed by his 35-year-old landlord, Olabode Ajayi. This is because he allegedly mediated in a dispute between his sister and Ajayi. The case, which is before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, is said to have Samuel as an accused person; something the family calls an anomaly that was done by the police.


The incident, which took place at No. 20 Oloye Street, Ejigbo Road, Shasha, occurred on March 26. An elder brother to Samuel, Ebong Everbless, told CRIME DIGEST that this would not be the first time Ajayi would be involved in an incident like this.

Nigeria’s new N7bn presidential jet banned worldwide

The new Falcon 7x presidential aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Almost 70 days after the new N7.65bn presidential jet, Falcon 7X, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from the manufacturer’s factory in France, Dassault Aviation, France European authorities have banned the jet from flying in Europe and other parts of the world over safety issues.


The ban, an Emergency Airworthiness Directive, which was issued on Thursday by the European Aviation Safety Agency, the agency that regulates Dassault as well as the European aviation industry, took immediate effect, starting from May 27.

Celebrating Yeni, the queen of Afrobeat dance

Queen of Afrobeat - Yeni

As celebrated dancer, Yeni Kuti, clocks 50 this week, artists and scholars pay tributes to her efforts in creating the Afrobeat dance step, Abimbola Adelakun reports.

Yeni, the daughter of late Afrobeat creator and music legend, Fela Kuti, might not have been sure exactly which direction her life would go but there was something she knew right from childhood: she would be a dancer.

Nursing mother, 25 others die in tanker fire in Ibadan

Residents of the Ojoo area of Ibadan , the Oyo State capital, yesterday watched helplessly as an inferno triggered by a spillage from an oil tanker burnt their loved ones into ashes.

About 26 people, including a nursing mother, died in the incident, while several others are battling for survival in different hospitals.
The ugly fire accident occurred at Aduloju community along Iwo-Ojoo Road.
Hundreds of people, who thronged the place to render a helping hand, wept uncontrollably as bodies were being consumed by the raging flames.

Our white bosses call us ‘black monkeys’ – Nigerdock workers

The workers during protest. Photo: Kunle Falayi

Some Nigerians working at Nigerdock Nigeria Plc, Snake Island, Lagos, have accused one of their white bosses, Mr. Nicholas Marriot, of racially abusing them, calling them “black monkeys.” They claimed that Marriot use the derogatory term while expressing his displeasure about the quality of jobs done by some workers.

The workers said although racial epithets were often used by Marriot, a Briton, and his partner, Mr. Dennis Dale, the highest form of abuse they had ever received occured on Saturday when Marriot called them black monkeys.

Police probe murder of 40-yr-old woman

BENIN-THE police in Benin have begun investigations into the death of a 40-year-old single mother, whose naked corpse, was, yesterday, discovered on the street where she lived in the city.
Vanguard gathered that the corpse with white foamy substance oozing from its mouth and blood from her private part, was found in the early hours of yesterday, with a motorcycle helmet and an empty Nokia cell phone beside her.

Woman, three kids escape from kidnappers

It was drama weekend, at Ogombo Ajah area of Lagos, when three men suddenly ran out of a Hyundai Tucson jeep and scampered in different directions, without anyone pursuing them. Few minutes after that, the reason for their action was discovered. They were kidnappers who had abducted a woman and her four children around Ajah. They were reportedly taking their victims to an unknown hideout when they stumbled on policemen at a check point along Epe.

Thailand arrests American for alleged king insult

AP – FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2010 file photo, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is assisted while leaving

BANGKOK – Thai authorities said Friday they arrested an American citizen on charges he insulted the country's monarchy, in part by posting a link on his blog four years ago to a banned book about the Southeast Asian nation's ailing king.
The man is also suspected of translating, from English into Thai, portions of "The King Never Smiles" — an unauthorized biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej — and posting them online along with articles he wrote that allegedly defame the royal family, said Tharit Pengdith, who heads the Department of Special Investigation, Thailand's equivalent of the FBI.

