10-year-old boy detonates suicide vest, kills 20 in crowded market in gombi Adamawa

A boy of about 10 years old on Friday detonated a sui­cide vest at a crowded market in Gombi town in Ad­amawa State, Killing many according to witnesses.

A vigilante leader who confirmed the incident said 20 persons including the bomber died in the blast.

Gombi was recaptured from Boko Haram in 2014 and since then, the insurgents have made several failed attempts to retake the town from the Nigerian military.

Photos: How four friends raped me- 14-year-old girl

Four friends, Femi Olatunji, 17; Oyekanmi Rasheed, 18; Oladele Habib, 18 and John Alade, 16, are currently chilling at the police net in Lagos, for allegedly raping 14-year-old Habibat Adeolu (not real names).

Speaking to Saturday PUNCH , Habibat said the friends threatened to kill her if she told anybody about the incident.

Narrating her ordeal, the young girl who said she had known Femi as her tailor, said she went to him to have her dress mended when he and his friends pounced on her.She said

“Femi had once told me he would want to marry me and I told him I wasn’t interested. That particular day, I had gone to his shop to give him a dress to fix for me. He said Brother Abidoye (I used to run errands for him) was calling me. I got to Brother Abidoye’s room and I didn’t see him.

“At that point, Femi and his friends entered the room, switched off the light and they raped me. I tried shouting and calling for help but because they had tied my mouth, I couldn’t shout very well.

“When they finished, my private part was paining me. I had to tell my mother what happened. That was when she alerted the police and the boys were arrested,” she said.

However, the young men claimed they didn’t rape her saying it was a consensual act.

Speaking to our correspondent, Femi said Habibat has been his girlfriend for about a year and she actually paid her for the sex they had.

“She is just lying against me. We have been dating since last year. She is more than 14 years old. She came to my shop that day and I suggested to her that we should enter the room. She said I should give her money. I asked her how much she wanted and she said N1,000. I gave her and we went inside and we had sex.

“My friends were outside. We couldn’t have held her hand. A lot of people were even outside. If we had forced her, people would have seen us. Her dad even met me and asked if I would accept her as my wife if she gets pregnant and I said I would because she is my girlfriend. Her dad said I should go because I didn’t have a problem. I have been sleeping with her since because she is my girlfriend.

In his own defence, Oyekanmi said Habibat readily agreed to have sex with him.

“We were at Femi’s place and she and Femi entered the room. Later on, I entered the room because I wanted to charge my phone. I didn’t see Femi there but I saw the girl naked. She wasn’t crying. So I told her I wanted to have sex with her and she said I should go ahead.”

Oladele as well, insisted Habibat collected money from Femi and also agreed to have sex with them.

“She was very comfortable with what we did. When I got to the room, I told her she should allow me to take my own turn and she readily agreed. Nobody held her. People have been sleeping with her. This wasn’t the first time. We all know her in our area. She readily gives to anybody who asks for it.

Tragic! 3 school boys boiled to death after falling into hot sewer (photo)

Three schoolboys who fell into a hot sewer were "boiled to death".

The young boys, aged eight, died in the 80C underground conduit after one of them initially tumbled into it and the other two tried to mount a rescue effort.
They have been named as Daniil Slisarenko, Alexander Sanko and Daniil Viik, from the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...

It is claimed the tragedy took place after a hole in the sewer in the grounds of their school did not get repaired quickly enough.Yevgeny Sivayev, a local newspaper publisher, said:

 "It is no exaggeration to say that the city is crying. Such grief we have not had before.
"It is impossible to look at children - their bodies are packed in bags.": "Judging by the fact that straps of the first boy's backpack were torn off, his friends wanted to help him as he fell and pulled him up.
"It did not work. So they fell in there trying to save him.
"The rescuers first found them, and could not reach the first boy for a long time.

One million boys robbery gang threaten Lagos community after the arrest of 4 members during operation (Graphic)

For the past three days, residents of Ojo and Badagary local government areas have not slept following a recent letter purportedly written to the residents by the dreaded and ruthless robbery gang called One Million Boys in Lagos State,Pm News reports.

