Senator Isiaka Adeleke, a former governor of Osun State, dies of heart attack
A member of the Nigerian Senate, Isiaka Adeleke has died. The 3-term Senator currently representing Osun West Senatorial district, died today at Bikets Hospital in Osogbo, Osun state, after suffering a heart attack. He was 62 years. He was the first executive governor of the state.
A corps member serving in Ekiti state has landed a dream job after a chanced meeting with the governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Peter Fayose.
According to Bola Agboola, one of the governor's aide who narrated the incident as an eye witness, "Osamwonyi Bright Osas is a graduate of Political Science and Public Administration who is observing the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) programme at the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti.
Luck came his way as he encountered Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose when the came to Ikere Ekiti for on the spot assessment of the third phase ongoing Ado/Ikere road dualization on Thursday 20th April, 2017.
"Governor Fayose had finished the supervision and was on his way to his bus when Osas accosted him, "good afternoon Mr. Governor, I am a native of Edo, I relocated from Adamawa to Ekiti State because of my love for you, I follow everything you do religiously online, I love you so much and I pray God take you higher and higher.
"I graduated from UNIBEN with a first class in Political Science and Public Administration, one thing I pray thee Sir, please allow me snap with you Sir", Osas who was in NYSC outfit begged.
Without blinking an eyelid, the governor obliged and photographers did the needful. Immediately after this, the unusual happened, "go to the provost tomorrow, tell her I asked her to give you automatic employment", Mr. Fayose said.
According to Agboola, Osas who was overwhelmed by the governor's gesture went on his kneels in appreciation, thanking God and governor Fayose for the favour.
Speaking with newsmen after the encounter, Osas said "I am overwhelmed seeing the governor of Ekiti State today, he's an amiable leader and he is so down to service, when I was in school as an undergraduate I do read many of his speeches on what governance should be, on how to move Nigeria forward.
"I am in love with the fact that he's fearless, he discharges his duties without fear or favour, that is one of the qualities I cherish in him.
"I learnt from him that for you to rule successfully, you must appreciate the common man, he is a very good friend of the masses, seeing him come so close to the people inspires me, I was just coming from my CDS now and I saw him here, I was so happy and I said I must see him before he leaves and that was why I accosted him.
"I just thanked God for what happened now and I pray God bless him abundantly. He has just called the provost that I should be retained, that I should be given automatic employment, permanent employment, he called the provost and the provost said first thing on Monday I should come with my CV. I just want to appreciate governor Fayose," he said.
The Ekiti State Government on Monday announced that rapists and wife beaters now face life sentence.
The Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Information, Youth and Sports Development, Kola Ajumobi, said this at a public enlightenment forum in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
Ajumobi also announced an increase in the maternity leave period for women in its public service from 12 weeks to 16 weeks.
He said that the gesture was approved by the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, as part of his display of love and special regard for the womenfolk in the state.
He said it was also aimed at encouraging exclusive breastfeeding for newly born children in the first six months of birth.
It is also meant to promote good nutrition for both mothers and their newborn children, he said.
Ajumobi said that nursing mothers would, in addition to the four months, be granted two hours’ off duty everyday for a period of six months from the date they resumed from maternity leave.
According to him, the commitment of the Fayose-led administration to the reduction in mothers and children’s mortality and morbidity rate to the barest minimum remains sacrosanct.
Ajumobi said the crèche at the state secretariat had also been invigorated to boost bonding between mothers and their children during official working hours without undue hindrance to performance and efficiency at the workplace.
The permanent secretary lamented that lack of good nutrition; poverty, hunger as well as lack of access to economic and political empowerment had largely contributed to high maternal and child mortality.
He, however, noted that the present administration in the state would continue to roll out various palliative packages exclusively for women to empower and guard them from avoidable travails.
Ajumobi said such measures already in existence include the provision of N500m as revolving soft-loan to promote small and medium Enterprises driven by women.
Also, women farmers were being supported with various incentives, he said.
According to him, government has also encouraged women’s access to political power.
Harmful traditional practices to woman’s nutritional and sexual reproductive health, such as widowhood rites and inheritance had become criminal offences in the state, he said.
A Nigerian man who goes by the name of Kelechi Declan James has been declared wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in relation to a fraudulent e-mail scheme which cost the victims losses to the tune of 5 million USD.
Releasing a press release calling for anyone with useful information to contact them, the FBI said:
“FBI agents are looking for the public’s assistance in locating Kelechi Declan James. He has federal criminal charges against him from an investigation by FBI New York’s Cyber Crime Task Force. James is known to frequent the Brooklyn neighborhoods of East New York (Crescent Street and Loring Avenue; Vermont Street between Blake Avenue and Dumont Avenue), Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant (MacDougal and Hull Streets), Crown Heights (Park Place and Utica Avenue), Flatbush (E 29th and Avenue D), and East Flatbush (East 51st and Winthrop Street). The FBI is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest.
“James is 32 years old, 6’0″ tall, and approximately 175 pounds. He is a Nigerian national, has brown eyes and black hair, and may have a beard. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of James is urged to contact law enforcement immediately. The FBI can be reached 24 hours a day at (212) 384-1000. He is not considered to be violent in nature.
“As alleged in a complaint sworn out of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, James, along with four other co-conspirators, ran a business e-mail compromise scheme that resulted victim losses of more than $5 million for their victims.
