$20,000 Disappears From Passenger's Luggage At Lagos Airport Screening Point

Corruption is not new in Nigeria. It is found among poor, rich and among leaders that took an oath to serve the country with truthfulness. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is a government organisation enmeshed in corruption has again been confirmed following the arrest of the organisation's two security officials by the Inspector General of Police monitoring team on Wednesday for stealing $20,000 from a passenger's baggage.   The security officials, who have been flown to Abuja on the order of the Inspector General of...

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Two students of Fidei Polytechnic k*lled in cult violence

Two students of Fidei Polytechnic, Gboko have been confirmed d*ad in a cult related crisis that engulfed the institution yesterday. The d*ath occurred against the backdrop of reports that the Benue State Police Command recovered a box full of AK 47 live ammunition from four suspects who were hauling the arms to the crisis torn Eggon and Alaago communities of Nasarawa State.  Briefing newsmen yesterday on the two incidents, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer for Benue State, ASP Ejike Alaribe said the police in Gboko last night...

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Reckless driver k*lls corps member

CORPS members serving in Akure, the Ondo state capital wept profusely when a reckless driver knocked down and k*lled one of them. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the deceased, Olaniyan Tosin Michael with call up number 0D/11c/0301 was going for the weekly Community Development service CDSwhen he met his untimely d*ath. Eyewitness account said that the driver identified as Olaoluwa Fasemo, a staff of Coop cocoa Industry in Akure was on speed when the deceased was crossing the road at about 9am on Thurday.  The deceased was said to...

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Married Woman D*es During Intimacy With Boyfriend

A married man, Amaechi Uche Padmore, has been arrested by the police and charged to a Lagos court on the allegation that his lover, Edith Nwokolo, d*ed while he was intimate with her. He is now facing a m*rder charge at Ebute Metta Magistrate’s court, Lagos over her d*ath. P.M.NEWS learnt that the lovers, who are both married, engaged in intimate romp at 94, Mushin Road, Mushin, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. It was gathered that while Uche was on top of Edith, she started breathing heavily, jerked and d*ed.  They were reported to have...

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PDP Chieftain, wife, son m*rdered in Plateau

 Chairman of the People's Democratic Party in Sharubutu ward of Bachit District of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, John Baren, his wife and young son, were k*lled on Wednesday June 27th at Gwarim in Rim village by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.  The family was attacked and hacked to death with machetes on Wednesday afternoon as they were returning from the funeral of a relation in Riyom, Plateau state. The gunmen first shot at them, then dragged them into a nearby bush where they were m*rdered. The Barens...

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Obasanjo Appointed As Special Adviser To World Oil Firm In London

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo now has a new job. He is now an adviser to New World Oil and Gas plc, an AIM-listed investment company focused on investing in and operating oil and gas assets. In an interview he granted TheGuardian of London, the paper described Obasanjo as a roving ambassador of the company, facilitating the firm’s entry into Nigeria and other African countries. The company’s initial focus is in Central America, in particular the Peten Basin, where this prospective formation straddles the Belize and Guatemalan borders,...

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Nigerian Girls Serve as S*x Slaves in Asia, Europe, Africa

Despite the huge effort by Mrs. Eki Igbinedion, wife of former Edo State governor, Lucky Igbinedon, in combating female trafficking in Edo State, a new report released by the United States government has detailed how Nigerian women and girls were trafficked to Asia, Europe and other parts of Africa to be used as s*x slaves and for forced labour. Edo State was identified as one of the largest exporters of s*x workers to parts of Europe, especially Italy.  Mrs. Igbinedion had founded Idia Renaissance, a platform she used in battling the...

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Again, Oshiomhole Escapes D*ath

Suspected political thugs thursday attacked Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, top government officials and stalwarts of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria in Usen town, Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Louis Odion, said the thugs, suspected to be agents of an opposition party, opened fired on Oshiomhole and others who were on a campaign for the July governorship election in the state in the area.  Thursday’s incident was the...

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Nutri-Milk and Tigo Drinks (CWAY) Distributors Wanted - Nationwide

CWAY Foods & Beverages Nigeria Limited require self motivated and astute distributors to handle emerging opportunities in the distribution of Nutri-Milk and Tigo Drinks nationwide.  Job Position:  Distributor Locations Lagos Area Nationwide Method of Application Interested candidates should apply by forwarding their profile and other details to: cwayfigo@gmail.com  Lagos Area: 07032123808  Nationwide: 080231700...

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Sales Engineer (Compressor After Sales) at Briscoe Nigeria Plc - Lagos, Abuja, Rivers, Kano

R.T. Briscoe Nigeria Limited was incorporated in Nigerian since 1957, the Company has witnessed tremendous growth and has diversified its area of operations to include the sales and service of motor vehicles and technical equipment. It's portfolio includes the marketing, sales and service dealership of Toyota vehicles, Volvo cars, Ford Motors, etc in Nigeria.  A division of the Company, BriscoeTechnical, markets and services materials handling equipment, industrial compressors, mining and drilling equipment as well as generating sets....

