SHOCKING: Two-Year-Old Girl's Mutilated Body Found In Ibadan

The body of a two-year-old girl was found on Tuesday at the Olodo area of Ibadan with some parts of her body missing.
It was learnt that residents of the area found the decomposing body about midday with no clue to her identity or how she got to the scene. The residents reportedly alerted the police immediately.
Our correspondent learnt that the baby’s left leg had been cut off from the knee, while some of the toes on the right leg were missing.
 The body was also said to have been found without one of her hands, while a large chunk of flesh from her lap area, was also cut off.
Residents told our correspondent that they were not ruling out ritual motive for the act. They also described the development as strange, saying they had enjoyed a peaceful and a crime-free environment before now.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olabisi Ilobanafor, told PUNCH Metro that the body had been evacuated, adding that investigation was ongoing to arrest perpetrators of the “dastardly” act.
She said, “We were alerted by the residents of the area on the finding of a toddler’s body and we responded immediately. We have yet to get to the root of the incident or know the identity of the corpse or how it got to that place.
“That is why we are calling on anyone with any information relating to the mutilation and dumping of the girl’s corpse to come forward. We promise to protect the identity of the informant. The local government authority in the area was alerted by the police and the body was promptly removed from the scene.”
Ilobanafor also said reports of missing persons were on the increase, adding that while some of the missing persons had been found, others were still being investigated.
“We have cases of missing persons but we have yet to find any link to the recent discovery as no one has come out to claim knowing the toddler,” she said

Read More

"ASUU Must Not End Strike Unless FG Meets Their Demands"

The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities not to end its ongoing strike which started on July 1, 2013 unless its demands are met by the Federal Government.

Chairman of the branch, Mr. Monday Ubani, at a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday, said the union should stick to its demands to avoid the need for embarking on another round of strike action in few months time.
The demands of the university teachers include the N87bn which the Federal Government agreed to pay to them in 2009 as arrears of their earned allowances.
Ubani, while fielding questions from journalists, said, “I will like ASUU not to call off the strike for now so that this issue can be addressed once and for all.
“They should not renege on the agreement and call off the strike only to embark on another one again in the next few months.”
Ubani, who addressed the press alongside other members of his executive council, said the strike was a blow to the educational system and that it was caused by the Federal Government’s misplaced priorities.
He said, “We are confused with the priorities of this government. While they said they have no money to rescue our educational sector, they are busy buying another jet to add to the fleet jet already owned by the Presidency and organising jamboree of high class women in Abuja with millions of naira.”

Read More

Man sets octogenarian mum on fire in Lagos!!

The Police in Lagos, yesterday, said they were on the trail of a man who allegedly burnt his 87-year-old mother to death in their Adekunle Yaba residence  in Lagos.The fleeing assailant, 45-year-old Bamidele Bakare, was alleged to have set the building located on 16, Ishola Street ablaze in the early hours of Monday.
Eye witnesses said before the building was set ablaze, Bamidele evacuated his five children and property from one of the rooms he occupied.

The burnt building. Photo :Joe Akintola. Photo Editor.

While the building comprising eight rooms was on fire, occupants who were jolted from sleep reportedly scrambled out of their respective apartments for safety.
Two of them who attempted to rescue the octogenarian identified as Folorunsho Bakare  who was fast asleep were reportedly prevented by Bamidele, whom they alleged threatened to set them ablaze too if they dared.
Elder brother to the alleged assailant, Mr Olu Bakare, who reportedly rushed down from Jos, the Plateau State capital where he resides, expressed shock that his sibling could send their mother to her grave in such manner.
He told Vanguard yesterday: “As if the death of our mother was not enough, my brother  buried her charred remains without my consent.”
Bakare said the burnt building was owned by him, adding that things fell apart between him and his younger brother after the latter allegedly stole documents of some of his property located in Jos and Lagos.
Bakare said: “I took him to court and that was the beginning of his rift with me. I believe he set my mother on fire because of that. But what has that got to do with my 87-year-old mother?
“When I heard the news, I took the next available vehicle to Lagos. I reported the matter to the Adekunle Police division, from where the Divisional Crime Officer and Inspector Crime followed me to ascertain the claim.
“I was also asked to get two persons who saw when he was setting the building ablaze. I did and they attested to it.
“They said when they wanted to rescue my mother, Bamidele told them to leave her to die, saying after all, she was his mother and that he was capable of burying her. After setting the building ablaze, he disappeared with his children.”
However, police sources said efforts were on to arrest fleeing Bamidele.
 Source: Vanguard

Read More

$2m fraud: Police arrest suspected Nigerian fraudster in Dubai!!