“As part of scheme, James and his co-conspirators defrauded victims across the U.S. by tricking them into wiring money to bank accounts the victims believed were owned by family members, friends, or business associates. They did this in two ways: by overtaking an e-mail account of an individual trusted by the victim and then requesting money be wired to a bank account; or by developing a relationship of trust with victim like an Internet romance and then asking the victim to wire money. As soon as the money was wired, it would be moved from one account to another, and the funds would be withdrawn. James’s role in this scheme was to withdraw the money from bank accounts.”
Senator Dino Melaye escaped death by whiskers when gunmen invaded his house in the early hours of Saturday at Ayetoro-Gbede, Ijumu local government area of the state.
The assailants shot sporadically into the building about 12 am, reports said. After the rain of bullet that lasted over one hour, two of the vehicles parked within the premises were damaged, while part of the building was also destroyed.
Speaking, Senator Melaye said;
“I got a rousy welcome from Kabba to my home town yesterday (Friday) and I know it angered the power that be in the state which mobilised for this assassination attempt on my life.
At about midnight we started hearing gunshot. They fired more than 200 rounds of bullet into the house. This attempt to kill me will not stop me from speaking the truth. “If I speak the truth I will die, if I lie I will die. Me, I’ve decided to speak the truth and die. I’m not afraid of death.
I only respect men I don’t fear them. “This attempt is being championed by the chairman of my local government. He had said it many times that he will do everything to stop me from coming home. Beside, those assailants when leaving were chanting ‘We will know if it’s Taofiq that owns the land or you.
“I am championing an administrative course. I will continue to speak and be voice to the voiceless. I’m not deterred, I remain resolute to make Kogi better. Noting will stop me from coming home.”
However, the local government chairman, has debunked Dino’s claim and asked him to come forth with evidence if he has any.
Violet Brown is now the “Oldest living person in the world” after taking over the title from her fellow super-centenarian, Emma Morano who died at the age of 117 years and 137 days.
Violet is 117 years and 36 days, and a Jamaican, who was born just few miles from the birthplace of the fastest man on planet, Usain Bolt and she’d be the first ever verified super-centenarian from Jamaica and the oldest verified Jamaican person ever.
Mrs Brown was born on March 10, 1900.
Recognised by the Guinness Book of Records , Mrs Brown who still lives in the same house in where she was born told the Jamaica Observer in an interview last year: “I live by the grace of God and I am proud of my age!”
It also reported last May that her 96-year-old son, Harold Fairweather, is widely believed to be the oldest person with a living parent.
I congratulate our Christian brothers and sisters on the celebration of this year’s Easter.
I rejoice with you on this historic occasion signifying the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness, redemption over condemnation, and hope over despair.
The commemoration of this special season in Christianity, is always preceded by fasting, piety, humility, penance and prayers of intercession in the build up to the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, an event which reunited man with his Creator.
The message of Easter is filled with themes of love, faith, sacrifice, dedication, commitment, fulfilment of prophecy, hope, expectation and victory, as espoused in the Scriptures and the teachings and lifestyle of Jesus Christ.
As we celebrate yet another Easter, I urge all Nigerians to live peacefully with one another and do their utmost to make Nigeria a beautiful place to reside.
In the almost two years of this administration, we have worked hard to meet the expectations of Nigerians by improving security, especially in the North-East, sustaining the campaign against corruption and have taken steps to revitalize the economy.
We are determined as never before to continue with the fight against terrorism and insurgency; sustain the peace in the Niger Delta through engagements with stakeholders; and restore peace and stability in other parts of the country.
It is in our collective interest to live in peace because without peace, no meaningful and sustainable development can take place. Lack of peace in one part affects in one way or the other, all parts of the country. Our people must rediscover the values of peaceful co-existence, social justice, religious tolerance, dignity of labour and patriotism.
I enjoin all Nigerians to keep faith in the determination and ability of this administration to change the Nigerian story for the good of all.
I wish all Nigerians happy Easter celebrations.
THE senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye, on Saturday escaped assassination attempt on his life as unknown gunmen attacked his residence in Ayetoro-Gbede, Ijumu local government area of the state.
The assailants were said to have invaded the residence at about 12 am, shooting sporadically into the building.
After the rain of bullet that lasted over one hour, two of the vehicles parked within the premises were damaged, while part of the building was also destroyed.
Narrating his ordeal to newsmen, the senator said the assailants came in some minutes after 12 midnight and started shooting indiscriminately into his building.
He said the hoodlums shot at intervals with little break for more than one hour where two vehicles, a security van and caravan bus were destroyed.
The lawmaker however accused chairman of the local government, Taofiq Isa, of masterminding the attack because of his criticism of the state government.
“I got a rousy welcome from Kabba to my home town yesterday (Friday) and I know it angered the power that be in the state which mobilised for this assassination attempt on my life.
“At about midnight we started hearing gunshot. They fired more than 200 rounds of bullet into the house. This attempt to kill me will not stop me from speaking the truth.
“If I speak the truth I will die, if I lie I will die. Me, I’ve decided to speak the truth and die. I’m not afraid of death. I only respect men I don’t fear them.
“This attempt is being championed by the chairman of my local government. He had said it many times that he will do everything to stop me from coming home. Beside, those assailants when leaving were chanting ‘We will know if it’s Taofiq that owns the land or you.
