Culled from (Reuters) - Miami officials said on Friday reports of an arrest
warrant issued for R&B singer Chris Brown are inaccurate, although
the singer is still a suspect in the alleged theft of a mobile phone
earlier this week.
Brown, 22, who won a Grammy award earlier this month, is midway
through a five-year probation after pleading guilty to criminal assault
for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. If arrested again, Brown
risks being jailed for probation violation.
In a report filed with Miami Beach Police Department on Sunday,
24-year-old Christal Spann, a resident of Miami, named Brown as a
suspect in a "robbery by sudden snatching."
The report cites Spann's claim that Brown, who was in a black Bentley
automobile, reached through an open window and snatched Spann's iPhone
out of her hand as she tried to snap a picture of him, saying "you ain't
going to put that on no website," before driving off with the phone.
The incident is still under investigation by the Miami Beach police,
and a spokeswoman at the Miami-Dade County state attorney's office said
on Friday that reports of an arrest warrant issued for Brown were
inaccurate at this time.
Representatives for Brown did not immediately return calls for comment.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Jonathan Congratulates Former President Shehu Shagari At 87
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has
congratulated former President Shehu Shagari on his attainment of the
age of 87. President Jonathan describes the former president as ‘an
elder statesman who has continued to make his wisdom and vast experience
available to the nation’,adding that Nigeria has benefitted immensely
from his selfless contributions.
He said President Shagari’s exemplary support for peace and national development is commendable and worthy of emulation by all well-meaning citizens. The President prays for continued good health and long life for President Shagari.
–
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
See publicity for Presido side
He said President Shagari’s exemplary support for peace and national development is commendable and worthy of emulation by all well-meaning citizens. The President prays for continued good health and long life for President Shagari.
–
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
See publicity for Presido side
Oil Producing States Reject North’s Demand For More Revenue
The need to seek for a review of the revenue formula and increased
federal allocation accruing to 19 Northern states in Nigeria, may have
provoked governors and stakeholders in the country’s oil-producing
states as they query the justification behind
the hurried demand by Northern governors, Huhuonline.comcan disclose.
The angst, according to findings, is due to recent calls by Northern governor, through the Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, calling for an urgent review of the revenue formula which “reflects current realities.”
The South-South governors have argued that revenues accruing to each state should be justified by the resources available in such state, adding that the demand by Northern governors is insensitive, considering the decades of marginalisation and environmental degradation suffered by the South-South oil and gas wealthy states.
Other stakeholders in the South-South geo-political zone and activists in the vexed Niger Delta region have also reasoned that the North should not seek for expanded federal government allocation based on revenues accruing from oil located in other regions but should instead seek ways of generating revenues to run their states as exemplified in the defunct era of the groundnut pyramids, which derivations were used to fund only the North.
Governor Aliyu had criticized the rationalehis Northern Niger state receiving between N4.2bn and N4.5bn monthly allocation from the federation accounts whereas some other states in the Niger Delta region received 20 times the amount, saying that “The revenue allocation formula should be looked at. We are hoping that within 2012, there would be discussions and review of the allocation formula. It will not serve everybody well if certain parts of the country are not doing well while some parts are doing exceptionally well. So, the pressure will continue until we are able to find a solution.”
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, had also decried the low allocation to Northern states from the Federation Account, attributing the uneven distribution of the country’s wealth to the upsurge of violence in the North, particularly that of the Islamic Boko Haram terrorist group.
But piqued by these outcries, some governors and major stakeholders from the oil and gas rich states of the South-South zone and Niger Delta region, have described the comments was unfair and lacked appreciation of the fact that the oil-producing states were, the “goose that lay the golden egg.”
The Rivers state government, through the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said “It is unfortunate that this is coming from a governor I respect. Knowing the environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, the thought of getting equal allocation of funds is unnecessary.
“Every state has its own resources. We also have states that are doing well in agriculture but the proceeds from such resources are not shared among states.
“The funds that are shared among the states of the federation come from the oil bearing states. The level of magnanimity from the Niger Delta should be saluted and not the call for sharing the proceeds from the oil-bearing states equally.” Her Akwa-Ibom State counterpart, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, said, “The demand by the northern governors is improper. When they were receiving 50 per cent for groundnut, they did not share it with anybody.
“Now that 13 per cent oil derivation is paid to the South-South and other oil producing states in the country, they want the money to be shared with them.”
“Don’t they know about environmental degradation? Don’t they think that people live along the coastline and that they are affected by oil spills and other environmental degradation through the activities of oil companies?