 

In what is considered a breakthrough in its fight against international crimes, the Interpol Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, headed by DCP Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, has in conjunction with its counterpart in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, arrested one Itumo Anthony Chidebere, a suspected fraudster, who fled to Dubai after defrauding a Nigerian businesswoman of $2 million.
The 35-year-old suspect from Ebonyi State had been on the run for the past 13 months after perfecting the deal.
Vanguard gathered that in June, 2012, the suspect presented himself to the said businesswoman as an estate broker in Dubai, claiming that he could purchase a house for his victim.
He was said to have presented several documents and samples of influential Nigerians he claimed to have assisted to buy houses.
Relying on this assurance, the unsuspecting victim made a payment of $2,082,139 to the suspect, after which the suspect disappeared without purchasing the said house.
He chose rather to run from one country to another in a bid to evade arrest.
Meanwhile, Interpol at force headquarters is working with its United Arab Emirates counterpart and the Federal Ministry of Justice to facilitate the extradition of the suspect to Nigeria.
Commending the personnel of the Interpol unit for the successes recorded in international anti-crime operations, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, reaffirmed the determination of the Force to bring to justice criminals connected with international crimes.
He promised to strengthen the bond between the Nigeria Police Force and its counterparts in other countries in resolving all trans-border crimes.
Abubakar further advised Nigerians in Diaspora to steer clear of fraud, drug trafficking and other related crimes, noting that engaging in such criminal activities could bring the image of Nigeria to disrepute.
Source: Vanguard

Read More

 
Three fake security operatives were arrested in Abeokuta, yesterday, after attempting to kidnap former Miss Nigeria, Feyi Sodipo.
The suspects who were two men and a woman were said to have claimed to be security operatives working for the organisers of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant.
Vanguard gathered that the suspects who had been arrested by policemen attached to the governor’s office,  Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta reportedly took ex-Miss Nigeria in their car from Lagos to Abeokuta.
It was further gathered that the suspects, who rode in a  Honda Shuttle car with number plate  LAGOS, KA 35 EKY were said to have ordered the former beauty queen to enter their car from Lagos to Abeokuta to retrieve her car gift, Hyundai with number plate LAGOS GGE 354 AJ  where she parked it.
Attempt by the suspects to take  the car away from the Arcade ground of the Ogun State secretariat complex in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, however, met stiff resistance as the mother of the ex-beauty queen raised the alarm that attracted people to the scene.
The suspects  who  reportedly claimed  to be police officers, however, failed to identify themselves  when security operatives attached to the office of the state governor intervened.
Governor  Ibikunle Amosun’s security attaché with instruction from  the command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, consequently arrested the suspects and took them to the Ibara Police Divisional headquarters in Abeokuta.
Speaking with newsmen over the development, former Miss Nigeria,  said the people  had  been chasing her  round the  place, asking  her to surrender the car gift she got from the Akwa Ibom State government.
Narrating her ordeal, Feyi said: “Organisers of the programme made many promises that they didn’t keep and now they want to collect the car given to me by Akwa Ibom State government.
“They want to collect this gift from me because Ogun State government has given me another car so I must surrender the one given to me by the Akwa Ibom State governmet.”
Feyi further told newsmen that  there was no part of the contract she signed with the organisers that they will retrieve the car from her, stressing that the Hyundai car was registered in her name.
Feyi’s mother, Mrs. Mary Sodipo, told newsmen that she decided to raise alarm so that the suspects who had coerced her daughter to take them to where she was keeping the car would not harm her.
At press time, the three suspects were being detained at Ibara police station for onwards transfer to the command’s headquarters in Eleweran.
Source: Vanguard

