Nollywood
actress Iyabo Ojo, is a year older today and to celebrate, the actress
released some stunning new photos. Iyabo Ojo was born as Alice Iyabo
Ogunro on December 21, 1977. She is the youngest of three children and a
graduate of Estate Management from Lagos State Polytechnic. She kicked
off her acting career in 1998 with the movie “Satanic.” Iyabo starred
in her first Yoruba-language movie in 2002 in “Baba Darijinwon.” She
produced her first movie, “Bolutife,” in 2004 and has since produced
“Bofeboko,” “Ololufe, Esan” and “Silence.” In 1999 and at the age of
21, Ojo got married to a Lagos-based movie marketer and father of her
two kids. 
Today,
the Supreme Court upheld a federal judge's order blocking the Trump
administration's new asylum restrictions. Chief Justice John Roberts
sided with the four liberal justices in the 5-4 ruling. The
administration's policy, signed on November 9, would temporarily bar
migrants who illegally cross into the US through the southern border
from seeking asylum outside of official ports of entry. The ruling comes
after a federal judge opted to extend a ban on the new restrictions
Wednesday.
Cute!
As seen on Twitter. 
Actor
Femi Adebayo and his wife, Aduke, have welcomed a son. Aduke gave birth
to their son in a Texas hospital today December 21st. The excited dad
shared the good news on his IG page''Our Eagle has landed and our world
is complete. I’m super excited ... Our bundle of Joy is here ... It’s a
boy ... Join us in giving thanks to God Almighty... Love you so
much @iyanaladuke ... It’s been a wonderful journey'' he saidCongrats to
them!
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, today secured the
convictions of one Fabulous Peter and Osahun O. Aiseosa (a.k.a) Wesley
Jackson before Justice D.Z Sanchi of the FCT High Court sitting in Jabi.
A statement from the agency says both men were arrested upon an
intelligence report about their suspicious movements and ostensible
lifestyles.They were allegedly housed by one Aleri E.B Sajo, at Cluster
4, River Park Estate, Airport Road Abuja.The convicts were said to have
converted the named address to their hideout and office, using laptops,
phones, browsers and other devices, to send emails to scam foreigners
and unsuspecting citizens.Aiseosa, (a.k.a) Wesley Jackson was alleged to
have sometimes in June, 2018 at Abuja, fraudulently induced an
American, Dian Mary, and defrauded her to the tune of $15,000,
equivalent of N5, 400, 000 (Five Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira)
via Guarantee Trust Bank Plc Account No 0167955239.The convict posed as a
Malaysian Company Director with a Malaysian Company, Oil Rig
Contractors and professed love to Mary, using email address:
wesletjack@yahoo.com. The offence is contrary to section 320(a) of the
penal code, Laws of the federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and
punishable under Section 322 of the same law.Peter and Aiseosa were
arraigned separately, thereafter pleaded "guilty" to their charges when
it was read to them.Prosecution counsel, Maryam Aminu Mohammed,
thereafter urged the court to convict them in view of their
pleas.Justice Senchi convicted them and sentenced them to 12 months
imprisonment with an option of N1, 000, 000 (One Million Naira) fine
each.The Judge also ordered that properties recovered from them be
forfeited to the Federal Government.
Elder
statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, is currently
bereaved as he lost his 43 year old son, Chike, on Monday December
17th.According to a statement released by his family, Chike died in a
private hospital in Edo state where he was receiving treatment for an
undisclosed ailment. He was the sixth son and eighth child of Chief
Clark.Announcing the sad news, the family in a statement said“With deep
regrets, we announce the death of Mr. Chike Clark, whose demise took
place at a private hospital in Benin, Ihenyen Medical Centre, Benin
City, on Monday, 17th December, 2018, after a brief illness. Mr. Chike
Clark, one of the sons of National Leader and elder statesman, Chief
(Dr.) E. K. Clark, OFR, CON, was, until his death, a business man. He
was aged 43 years and is survived by his aged father, wife and three
children.”May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
Singer
Timaya, today December 21st, gifted his second babymama, Tama, a Range
Rover, for Christmas. Tama gave birth to the singer's son, Emmanuel, in
July this year. The singer shared photos of the SUV on his IG page wirh
caption''Everything good deserve to be BEAUTIFUL. Lil Christmas gift for
my LADY @tamadecor CHULO way. STOOPID
The
Kano State Police Command is investigating a member representing
Wudil/Garko Federal Constituency, Muhammad Ali Wudil, over alleged
killing of three people in Rano local government area of the
state.Recall that about three persons were killed during the flag-off of
the All Progressives Congress, APC campaign in Kano South senatorial
zone. In a statement on Thursday, the state police spokesperson, Magaji
Majiya, said the command had gathered enough evidence against the
lawmaker and would soon invite the politician for investigation and
subsequent trial.According to him, Mr Ali-Wudil was advised by the
command not to attend the political rally due to security reports
against him but he refused to accept the advice.He added that the
command had evidence that the lawmaker went to the rally with political
thugs who are now accused of killing three persons at the event.