“I am championing an administrative course. I will continue to speak and be voice to the voiceless. I’m not deterred, I remain resolute to make Kogi better. Noting will stop me from coming home.”
Melaye also said accused the Police division of Aiyetoro Gbede that allegedly failed to come to his house until three hours after the assailants had left despite being a stone thrown from his house.
A 500-level student of the Federal University of Akure (FUTA) was allegedly killed by a police officer during a peaceful protest with his kinsmen in his hometown.
The deceased, identified as Julius Adeniran was home for the holiday when he yesterday, joined the Igbara Odo youth in a peaceful protest.. The policemen who tried to disrupt the protest shot into the crowd to disperse them, but unfortunately the bullet hit the 500 level student of FUTA.
His friends shared the sad news on Facebook and wrote tributes to mourn the deceased. One of his friends, Olowolafe Mayowa Samuel, wrote:
“Good Friday turned a bad one here. Son of man fell and pool of tears was inevitably instigated today in my hometown.
My brother, late Ayilumo Julius was an indigene of Igbara Odo Ekiti, a 500level student of FUTA and a youth with a never giving up spirit. He loved me so much and he believed in the future of our hometown. He was shot and killed today by police officers while the officers were trying to halt a peaceful protest staged by Igbara Odo youths.
Bro.your sudden death makes me realise how ephemeral life is. May God have mercy on you and forgive you of your sins, RIP. I love you prince Jul.”
After Kemen was disqualified from the #bbnaija, Tunde Ednut came to Kemen’s defense and claimed the sponsors of the show are trying to rig the show for TBoss to win.
Tunde Ednut showed every ounce of hate for the light-skinned ex-housemate by going on different rants on his Instagram page.
Now, Christopher, TBoss’ brother shaded the hell out of the singer. Chris said Tunde is using his sister’s “fame” to kickstart his dying music career.
See how it played out below:
Gbenga Ogundele aka Benson Ogundele, 58, of Laurel, Maryland has been sentenced to 234 months in prison over conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars.
Ogundele’s wife Moji Popoola, aka Mojisola Oluwakemi Tin Popoola/Moji T. Popoola, 42, also of Laurel, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both sentences will be followed by three years of supervised release.
United States District Judge, Paul W. Grimm also convicted Ogundele of aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme.
Judge Grimm, had on March 20, 2017, sentenced Mojisola’s brother Babatunde Emmanuel Popoola, aka Emmanuel Popoola/Tunde Popoola, 34 to 12 years imprisonment on the same charges.
Ogundele and the Popoolas were convicted on November 18, 2016, after a 17-day trial.
Ogundele, Mojisola, and Emmanuel, were, in 2015, indicted by a federal grand jury alongside Mukhtar Danjuma Haruna, a/k/a “Mukhtar Haruna Danjuma” and “Mukky,” of Lagos, Nigeria; Victor Oyewumi Oloyede, 41, of Laurel; Olusegun Charles Ogunseye, aka “Charles O. Ogunseye,” 58, of Laurel; Adeyinka Olubunmi Awolaja, Jr., aka “Yinka O. Awolaja, Jr.,” 33, formerly of New Carrolltown, Maryland; Olusola Olla, 48, of Brown Summit, North Carolina; and Olufemi Wilfred Williams, aka “Wilfred Olufemi Williams” and “Femi Williams,” 26, of Owings Mills, Maryland.
The judge ordered Ogundele to forfeit $2,195,103.36, Mojisola Popoola to forfeit approximately $165,000 and to pay restitution of $34,100, and Emmanuel to pay restitution of $465,170.76.
According to the evidence presented during their trial, from January 2011 to May 18, 2015, members of the conspiracy searched online dating websites to initiate romantic relationships with elderly male and female individuals. They phoned, e-mailed, texted and used Internet chat messenger services to form romantic relationships with the victims, who lived in Maryland and around the country.
The members of the conspiracy were said to have used a number of false stories and promises to convince the victims to provide money to the conspirators, including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with overseas businesses and foreign taxes. The conspirators opened bank accounts in order to receive millions of dollars from the victims.
Numerous deposits from several victims into bank accounts controlled by the defendants, or checks received from the victims, ranging in individual amounts from $1,720 to $30,000 were also discovered.
Members of the conspiracy used false stories and promises to convince the victims to provide money to the conspirators, including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with overseas businesses and foreign taxes.
Oloyede, a co-conspirator was sentenced to 234 months in prison.
Awolaja, Ogunseye, and Williams pleaded guilty to the charges against them. Awolaja will be sentenced on June 12, 2017, Ogunseye, on July 25, 2017, and Williams, on July 27, 2017.
The most beautiful girl in a new rant on her Facebook has claimed one can never go far in life if you’re “Black”.
She says it’s normal to be born black, but when you’ve gotten to the age of 18, and you’ve not done something to lighten your skin, then you’d never be successful in life.
Lopex Morrissa Escandell, has urged her followers to bleach their skin, so they can get successful.
"If you were born black and still black at age 18, you will never go far in life. I was born black, as in charcoal black but look at me today lighter than Bob risky and successful. Be like me, be like Bob Risky."