3 nabbed after attempt to abduct ex-Miss Nigeria

on August 22, 2013   /   in News 3:42 am   /   Comments

BY DAUD  OLATUNJI
ABEOKUTA — Three fake security operatives were arrested in Abeokuta, yesterday, after attempting to kidnap former Miss Nigeria, Feyi Sodipo.
The suspects who were two men and a woman were said to have claimed to be security operatives working for the organisers of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant.
Vanguard gathered that the suspects who had been arrested by policemen attached to the governor’s office,  Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta reportedly took ex-Miss Nigeria in their car from Lagos to Abeokuta.
It was further gathered that the suspects, who rode in a  Honda Shuttle car with number plate  LAGOS, KA 35 EKY were said to have ordered the former beauty queen to enter their car from Lagos to Abeokuta to retrieve her car gift, Hyundai with number plate LAGOS GGE 354 AJ  where she parked it.
Attempt by the suspects to take  the car away from the Arcade ground of the Ogun State secretariat complex in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, however, met stiff resistance as the mother of the ex-beauty queen raised the alarm that attracted people to the scene.
The suspects  who  reportedly claimed  to be police officers, however, failed to identify themselves  when security operatives attached to the office of the state governor intervened.
Governor  Ibikunle Amosun’s security attaché with instruction from  the command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, consequently arrested the suspects and took them to the Ibara Police Divisional headquarters in Abeokuta.
Speaking with newsmen over the development, former Miss Nigeria,  said the people  had  been chasing her  round the  place, asking  her to surrender the car gift she got from the Akwa Ibom State government.
Narrating her ordeal, Feyi said: “Organisers of the programme made many promises that they didn’t keep and now they want to collect the car given to me by Akwa Ibom State government.
“They want to collect this gift from me because Ogun State government has given me another car so I must surrender the one given to me by the Akwa Ibom State governmet.”
Feyi further told newsmen that  there was no part of the contract she signed with the organisers that they will retrieve the car from her, stressing that the Hyundai car was registered in her name.
Feyi’s mother, Mrs. Mary Sodipo, told newsmen that she decided to raise alarm so that the suspects who had coerced her daughter to take them to where she was keeping the car would not harm her.
At press time, the three suspects were being detained at Ibara police station for onwards transfer to the command’s headquarters in Eleweran.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/3-nabbed-after-attempt-to-abduct-ex-miss-nigeria/#sthash.mdIvlGdp.dpuf

Read More

Flood With Love Campaign with actress - Stephanie Okereke Linus

In 2012, their hearts were flooded with grief as the flood washed away dreams, hopes, families and livelihood. Homes, businesses and schools were destroyed. Now it's time to rebuild their lives, to replace the ruins with hope, exchange despair for action and turn tears to smiles.

It's time to Flood them with love. It will cost you only N100 to text FLOOD to 35388. Text now! Do your part.

Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Read More

Mehnn! Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller comes out as gay!

Sorry ladies, we've lost another hot one to the men. Damn! Who would have thunk it? Anyone surprised he's gay? Wentworth, who played the lead character Michael Scofield in Prison Break came out as a gay man yesterday August 21 via an open letter to the Saint Petersburg Film Festival, rejecting an invitation to attend a premiere there because of Russia's recently-passed anti-gay laws.

The  41-year-old actor wrote:

Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline.

I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice.

Until then. Wentworth Miller

Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

Read More

SEE WHAT : Beyoncé Spent On Chicken At A Diner (Photo)

Award winning singer, Beyoncé Knowles must have worked up an appetite whipping her new bob around on stage at V Festival.
On Saturday, Aug. 17, the singer and her entourage put in a $2,261 (£1,444) order at an Essex location of Nando's, a casual dining chain popular in the U.K. for its chicken.
In a receipt making rounds on twitter, an order placed under the name of "Beyonce K" includes 58 wing platters, 48 whole chickens, 12 veggie burgers and 24 coleslaw orders.
See receipt below.

Read More

PHOTOS: Dog Donates Blood To Save Poisoned Cat!!!

