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Nigeria Based Blogger/ Journalist Escapes Death In Port Harcourt

A Port Harcourt based News correspondent Nonso Isiguzo well known as Nepicity or Nepi Philip in the blogging industry narrowly escaped death around 3pm at Waja Junction area of Trans Amadi in Port Harcourt, According to the journalist status on face book,

Pastor Rapes 16 Year Girl During Deliverance

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Abraham Sunday, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, Kike (pseudonym) in Adalemo Estate, in the Toll Gate area, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Sunday, the pastor of Christ In All Nations Church in Adalemo, was arrested by the Ojokoro Police Division last Wednesday, September 2, from where he was taken to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.

DSS Screens Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees

The Department of State Services has commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, The PUNCH has learnt on Wednesday.

It was gathered that no fewer than 20 nominees had been vetted by the DSS operatives since the exercise started.

Hell was let loose on Saturday, September 5, when a man met his wife and his father-in-law naked in bed.

Henry Allen Michael (credit: Oakland County Sheriff’s Office)

According to detroit.cbslocal.com, trouble started at about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday when the 25-year-old man walked into his home in the 100 block of W. Rundell Avenue in Pontiac, between Baldwin Avenue and Saginaw Street. He found his 47-year-old father-in-law, Henry Allen Micheal of Detroit, naked with his wife in bed. An argument ensued between them and Micheal (the father-in-law) stabbed the younger man in the back with a knife.

30 women have been sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for prostitution by the Ikeja magistrate’s court in Lagos, Premium Times.

The women who were tried for prostitution and breach of peace by one Femi Alabi, were sentenced to six weeks imprisonment each with an option of 10,000 fine by the magistrate, O. Odusanya.

A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the Igbo socio-political group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, and other groups agitating for positions for Igbo representation in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Daily Sun reports that the warning was contained in a statement made by Uchenna Madu, the national director of information of the factional MASSOB, on Wednesday, September 9.

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday announced that he has declared his assets as required by the law.
Speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, Wike said that declaring his assets publicly was not part of the dictates of the law; Punch reports.

''The governor has declared his assets and this is exactly what he told newsmen during the tour of his administration’s projects.

42 YEARS OLD LECTURER RAPES ADMISSION SEEKER

The police on Thursday arraigned a part-time lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, for allegedly raping an 18-year-old admission seeker.

PUNCH Metro had reported on Thursday that Baruwa took the victim, who was seeking admission into the University of Lagos, Akoka, inside a study room, where he allegedly raped her.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday directed the Ministry of Defence to produce a plan for the establishment of a military industrial complex for the local production of weapons for the use of the nation’s armed forces.

According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President gave the directive at the graduation ceremony of the National Defence College, Abuja.

Justice Ibrahim Mairiga of the Kebbi State High Court has convicted Suleiman Ibrahim Musa, Bilyaminu Usman and Lawal Suleiman on a 16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, theft and criminal breach of trust brought against them by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and sentenced them to 91 years in prison.

CLASSIEST NIGERIAN SINGER, KAMAA SET TO RELEASE INSPIRATIONAL REGGAE GOSPEL SONG- TAMUNO

One of the classiest Nigerian gospel singers, Kamaa Kingsley Eke popularly known as Kamaa has released an inspirational reggae gospel song, titled TAMUNO laden with Kalabari language.

Kamaa, a Niger Delta born artist, discovered his talent for singing while in high school.

Britain has announced new measures to tackle illegal migrants by forcing landlords to evict them, as a growing number of migrants in Calais continued their attempts to enter the UK via the undersea cross-channel Eurotunnel.

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a hotel owned by ex-Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo, the Hardley Apartments, on Victoria Island.

The hotel was among other hotels, churches and mosques sealed across the state on Monday over alleged air and noise pollution.

EKITI STATE GOVERNOR, FAYOSE REVEALS HE WAS ONCE A DANFO DRIVER

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has appealed to members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria against allowing themselves to be used by kidnappers to perpetrate evil.

Speaking on Thursday during the swearing-in of the new State Executive of the union in Ado Ekiti, the governor, who said he was once a ‘danfo driver’ appealed to the drivers to be orderly and not to be desperate.

Microsoft on Thursday sacked 34 (85 per cent) of the 40 employees in the Nigerian office of its phone division.

The sacking came 24 hours after the company’s latest Windows 10 was made available in Nigeria and 189 other countries.