The Minister of Transportation in the country, Rotimi Ameachi has through his spokesperson, David Iyofor, reacted to the reports connecting him to the sum of $50 million uncovered by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in an Ikoyi apartment.
Recall that the Transport Minister had been alleged to have been the owner of the sum which was discovered by the anti-graft agency.
A former Aviation Minister in the country, Femi Fani Kayode had also alleged that the Transport minister owned as much as $43 million of the recovered sum.
In reaction to the reports, the transport minister’s spokesperson took to his social media page on Twitter to deny his boss’ connection with the recovered money.
David’s tweet came in reply to tweets made by the spokesperson to the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, Lere Olayinka
Lere Olayinka had in his tweets alleged that Amaechi was trying to cover up his connections with the recovered loot.
Nigerian singer and former Plantashun Boiz member, Blackface, who has been feuding with his former band mate, 2Face, has blasted him over his latest song.
Former Plantashun Boiz member, Blackface has reacted to the latest song released by his former band mate and legendary R&B singer, 2Face Idibia titled "Holy Holy" and lambasted the singer for allegedly dissing him in the track.
Here's his lenghty Instagram rant;
Davido got signed to Sony Music Entertainment in January 2016, and has endured a fractious relationship with the major label due to creative control issues.
The relationship provided the lukewarm “Son Of Mercy” EP and a collaboration with Tinashe on ‘How long’.
But the singer was unhappy, and has renegotiated his contract to enable him create his music the way he wants to.
“First of all, I didn’t even want to take the deal because I didn’t need it. I was doing tours all over Africa with 50,000 to 80,000, people so it was like why am I signing the deal?” He told Guardian
“They tried to fix me up with a producer and I decided to come home, but I’m still signed to them, it’s going good. They have realized how much potential is here because even when I am all over the world it is my African songs that even the oyibo people f*** with.”
Davido’s collaboration with Tinashe produced the song “How long’. The record was a tropical House production, which had the singer alter his style to blend with the US singer. A video for the song was shot in Malibu, California. But Davido was unhappy with it
The collaboration was as a result of the Sony deal. Don’t get me wrong, Tinashe is a talented artist but it wasn’t my style. My style is just the Nigerian style like I said before, I can’t sing American music pass Chris Brown and Chris Brown cannot come and sing Nigerian music pass me.” He says.
Davido’s new deal with Sony gave him creative control, which he has flexed to provide good results. His first single of 2016, ‘If’, has become a mega hit on the continent. The song produced by Tekno is currently leading every African chart and playlist. It has also shown crossover potential.
Davido believes that it is proof of how creative freedom provides the best results for musicians in Africa.
“I had to look at what I had, which was a whole continent. That is what all of those guys in America want. When you’re over there all of them want to be here. We need to just know what we are worth.”
Davido’s plan for his career is to be a legend and put other artists on. Then he can pivot his business to other fields.
“My goal would be to keep doing what I am doing and get to that legend status. I want to bring up other artists like Mayorkun, who dropped his single Sade.”
“I am 24 now, I cannot be doing music when I’m 30, I’ll probably drop two albums after this but I want to be done by the time I’m 29 or 30. I want to have a big media house and go into other things like filming. I know eight presidents personally so you can imagine what I can do, like youth empowerment.”
The beautiful songstress and mother of two, Omawumi, has taken to her page to share some powerful words as she marks her 35th birthday..
The “If You Ask me” crooner wrote on her instagram page:
I have been through a lot in the past few years and my testimony has been mostly of good... Well when God said ' all things work TOGETHER for good', most people forget that 'together' is made up of good and bad and sometimes horrible. Thank God I realized it not too late in life. When I look back in my life, where I came from, the woman I've grown up to be, all I say is God IS Good. I am not comparing myself to anyone and counting my blessings whilst comparing it to anyone's misfortune because I've come to realize that Life happens to anyone and everyone.
I am just in a place of extreme and complete Thanksgiving. Thank God, Thank My Family(Mothers, Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, Relatives) for nurturing me and guiding my steps, Thank you My Husband for loving me through it all, Thanks to my Children that bring my joy every waking day, Thank My Friends for being patient with me and accepting me with all my flaws, Thank you my fans and lovers of my music for shaping and celebrating my craft.
As I add another year in my life, my prayer is for you all, not me, because God has used you to bless me. May The Almighty God bless you all, May we all live long to encourage, build, bless each other In Jesus Name. AMEN #birthdaygirl #omawumi #omawanderings #timeless #omawonder
The Vice President, Gemini Osibajo, has been conferred with the title of Jagaban of Adamwa.
The Lamido Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa, on Thursday conferred the honourary title on the Vice President on Thursday.
Osinbajo accepted the title, Jagaban Adamawa, meaning front-runner of Adamawa.
This was disclosed in a tweet by the media aide to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, on his social media handle.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confiscated 317 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each, concealed in a truck purported to be transporting animal skin.
The discovery was made on Sunday, April 9, by customs officers attached to the federal operations Unit zone A Ikeja Lagos led by OC monitoring Team B Idiroko Axis, DSC Ogundeyi, along Atan-Ota, Idiroko – Expressway.
According to a statement by the service, the goods were neatly concealed to deceive the public that the truck was only carrying animal skin.
Various celebrities have lined up to express their interest in working with her once she gets back to Nigeria. Some of them include Kemi Adetiba who directed the highest grossing Nigerian movie of all time Wedding Party and Pheelz, Olamide’s producer responsible for countless hit songs.