Traditional animal rivalries were set aside in New Zealand when a dog's blood was used to save the life of a poisoned cat in a rare inter-species transfusion, reports said Wednesday.

Cat owner Kim Edwards was frantic last Friday when her ginger tom Rory went limp after eating rat poison, rushing to her local veterinary clinic at Tauranga in the North Island for help.
Vet Kate Heller said the feeble feline was fading fast and needed an immediate transfusion to survive, but there was not enough time to send a sample to the laboratory for testing to determine the cat's blood type.
Instead, she decided to take a gamble and use dog blood to try to save the animal, knowing it would die instantly if she gave it the wrong type.

Edwards called up her friend Michelle Whitmore, who volunteered her black labrador Macy as a doggie blood donor in a last-ditch attempt to save Rory, a procedure Heller said she had never performed before and was very rare.
"People are going to think it sounds pretty dodgy - and it is - but hey, we've been successful and it's saved it's life," Heller told the New Zealand Herald.
Edwards said the cat appeared to have come through its ordeal unscathed, seemingly without any canine side effects.
"The vets just went above and beyond... it's incredible that it worked," she said. "Rory is back to normal and we don't have a cat that barks or fetches the paper."

Read More

Shoprite Unveils Plans To Build 44 New Outlets In Nigeria!!

Shoprite, Africa’s biggest grocery store, unveiled ambitious plans to build 44 outlets in the next three to four years in Nigeria.

Shoprite Group Chief Executive, Whitey Basson, revealed the expansion plans while presenting the company’s half-year results ending June 30.

The retail company's report according showed that Shoprite outlets outside of South Africa, where it is headquartered, recorded higher sales figures compared to outlets in that country.

Basson said the company's foreign outlets registered a 28 percent jump in sales in the 12 months to the end of June 2013, nearly three times the rate of growth in its home market during the same period.

During the period, South African retail sales grew by less than 2 percent, lower than expected, according to statistics.

Basson said the company hoped to capitalise on its outside successes by building additional outlets in Nigeria where it currently operates six outlets.

"The bulk of the new stores would be in oil-rich Nigeria and Angola. The company sees scope for 44 new outlets in Nigeria and 21 in Angola in the next three to four years," he said.

Shoprite currently has 153 supermarkets in 16 countries outside South Africa.

Read More

Bloodshed As Police Allegedly kill Okada Rider!!!

Fracas broke out, yesterday, in Ikorodu following the death of a motorcyclist after he was allegedly shot by a Policeman attached to Ikorodu Division, Lagos State.

The tragedy struck around 4p.m at Ojubode area leading to a serious gridlock which lasted for hours as the deceased’s colleagues trooped out to protest the killing.
This resulted into pandemonium as commuters and residents scampered for safety. Also, shops and offices were shut for hours by owners for fear of the unknown.
Although information was sketchy as at press time, an eye witnesses said the motorcyclist identified simply as Haruna, met his untimely death when the Policemen stormed the area to impound his motorcycle but the deceased refused arrest on the ground that the Policemen visited last weekend asking him to part with an undisclosed amount of money.
To his surprise, the same Policemen came back yesterday to impound the motorcycle and out of annoyance, Haruna refused to release the motorcycle and started struggling with one of the Policemen.
According to reports, one of the Policemen fired a shot at him, which led to his death.
Vanguard gathered that the corpse was removed by the Policemen to an unknown destination while scores of motorcyclists were said to have gathered at the palace of the Oba of Ikorodu to protest the killing.
In a telephone chat with Vanguard, Chairman, Motorcyclists Association of Lagos State, MOALS, Ikorodu zone popularly called ‘Jendor‘’described the incident as barbaric and called on government to bring the perpetrators to book.
He said: “As you can see, we are very busy now, you can hear a lot of noise from our members. This is too much for us to bear’’
Haruna’s death occurred six months after a policeman attached to Ikorodu Division Corporal Goroye Folagbade, was dismissed for stealing an impounded motorcycle from Saheed Owolabi of the same Ojubode park.
Effort to get the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide’s comment proved abortive as she could not be reached on phone. 
Source:medianigeria

Read More

PHOTO: “I Continued Prostitution Even After Getting Married” – Nigerian Singer, Maheeda

Singer, Caroline Sam,  popularly known as Maheeda became an orphan at age 13 and with no one to help her turned to prostitution.