Student, importer in NDLEA net over hard drugs

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade has warned drug traffickers to shun drug trafficking or face the legal consequences. The NDLEA boss gave the warning following the arrest of a student and importer last weekend. The suspects were arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos while attempting to unlawfully export narcotics out of the country.

Gunmen kill 13 persons in fresh Borno attack

Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim

Suspected members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect on Friday attacked a police station, barracks and commercial bank in Damboa, around 100 km south of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing 13 persons.

Reuters reports that the attackers used explosives and assault rifles in the incident, in which eight civilians and five policemen died.

The attackers detonated explosives and opened fire on the divisional police headquarters in Damboa.

Police Commissioner, Borno State Command, Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar, blamed Boko Haram, whose members have been blamed for almost daily killings in recent months, including frequent attacks on policemen, soldiers and local leaders.

Police investigate death of American in a hotel

Detectives at the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID) Panti, have begun investigation into the death of an American citizen in a hotel in Victoria Island area of Lagos. The deceased identified as Perry Jerry Brent, was reportedly last seen with a lady the previous night .

Man remanded in prison custody for duping judge

BENIN-An Oredo Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Benin City, yesterday, ordered the remand of a middle-aged man in prison custody for allegedly duping an Edo State High Court judge, Justice Roland Amaize, of the sum of N900,000.
The accused person, Segun Orisanmi, aged 43, was alleged to have, on February 18, 2011 at the First City Monumental Bank on Akpakpava Road, Benin City, collected the money with a view to sinking bore-hole for the judge.

Monarch accused of raping corps member can’t travel

The Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, alleged to have raped a female corps member, has been barred from travelling out of the country by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court, pending the determination of the case.



At the resumed sitting yesterday, Defence Counsel Tewo Lamuye sought the abridgment of the trial to allow his client travel abroad for medical check up.

Girl absolves mother of complicity in sister’s suicide

On Tuesday,May 17, 2011, the family of George woke up at their No. 7 Fakande Street residence in Kirikiri Town, Oriade Local Council Development Area, without any premonition of disaster.

Deborah

Like some of their neighbours, they were full of hope that the day would be a happy one for them. But it later turned out to be a black day as death had visited their eldest daughter, Miss Uche, 21, who decided to take her own life over a missing N1,000 bill.

Lindsay Lohan Starts Serving Time Under House Arrest

Lindsay Lohan

Reuters

Actress Lindsay Lohan turned herself in to Los Angeles jail authorities early on Thursday and has begun serving a sentence for jewelry theft under house arrest, officials said. Lohan, 24, turned up at a Los Angeles jail at 5 am on Thursday, according to official records.

Los Angeles Sheriff's department spokesman Steve Whitmore told People magazine that she was deemed eligible for home confinement, fitted with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and released to her home within an hour.

London retailer shop adopts Hausa language to woo customers

London – A London leading retailer shop, Debenhams, has adopted Hausa, a language spoken by nearly 45 million people in West Africa including Nigeria, to woo customers as race for summer sales starts.
The retailer had placed a bold sign reading: “Na gode don sayayyarka a Debenhams’’ in Hausa meaning, “Thank you for shopping at Debenhams’’ at the entrance of its Oxford street Branch in London.
Speaking to a group newsmen on the issue on Wednesday Mr Marcus Appleton, a Senior Store Manager said the decision was based on an assessment of its shoppers who come from outside Briatain.

IMF MDs who resigned

Horst Köhler

The last three managing directors of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resigned from office before the expiration of their respective tenure. Sulaimon Olanrewaju examines the circumstances that resulted in each resignation.

None of the last three managing directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) served out his term. They all resigned, albeit for different reasons.

The gale of resignation by the chief executives of the Bretton Wood institution started with Horst Köhler, who assumed office as the managing director on May 1, 2000, sequel to his unanimous selection by the executive board of the IMF on March 23, 2000. While superintending over the IMF, Köhler concentrated on the promotion of financial stability, sustainable growth and poverty reduction in member countries.