Let’s not forget that Bisola also won the One Campaign challenge in the house and her prize involves her travelling to the U.S.A where she will speak on issues affecting the girl child at the United Nations.
See the list of celebs who may want to work with her below:
Kemi Olunloyo has been granted 1million naira bail.
The “snitch” lady as she is popularly called, who was arrested in Ibadan and remanded in Port Harcourt prison for the past one month was on Tuesday granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt.
She is facing charges over material published online in which it was alleged Port Harcourt-based cleric, Pastor Ibiyemi was having an adulterous relationship with actress,Iyabo Ojo.
The Lagos state police command have arrested one Blessing Paul, a maid for allegedly stealing her boss’ $10,000 in Gbagada and changed it to Naira at the rate of N86 per usd.
Blessing was was alleged to have forcibly opened the boss’ room with a knife and collected the money while the woman was at work.
It was gathered that the maid, who had been stealing money and other valuables from her victim’s home, handed over the foreign currencies to the house guard identified as Daniel.
The guard, it was gathered, handed the money to a security man at another residence in Gbagada, who in turn took it to a Bureau De Change (BDC) operator for the Naira equivalent.
But the operator was said to have told policemen he received only about $5,000 from Amos. Instead of giving them N360/USD, the BDC operator gave the suspects at N86 per dollar, thereby shortchanging the alleged thieves of more than N2m.
According to the command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), the woman they stole from was one Mrs. Tokunbo.
He said the maid confessed that the woman has been very kind to her, adding that she usually bought clothes and gift items for her to take to her family in Benue State.
Cole said that the BDC operator gave the suspects N870, 000 as equivalent for $5,000. He said: “We also found N400, 000 in the maid’s bank account.
Investigation revealed that money and valuables have been missing in the house, but the woman didn’t suspect until the theft of foreign currency last week.”
A skeleton found in a bush in Dedham, Boston, USA has been identified as the remains of a Nigerian woman, Susan Anyanwu-Corbin who went missing in February 2016.
Punch reports that Susan was 22 years old when she went missing.
NAIJ.com gathered that the police were able to identify the remains after some of the deceased’s personal effects were released to the public for identification.
Investigators said they are now looking into how she disappeared and are asking people who may have seen her during that time to help them piece together what happened to her.
Source: NAIJ.com
The Guardian reports that Okorocha made the confirmation in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Monday, April 10.
According to the report, Okorocha feels he is much better as Nigeria’s president than as governor of a state in the southeast region of the country.
Okorocha told journalists in Owerri that although he has made up his mind about running for Nigeria’s number one job, he would not run against incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari should he choose to run again in the 2019 presidential poll.
He said he would run for the position after President Buhari’s tenure ends.
He said: ”Governor does not fit me. What fits me is president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I will not contest against Buhari.”
Caitlyn Jenner has finally undergone genital surgery to complete her transition from male to female, according to RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.
In a new memoir, The Secrets of My Life, the reality star claims she had the “Final Surgery” in January 2017, nearly two years after she publicly announced her identity as a trans woman.
“The surgery was a success, and I feel not only wonderful but liberated,” she writes in the new memoir, out April 25.
She added, “I am telling you because I believe in candour. “So all of you can stop staring. You want to know, so now you know. Which is why this is the first time, and the last time, I will ever speak of it.”
Earlier in the book, Jenner, who said it was a “complex decision” stated that she will still consider further surgery as she wants to have “all the right parts.”
“So why even consider it? Because it’s just a penis. It has no special gifts or use for me other than what I have said before, the ability to take a whiz in the woods,
“I just want to have all the right parts. I am also tired of tucking the damn thing in all the time.”
On March 15, 2015, Jenner revealed that she underwent breast augmentation and facial feminisation surgery in order to become Caitlyn.
“I am going to live authentically for the first time in my life.
“I am going to have an enthusiasm for life that I have not had in 39 years since the Olympics, almost two-thirds of my life.”
EFCC has announced that they have recovered the sum of N250million at a bureau de change located inside the popular Balogun market.
This is coming Barely 4 days after its discovery of a huge some of money at a supermarket in Lagos.
The anti-graft agency on Monday recovered €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500 from the BDC operator, a conversion of the recovered sums is expected to yield N250 million.
The EFCC said on its official Facebook page that the recovery followed information that about N250m cash was being moved somewhere in the market for conversion into foreign currency.
It said following a tip-off from a whistle-blower, some EFCC operatives were mobilized to the scene and met the money in the BDC office where a significant part had already had been converted into euros and pounds.
portion of the statement read:
“The BDC Operators Found In Possession Of The Monies Claimed They Were Acting On Behalf Of Their Boss Who Sent The Money To Them From One Of The Northern States In Nigeria.
“The Converted Monies Were €547,730 And £21,090 As Well As N5,648,500 Which Was To Be Converted, But For The Intervention Of The EFCC Operatives.
“Two Persons Were Apprehended And They Are Helping The Commission In Its Investigation.”
Meanwhile, Punch reports that sources within the EFCC have said that no one has claimed ownership of the N489m seized last week even as investigations continue.
The anti-graft agency has made cash recoveries at different places in recent months, often acting on tips supplied by whistleblowers seeking to take advantage of the federal government’s whistleblowers policy that guarantees reward for helpful information.