According to some residents, the letter was written to them following the arrest of four members of the gang after their recent operation in the area that left many residents injured, with many losing their valuables to the gang.

In what seemed to be a reprisal attack, the letter reportedly informed the residents of their coming and asked them to keep money for them or be prepared to die.

The threat has leftt the residents in fear and they have resorted to self help by keeping vigil.

P.M.NEWS gathered that at least 100 members of the gang struck in the night recently.

                    

According to eyewitness account, during the recent raids, residents who did not have money or valuables to give to them were attacked with machetes.
The victims are in various hospitals receiving treatment.
P.M.NEWS also learnt that women were not spared, as some of them were raped and asked to have sex with their blood relations.
However, while the atrocity was going on, some youths mobilized themselves and resisted their operation and in the process four suspects were apprehended and handed over to the police, while the rest escaped.

Victim

Photo: Woman gives birth to a baby girl on the street

When her labour started, the woman couldn't make it to the hospital. She had to deliver on the streets and got some help from a road safety vehicle nearby before a nurse got to the scene. The baby girl is ok.

5 Lagos fire fighters stabbed by area boys while trying to put out fire in Ajegunle & Surulere

Lagos State Fire Service cried out yesterday over the frequent attacks on its men in line of duty, warning those involved to desist or face the law.

We learnt that more than five firemen have been attacked in various parts of the state.

The service director, Rasak Fadipe, said the officers were attacked at Idewu Street, Olodi-Apapa, Ajegunle and Odunsi Street in Surulere.

He described the officers as dedicated and hardworking, adding that their motive was to save lives and property.

According to him, the gallant officers responded to distress calls and were about to carry out their statutory duties when the hoodlums who wanted to loot saw them as obstacle and started attacking, stabbing and chasing them from the fire scene.

Fadipe explained that a senior officer was stabbed in the ear with a broken bottle; another was wounded in the head; others were manhandled.

“In order to prevent confrontation and breakdown of law and order, the officials retreated and ran for their lives. The mayhem was reported at Tolu and Itire Police stations and it led to the damage of a fire truck,” he said.

He hailed the Itire Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for intervening and rescuing the officers from further assault.

The fire boss appealed to the public to desist from damaging government facilities as tax payers money were expended on providing the amenities. The consequences of unwarranted but coordinated attacks on fire trucks, he said, were an indirect denial of dividend of democracy to others as the damaged truck cannot serve the need of Lagosians.

[The Nation]

Genevieve Nnaji gave daughter up for adoption to a childless couple after father rejected pregnancy

For those who do not know him, the biological father of Genevieve Nnaji’s baby is a socialite named Dotun Oladipo popularly called Acura by his people in Egbeda area of Lagos.

Before he relocated to the United States, the man was said to have impregnated Genevieve Nnaji at a tender age of 15.

She delivered her baby at 16 but Acura didn’t take up the responsibility of fathering Genevieve Nnaji’s daughter because of religious factor and his commitment to another relationship at that time.

It is now over 21 years later, Acura is yet to return to assume the position of a father to Genevieve Nnaji’s only daughter.

Why Genevieve Nnaji Gave Up Her Child For Adoption When Her Father Rejected Her

The good news is that Genevieve Nnaji gave up the child for adoption at a tender age when her father refused to forgive her for getting pregnant at such a tender age.

When she gave birth to Chimebuka aka Lily, Genny knew that embarking on that journey of independence with an extra load- a baby, wouldn’t be an easy one, so she began to look for an alternative, and that was how she met the man (name withheld) who had been married for some years without any fruit of the womb coming from his wife, and the man adopted Genny’s baby to enable Genny go into the world to hustle for survival, and that was it.

It may interest you to know that Genny’s daughter still lives with the man and his family in Lagos mainland, though she is now a third year student in one of the private universities in Lagos

She calls the man and his wife dad and mom. And what I cherish most about this whole issue is how Genny and the family that adopted her daughter had been managing to keep it cool, clean and free of drama plus media publicity. But then, why won’t the man be loyal when Genny had been helping to get him contracts because he is a contractor? In fact, Genny had been more than a blessing to the man. The man’s comfortable financial status today owes tribute to Genny’s fame in the Nigerian movie industry.