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Oyinbo Celebrities Launch 'Aso Ebi' For Obama's Presidential Campaign

Oyinbo Celebrities Launch 'Aso Ebi' For Obama's Presidential Campa...

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Loss of womb: Court grants N100m against navy

A Federal High Court in Lagos has awarded N100 million damages against the Nigerian Navy and its officer, Commander C.T Olowu, for negligence which caused grave bodily harm and permanent loss of reproductive organs of a woman, Joy Bassey.  The court also granted interest of five percent on the judgment sum to be payable from the date of judgment until the amount is totally liquidated. Delivering his verdict, presiding judge, Justice John Tsoho, posited that it is beyond denial that the unmitigated negligence and unprofessional conduct...

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Okotie's Marriage Crashed Due To Stephanie's "Spiritual" Weakness

To avoid unnecessary speculations that may be trailing his failing marriage, Pastor Chris Okotie, the General Overseer of Household of God, took the bull by the horn and formerly declared that he and Stephanie, his wife of four years, are going their separate ways. The flamboyant preacher and three times presidential candidate of FRESH Democratic Party was alleged to have announced during last Sunday Church service, “Stephanie and I are separated without any further explanation.” Although, many are no longer surprise about broken marriage...

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Andrew Yakubu Takes over as NNPC GMD

President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday announced the appointment of Mr. Andrew Yakubu as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with immediate effect. Yakubu, appointed with a new group executive management team, will be taking over from Mr. Austin Oniwon, who retired having attained the mandatory retirement age of 60 last year.  Oniwon was retired with three other group executive directors. Yakubu, who is the 15th NNPC boss, is a 1979 graduate of Chemical Engineering from the Ahmadu...

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How I Masterminded Ningi’s D*ath, Says Suspect

Family and associates of the recently assassinated Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Mr. Sale Abubakar Ningi, were Tuesday taken aback when one Salihu Goni, during interrogation by a team of detectives from the Kano State Police Command, allegedly owned up as the mastermind of the plot that led his death along with two others in Kano three weeks ago. Goni, also known as Kaka, was said to have told a team of police detectives during interrogation that he shared close relationship with the late former police boss, stressing that the...

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Rihanna Misses Chris Brown — She Loves Him So Much

There are rumors that Rihanna will attend the BET Awards on Sunday, July 1, to reunite with her love Chris Brown, who is performing. But our source also tells us she doesn’t want to distract him from his important performance. Rihanna is in London today, June 26, and she’s really missing Chris. ”Rihanna already misses her little Chris. She can’t just ‘randomly’ bump into him at a club right now. She’s feeling a little Chris – sick,” our source EXCLUSIVELY tells us.  “Personally if you ask me, a little time apart will be good for them...

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Grandmother 'cuts off' her eight-month-old baby granddaughter's hands

An eight-month-old baby is recovering in hospital after having both her hands chopped off by her grandmother. The incident took place when the grandmother was caring for the little girl while her parents were at work in the Shandong Province of China. The grandmother's motives are not yet known as she remains in a coma since the incident, after she attempted to k*ll herself.  A neighbour, who saw the aftermath of the incident and accompanied the mother and child to hospital, said: 'I saw the woman came back home after work in the...

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Man Robs Bank Then Drives To Police Station To Confess

A suburban Portland man says he was so moved by a documentary exploring the cause of the Great Recession that he decided to rob a bank. But apparently the film didn't make enough of an impression for the 50-year-old Gresham man to keep the loot.   The Oregonian reports that Raymond Carl Knudson pleaded guilty Monday to sticking up a Bank of America branch in April, a crime he confessed within minutes of committing. According to court documents, Knudson entered the bank and handed over a robbery note. Then he drove to the Gresham...

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Woman arrested for calling ex-hubby a Boko Haram member on FB

23-year old mother of one has been arrested by policemen from Ipaja Police Station, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, for calling her ex-husband a member of the Boko Haram sect on Facebook, the social interaction site on internet. The suspect, Afolakemi Mojisola Adeniyi, was arrested following a complaint lodged at the station by her former husband, Alfa Umar Gobir, that his ex-wife posted his picture on facebook and tagged him a member of the Boko Haram.  Umar told the police that he received several calls from friends and associates...

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James Ibori's mistress Udoamaka Onuigbo released from prison

James Ibori's mistress Udoamaka Onuigbo has been released from a UK prison after serving only two years of her 5 year sentence. Ms Onuigbo was found guilty on a three-count charge of money laundering in June 2010 and was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Christopher Hardy of a Southwark London Crown Court.   She was released from prison last week and has returned to Nigeria. I guess in the UK 5 means 2? Ibori himself was sentenced to 13 years, so I guess he'll be out in say...6 yea...