Big Brother Naija Winner, Efe and the First Runner Up, Bisola arrived Nigeria from South Africa yesterday and they were welcomed by multitude of fans waiting at the Airport to “devour” them. Lol.
They were guarded by Securities of course. We got some not so clear pictures and video. Check on them below:
This is the Life of a Celebrity! Lol. Enjoy Efe! Enjoy Bisola!
Watch video on our instagram page @orezoeblogspot_
Another member of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC in Enugu State has died after drowning at a hotel swimming pool.
The yet to be identified female corps member allegedly drowned on Saturday, April 8 at a hotel swimming pool at Ugwuoba community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Tthe Enugu State Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Ebere Amaraizu, (SP), who confirmed this in a statement on made available on Sunday, disclosed that the Command had arrested two persons in connection with the incident.
According to Amaraizu, “a group of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members had gone to a hotel at Ugwuoba in Enugu State identified as Hotel De Oranzi Resort, Agungwu Ugwuoba for swimming. “In the ensuing swimming rendezvous amongst the celebrating corps members, one of them whose name is yet to be established allegedly got drowned.
“She was later rescued and rushed to General Hospital, Amaku in Awka, Anambra State, (since Oji River Local Government Area shares boundary with Awka) for medical attention but was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.”
A fashion designer, Bose Oguntoye, on Friday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court, Lagos, to end her five-year-old marriage, citing her husband’s fetish practices and threats to her life.
“My husband is too money conscious and is desperate to make money at all costs.
“I live in fear of the unknown because of all kinds of charms l see with him.
“He also beats me up at any slightest opportunity, especially when he is not in a good mood, he visits his anger on me,’’ she told the court.
Testifying before Mr Phillips Williams, the court President, she said there was no love lost between them again.
“Sometime in April 2015, when l became pregnant with our second child, my husband placed a charm on me and l became sick and eventually ran mad.’’
He took me to somewhere in Matogun, Ikorodu under the pretext of curing me and l was being fed with all sorts of assorted charms.
The petitioner said that she is still alive today due to the intervention of her family members who came to take her away, when her health was deteriorating.
“I was taken to Ikare in Ondo State where l spent five months, before l became hale and hearty again.’’
Bose alleged that when she came back to her matrimonial home, her husband did not relent in his fetish ways.
“He took me to a muslim cleric who gave me a substance and told me not to get close to my husband for sometime.
“On getting home, my husband told me to move to my parent’s house, which l refused. This led to a series of misunderstandings between us.’’
According to the petitioner, the respondent became confrontational with her.
“He told me that he wants to be rich this year under any circumstances. l must build houses and buy cars’’ to which l replied “there is no problem with that, as long as you don’t use me for money rituals.’’ Bose told the court that the respondent used force to collect her two children from her, under the guise of being a police officer.
“They made me write a statement under duress, to release my children and they took them away from me, claiming that l was mentally unstable.’’
“I had to run for my dear life when l realised he was making serious efforts to use me for money rituals.
The respondent, Adewale Oguntoye, an indigene of Ondo State, resident at No. 4, Oluyomi Olusesi St., Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, however, denied the allegations, but was ready for the dissolution of the marriage.
According to the father of two, there has been a frosty relationship between him and his wife since she came up with the idea of going to another church.
Adewale, a resident of No. 4, Oluyomi Olusesi St., Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, claimed that the petitioner had been keeping late nights and would not disclose her whereabouts.
“She started misbehaving, keeping all sorts of friends and became disrespectful to me.’’
Adewale said he suspected his wife was dating the pastor of the church she started attending, even after he vehemently disagreed and warned her not to continue, she remained adamant.
He alleged that the pastor took the petitioner out on Valentine’s Day and bought her different gifts.
The respondent described his wife as an adulterer.
On the allegation of trying to use his wife for money rituals, the respondent denied, but the petitioner remained adamant.
NAN reports that the court’s president later invited the estranged couple to his chambers for a possible resolution of the crisis.
He then adjourned the case until April 20, for hearing.A fashion designer, Bose Oguntoye, on Friday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court, Lagos, to end her five-year-old marriage, citing her husband’s fetish practices and threats to her life.
“My husband is too money conscious and is desperate to make money at all costs.
“I live in fear of the unknown because of all kinds of charms l see with him.
“He also beats me up at any slightest opportunity, especially when he is not in a good mood, he visits his anger on me,’’ she told the court.
Testifying before Mr Phillips Williams, the court President, she said there was no love lost between them again.
“Sometime in April 2015, when l became pregnant with our second child, my husband placed a charm on me and l became sick and eventually ran mad.’’
He took me to somewhere in Matogun, Ikorodu under the pretext of curing me and l was being fed with all sorts of assorted charms.
The petitioner said that she is still alive today due to the intervention of her family members who came to take her away, when her health was deteriorating.
“I was taken to Ikare in Ondo State where l spent five months, before l became hale and hearty again.’’
Bose alleged that when she came back to her matrimonial home, her husband did not relent in his fetish ways.
“He took me to a muslim cleric who gave me a substance and told me not to get close to my husband for sometime.
“On getting home, my husband told me to move to my parent’s house, which l refused. This led to a series of misunderstandings between us.’’