So if you think Genny is living and training her daughter, then you are very WRONG!

Why Genevieve Nnaji Is Yet To Remarry

Genny had confessed in previous interviews that the fear of ‘failing in marriage’ was the only reason she’s yet to marry. She’d been alleged to have dated Ayo Makun, D’banj, a former vice president, and the latest man to have been romantically linked to the screen goddess, Ishaya Bako, a 29-year-old film director and entrepreneur.

The two first met when, Genevieve relocated to Abuja from her Lagos house two years ago. Bako has allegedly involved Genevieve in most of his major business deals which include his vast real estate business in Abuja. Bako was also alleged to have funded and directed Genevieve’s latest movie, ‘Road to Yesterday’.

Shock value- Rita Ora goes completely topless for Lui magazine (photo)

  Rita Ora is following in the footsteps of Rihanna by totally baring her bosom for French magazine,Lui..See here ..

Artist shoot by police denied treatment in hospitals

An artist, Smart Owie, shot by police during the demolition of the Artistes Village at the National Theatre, Lagos, said he was being denied treatment by hospitals because he had no police report.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Owie was shot in his right leg on Jan. 23 during the demolition of some structures at the village believed to be illegal.

Artefacts worth over N40 million were also destroyed during the demolition of the village, within the premises of the National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC).

The demolition was on the order of the General Manager of the National Theatre, Kabiru Yusuf, who also supervised it.

Owie claimed that because of lack of police report, hospitals had denied him treatment, saying that he must produce police report to ascertain the source of his wound.

“I’m lucky that the bullet did not lock in my leg but just pierced it, but I need an x-ray to ascertain the extent of the damage to my leg.

“But I have not been able to do the x-ray or receive treatment because police refused to give me a report that could be taken along to hospital for treatment.

“The funny thing is that since it is a bullet wound, people are sceptical of treating me.

“Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) with the intervention of known artistes only helped to apply light treatment.

“But I still need a comprehensive diagnosis of what has happened to my leg which has not been done as we speak,’’ he said.

According to him, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who later came after the demolition promised him better treatment.

“He (the minister) also promised that there will be compensation. But as I am talking to you, there has not been anything.

“The minister saw me, he came closer to my side, I also showed him an x-ray referral letter from LASUTH that I should bring a police report,’’ he said.

Owie said that what was most important to him now was his health and that he wanted to get well to start catering for his my family.

“I don’t have the minister’s contact number and I do not have that of any of his assistants.

“I’ve not been able to do anything. I have a family. I have three daughters and my wife is currently pregnant.“My first child is in JSS 3, the second in JSS I and the third in KG II, the fourth on the way.

“As I’m talking to you, I am helpless. I cannot provide my dependants’ basic needs,’’ he said.

Owie said he had an exhibition and other commission jobs to do but that the bullet wound had grounded him. (NAN)

Photo: Security guard arrested for killing his best friend in Ogun state

A night guard identified as Lamidi Yusuf has been arrested for allegedly killing his friend in Ogun State.

The suspect reportedly opened fire on his friend, Oladepo Abiola at Opeji Village in Odeda LGA of Ogun State on the 16th of January 2016.

According to Ogun Police PPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the  suspect, who left his working place as a night guard at Arubiewa Farm in the area around 8am, noticed a movement in the bush, thinking it was an animal, opened fire on him with his Dane gun, and killed the deceased immediately.

His case has been transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, Eleweran in Abeokuta.

Photos: 2 prostitutes who beat up policeman in olodi Apapa lagos arrested

2 prostitutes were yesterday arraigned before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly beating up a policeman.

Dominica Paul, 22; and Chioma Aneka, both residents of Ajegunle area of Apapa, Lagos are standing trial on a three-count charge of breach of peace, unlawful damage and assault.