Man docked for impregnating mad woman

A 35-year-old farmer, Shaibu Daniel, was docked on Wednesday, before a magistrates’ court sitting in Osogbo for impregnating a mad woman.
He was alleged to have impregnated one Shakirat Makinde believed to be a lunatic at Ota-efun area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
Daniel, a father of three kids, is married to one Mrs Alice Shuaibu, who travelled since last year December and is yet to return.
Daniel is facing a two-count charge of alleged assault and having a carnal knowlege of the lunatic and impregnating her.

INCREDIBLE : For confirming him to wheelchair for life, robbery suspect wants his victims prosecuted

Kenny Turbo, a robbery suspect, who sustained spinal cord injury when he was attacked by his victims recently shocked police detectives interrogating him when he challenged them to bring his attackers to book.

Turbo allegedly belonged to a three-man gang that raided an expatriate home, but luck ran out on him when the expatriate and his wife returned home and caught him while looting. The suspect, who was supposed to be the hunter was cornered by the husband and wife, and the wife out of annoyance allegedly pushed him down from the three-storey building. He landed on his back and allegedly broke his spinal cord.

Show of shame:Inspector battles ACP at police station•Investigation on-going

Akpabonam Photo: Sun News Publishing

The office of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Adeniji Adele, Headquarters Annex, Lagos, was thrown into confusion, recently as an Inspector engaged his superior officer in a brawl. Inspector Emmanuel Akpabonam, engaged an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), J.B Kokumo in gridlock, while the superior was trying to disarm him.

Eyewitness said other policemen around had to assist their superior officer before Akpabonam could be successfully disarmed. In his petition to the Commissioner-in-charge of FSARS, Akpabonam said he was taking a case file he was handling to his team leader ASP Ibrahim Yusuf when he ‘jammed’ the ACP, who was coming out from an office.

My husband died on empty stomach

Wife of slain Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) of Ibereko Barracks, Mr. Samson Okedusi, Tayo has told how her husband rushed to his death. Tayo, who spoke at their home, House No. 1 Sam Tayo Street, Ibereko, said she had prepared tea for her husband before he received a phone call that he should report in the office.

Mrs. Okedusi said her husband did not drink the tea as he told her to put it in a flask for him. She said she bade him goodbye, not knowing it was the last time she would see her heartthrob. The woman, who was still in shock said as she did not suspect anything, she went to a location where she was building a mall.

DPO was butchered to death–Witness

Fresh facts have emerged on how the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Ibereko Police Station, Badagry was brutally killed by gunmen believed to be soldiers.
An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who was with the DPO and the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), Taofeek Afolabi has told how the two officers were slain.
The man who is recuperating from a gunshot wound he suffered during the attack told detectives that the DPO, Mr. Samuel Salihu was not shot but was stabbed to death by the soldiers.

For Lagos prostitutes, an end to hawking sex for money

From the ancient time to the present, prostitution has always been regarded as the oldest profession in the world. This belief also implies that prostitution is somehow a cultural practice that has been with mankind since the beginning of time.
Male and female sex workers can be found in every city and every country of the world. From the more popular prostitution on the street to the present high paid escorts, it can be said that the profession is getting more sophisticated.
But this act of trading sex for money is regarded as a social disorder in many countries across the world. This, however, does not undermine the fact that some Western countries have legalised it.

Women arrested for prostitution...A new lease of life in the offing for them

Gaddafi tired of fighting civil war ?

Tripoli – A French newspaper have reported that Gaddafi was tired of fighting a civil war under constant pressure from NATO bombs, and would step down if allowed to remain in his country.
France Soir, citing “reliable sources, close to Libyan power”, said people in Gaddafi’s entourage had been holding secret meetings with representatives from Western countries, including France, for weeks.

I want Fashola to buil a house for me. Peculiar wishes of Nigeria's smallest beggar

Anu Akiode Photo: Sun Publishing

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, so goes the old saying. And indeed, this beggar has some sincere wishes. He wants plenty money and he also wants to go to school. He also has another wish. “Governor Fashola should build a house for me,” he says.