According to the petitioner, the respondent became confrontational with her.
“He told me that he wants to be rich this year under any circumstances. l must build houses and buy cars’’ to which l replied “there is no problem with that, as long as you don’t use me for money rituals.’’
Bose told the court that the respondent used force to collect her two children from her, under the guise of being a police officer.
“They made me write a statement under duress, to release my children and they took them away from me, claiming that l was mentally unstable.’’
“I had to run for my dear life when l realised he was making serious efforts to use me for money rituals.
The respondent, Adewale Oguntoye, an indigene of Ondo State, resident at No. 4, Oluyomi Olusesi St., Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, however, denied the allegations, but was ready for the dissolution of the marriage.
According to the father of two, there has been a frosty relationship between him and his wife since she came up with the idea of going to another church.
Adewale, a resident of No. 4, Oluyomi Olusesi St., Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, claimed that the petitioner had been keeping late nights and would not disclose her whereabouts.
“She started misbehaving, keeping all sorts of friends and became disrespectful to me.’’
Adewale said he suspected his wife was dating the pastor of the church she started attending, even after he vehemently disagreed and warned her not to continue, she remained adamant.
He alleged that the pastor took the petitioner out on Valentine’s Day and bought her different gifts.
The respondent described his wife as an adulterer.
On the allegation of trying to use his wife for money rituals, the respondent denied, but the petitioner remained adamant.
NAN reports that the court’s president later invited the estranged couple to his chambers for a possible resolution of the crisis.
He then adjourned the case until April 20, for hearing.
The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation’s security forces, according to US officials.
Congress is expected to receive formal notification within weeks, setting in motion a deal with Nigeria that the Obama administration had planned to approve at the very end of Barack Obama’s presidency.
The arrangement will call for Nigeria to purchase up to 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft with sophisticated targeting gear for nearly $600 million, one of the officials said.
The officials were not authorized to discuss the terms of the sale publicly and requested anonymity to speak about internal diplomatic conversations.
Though President Donald Trump has made clear his intention to approve the sale of the aircraft, the National Security Council is still working on the issue.
Military sales to several other countries are also expected to be approved but are caught up in an ongoing White House review.
Nigeria has been trying to buy the aircraft since 2015.
The Nigerian air force has been accused of bombing civilian targets at least three times in recent years.
In the worst incident, a fighter jet on January 17 repeatedly bombed a camp at Rann, near the border with Cameroon, where civilians had fled from Boko Haram.
Between 100 and 236 civilians and aid workers were killed, according to official and community leaders’ counts.
That bombing occurred on the same day the Obama administration intended to officially notify Congress the sale would go forward. Instead, it was abruptly put on hold, according to an individual who worked on the issue during Obama’s presidency. Days later, Trump was inaugurated.
Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee, said this past week that he supported the A-29 deal to Nigeria as well as the sale of US-made fighter jets to Bahrain that had been stripped of human rights caveats imposed by the Obama administration.
Under Obama, the US said Bahrain failed to make promised political and human rights reforms after its Sunni-ruled government crushed Arab Spring protests five years ago.
“We need to deal with human rights issues, but not on weapons sales,” Corker said.
The State Department said in a 2016 report that the Nigerian government has taken “few steps to investigate or prosecute officials who committed violations, whether in the security forces or elsewhere in the government, and impunity remained widespread at all levels of government.”
Amnesty International has accused Nigeria’s military of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the extrajudicial killings of an estimated 8 000 Boko Haram suspects.
President Muhammadu Buhari promised to investigate the alleged abuses after he won office in March 2015, but no soldier has been prosecuted and thousands of people remain in illegal military detention. Nigeria’s military has denied the allegations.
The A-29 sale would improve the US relationship with Nigeria, Africa’s largest consumer market of 170 million people, the continent’s biggest economy and its second-largest oil producer.
Nigeria also is strategically located on the edge of the Sahel, the largely lawless semi-desert region bridging north and sub-Saharan Africa where experts warn Islamic extremists like the Nigeria-based Boko Haram may expand their reach.
The aircraft deal also would satisfy Trump’s priorities to support nations fighting Islamic uprisings, boost US manufacturing and create high-wage jobs at home.
The A-29 aircraft, which allow pilots to pinpoint targets at night, are assembled in Jacksonville, Florida.
“It’s hard to argue that any country in Africa is more important than Nigeria for the geopolitical and other strategic interests of the US,” said J. Peter Pham, vice president of the Atlantic Council in Washington and head of its Africa Center.
Once Congress is officially notified of the sale, lawmakers who want to derail it have 30 days to pass veto-proof legislation. That’s a high hurdle given Corker’s support. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., chairperson of the Armed Services Committee, also said he backs the sale.
“We’ve really got to try to do what we can to contain them,” McCain said of Boko Haram.
In Trump’s first phone call with Buhari in February, he “assured the Nigerian president of US readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military weapons to combat terrorism,” according to Buhari’s office.
A February 15 White House statement that provided a summary of the call said “President Trump expressed support for the sale of aircraft from the United States to support Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram.”
Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said in mid-February he was “leery” of the sale because of the Nigerian military’s impunity. Cardin said this week he’s not trying to block the deal.
“Ultimately we hope that the sale goes forward,” he said. “But there is progress that needs to be made in protecting the civilian population.”