According to prosecuting Inspector Tony Elibeh, the accused beat up a policeman simply identified as Sergeant Usang and also tore his uniform while performing his duty.

He said the accused committed the offences on January 20 at New Road, Olodi-Apapa. The complainant (Usang) saw the accused roaming the street at about midnight and decided to confront them.

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“When Usang asked them where they were going, the accused could not give a satisfactory answer and he decided to take them to the police station. Paul and Aneka, who did not want to follow the policeman to the station, conspired to beat him up and also tear his shirt,” Elibeh told the court.

The offence contravened Sections 166, 172 and 337 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

NAN reports that Section 166 provides a N15, 000 fine or imprisonment for three months for disorderly act, while Section 172 stipulates a three-year jail term for serious assault.

The accused, however, denied the charge. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Titus Abolarinwa, granted the sex workers bail in the sum of N50,000 each with two sureties each in like sum.

[NAN]

University professor caught on tape having sex with his student in class room (video 18+)

A man at the University of Arkansas has been caught on tape having sex with one of the female students in a classroom.

The student who captured the clip did not share this information with the school board, instead he posted it anonymously online to hide his identity, and the clip has gone viral.

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The man in the clip is alleged to be a popular professor at the university, Bo Nalley.

Today, the university board, having seen the viral clip, denied that the man in the clip is Nalley. You can read their statement here. While the identity of the man is yet to be confirmed, tweets from actual students of the school show that many of the students crush on Nalley, rate him highly and say that he gives extra credits.

Watch Video Here.

Comedian Bovi's mother dies at 58 (photo)

It’s a very sad time for popular comedian Bovi Ugboma. According to reports, the 36-year-old funny man’s mother, Margaret Ugboma, tragically passed away on Monday.

The cause of her death is still unknown.

The news was made public by fellow comedian Basketmouth on Instagram as he penned a condolence message to Bovi.

He shared a photo of Bovi’s mother with the message: ”It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but it takes an entire lifetime to forget them. @officialbovi your mum is in a better place. Stay strong.
I love you bro”.

Just last year, Bovi celebrated his mother on her birthday on Instagram, calling her the love of his life.

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It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but it takes an entire lifetime to forget them. @officialbovi your mum is in a better place. Stay strong. I love you bro.

A photo posted by Basketmouth (@basketmouth) on Jan 26, 2016 at 12:03pm PST

The comedian is however yet to make an official statement about the death of his mother. She was 58 years old.

May her gentle soul rest in peace.

Family abandons lassa fever victim corpse in national hospital

The corpse of the patient that died of Lassa fever  two weeks ago,is still at the National Hospital in Abuja and yet to be buried.

A source in the hospital told The PUNCH that the family might have abandoned the corpse “because of the manner of the death.”

The 33-year-old newly-married man lived in Jos, Plateau State, but came to see a relative in Kubwa because of his illness.He, however, died within 24 hours of admission at the National Hospital, Abuja.

An employee who pleaded anonymity said,

 “The information we got was that the family of the deceased patient are scared that they may contract the disease in the process of the burial. Several calls have been put to them but it seems they are not convinced. A lot of work should be done by enlightening them that the body has been decontaminated and is therefore safe and harmless.”

When contacted, the spokesperson for the National Hospital, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, said the hospital management had been waiting on the Federal Ministry of Health to give proper advice and directive concerning the corpse.

“Nobody is running. Our doctors, nurses and medical staff in the Accident and Emergency Department are prepared for any suspected cases of Lassa fever. We are prepared and there is no cause for alarm. All the kits are available.

“The corpse of the dead patient was well bagged as usual and cannot contaminate anybody. We have informed the Federal Ministry of Health. The ministry, through the Director, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Prof. Abdulsalami Nasidi, should advise us appropriately on it. We are waiting for the directive of the ministry.”

However, when contacted, Nasidi told The PUNCHthat the family of the dead patient had yet to come and claim it but did not explain why it was so.

The NCDC boss also ruled out cremation of the corpse simply because the death was as a result of Lassa fever.