OONI OF IFE, OBA SIJUADE IS DEAD

The Ooni of Ife, Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade is dead. He died today in London at the age of 85.
Oba Sijuwade was the fifth Ooni of Ife. He climbed unto the throne on December 6, 1980. As the Ooni of Ife, he presided over the Ife territory, in the South West Nigeria but his influence went far and beyond.

Man, identified as Jacob Nwachukwu from Abala in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, has cut off his wife’s left hand over allegation of infidelity.

The man’s wife, Mrs Nwadiokeonu Nwachukwu, is now at a hospital in Aba, while her severed hand had been taken to her husband’s village at Abala for burial.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Coordinator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), which provides payments and scholarships to Niger Delta ex-militants.

The new Coordinator, retired Brigadier General P.T. Boroh, will double as the Special Advisor on the Niger Delta. He enters the position after it lay vacant for some months.

A 41-day-old baby, Zainab Olajide, has died after she was allegedly poisoned by her father, Kazeem Olajide, in a desperate attempt to divorce his wife.

The incident happened at about 7am on Friday at Toluwalase Estate, Ijoko-Abule, in the Lemode area of Ogun State.

The convoy carrying the wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, was stopped from taking her to the foot of the aircraft on the tarmac of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said.

Parents of final year students of tertiary institutions abroad under the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA, Special Scholarship initiated by the Rotimi Amaechi’s administration can now heave a sigh of relief, as Governor Nyesom Wike has approved N712million for the stranded students.

A middle-aged man, identified as Chucks from Imo State, has died after consuming 20 sachets of gin in a N500 bet with a woman.

The deceased, said to be a barber, is married with a child and lived along Ngwa Road area of Aba, Abia State.

The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President’s entourage during last week’s visit to the US confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday.

“I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria’s oil. The list, when released by the President, will shock Nigerians.

EL-RUFAI SUES NEWSPAPER OVER REPORT ON ALLEGED N90 BILLION ASSETS

The Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday sued The Union newspaper, based in Lagos, for reporting that he declared assets worth N90billion before the Code of Conduct Bureau.

The governor, who personally filed the case at the state High Court, was accompanied by his deputy, Bala Bantex, his lawyers and top government officials.

The presidency has revealed a faction of Boko Haram has approached the federal government for negotiations ..According to presidential spokesman Garba Shehu,the government are trying to verify their claims and determine if they have such authority ..He said

Mr Kayode Oguntuase, a 75-year-old man, on Monday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 26-year-old marriage on allegation of being starved of s*x.
Oguntuase told the court that his 53-year-old wife, Felicia, was also sleeping with other men. He also accused the wife of stubbornness, theft, threats to his life and lack of care for him, adding that she was also adamant to corrections.

An initial autopsy into the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown has proved inconclusive as coroners continue to investigate her cause of death.
The only child of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown died on Sunday, aged 22, after her family decided to take her off life support, almost six months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bath tub at her Roswell, Georgia home.

Boxer-turned-actor Victor Ortiz was reportedly arrested for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon during a Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean show in California on Saturday night.
The Expendables 3 star and his brother were at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl for the country stars’ massive gig, where they became embroiled in a verbal altercation with another concertgoer, according to TMZ.com.

Twenty-two footballers to be selected from the Governor Dickson’s Football Tournament will embark on a playing tour of Europe.

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson made this known in Yenagoa on Friday at the unveiling of the mascot and presentation of jerseys for the tournament, which will take place across the state for two months.

Eight pupils, who were returning from a primary school in Ikot Abia-Enyie in the Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have perished in the Atang River.

The river is said to have divided Ikot Abia-Enyie village into two; with all the facilities in the area ─ a health centre, a primary and a secondary schools ─ located on one side of the river.

One Kehinde Paul has been arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for allegedly raping a two-year-old daughter of his neighbour, Mrs. Mercy Ofaghae, two years ago.

Kehinde, who lives in Igando, a suburb of Lagos State, however, pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and defilement preferred against him on Monday before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye.

Tragedy struck on Monday at the Iganmu office of the Golden Penny Flour Mills Plc. in Lagos State after an explosion erupted from a boiler at the production section of the company and killed a worker, Folorunso Odunayo.

There was confusion at Akorede Estate, Mile 2, in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday as a 20-month-old baby, Opeyemi Ogundele, was abducted at his cousin’s naming ceremony.

The light-complexioned boy had accompanied her mother, Elizabeth Ogundele, to the naming ceremony before his sudden disappearance.