The former couple were spotted at a kid's birthday party in L.A., but based on Snapchat footage that has since been deleted, it doesn't look like they interacted too much. RiRi and Drake briefly reunited last July, partying nonstop and putting their love on display wherever they went. They even got matching tattoos together, but it wasn't enough to keep their love going. Rih and Drake ended their relationship in August.
"Rihanna and Drake are seeing other people at the moment," a source told E! News at the time. "They are not exclusive anymore. They still love each other, but their schedules have gotten in the way."
Like any on-again, off-again couple, our source said RiRi and Drake could reunite at any time. "Anything can change between them though, for better or worse," the source added. "They are still in each other's lives."
After they called it quits, Drake was spotted with India Love and ultimately with Jennifer Lopez, but he and the "Ain't Your Mama" songstress cooled off in February because of their packed schedules; Drake continued on his world tour while J.Lo resumed her Las Vegas residency and filming Shades of Blue. Although a source said they were still "in each other's lives" after splitting, it was clear they fizzled for good once Lopez got hot and heavy with Alex Rodriguez.
But did RiRi move on with anyone since Drake? If so, she didn't do it publicly. Instead, the "Work" songstress focused on her career and even received Harvard University's Humanitarian of the Year award. She also appeared in the series Bates Motel.
We have to wonder if either had "love on the brain" when they saw each other.
Source: E!news
Cossy Ojiakor reacts after Kemi Olunloyo sent out a thank you note to her from Port Harcourt prisons.
In the note, Ms Olunloyo mentions she is 'really suffering in prison' following her arrest by Pastor David Ibiyeomie for publishing a letter from church member, accusing him of adultery.
In response Cossy Ojaikor has warned a certain famous Nigerian pastor to release Kemi or be exposed..Read what she wrote below
To whom it may concern..... this really got me....i have never met this annoying lady😂😁... Never spoke to her on phone . But here she is thanking me for absolutely doing nothing😑........ Am seriously moved..i wish I can perfect her bail... But why will I have to stress myself when I know you will do it... ..my case is similar but different to hers ... I can identify with her in this case .......just because I know things most people don't know.. . 😴
Things they won't believe...... Mr? You are a famous Nigerian Pastor....
It's almost Easter... And if this lady remain in prison this Easter I will boldly post my statement of account.... Where your name showed... Thanks for the tithe money u sent to me... Besides your not the first man of god to give me such offerings.. .. I don't run an NGo...like the rest of your girls...am a big sinner.. So you obviously were not paying for my repentance.....HELP? Don't even say that... Because am a middle class lady and am 100% better than some of your church members..those are the ones that need help.. Anyway. .
You did not buy the SUV as you promised, for all the pimping I did for you.. .
So I don't have any obligation to keep your name secret anymore.... Release hnn....#freemadamkoo @hnnafrica ..please.....hopefully she will trend with care in her future stories..... Besides... My buddy have this account password and will continue where I stop. If harm come to me.... And if madam koo is freed I will never mention your name. Ever again....I SWEAR .... .. Even in my little gossips .. I will forever keep calm. ... Thou my book will still come out. But it will focus less on you.. Thanks in anticipation. Your ex_pimp... Cossy
More than a decade after she won the Miss World beauty pageant, Agbani Darego, the former Miss World has tied the knot..
The beauty queen took to her Instagram to share a photo from her wedding to an unnamed partner. The secret wedding is also rumoured to have taken place at the Amanjena Luxury Resort in the city of Marrakech in Morocco.
Guests at a wedding in Ondo state were thrown into confusion as the bride of the day failed to show up for her wedding over the weekend.
Reasons for the bride’s action is presently unknown, but it was gathered that the development caused confusion in both families as all efforts to know the whereabouts of Taiwo by the groom’s family proved abortive.
A family source said the couple began the marriage rites in December 2016 at the residence of bride’s parent with a traditional introduction ceremony.
The church wedding was however, fixed for Saturday, April 8, 2017.
He added that there was no premonition that the final part of the wedding would not hold.
A friend of the groom, who did not want his name in the print, explained that all arrangements had been concluded and the church service was to be held at a Celestial Church of Christ in the ancient town but every one was surprised with the alleged disappearance of the bride.
He said; “All was well with the groom and the bride until Saturday morning when Taiwo failed to turn up for the occasion and since then she has remained incommunicado.”
Another source narrated that the mother of the bride slumped when the news of her daughter’s disappearance was broken to her. She was said to have been rushed to the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Ondo.
YBNL boss, Olamide, has revealed his plans for BBNaija’s Efe.
Olamide, who is solely responsible for creating music stars like Adekunle Gold and Lil Kesh, has openly declared his readiness to support Efe on his musical journey once he’s back to Nigeria.
“On my honor I promise to do my best to support efe when he’s out” he tweeted
Read the tweets below:
Even the Presidency couldn’t resist but to tap into Efe’s Based on Logistics blessing. After Efe’slandslide win yesterday at the Big Brother Naija Grand Finale, the Presidency via Garba Shehy used the slang in a tweet.
The president’s spokesperson on new media, Mr Garba Shehu, shared the tweet that reads “Based on Logistics, PMB is committed to delivering on the 3 key areas that he promised (Tackling Corruption, fixing the Economy & Security).”
It has also been revealed that over 15 million people voted for EFE to win the Show