“What have they suffered to justify their demand that they equally get 13 per cent of oil revenue? It is uncalled for.”
In Abia State, Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Theodore Orji said, “I don’t think it is fair for anybody to complain about what Niger Delta states get as monthly allocation because these are the states that suffer environmental degradation. It will not be fair for anybody to say that the funds from crude oil should be shared equally between the oil-producing and non-oil producing states.
“What we are getting in Abia as a Niger Delta state is not enough and we are calling for an upward review of our monthly allocation. Abia is serious about developing the state and as an oil-bearing state; we need more funds to achieve all these.
Also in Ondo State, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade said, “We should not forget the fact that states that are currently enjoying the derivation fund had experienced serious environmental degradation and untold neglect by successive governments in the past despite the fact that they were ‘laying the golden eggs.’
“The bulk of the money being used to develop the country is coming from the natural resources being derived from the oil producing states but they remain the least developed in terms of provision of infrastructural facilities. “The condition of most residents of the oil producing communities is appalling. Many of them do not have access to drinkable water, decent accommodation, good roads, functional public schools and qualitative health care, among others.”
In the same vein, stakeholder and Niger Delta activist, Annkio Briggs, queried that “I want him to know that it is unfair that there are 36 states in Nigeria and only nine states are actually contributing something; and people who are not contributing anything at all are now talking about injustice”, while former President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Kimse Okoko and its present National Secretary, Mr. Robinson Esitei, described the clamour as grossly ‘insensitive.’
They claim that such clamour would further strengthen the call for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) and need to amend the 1999 Constitution in favour of true federalism in the country. “They are trying to make a case on the basis of their own interest. We have our own interest and we will protect it. They don’t experience the kind of severe pollution that the people of our states experience in this country.
“It is not fair that we should bear the environmental destruction caused by oil spills in the littoral states and at the same time share with those people who have absolutely not been affected by any oil pollution. We will just ignore those kinds of statements.
“This cannot be the position of Nigeria now, if the country is to move forward. In fact, we are proposing in the present constitutional amendment that Nigeria should revert back to the regional arrangement where each region would control its resources and pay tax to the centre.
“We are in essence saying that the present formula is disadvantageous to the Niger Delta people who are suffering degradation and other hazards that go with oil exploitation.”
Huhuonline.com investigations have proved that the current revenue allocation formula is 52.68 for the Federal Government; 26.72 per cent for states; and 20.6 per cent for council areas, while 13 per cent is given to the oil-producing states as derivation from proceeds accruing from sale of oil.
The 13 per cent derivation was introduced in 1999 as part of measures aimed at redressing the long-time grievances of oil-producing states.
Meanwhile, certified figures from the government stable has also shown that Rivers State received N1.053tn between 1999 and 2008 from the federal allocation while two states in North-East Nigeria, Yobe and Borno received N388bn within the same period
the hurried demand by Northern governors, Huhuonline.comcan disclose.
The angst, according to findings, is due to recent calls by Northern governor, through the Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, calling for an urgent review of the revenue formula which “reflects current realities.”
The South-South governors have argued that revenues accruing to each state should be justified by the resources available in such state, adding that the demand by Northern governors is insensitive, considering the decades of marginalisation and environmental degradation suffered by the South-South oil and gas wealthy states.
Other stakeholders in the South-South geo-political zone and activists in the vexed Niger Delta region have also reasoned that the North should not seek for expanded federal government allocation based on revenues accruing from oil located in other regions but should instead seek ways of generating revenues to run their states as exemplified in the defunct era of the groundnut pyramids, which derivations were used to fund only the North.
Governor Aliyu had criticized the rationalehis Northern Niger state receiving between N4.2bn and N4.5bn monthly allocation from the federation accounts whereas some other states in the Niger Delta region received 20 times the amount, saying that “The revenue allocation formula should be looked at. We are hoping that within 2012, there would be discussions and review of the allocation formula. It will not serve everybody well if certain parts of the country are not doing well while some parts are doing exceptionally well. So, the pressure will continue until we are able to find a solution.”
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, had also decried the low allocation to Northern states from the Federation Account, attributing the uneven distribution of the country’s wealth to the upsurge of violence in the North, particularly that of the Islamic Boko Haram terrorist group.
But piqued by these outcries, some governors and major stakeholders from the oil and gas rich states of the South-South zone and Niger Delta region, have described the comments was unfair and lacked appreciation of the fact that the oil-producing states were, the “goose that lay the golden egg.”
