Wife of former acting governor of Bayelsa state, Binabo Martha, kidnapped

Martha Binabo, 48, the wife of former acting governor of Bayelsa state and currently House of Reps member, Nestor Binabo (pictured above), was kidnapped yesterday June 29th at her warehouse in Bayelsa by five gunmen who wore military uniform.

Mrs Binabo, who usually moves around with mobile police, wasn't with one yesterday morning when she was kidnapped and driven away in her Camry. The car was later burnt down by the water side and she was taken away on a boat into the creeks

FG-Okonjo-Iweala spent $2.1bn without approval

The National Economic Council, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday accused former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of spending $2.1bn from the Excess Crude Account without authorisation.

 

“We looked at the numbers for the Excess Crude Account. The last time the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reported to the council, and it is in the minutes, she reported by November 2014 that we had $4.1 bn.

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole told State House correspondents after the NEC’s 58th meeting in Abuja.

Photos: Gov. Ambode at the Inauguration of National Economic Council in Abuja

 Pictures from the National Economic Council inauguration...more photos after the cut...

Mum who killed her own 2 kids says she feels no remorse for killing them

This is the story about the mother who killed two of her children and left their bodies in her kitchen freezer. Well, she  has pleaded guilty to their murders saying but says she feels no remorse for killing them. She said: “I don’t feel no remorse for the death of them demons.”

Mitchelle Blair 36, of Detroit, Michigan, without remorse admitted abusing her 13-year-old daughter Stoni Blair and nine-year-old son Stephen Berry, before their deaths. The bodies of the children were discovered in a deep freezer at her apartment on May 24 when bailiffs arrived to evict her. The mother has two surviving children aged eight and 17-years-old.

Local Content Law Implementation: A Call for Retaining Oil Swap and Subsidy Removal

Both legal and oil experts have advised that the Nigerian independent oil operators should be considered first in the award of Oil and Gas contracts. Nigerian service companies should also be considered for contracts and services in line with the local content law just as they called for subsidy removal.

APC insists on Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu's removal

APC says Deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu who is a member of PDP must be removed from office. Senator Ekweremadu who was also the deputy senate president in the last administration, was elected deputy senate president during the controversial senate leadership election on June 9th which produced Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President.

Argentinian kidnapped in Niger state says footballer Messi helped save his life

An Argentinian man named Santiago Lopez Menendez (pictured above), who worked as an agronomist for Nigeria Flour Mills and managed two farms, was kidnapped in Niger state on June 24th. Talking to the press after he was rescued, he said footballer Lionel Messi helped save his life. Huh? Funny!

Mirror UK reports

Lionel Messi football genius isn't just great to watch - it's also now helping save lives. Santiago Lopez Menendez is a young Argentinian scientist who works in Nigeria. On 24th June, as was heading out to work in a field, he was kidnapped by a group of armed men. Thankfully, he was released unharmed three days later, after a ransom was paid. However, it wasn't just the money which saved his life. Menendez has told the press in Argentina that Lionel Messi is one of the reasons he's still alive.

His captors were initially convinced Menendez was American, which he believes was the reason they were being particularly violent towards him.

Menendez was desperately trying to tell them that he was in fact South American, but they spoke no English. Eventually, he resorted to simply shouting:
"Messi! Messi! Messi!"

Incredibly, Menendez says it worked, and his kidnappers went easy on him from that point on.

Buhari appoints ex-military administrator as new Chief of Staff

According to Sahara Reporters, Pres. Buhari today appointed ex-military administrator of Kaduna state, Hamidu Ali as his new Chief of Staff. Some of us had hoped it would be Fashola.

One month after inauguration: Presidency replies PDP's assessment, says its cleaning the party's filth

The Presidency has replied to PDP's assessment of President Buhari's administration one month after inauguration. Olisa Metuh, the Spokesperson of PDP had in a statement released earlier yesterday called on Nigerians to pray for the Buhari led administration, saying that it has been all motion but no movement. In a swift reaction, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement released tonight said the new administration is cleaning the filth of the last one

Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan's ex-security aide murdered

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan, has been shot dead by unknown assailants.

Igbomie’s corpse was found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport Road, Abuja. The former PSO, who was married with two children, was believed to have been killed by assassins who shot him at close range in his car and left the engine running.