His name is Anu Akiode. But to his friends, passers-by, drivers, conductors and the army of area boys – those street toughies that earn their livelihood doing assorted petty crimes around Oshodi in Lagos - he’s simply Agba. Welcome to the world of this diminutive cripple considered perhaps the smallest beggar in Nigeria.
Agba, in Yoruba, literally translates elder. But a look at Agba reveals nothing elderly. A dark-complexioned man, Akiode is just about one foot, six-inches tall. Add that to his babyish face, and you’ll think you’re gazing at a three-year-old boy.

Graduates’ motivation for accepting job offers

Getting into the university is seen as the ultimate for students in Nigeria, not minding what course of study they are into or the future benefits. IME UMOREN samples graduates’ views on what they think affects their employability.

Ms. Sandra Owuchekwa, a graduate of English from one of the leading universities in Nigeria, says that as a student, she picked a course that was perceived as ‘easy’ to get admitted into the higher institution.

We’ve not set limit on lodgment, withdrawal –CBN

THE governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has clarified the controversy over the recent policy on lodgment and withdrawal expected to commence in June 2012.
Mallam Sanusi disclosed this on Tuesday shortly after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held in Abuja.
The CBN governor, speaking on the bank’s recent policy on cash lodgement and withdrawal, disclosed that the policy, which is expected to commence in June 2012, had come to stay.
Stating that the CBN had not put a limit on the amount of money a customer can withdraw or lodge in a bank, Mallam Sanusi said what the policy said was that there would be a cost to the customer who lodges or withdraw more than the specified limit in a day.
Besides this, Mallam Sanusi said the N150,000 withdrawal or saving limit was just a working document, saying that Nigerians had up to 12 months to discuss it and arrive at a reasonable cash limit.

Edo NDLEA declare war on cannabis

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade and Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State are working out modalities to address the problem of cannabis proliferation in the sate. Oshiomhole who admitted the NDLEA into the State Security Council stressed that fighting the drug war will reduce crime in our society. While re-echoing the call for a drug free society, stakeholders at the public destruction of 79,700 kilogrammes of forfeited drug exhibits valued at 569 million naira at Idogbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Council near Benin City on Friday were unanimous in their call for the scarcity of illicit drugs particularly cannabis which is locally produced and abused in the country.

From right, NDLEA Director General, Anthony Nosakhare, Directors of Assets Femi Ajayi, Victor Egbase and NDLEA’s Director of Operations, Baba Husseini

Mystery Death In A Tailor's Shop

The police in Lagos State, are trying to unravel how 29-year old Apatira Babatunde Abiodun and 30-year old Oluseyi Taiwo Abbey died at the weekend inside a tailor’s shop in mysterious circumstances.

















The two friends, Apatira Babatunde Abiodun, and 30 year old Oluseyi Taiwo Abbey,
lying dead inside a tailors shop at Obalende, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.


It was gathered that the two friends were found dead at the weekend in a shop located at No 70, Ajeniya Street, Obalende, Lagos Island with blood stains in their mouths. Eye witnesses said they might have been poisoned.

Two burnt to death in Kaduna plane crash

By: Luka Binniyat, Jimoh Babatunde & Daniel Eteghe
KADUNA – A 10-seater aircraft with number N364 UZ, owned by Shoreline International company, crashed on a farm at Barakallahu, close to the National Open University Kaduna, about 4km North of Kaduna Metropolis around 12 noon yesterday killing the crew of two.
Two of the crew members, a Briton and a Nigerian, yet to be named, were burnt to death in the crashed after the plane burst into flames thirty minutes when it came down. It had taken off a few seconds ealier for test-running from the Kaduna old airport..
Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Dr. Harold Demuren, who confirmed the crash, said the ill-fated aircraft was American-registered, adding that it was sold to the new owners by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan.