Armed robber confesses: I joined eiye cult inside ikoyi lagos prison

23-year-old robbery suspect Ayodeji Bakare made this bold confession in Lagos yesterday.

The popular aluminum fabricator in Alagomeji area of Yaba Lagos, said he is a member of a 3-man gang that specialised in robbing people with motorcycle.

Read his confession:

“I am an armed robber. We are three in number and we used to do stop and search operation and the total money I have made in armed robbery is N500,000. I started robbing in 2014 when I came out from prison in 2013; I went to Ikoyi prison for some months after being arrested for robbing a whiteman of his phone in Ikoyi Club.

“In prison, some inmates are bad and some are good. The bad ones learn bad things. I joined Eiye Cult in prison, they beat me and gave me water mixed with pepper. They later gave me orientation. When I was leaving prison, they gave me the name of an arms dealer who will give me gun. His name is Segun. You can see the Eiye mark on my body. I used to buy one bullet for N1,000.

“We used to buy like 15 to 20 bullets. If my bullet finishes, I call Segun who is based in Cotonou.”

On how he beats police and Customs checkpoints, he said: “When I collect gun from Segun in Cotonou, I enter motor that does not carry load. They don’t search motor that does not carry load. I have not married but I have a wife, she loves me. If I go to prison she will still wait for me because she waited for me the first time I went to prison.”

Photos: wizkid's american girlfriend delivers singer's 2nd child, tania omotayo bows out

It is official, Wizkid’s longtime girlfriend Tania Omotayo has secretly left him after confirming that US-based Guinean Video Vixen, Binta Diallo aka Blue Diamond has delivered Wizkid’s second love child.

Binta broke the news herself on the social media on Sunday with the above photo of little Wizkid and this caption

Wizkid is yet to distance himself from Binta’s claim, meaning he is fully aware of the delivery of the baby boy.

His management team didn’t deny the baby either… So meaning, Wizkid is now fathering two boys from different women.

Meanwhile, Tania Omotayo’s camp has kept mum on the whole baby mama drama. We guess she’s had enough of Wizkid serial bed-hopping habit.

Wizkid and Binta last met in May 2015 at the industry nite in Houston, Texas and 9 months later, they welcomed a baby boy.

This is an indication that Wizkid cheated on Tania Omotayo because the two were still dating then.

Check out the photo of Binta and Wizkid on the night they first met

Wizkid (left), Binta(right)

See more photos of Binta below

EFCC seizes dansuki's, general's houses in kaduna

Property believed to belong to embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki was at the weekend confiscated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kaduna.

It was learnt that the property of others linked with the $2.1billion scandal were also confiscated by the anti-graft agency in Kaduna.
Among them is a former Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafia Dole in Maiduguri, Major General Yishau Mahmood Abubakar.
It was learnt that occupants of some of the buildings were expelled by EFCC operatives who took over the property, which they marked with red ink.

Dasuki’s confiscated property are said to be a hotel complex on Rabah Road, Malali GRA in the heart of Kaduna metropolis and a mansion under construction on Sani Sami Road, also in Malali GRA.
Except for some workers moving out their tools, the site was empty yesterday.
Maj.-Gen. Abubakar’s residential duplex located at No. 5C, Sultan Close was sealed off Sunday evening.
When our the Nation correspondent visited the property yesterday, it was marked in red paint, “Keep off, under EFCC investigation” in red paint.
It was also gathered that when the EFCC operatives arrived at the house, there was a birthday party going on. Everybody was asked to vacate the premises immediately and they obeyed.
A shopping mall allegedly belonging to Gen. Abubakar’s wife was also confiscated by the anti-graft agency. The inscription “Keep off, under EFCC investigation”  was put on it.
Sources said the property belongs to the General’s brother and not his wife –  as alleged.
Another shopping mall on Sultan Road, which is believed to belong to Gen. Abubakar’s friend who is an Ambassador was also confiscated.

The Nation 

Photos: Dead bodies discovered in foundation of Enugu church building

There is outrage in Enugu State following the discovery, Monday evening, shocking images of dead bodies buried in shallow graves along the Enugu Port-Harcourt Express Road.The incident, which occurred at the Ugwuaji Area of the State has kept residents in tears.