The Rivers state government, through the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said “It is unfortunate that this is coming from a governor I respect. Knowing the environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, the thought of getting equal allocation of funds is unnecessary.
“Every state has its own resources. We also have states that are doing well in agriculture but the proceeds from such resources are not shared among states.
“The funds that are shared among the states of the federation come from the oil bearing states. The level of magnanimity from the Niger Delta should be saluted and not the call for sharing the proceeds from the oil-bearing states equally.” Her Akwa-Ibom State counterpart, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, said, “The demand by the northern governors is improper. When they were receiving 50 per cent for groundnut, they did not share it with anybody.
“Now that 13 per cent oil derivation is paid to the South-South and other oil producing states in the country, they want the money to be shared with them.”
“Don’t they know about environmental degradation? Don’t they think that people live along the coastline and that they are affected by oil spills and other environmental degradation through the activities of oil companies?
“What have they suffered to justify their demand that they equally get 13 per cent of oil revenue? It is uncalled for.”
In Abia State, Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Theodore Orji said, “I don’t think it is fair for anybody to complain about what Niger Delta states get as monthly allocation because these are the states that suffer environmental degradation. It will not be fair for anybody to say that the funds from crude oil should be shared equally between the oil-producing and non-oil producing states.
“What we are getting in Abia as a Niger Delta state is not enough and we are calling for an upward review of our monthly allocation. Abia is serious about developing the state and as an oil-bearing state; we need more funds to achieve all these.
Also in Ondo State, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade said, “We should not forget the fact that states that are currently enjoying the derivation fund had experienced serious environmental degradation and untold neglect by successive governments in the past despite the fact that they were ‘laying the golden eggs.’
“The bulk of the money being used to develop the country is coming from the natural resources being derived from the oil producing states but they remain the least developed in terms of provision of infrastructural facilities. “The condition of most residents of the oil producing communities is appalling. Many of them do not have access to drinkable water, decent accommodation, good roads, functional public schools and qualitative health care, among others.”
In the same vein, stakeholder and Niger Delta activist, Annkio Briggs, queried that “I want him to know that it is unfair that there are 36 states in Nigeria and only nine states are actually contributing something; and people who are not contributing anything at all are now talking about injustice”, while former President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Kimse Okoko and its present National Secretary, Mr. Robinson Esitei, described the clamour as grossly ‘insensitive.’
They claim that such clamour would further strengthen the call for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) and need to amend the 1999 Constitution in favour of true federalism in the country. “They are trying to make a case on the basis of their own interest. We have our own interest and we will protect it. They don’t experience the kind of severe pollution that the people of our states experience in this country.
“It is not fair that we should bear the environmental destruction caused by oil spills in the littoral states and at the same time share with those people who have absolutely not been affected by any oil pollution. We will just ignore those kinds of statements.
“This cannot be the position of Nigeria now, if the country is to move forward. In fact, we are proposing in the present constitutional amendment that Nigeria should revert back to the regional arrangement where each region would control its resources and pay tax to the centre.
“We are in essence saying that the present formula is disadvantageous to the Niger Delta people who are suffering degradation and other hazards that go with oil exploitation.”
Huhuonline.com investigations have proved that the current revenue allocation formula is 52.68 for the Federal Government; 26.72 per cent for states; and 20.6 per cent for council areas, while 13 per cent is given to the oil-producing states as derivation from proceeds accruing from sale of oil.
The 13 per cent derivation was introduced in 1999 as part of measures aimed at redressing the long-time grievances of oil-producing states.
Meanwhile, certified figures from the government stable has also shown that Rivers State received N1.053tn between 1999 and 2008 from the federal allocation while two states in North-East Nigeria, Yobe and Borno received N388bn within the same period
Lassa fever outbreak,an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus from rats 397 cases nationwide
LAGOS — Following recent cases of Lassa fever outbreak in some parts
of the country, Lagos State Government, yesterday, enjoined Lagosians to
ensure proper and adequate personal and environmental hygiene at all
times.
The state government, has, meanwhile, designated telephone numbers to
be called in the case of suspected Lassa fever case in any part of the
state. Members of the public were also expected to contact the
Directorate of Disease Control in the state Ministry of Health on
noticing a suspected case of the epidemic.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, who gave the advice as part of the precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of the disease in the state, urged Lagosians to avoid contact with rats.
He said: “Lassa fever is an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus that is associated with persistent high fever.”