Rescue operations going on at the site of the plan crash Photo Olu Ajayi

I will not scrap NYSC, says Jonathan

Lagos – President Goodluck Jonathan says he will not subscribe to calls to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, established in 1973 to foster national unity.
The President made this known in Lagos at an interactive session with the Nigerian youth to flag off activities to culminate in the inauguration of his fresh term of office on May 29
Jonathan said that there were plans to reform the scheme to achieve the goals for which it was established.

Cross section of Youths meet with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Eko Hotel in Victoria Island Lagos Tuesday. Photo Joe Akintola, Photo Editor

Help locate my husband - Victim of post-election violence cries out

The victim, Mrs Joy Alozie and the victim’s counsel, Barrister Silas Udoh.


Saturday, April 16, 2011, will remain evergreen to Mrs Joy Alozie, a 45-year-old school proprietress. It was the day the 2011 presidential election was held in Nigeria. Sadly, it was also the day post-election violence broke out in some states in the North. At the end of the orgy, no fewer than 800 Nigerians, among whom were some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of southern Nigeria origin observing their one year mandatory service in the North, have brutally killed and property estimated at several millions of naira destroyed.

Extrajudicial killing: Policeman to hang . Court rejects accidental discharge defence

A police sergeant, Kalejaiye Ola, is to pay the supreme price as a Benin High Court has sentenced him to death by hanging for the murder of one Paul Erimafa on June 23, 2003 with AK47 assault rifle. Justice Roland Amaize, in his judgment, held that the act of the accused was pre-meditated and not the defence of accidental discharge offered by the accused.

According to the judge, the accused initially reported a case of armed robbery against the deceased but that investigation proved that the alleged robbery was a lie. Justice Amaize held that there were contradictions in the accused person’s extra-judicial statement and oral testimony in court.

Post-election violence: CPC effects bail of 600 suspects in Kaduna

KADUNA – Six weeks after their arrest and detention over alleged involvement in the violence that engulfed parts of Kaduna following the release of the last presidential election results, the Congress for progressive Change, CPC, in Kaduna state, yesterday, said it has so far secured the bail of over 600 suspects.
The CPC said it is still working to secure bail for more, saying it was all on compassionate grounds and in the spirit of oneness, since not all who breathed freedom were CPC members.
The CPC State Party Chairman, Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kaduna .
In spite of the high number of CPC supporters arrested during the crisis, Yaro , denied the allegations that members of his party were responsible for the post election violence, putting the blame on supposed aggrieved PDP members who lost at the party’s primaries.

File photo: Protesters during the post-election riots in Kaduna

“It was PDP members who were fighting each other as a result of the fall-out of the primaries. It was a crisis within the PDP that caused the vilence, many of their members were not happy, that was why they started the crisis it was not CPC”, he said.

Emir tongue lashes Vice President over lateness to palace

KANO— EMIR of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, yesterday, tongue-lashed the Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, for coming late to his palace during a courtesy visit, describing the action as “unfair.”

*Vice President Namadi Sambo

Sambo and his entourage had informed the palace of their intention to visit Alhaji Bayero but eventually got there about three hours late.
Apparently angered by the lateness of the Vice President and his entourage, Bayero expressed disappointment over the issue saying that as a stickler to time, he abhorred it.
He equally dismissed earlier assurances by the vice president that the Federal Government would complete the power projects initiated by the government in the state, noting: “We have the experience of unredeemed promises by successive administrations over the last 20 years.”
Bayero said: “You (Sambo) alerted us of your desire to pay a courtesy call on the palace by 10.00 am, and we have been ready for you since 9.30am only for you to turn up by 1.00pm. It is highly unfair.
Respect for time

Don’t kill NYSC–Prof. Nwala, initiator

•Prof. Nwala Photo: Sun News Publishing

Unknown to many, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is the brainchild of Prof. Timothy Uzodinma Nwala, a teacher and activist. Shortly after the end of the civil war in 1970, Nwala, started the East Central State Volunteer Services Corps (ECSVSC), an initiative that was later adopted and adapted by the Gowon military regime.