DAILY POST gathered that human parts and fresh dead bodies were discovered at an uncompleted building, inside a bush along the Express Way.A source hinted that curious villagers raised the alarm, which prompted security agencies to invade the location.In the meantime, villagers are pointing accusing fingers on a new church located close to the scene.

One of those who were at the scene described the act as “wicked and the most inhuman action I have seen in my entire life.”

Tiwa Savage celebrates 1million instagram followers (photos/video)

Tiwa Savage is celebrating her one million followers on Instagram by recording a cute video as she had lunch with her mother and son..She wrote 

What a beautiful day, you guys make me feel so special. I love all one million of you guys .... lol, my son is clearly not bothered..

Watch below

A video posted by Tiwa Savage (@tiwasavage) on Jan 24, 2016 at 3:32am PST

Suspected cultists burn 65-year-old woman to death (photo)

Suspected cultists yesterday burnt 65-year-old Adejoke Adefuye to death after setting her residence on fire.
The incident, which occurred at 19, Oshinfolarin Street Bariga, Lagos, also rendered all occupants of the building homeless.It was learnt that the hoodlums had struck at about 9am, trapped the woman inside her room and set it on fire, the Nation reports. 
The suspected arsonists, it was gathered, camped behind the deceased’s room to ensure she did not escape.

The latest incident is the second by suspected cultists last week.
According to residents, the arsonists were on a reprisal mission and had stormed the area since Friday night to terrorise people.
While other occupants of the building were said to have escaped with minor injuries, Adefuye who was inside one of the rooms, was burnt beyond recognition.
It took fire service officials and other emergency responders about three hours to put out the fire.

Wow! check out the train of this groom's traditional wear

Serious! They say he is a groom from Urhobo,Delta state..

Oritese femi's Ex manager: I took oritese femi from the slum, I will release a statement soon to expose his lies

Oritsefemi’s ex-manager, Danko who has managed him from the beginning before the duo parted ways last year has said he is looking for the right away of addressing the situation and all the lies the artiste has said against him.  According to Danko, Oritsefemi was a nobody and was practically begging him for money before he decided to pick him and manage his career and took him to where he is today, but instead, the artiste turned against him when he took him to his business partners and they signed him with huge amount of money. Hear him;

“Oritsefemi is an artiste that I took from nowhere and made somebody. I took him from Ajegunle and brought him to Ikeja. I took him to the Island and I took him to Lekki as well. I took him to D’banj, I took him to Davido and some A-list artistes he never believed he could work with.” Continue…

Danko says that until he took Oritsefemi to Abuja to ink a record deal with his business partner, the goings-on between them was cool.

“It is unfortunate that after I took him to Abuja to sign a record deal with my business partner, Mr. Allen of Avatar, he came up with this strange behaviour trying to disorganise the plans I had for him,” Danko continued. “I guess he was overwhelmed by the prospects and believed that he had finally arrived because he never believed he could make it to the level I took him to.”

According to him, contrary to Oritsefemi’s claims, Double Wahala is a hit today due to his efforts: “I did the promotion of Double Wahala from scratch. I sponsored the promotion because he had nothing. For three months I promoted that song with my own money.”

“It is unfortunate that he came up with those allegations against me just to promote his music and ridicule me. He said I took his Range Rover and stole his N58m for endorsement he got from a brand. I was surprised because I don’t know where he got the endorsement from.

“The Range Rover he is talking about he crashed by himself when he was coming from an event I was not aware of on December 6, 2014. He is going around parading himself as the owner of MSN Gang, my company, which I registered myself. I have everything documented with my lawyers but I will address the press very soon extensively and will expose his lies.”

Danko reveals that the reason he ever agreed to work with Oritsefemi initially was because of the pressure he was piling on him: “We started working in 2013. I used to give him shows and events. At a point he was always calling me for money so I said ‘let me do something for him.’ So I picked him up from Ajegunle.”