Idris stressed the need for people to cover their food and water properly, cook all their food thoroughly, as well as block all rat hideouts and holes through which rats can enter their homes.
He emphasized the importance of storing grains and other dried food items in containers with covers, properly dispose of refuse, maintain adequate sanitation, as well as keeping pets like cats in the house.
He said: “Lassa fever is an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus and associated with persistent high fever. It is spread by exposure to and eating of foods contaminated with rat dropping or urine. It is also spread by direct contact with the blood, urine, faces or other bodily secretions of person with Lassa fever.”
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, who gave the advice as part of the precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of the disease in the state, urged Lagosians to avoid contact with rats.
He said: “Lassa fever is an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus that is associated with persistent high fever.”
Idris stressed the need for people to cover their food and water properly, cook all their food thoroughly, as well as block all rat hideouts and holes through which rats can enter their homes.
He emphasized the importance of storing grains and other dried food items in containers with covers, properly dispose of refuse, maintain adequate sanitation, as well as keeping pets like cats in the house.
He said: “Lassa fever is an acute viral infection caused by the Lassa virus and associated with persistent high fever. It is spread by exposure to and eating of foods contaminated with rat dropping or urine. It is also spread by direct contact with the blood, urine, faces or other bodily secretions of person with Lassa fever.”
James Ibori pleads guilty to fraud & money laundering charges
Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, today pleaded guilty to 10
counts of money laundering, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, and other
offenses in a London court. He pleaded guilty to stealing over $250
million in public funds.
Britain's
Department for International Development said today that Ibori
“systematically stole funds” during his two terms as governor and
deposited the money in bank accounts around the world. It says the money
he stole was equal to $60 for every person in Delta state, and that
the money could have provided education or clean water for more than
400,000 poor Nigerians. And they've promised that the money stolen by
Ibori will be returned to Nigeria's poorest people.With this plea, Ibori faces up to 10 years in a UK prison at his sentencing, which will happen after the trial ends
Late "Biafran Leader" Ojukwu's remains arrive Nigeria, receives full military (Burial) honour
The remains of Dim Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu arrived from London aboard a British Airline flight this morning.
His body was received at the International Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
Airport in Abuja, where he received full military honour reserved only
for top military officers.
Policeman shoots lover in the face, kidnaps sister
Culled from Entertainment Express
The horrible incident happened on February 17, 2012, when the heartless lover boy attached to Ifako Police Division, Lagos, stormed the one-room apartment occupied by the two sisters, Blessing Isabor, 22, and Patience Isabor, 18, at No. 12 Ifateludo Street, Bariga, Lagos, at about 7:30 a.m., brandishing a pistol and seething with murderous rage. Within 30 minutes, the dastard deed was done. What started as a threat from the officer of law culminated in a grim conclusion with him pumping bullets directly into Blessing’s face, thereby inflicting grave injuries on her once pretty face, after which he fled the crime scene with Patience to an unknown destination.
The circumstance surrounding the bizarre act is yet to be fully unraveled. An eye witness to the evil act, Grace Igbagbon, cousin to the Isabor sisters who also lives in the same compound with them, narrated the plot of the sad episode: “I was in my room when my son ran in and told me that he saw the police officer pointing a gun at Blessing. Fear gripped me immediately and I ran into the girls’ room. I was shocked when I got there and beheld Okujo (the policeman) with his pistol drawn, threatening to shoot my cousins. He was pointing the gun at Blessing, but it was the two sisters who were both crying and begging him not to shoot them. I also joined them in begging him not to shoot them, no matter what they have done to him. Instead of listening to my pleas, he ordered me to leave or else he would shoot me as well. I ran out and raised an alarm. By the time I returned, he had shot Blessing and disappeared with Patience.”
On what she knew about the now at large policeman, Igbagbon, tearful and a bit hysterical, testified: “He used to come here to eat (pointing at a nearby canteen where she sells food), wearing his uniform most times. I also know that he was very close to my sisters. Sometimes he would just come and go to their room directly”.
This poignant tale of “a cop’s blood-curdling cruelty” is complicated by an element of love triangle. A close friend of the hapless sisters provided an illuminating angle. The girl whose name is Oluchi avowed that the on-the-run policeman had over the past eight months been involved in an intimate affair with Blessing until recently when he suddenly switched his affection to her younger sister, Patience. Her words: “all I know is that the police officer dated Blessing for some months but suddenly switching over to Patience. We were all wondering how a responsible man could stoop so low as to have affairs with two blood sisters within a time frame of about eight months. He is just wicked because I know he was sleeping with the two of them”.