Following the killing of 10 NYSC members in Bauchi State last month, some Nigerians have called for the scrapping of the programme. But Nwala in this interview says the scheme should not be allowed to die. Excerpts:

Collapsed building tragedy: Man loses two children, three others injured

After working very hard to earn a decent living, it is expected that one reaps the fruits of one’s labour. The fruits of labour can be in the form of a car, a house, a valued investment or in any other form, an evidence or proof that one has worked hard and has something to show for it. But sometimes, due to uncertainties that life presents to people, what one has toiled for, for a good number of years, including those considered very precious assets, can be swept away, leaving the victim resignedly exclaiming: “Such is life”.

Developer defrauds 100 accomodation seekers using one-storey building

The building...on Thursday

Number 32 Adebisi Omotola Street, Off Osolo Way, Isolo, Lagos, received an average of 20 visitors a day when it was still under construction. The visitors were prospective tenants, who had signified their interest to occupy the eight two-bedroom flats in the one-storey building.


Besides the flats, there are self-contained one-room apartment and mini-flats in the compound. The house, painted in brown colour with cream roof, is attractive and the location is serene. So, the building attracted civil servants, bankers, businessmen and even military personnel. The flat costs between N600,000 and N700,000, for two years, while the one-room apartment was let out at N100,000 for two years.

I'ts my Birthday!!!

Hurray!!! I'm a year older today. I was born on the 23rd of May some years ago. How are the days flying. From that small boy of those days to the husband of the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world, the father to two cute girls and a bubbly boy. From that boy that went to elementary school bare footed, with patched school uniform, that wore rubber sandals in the university. From that boy that did all sort of menial jobs  (car wash, labourer at construction sites, bathing for rams etc) to a professional in my field today.

Teenagers rob house as occupants attend church service

Suspects

For breaking into a house whose occupants had gone to church for Sunday worship, two teenage burglars – Gbenga Olatunji and Segun Ojo – are currently cooling off in a police cell in Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State.


On May 8, 2011, when Tunde Ayanda, a medical doctor, had gone to a hospital in Tanke, where he works, and his wife, Adetola (also a medical doctor), had gone for Sunday service at a Pentecostal church in the town, Olatunji and Ojo (both 18), allegedly burgled their flat and that of their neighbour, Pastor Tayo Busari. The pastor had also gone for Sunday service at another church in Ilorin when the incident occurred. Narrating the incident to CRIME DIGEST on Monday, Tunde said the robbery suspects broke into their flat and carted away cash, electronic gadgets and medical equipment they had saved money to buy. He said his wife, who returned from the church service, alerted him of the robbery and he later reported it to the police.

Profile: Oprah Winfrey: ‘Most Influential Woman in the World’

The woman Oprah (Eudy)

By Gabriella Osamor

Oprah Winfrey is an American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She has been described as, “ a roundhouse, a full course meal, big, brassy, loud, aggressive, hyper, laughable, lovable , soulful, tender, low-down, earthy and hungry”. Hungry, probably, best describes Oprah (originally "Orpah" after the Biblical character in the Book of Ruth). You’d be hard-pressed to find a personal history that embodies the idea of a Cinderella story more than Oprah Winfrey’s.

From a poverty-stricken childhood marred by sexual abuse and a teenage pregnancy, Oprah went on to become one of the most successful, powerful and influential women in America. Her role as a cultural icon, philanthropist, media maven and outspoken political advocate mean she has dipped her toe into every aspect of modern society and left a mark that few others have.

From Poor Youngster to Mogul

IMF aborted Strauss-Kahn probe in 2008

An internal investigation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into allegations that its managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, abused his position of power failed because the alleged victim refused to cooperate.

According to Bloomberg news, Piroska Nagy, an IMF economist who had a brief romantic relationship with Strauss-Kahn in January 2008 didn’t participate in the bank’s internal probe in the summer of 2008, she said in a letter three years ago. She wrote to Robert Smith, the outside lawyer who was brought in to investigate Strauss- Kahn’s behaviour after the internal probe stalled. She cooperated in Smith’s investigation.
"Because I did not fully trust the internal processes at the fund, I declined to cooperate with the fund’s initial investigation," Nagy wrote on October 20, 2008, just days before Smith concluded his investigation.