But according to her she later gave her life to Christ and turned to music.
In an interview Maheeda talked about how she struggled to quit prostitution and turning to God for help.
“…Even after getting married I still have this urge of going out to meet a man. But I felt it should not be so. I’m trying to let people know there is a spirit behind prostitution, if not, why after getting married, I have everything, I live in Lekki, I’m driving a very big car and my husband gives me whatever I want, so why would I still feel like going into prostitution?
There is a spirit behind it. I continued prostitution even after getting married. The only thing that changed me was being born again and being delivered.”
See tweets below

Source: LIB

Read More

Priest Defrauded Woman, Have S*x With Her to Exorcise Demons!!!

A Guangzhou man purporting to be a Taoist priest defrauded a woman of 20,000 yuan after convincing her to have sex with him to "exorcise demons".

According to Haizhu district police, on July 23 a man, surnamed Huang, visited a feng shui store and struck up a conversation with the sales assistant Xin (pseudonym).
After a brief display of what sounds like basic cold-reading, Huang convinced Xin that he had supernatural powers and told her he was a Master Dragon Seeker.
Huang also introduced Xin to his female disciple, Youxin, a "female geomancer". On July 30, Youxin and Xin met for tea.
After Xin confessed an unrequited love for an older man, Youxin told her to book a room at a nearby hotel, specifically Room A12 on the 4th floor as that was where the "chi" was most powerful.
"We've done many rituals there before," Youxin said. After she had taken a shower, Xin was told to put on some lingerie.
"This way, we can see what's in your body", said Youxin. After examining her the "geomancer" told Xin that someone had put a curse on her and that "only my master can set you free".
After the "Master Dragon Seeker" arrived he told Xin that the person she was in love with had placed a curse upon her.
Xin and Huang began negotiating the cost of the ritual he would perform, with the sales assistant settling on the cheapest ritual at a bargain price of 32,000 yuan.
Xin admitted that she could only afford 20,000 yuan however, so Huang "convinced" Youxin to loan her the remaining 12,000. Xin was told she had to pay back the loan within 49 days or the ghost would come back to haunt her.
Ghosts are sticklers for things like that. When she arrived at Huang's house the following day, Xin was reportedly too freaked out to sleep (the ritual apparently required that she be asleep) so she was given sleeping pills which she gulped down with a bottle of beer.
Xin was again made to shower (ghosts hate cleanliness) and then dress in the lingerie Huang had chosen.
The only way to exorcise the demon was to have sex with the priest.Though Huang was adamant that they weren't having sex as he had a condom on.
 Xin would later tell police that Huang claimed to have exorcised the evil spirit in under five minutes.
"He also claimed to have been a virgin and had never touched women before, so the entire ritual was a huge sacrifice for him," she said.
Feeling like she might have been duped, Xin confided in her boss. When the two arrived at the conman's apartment they found that he had vanished.
Youxin was also out of contact. Huang was apprehended by police on August 1, after which he claimed not to have had sex with Xin.
"We Taoist priests are not allowed to do such things. If you don't believe me, we can get a doctor to check.
I have very severe diabetes and have long been impotent. I'm also almost blind," Huang said. Pressed for information on the exorcism itself, Huang said that there were some things that "metaphysics and science cannot explain".

Read More

Kanayo O Kanayo Gets Appointment From President Jonathan

 Reports reaching us confirms that veteran actor, Kanayo O Kanayo has received an appointment from President Goodluck Jonathan. The prolific actor was made a board member of one of Federal Government's parastatals.

A statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, confirmed this in Abuja yesterday, where members of other boards were revealed.

The actor was made a member of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Studies.

KOK, as he is fondly called, has been romancing President Jonathan's administration before his appointment on Tuesday. He has been one of the major liaisons between the FG and Nollywood.

source: Nigeriafilms.com

Read More