Another close friend of the two sisters, who preferred anonymity, also corroborated the story. She averred: “The Police officer after dating Blessing for some months abandoned her and started going out with her younger sister. He said he saw Blessing with another man. But must he because of that start ‘friending’ her younger sister? I am still wondering how Patience decided to start going out with a man that has already dated her elder sister. Maybe it’s because of the gifts he used to bring to her.”
According to information exclusive to Sunday Express, police officers from Ifako Police division had gone to Okujo’s Obalende resident as soon as the incident was reported. Their visit, however, only uncovered troubling evidence. “They discovered the policeman’s cloth and that of Patience, both bloodstained. We don’t know what he must have done to Patience; we don’t know where she is now,” a family member confirmed.
Since that ill-fated Friday two weeks ago, family and relatives of the hapless sisters have been thrown into emotional turmoil. Gravely-wounded Blessing is currently hanging between life and death at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. According to doctors, the embattled young lady has a fighting chance to live, but at the cost of series of surgeries. This again presents another problem for the family. “We don’t even know where the money would come from because the family is poor”, Igbagbon said in tears. It is double trauma for the beleaguered Isabor family, who apart from battling to save the life of one of their daughters, is also engaged in a harrowing effort of searching for the other abducted sister, not knowing if she would turn up dead or alive.
According to the grief-stricken woman, the two sisters, both secondary school leavers and natives of Edo state, lived in a one-room apartment with their mother who works as a nanny and rarely returns home due to the demanding nature of her work. “Their father is late, that is why they came down to Lagos two years ago immediately after their secondary school education to live with their mother and also secure a job. Now, the worst has happened; we don’t know where to start from.” She concluded her lamentations with a desperate plea to the public: “We need help from the public to treat the battered young girl and bring her back to life, Blessing must not die.”
Meanwhile, the case has been reported to the Lagos State Police Command and investigation is on-going to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer and the 18-year-old girl he took hostage. When contacted via phone, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP. Jaiyeoba Joseph, offered an insight: “The police is aware of the incident and has swung into action. The younger sister is the one he was going out with and both of them are currently at large.”
Residents of Bariga, a high-density suburb of Lagos, recently woke up to a shocking incident which at first looked like another case of police brutality but later turned out to be a bad case of love-gone-sour situation involving a Lagos policeman, Corporal Emmanuel Okujo, who shot his former girlfriend in the face with his service pistol. The trigger-happy man took his ‘bad cop role’ further by kidnapping his victim’s younger sister and disappeared with her as a hostage.Continue reading...
The horrible incident happened on February 17, 2012, when the heartless lover boy attached to Ifako Police Division, Lagos, stormed the one-room apartment occupied by the two sisters, Blessing Isabor, 22, and Patience Isabor, 18, at No. 12 Ifateludo Street, Bariga, Lagos, at about 7:30 a.m., brandishing a pistol and seething with murderous rage. Within 30 minutes, the dastard deed was done. What started as a threat from the officer of law culminated in a grim conclusion with him pumping bullets directly into Blessing’s face, thereby inflicting grave injuries on her once pretty face, after which he fled the crime scene with Patience to an unknown destination.
The circumstance surrounding the bizarre act is yet to be fully unraveled. An eye witness to the evil act, Grace Igbagbon, cousin to the Isabor sisters who also lives in the same compound with them, narrated the plot of the sad episode: “I was in my room when my son ran in and told me that he saw the police officer pointing a gun at Blessing. Fear gripped me immediately and I ran into the girls’ room. I was shocked when I got there and beheld Okujo (the policeman) with his pistol drawn, threatening to shoot my cousins. He was pointing the gun at Blessing, but it was the two sisters who were both crying and begging him not to shoot them. I also joined them in begging him not to shoot them, no matter what they have done to him. Instead of listening to my pleas, he ordered me to leave or else he would shoot me as well. I ran out and raised an alarm. By the time I returned, he had shot Blessing and disappeared with Patience.”
On what she knew about the now at large policeman, Igbagbon, tearful and a bit hysterical, testified: “He used to come here to eat (pointing at a nearby canteen where she sells food), wearing his uniform most times. I also know that he was very close to my sisters. Sometimes he would just come and go to their room directly”.