Over 40 and still sexy

L-R: Lola Alao, Patience Ozokwor

For these Nigerian actresses, age is just a number. They are all above 40, yet they are still as sexy as they come. They certainly know their trade when it comes to looking fabulous. They go all out to make sure they are the cynosure of all eyes at social events, thus retaining their celebrity status, even as they advance in age.


To these actresses, competition from the younger generation is virtually nen-existent as they have not allowed their age to deter them from looking hot and sexy.


These powerful ladies effortlessly make heads turn and as they grow old, they seem to look sexier and remain delectable.

Schwarzenegger Puts Acting Career on Hold

 

Reuters – Then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger outside the West Wing of the White House, February 22, …

Associated Press

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delayed his Hollywood comeback Thursday as he braced for what could be a costly divorce prompted by revelations that he had an affair and child with a housekeeper who worked for his family for 20 years.

The former "Terminator" star told his talent agency to postpone all his movie projects that are currently under way or being negotiated until further notice, a statement from Schwarzenegger's office said.

"Gov. Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines," the statement said. Instead of another film, the actor could be starring in a big-money divorce case that will stand out even in a city that has seen its share of made-for-the-tabloids matrimonial splits.

His wife, Maria Shriver, the Kennedy heiress and former network TV anchor, stands to cash in big-time financially, according to prominent divorce attorneys.

Although California is a no-fault divorce state, meaning her husband's acknowledged philandering technically can't be used against him in court, the reality, attorneys say, is that it will be.

"Every judge would know about what happened, and I think would hold it against him," said attorney Robert Nachshin, who has represented the ex-wives of a who's who of entertainers that includes Will Smith, Rod Stewart and John Ritter. "Judges are human beings, and Maria will definitely be the sympathetic spouse."

Shocker: Army finance officer commits suicide in Abuja

Authorities of the Nigerian Army Garrison Command headquarters in Abuja were shocked ,Friday, to discover the body of a Sergeant attached to the finance department, located inside the Mogadishu Barracks after apparently committed suicide. The body was hangling from a ceiling fan in the apartment of the deceased.

A source said, SGT Simon Nwodo who lived at Block 17, Flat 17, Room 2, was not seen in the office on Thursday 18th May 2011 while many calls were made by his bosses and colleagues to ascertain his whereabouts without any reply.

Why married men cheat

Mudashiru Moruf

HAVE you ever wondered about what lures men to women? What makes a man think that a particular lady is the right choice for him in marriage? In the same vein, why do men, after a period of time with a lady, seek new relationships, engage in extramarital affairs, sex scandals, break marital vows and still not feel remorseful?


Mrs Titilayo Adewuyi, a teacher, never bargained for what she got after 25 years of marriage to her hubby judging by their 
first three years of memorable courtship. Her husband, James, was working with one of the old generation banks until a few years ago, when he was transferred to another state. Before then, Mr James Adewuyi was a supposed honest spouse, but on getting to his new environment, one thing led to another and he began to ‘notice’ other women.

School bus accident: My ‘doctor, lawyer’ are gone

Tobi and Ademusayo

If money could be given in exchange for untimely deaths, Mr. & Mrs. Adebisi-Ademusayo claim they would have gladly done this as they mourn the loss of their only two children in a ghastly motor accident penultimate week, Olunike Asaolu writes.


Wednesday, May 11, will be remembered as a day of gnashing of teeth, bitterness and sorrow in the home of Newman Adebisi-Ademusayo. That was the day their only two children-Phillip and Tobi were killed in an auto crash on their way to school.

FG sued at ECOWAS Court over killing of NYSC members

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, alleging that “the failure of the Defendants to exercise due diligence to prevent the post election violence that resulted in the unlawful killing of the NYSC members and others amount to violations of their right to life; to sanctity and integrity of human person; to equal protection of the law; and violations of the families’ right to family life, and to basic enjoyment of economic and social rights.”