CHINA SENTENCES 14 CULT MEMBERS WHO SAY JESUS HAS BEEN REINCARNATED

A total of 14 members of a Chinese religious cult have been jailed for up to three years, state media said Sunday, the latest sentences after two members were executed this year for killing a woman.

15 people were killed with 47 others severely injured when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Devices at Damaturu Sunday market on Sunday morning.

The incident took place at about 9:30am Sunday when the market was about to reach its peak.

The President of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, says the body is determined to protect the interest and welfare of Nigerians in that country.

Anyene said in Pretoria, South Africa, that the union had implemented some key programmes aimed at uniting and protecting Nigerians in South Africa.

Reports have it that these alleged Boko Haram members reportedly disguised as women and fortunately they had an accident in Borno State.

Port Harcourt base singer, Duncan Mighty has finally said goodbye to bachelorhood.

The popular singer now a married man, walked down the aisle with his long time girlfriend now wife, Vivien, in a wedding that was strictly by invitation.

Singers Sammie Okposo, Patoranking and Phyno were in attendance to grace the occasion as their own enjoy his day. more PHOTOS below...>>

Again, former Leader of Actors Guild, Ibinabo fiberisima and Emeka Ike are at each others throat again.

This time its over the fresh divorce mess that Actor, Emeka Ike seems to be wallowing in.

The actor repeatedly insisted in an interview that rumours and unpalatable tales currently trailing his marriage and place of habitat are ‘distractions’ from Fiberesima, who is currently in the United Kingdom on vacation.

Singers Katy Perry and John Mayer have reportedly parted ways again after another brief romantic reunion.
The stars, who have been dating on and off since 2012, rekindled their relationship earlier this year, when Mayer was spotted at Perry’s Super Bowl afterparty in February, but editors at Eonline.com report the two have since called it quits once more.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is asking for forgiveness after he was caught on tape using racist insults.
Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, was fired by bosses at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on Friday after the audio tape, in which he was commenting on his daughter Brooke’s love life, was made public.

Paul Obazele has revealed that he wanted to date and dump the banker who later became his wife when he first saw her. In an interview The Sun Newspaper, Obazele said;

My wife is a banker. I met her on one of the days I was hard up; I went to the bank with a cheque given to me by Chico Ejiro. I got to the bank with a post-dated cheque that I didn’t know it was post-dated but I thought I could swing it with my star status

Nigeria’s wartime leader, Gen Yakubu Gowon, says “Nigeria is better off with Igbos.” He spoke while delivering an oration at the burial service for Chief (Mrs.) Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State;

A police corporal, attached to Yankaba Division, Kano, yesterday, shot and killed a taxi driver who was transporting a sick female passenger to the hospital.

The passenger, unfortunately also died in the incident.According to an eyewitness, Isa Tanko, the killings occurred around 9.30am between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye quarters of Nassarawa local government area.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will be splitting the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into two successor entities.
The President, stated this in an interview with journalists in Washington DC during his recently concluded four-day visit to the United States, Saturday Punch reports.
The President explained that the decision would form one of the key steps of his reform of the country’s oil and gas sector.

Medical Students of the Benue State University, Makurdi, have deposited the coffin of their dead colleague at the office of the Vice-Chancellor in protest.

SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the deceased, Idoko Nicholas Inalegwu, died in controversial circumstances after receiving the news of his withdrawal after spending 10 years in medical school.

All Progressives Grand Allaince (APGA) Governorship candidate in the April election in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti has revealed to journalists in Umuahia, the state capital yesterday that unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins invaded and attacked his Abuja guest house in Maitama at about 2a.m and ransacked it in search of him.

A US–based lady on Instagram has accused popular musician and self-styled Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa, Enetimi Odon otherwise called Timaya, of rape.

The allegation was made on Thursday in a series of posts on Instagram.

The posts sent under the identity, ‘ExposingtherealTimaya,’ consisted of screenshots and audio recordings from previous conversations between the duo, and continued till Saturday.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday delivered a firm message on gay rights during his landmark visit to Kenya, Africa, where homosexuality is outlawed, triggering strong criticism for apparently imposing his values on the continent.

EX-SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SALEH DEAD

Former secretary to the federal government of Nigeria Alhaji Aminu Saleh found dead today. Alhaji Saleh deceased this morning, according to some reports.

Aminu Saleh was born in 1933. He is an indigene of Bauchi state and has embraced various posts at both the state and the federal level.