A source said the body of the DSP was found early in the morning with all his phones, wallet and other personal effects in tact in the car.

Photo: 18 year old SA teen burnt to death by boyfriend's ex-girlfriend & her friends

According to a report by SA newspaper Sowetanlive, 18 year old Boitumelo Dlamini was taken by four girls into a car, driven to a bush where they poured petrol on her and burnt her to death. One of the girls is the ex-girlfriend of the boy she's dating. Her charred body was found in the bush in Klipgat, North West, on Thursday June 25th.

Boitumelo's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and three of her friends have been arrested for the crime and are facing murder charges and kidnapping.

Buhari reportedly orders arrest of wife's younger brother for extorting N300m from a businessman

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, President Buhari last Monday June 22nd ordered the arrest of one Musa Yola ( pictured above), said to be the immediate younger brother of his wife, Aisha, for extorting N300 million from an unnamed businessman with a promise to secure an oil bloc for him through his brother-in-law, President Buhari. After finding out what happened, President Buhari reportedly ordered that Musa be brought to him in handcuffs along with the said businessman he duped. 

Former Rivers commissioner whose SUV was taken by new govt releases statement

Yesterday June 18th, the SUV belonging to one of former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi's commissioners, Ibim Semenitari was taken by the new Rivers state govt who sent police to her house to recover the car. Mrs Ibim has released a statement on the matter. Read below..

On Thursday June 18, 2015, over 10 policemen armed with machine guns and in two trucks - One Ford Transit and One Hilux arrived my residence, No 12 A Ernest Ikoli Street, Old G.R.A Port Harcourt. Without either a search warrant, letter or precious information, they forced their way into my premises.

Good News: Nigeria's four refineries to begin operation next month - NNPC

The spokesperson of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr Ohi Alegbe says that Nigeria's four refineries - two in Port Harcourt, one in Kaduna and the other one in Warri will resume production next month.

“The refineries at Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna will resume next month after a successful turn-around-maintenance (overhaul) of their facilities. The turn-around-maintenance has been on for some time. We did not just want to make any noise about it. The refineries will start production as soon as they have delivery of crude oil for refining,” he told AFP.

Find out how florist helped police catch suspected Charleston shooter

It started out as just another day for Debbie Dills, but that quickly changed. Debbie was running late Thursday morning on her way into work at Frady's Florist in Kings Mountain, N.C., but she was actually right on time...to help police catch the alleged Charleston church shooter.

Dills and her boss, Todd Frady (both pictured above), made the initial calls around 10:35 a.m. that led to the arrest of suspected shooter Dylann Roof in Shelby, according to local reports.

South African stowaway fell to his death from British airways jet as it approached Heathrow

According to a report by The Sun UK, a man believed to be South African fell to his death from a British Airways passenger jet as the plane approached Heathrow airport. The stowaway's body was found on an office block roof of a retail company along a busy road in Richmond, South West London.

Another man, also believed to be South African, survived the 8,000 mile, 11-hour flight from South Africa to London by holding on to the undercarriage of a British Airways Boeing 747. No one knows how the two men got there.

Four Nigerians jailed in New Zealand for Drug trafficking

Four Nigerians- Nnamdi Augustine Iwu 36, Hyacinth Ochibulu 44, David Obiaga 44 and Ugochukwu Okpara 27, were yesterday June 18th sentenced by a High court in New Zealand to 15 to 18 years jail terms after being found guilty of importing and possessing methamphetamine, a banned substance, in New Zealand.

The Nigerians and a New Zealander who was sentenced to 9 years in prison are said to be part of an international drug smuggling ring syndicate.

Checkout Oyo state gov's daughter, Jibola Ajimobi, huge engagement ring

Jibola, one of the beautiful daughters of Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, got engaged to her man Ayo on her birthday on June 14th. Check out the stunning engagement ring she got. Another pic after the cut...

Photos: U.S Ambassador visits Senate President

The US Ambassador to Nigeria, James F Entwistle visited President of the Senate. Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki today. More photos after the cut...

Police release photo of man suspected in killing 9 people at South Carolina church

The police have released a photo of the man suspected to have opened fire on people during a bible study class at the historic Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Caroline around 9 last night.