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TRUE CONFESSION: I Slept With Our Driver To Give My Husband A Child

I am not a loose woman. I am just a woman who loves her husband very much and didn’t want to lose him. I just did what I had to do to save my marriage even though I feel guilty sometimes. It was not easy but I slept with my driver so that I could give my husband a child, but instead, God gave me twins, a boy and a girl... I was married to Philip for eight years. We had no child. “The worst was that I never got pregnant even for a day.”  His mother became so impatient that she started breathing down my neck as she gave me no breathing...

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Young Pastor Impregnates Female Senior Pastor

The Holy book that states that at the end time, so many unholy and ungodly things will happen seems to be right after all with all kind of things happening under this heaven. This is certainly not the best of times for the flocks of Lord’s Delight Ministries (a.k.a Delight Arena) located at No 51 Afolabi Street, Ishibiri road, Ajangbadi, Lagos, as its founder who is currently embroiled in a sordid divorce suit is accused of being impregnated by young pastor.  At the centre of the storm is Pastor Rita Obioma Obiakor, the General Overseer...

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31 Nigerian Prostitutes To Be Deported From Denmark

31 illegal Nigerian immigrants in Copenhagen, Denmark were all arrested on prostitution on Thursday morning, rounded up in a police sweep of Istedgage, Vesterbro district of the city. 20 other suspects fled the scene and evaded capture during the raid. Those caught were charged with holding false residency permits,working without a premit and vagrancy.  The women will be counselled by social workers trained in dealing with trafficking victims while their immigration statuses are verified, and are scheduled to appear in court over the...

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Yabatech Female Student Drugged, R*ped By Fellow Student On Campus

A student of Yaba College of Technology, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Adegoke Kehinde, has been arrested by the police for allegedly drugging and r*ping a female student (name withheld) on campus. The 24-year old Kehinde has been charged before the Yaba Magistrate’s court on a two-count charge of r*pe and assault.  We gathered that Kehinde reportedly lured the teenager to a spot within the school dormitory at about 10 p.m. on the day he allegedly committed the act and offered her drugged soft drink. She was said to...

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SUNDAY PRISON BREAK UPDATE:Boko haram Free 40 of Their Member in Damaturu Prison

Suspected members of the Jam’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad otherwise known as Boko Haram, yesterday, staged a daring attack on the Damaturu prison on Gashua Road, and set free 40 of their members who were being detained. A fleeing inmate was said to have been k*lled while a prison warder was injured during the attack.  Police spokesperson, Mr Frank Mba, who confirmed the incident, said unknown gunmen staged a jailbreak yesterday in Damaturu and freed about 40 inmates, adding that a prison warder was injured and that one...

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Why I sacked Azazi – Jonathan

The live media chat was anchored by Ohi Alegbe with Tribune Editor, Edward Dickson; Ishak Modibo Kawu, Vanguard columnist and Maupe Ogun of Channels as panellists. Giving reasons for the recent sack of Azazi as NSA and Dr. Haliru Bello as Minister of Defence, he said that the security challenges faced by the administration has overtime evolved through various stages and forms necessitating changes in the administration to combat the growing insurgency.  Jonathan said his decision to change his National Security Adviser is to conform...

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Man with 97 wives debunks d*ath rumour

The controversial Bida-based Islamic cleric and husband of 97 wives, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Masaba, on Sunday, debunked the rumour of his d*ath, saying, ''I am hale and hearty. The rumour of my d*ath is not true.'' The rumour of the death of the 87-year-old record polygamist spread like fire in harmattan on Saturday, especially in the mass media, leading to phone calls and the handing down of instructions by editors to their reporters to get update on the issue.  According to the rumour mill, the cleric died at about 7.45 p.m. during...

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BOKO HARAM SCARE;Churches record low turnout in Nigeria

SECURITY was on red alert on Sunday in Kaduna as the state government relaxed the curfew between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. to enable Christians to attend church services across the state. Soldiers and armed policemen were stationed near churches to scare away trouble makers while helicopters on surveillance hovered in the sky as the worshippers were in churches.  However, there was no report of any crisis in the state during church services, even as many were seen rushing back home to beat the 1.00 p.m. deadline. The Kaduna State governor,...

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TRAGEDY! Family of 6 k*lled in Jos

A family of six including a six-month old child and a 70-year old grandmother were yesterday brutally m*rdered by gunmen at Kumpun village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. In Lokoja, capital of Kogi State, the police command has discovered a hideout in Koto – Karfe area of the state where guns were being locally manufactured. In Kano State, the Joint Military Taskforce, JTF, also yesterday discovered a high calibre Improvised Explosive Devise, IED, in the premises of Waje Friday Jumat Mosque in Fagge Local Government Area of...

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