This poignant tale of “a cop’s blood-curdling cruelty” is complicated by an element of love triangle. A close friend of the hapless sisters provided an illuminating angle. The girl whose name is Oluchi avowed that the on-the-run policeman had over the past eight months been involved in an intimate affair with Blessing until recently when he suddenly switched his affection to her younger sister, Patience. Her words: “all I know is that the police officer dated Blessing for some months but suddenly switching over to Patience. We were all wondering how a responsible man could stoop so low as to have affairs with two blood sisters within a time frame of about eight months. He is just wicked because I know he was sleeping with the two of them”.
Another close friend of the two sisters, who preferred anonymity, also corroborated the story. She averred: “The Police officer after dating Blessing for some months abandoned her and started going out with her younger sister. He said he saw Blessing with another man. But must he because of that start ‘friending’ her younger sister? I am still wondering how Patience decided to start going out with a man that has already dated her elder sister. Maybe it’s because of the gifts he used to bring to her.”
According to information exclusive to Sunday Express, police officers from Ifako Police division had gone to Okujo’s Obalende resident as soon as the incident was reported. Their visit, however, only uncovered troubling evidence. “They discovered the policeman’s cloth and that of Patience, both bloodstained. We don’t know what he must have done to Patience; we don’t know where she is now,” a family member confirmed.
Since that ill-fated Friday two weeks ago, family and relatives of the hapless sisters have been thrown into emotional turmoil. Gravely-wounded Blessing is currently hanging between life and death at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. According to doctors, the embattled young lady has a fighting chance to live, but at the cost of series of surgeries. This again presents another problem for the family. “We don’t even know where the money would come from because the family is poor”, Igbagbon said in tears. It is double trauma for the beleaguered Isabor family, who apart from battling to save the life of one of their daughters, is also engaged in a harrowing effort of searching for the other abducted sister, not knowing if she would turn up dead or alive.
According to the grief-stricken woman, the two sisters, both secondary school leavers and natives of Edo state, lived in a one-room apartment with their mother who works as a nanny and rarely returns home due to the demanding nature of her work. “Their father is late, that is why they came down to Lagos two years ago immediately after their secondary school education to live with their mother and also secure a job. Now, the worst has happened; we don’t know where to start from.” She concluded her lamentations with a desperate plea to the public: “We need help from the public to treat the battered young girl and bring her back to life, Blessing must not die.”
Meanwhile, the case has been reported to the Lagos State Police Command and investigation is on-going to ascertain the whereabouts of the officer and the 18-year-old girl he took hostage. When contacted via phone, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP. Jaiyeoba Joseph, offered an insight: “The police is aware of the incident and has swung into action. The younger sister is the one he was going out with and both of them are currently at large.”
Christians tried to bomb Church in Bauchi
8 Christian men were arrested
yesterday attempting to detonate explosives at a church in Miya
Barkatai village of Toro Local Government Area in Bauchi State.
Witnesses said the men, all Christians who live around the area, came with sophisticated weapons, explosive devices and tried to set them off in the COCIN Church but were overpowered by locals who handed them to soldiers, who took the suspects to Bauchi for further investigations.
Witnesses said the men, all Christians who live around the area, came with sophisticated weapons, explosive devices and tried to set them off in the COCIN Church but were overpowered by locals who handed them to soldiers, who took the suspects to Bauchi for further investigations.
9ice in Concert
The event will take place on Sunday March 11th, 2012, at Eko Hotel & Suites. Tuface, P-Square, Banky W, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, DavidO, Duncan Mighty etc will perform at the event. Host is Funke Akindele. Ticket is 5k regular, 20k VIP.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
DMX's Reported $1 Million Dollar Child Support Debt Preventing Him From Visiting Europe
If DMX wants to move forward with plans to tour Europe he first will have to clear up the matter of a $1 million dollar child support debt.
TMZ is reporting the rapper is being prevented from leaving the country by a law prohibiting a parent owing a substantial amount of child support from obtaining a passport.
One of Dark Man's ex's, Patricia Trejo, told L.A. Superior Court last week that X owes ten years worth of child support for their daughter and she wants him to start paying up now.
X says he isn't sure if the child is his and wants a DNA test before he makes payments causing the stalemate.
DMX reportedly has at least 10 children.
TMZ is reporting the rapper is being prevented from leaving the country by a law prohibiting a parent owing a substantial amount of child support from obtaining a passport.
One of Dark Man's ex's, Patricia Trejo, told L.A. Superior Court last week that X owes ten years worth of child support for their daughter and she wants him to start paying up now.
X says he isn't sure if the child is his and wants a DNA test before he makes payments causing the stalemate.
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