We did not kidnap him, we only demanded N70m ransom – Suspect

L-R Nwankwoala, Obong, Andrew, Odudu.

If you are a patron of a night club and a lady approaches you around the vicinity of the club asking you to pay her gate fee, you need to be wary. The lady may be a member of a gang that specialises in kidnapping patrons of night club.



This was the experience of 48-year-old Emmanuel Sackey last Friday at a night club on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. What gave him out was that he arrived at the club in his boss’ Hummer Jeep. So, the kidnappers thought that he was a rich guy.

Man dies separating fight

LAGOS-A 33-year-old man was at the early hours of yesterday, stabbed to death while attempting to separate two persons from fighting in Morogbo area of Lagos.

The deceased, Abdul Isah was sent to an untimely grave during a scuffle between one Mukaila Mumuni and one Nema Omo at Araromi village, at about 2a.m.

Residents of the area said to have been disturbed by the fight which cause could not be immediately ascertained, reportedly ignored the wrestlers, apparently thinking it was a ploy by robbers to attack any  person that intervened.

Source : www.vanguardngr.com

End of the road for teenage robbers

Four members of a notorious armed robbery gang which specialized in snatching motor-bikes popularly called Okada from their owners are currently telling the police the story of their lives and their involvement in the devilish way of eking a living. Reports say the gang had operated in Ketu/ Alapere for several years without being caught. But like the age long aphorism which says, “everyday for the thief, one day for the owner”, four of them were recently rounded up after an operation where they were said to be relaxing; having shared their loot.

The suspects.

Date was May 11, 2011 and time was about 2.45pm. According to eyewitnesses, the Okada robbers met their waterloo in their hideout near a worship center following a tip -off on their whereabout. It was said that a vigilante group keeping watch over the area was chasing the kingpin of the gang identified as Michael who attempted removing a motorbike parked in front of a residential area. The dare-devil however, succeeded in escaping, but his gang members were not so lucky as they were rounded up.

Osun monarch charged with rape of Corps member

•Oba Alli

The courtroom was filled to the brim.

A huge crowd of Corps members, officials of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), members of various Non-Government Organisa-tions (NGOs) and journalists.

They came to witness the proceedings in a rape case involving a traditional ruler.

The Alowa Ilowa-Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, was yesterday arraigned at an Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly raping a 24-year-old Corps member, Miss Hellen Okpara. Miss Okpara was undergoing her primary assignment in his domain.

The traditional ruler was first arraigned on March 30.

For lack of jurisdiction, presiding Magistrate, Mr. Olalekan Ijiyode, transfered the case to the Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Mr. Adewumi Makanjuola.

After the case had been mentioned, the monarch, who was accompanied to court by one of his wives rushed into the courtroom.

Corpers vow never to return to North

Over 276 members of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) evacuated from the Northern part of the country by  the Lagos state government in the wake of post presidential election violence that claimed the lives of some of their colleagues have vowed never to return to the region to complete their service.

This was revealed yesterday by the Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Tola Kassali, at the ongoing ministerial press briefing in Alausa.

WICKED STAB:Businessman stabs female student in the eye …Victim risks blindness, cries for justice

Miss Goodness

Miss Goodness Moses has just finished the Ordinary National Diploma (OND) at the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Enugu and came to Lagos for her one year Industrial Training (IT). The 26-year-old lady had actually approached Nestle Foods Plc for the training and was hopeful of being given the opportunity to serve in the multinational company, for her practical experience, before going back for her Higher National Diploma (HND).

Presently, verifications are going on in the school to know those who qualify for the HND. But the Marketing student may not have the opportunity again, at least, not for now. She is battling to ensure she doesn’t go blind, after she was allegedly hit and stabbed in the eyes by a businessman, Uzoma Nwezie. The incident occurred on Sunday, March 13, 2011, at 6, Ajayi Street, Catholic Road, Ipaye, Iba Town, Ojo, Lagos.