During a press conference just now, the police said the suspect entered the church around 8pm yesterday and had stayed for an hour before the attack. They suspect he even participated in the bible study group before turning on them. He killed 3 men and 6 women including a South Carolina State senator in what has been described as a hate crime.

There's now an intense manhunt for the man who escaped the scene after the shooting.

Meet the Kano lady who promised to buy car & house for any man who marries her

Pictured above is the young lady who went on a radio program in Kano and promised to buy a car & house for any man who marries her. Many young men besieged the Freedom radio station, wanting to meet her. According to an eye-witness, she did pick one of the guys but she was later taken away by the Kano state Hisbah Board -an islamic board set up to implement sharia law in the state.

Turns out she had been admitted in some mental institute for some months before now. See pics of the men who trooped to the radio station to marry her after the cut...

A 70 year old man has been arrested in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state after he killed his 60yr old wife with a machete. The man, Ita Daniel Okpo (pictured), from Mbiokporo village, attacked his wife, Alice Ita Daniel, with the machete while she was sleeping. The machete is now with the Police at the Force Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia.

Osun state replies Ben Murray Bruce - says he is mocking Nigerian workers

  Yesterday evening Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce offered to donate his wardrobe allowance to Osun state workers who have not been paid their salaries for months. Well, the government of Osun state didn't appreciate his 'kind' gesture and clapped back at him. They released a statement saying he is mocking Nigerian workers. Find the statement signed by the Director Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Osun state Governor below...

They were born male...see how stunning they are now as females!

Shauna Brooks and Sidney Star are two of the baddest transgender in the game. They have been linked to rappers and NBA players...and are reportedly currently working on their own reality show - The Real Transgenders of Hip Hop. More photos after the cut...

Photos: APC Governors call for federal bailout over salary crisis

APC Governors met last night to meet over the salary crisis in some states. At the meeting, the governors called on the Federal government to a setup a bailout plan for the states that have not been able to pay civil servants their salaries for many months. Spokesperson of governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state blamed bad economic policies of the past government for the current financial crisis facing state governments at the moment

Beninoise cooks poison family just two weeks into employment

A 34-year-old Beninoise man, Victor Hounkpe, who came into Nigeria to serve as a cook in Lagos, has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for drugging his employers just two weeks after he was employed. He did this because he wanted to steal from them.

According to a report by Vanguard, Victor connived with one David Amusu, the former cook of his employers, Omowunmi Fadojutimi and Mr. Nwogu Chinaka to drug them and bring armed robbers into their home to steal. God forbid evil people we bring around us!

Girl who was told to 'stop Googling' cancer that eventually killed her left heartbreaking messages begging doctors to take her seriously

19 year old Bronte Doyne begged doctors to take her seriously in a series of desperate messages written shortly before she died of a rare cancer that doctors told her she didn't have and should stop googling about. A frustrated Bronte said she was 'fed up of trusting' medics who refused to accept she was dying. She eventually died in March 2013, 16 months after she developed fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare form of liver cancer which only affects 200 people a year worldwide.

Photos: President Buhari meets with Atiku, APC chieftains in Abuja

President Buhari earlier yesterday met with former VP Atiku Abubakar & other APC members including the national chairman John Odigie-Oyegun. The reason for the meeting is unknown. More photos after the cut...

10 months after, 27 police officers missing in Gwoza “not dead” - IG

Twenty seven police officers who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists seized Gwoza in Borno State in August, 2014, may still be found after 10 months, as the Nigerian government believes they are not dead, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, said on Tuesday.

The police IG said the police have not been officially declared dead yet. He spoke on Tuesday this while responding to questions from journalists after inaugurating the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Police Property Development and Construction Company Ltd.

How Kashamu saved ex-President Obasanjo from food poisoning

This is a press statement. Read below...

Policemen from Zone 2 command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested two persons who allegedly posed as daughter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an intelligence officer respectively, to Senator Buruji Kashamu, with a plan to poison the former President. 

The suspects identified as Peter Uwakala and Victoria Alaegbu, it was gathered, were arrested following a complaint by Kashamu at Zone 2, last month.

The suspects, it was gathered, met with Kashamu at a hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, on May 8, 2015,where they allegedly called the former presidents unprintable names and offered to poison him. In response to the complaint lodged by Kashamu, the command reportedly swung into action and arrested the suspects.