The
Congolese aviation firm Gomair has confirmed that its cargo plane which
went missing on Thursday after delivering materials for an upcoming
presidential election had crashed. Gomair’s financial director, Jean
de Dieu Gato Karekezi said he's yet to have any information about
casualties. The firm lost contact with the plane on Thursday evening as
it was flying back to Kinshasa after delivering materials to Tshikapa, a
city near the border with Angola. It was not immediately clear how
many people were on board. Karekezi said the plane had been rented by
the national electoral commission (CENI) to deliver election materials.
A CENI spokeswoman said the agent who had taken the flight to Tshikapa
had stayed there, but she did not provide any further information. The
incident follows a tumultuous week in Democratic Republic of Congo,
which has seen the long-anticipated election postponed for a week due to
logistical issues, clashes between protesters and police, and the
deaths of over 100 people in fights between ethnic groups in the
northwest.
The
Enugu Zonal Office of EFCC on Thursday, December 20, 2018, intercepted
$2.8million (Two Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars),
from two people, suspected to be money launderers, at Akanu Ibiam
International Airport, Enugu. The suspects, namely Ighoh Augustine and
Ezekwe Emmanuel, allegedly working for a company: Bankers Warehouse,
were nabbed based on intelligence report. Upon their arrests, they were
caught with consignments of two suitcases, containing $1.4 million each,
totalling $2.8 million, at the departure lounge of the airport while
about to board an Arik Air evening flight to Lagos. During
interrogation, the suspects confessed that they have been in the
business of conveying cash for "some notable banks", for over six years
and were in the process of doing same for Union Bank Plc, located at New
Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, when they were caught. The suspects
further confessed that they had so far carried out such assignments,
"four times this year". They are presently giving useful information to
operatives of the Commission, and will be charged to court soon.
A
total of 3,252 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi
West Senatorial District defected to the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC). The defectors included two former Kogi Commisioners;
that of Water Resources, Mr Tunji Oshanusi and Agriculture, Femi
Abolarinwa. APC Zonal Chairman, Mr Ropo Asagun, received the decampees
at the township stadium in Kabba during the official flag-off of APC
Zonal Rally. Asagun lauded the decampees decision to join the ruling
party, saying it was a clear indication that the APC administration had
performed credibly well, both at federal and state levels. “This
defection is an indication that APC is generally accepted in Kogi west,
and the state at large, which is an assurance of our party’s victory in
the 2019 general elections. The party will not discriminate against any
member whether old or new,” asagun said. In his remarks, the Speaker,
Kogi State House of Assembly, Chief Matthew Kolawole, urged the people
to get their PVC and vote for APC. “APC is the only party that can save
us from the hands of looters; do not sell your conscience, your PVC is
your power. In the last three and half years, President Muhammadu Buhari
and his Vice have done very well. Our achievements will speak for us,”
Kolawole said.
Can you just imagine? Anyone with a similar experience? 
The
remains of 31-year-old Morgan Ihionu who is one of the victims of the
7-storey building collapse in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, was laid to
rest in his hometown Obodoukwu, Imo state today Friday, December
21st.Morgan was among those that perished in the building that colapsed
on Friday November 23rd. His body was recovered from the rubbles last
week. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
A
Twitter user, while lamenting the loss of African values, asked what
happened to the traditional African woman who cooks, cleans, takes care
of the house and is submissive.His tweet went viral and got a lot of
replies.See some of the replies below. 
A
Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano today ordered that political
activist, Deji Adeyanju, be remanded in prison until February 2019. The
police had dragged Deji before the court for the reopening of a murder
case which he was discharged and acquitted for by the Kano State High
Court following a lengthy trial that lasted between 2005 and 2009.Deji
was first arraigned before the magistrate court on Wednesday December
19th. At the hearing of his bail appliaction today, the magistrate,
Hassan Fagge, said his court lacked jurisdiction to hear the murder
charges against Adeyanju. He however ordered that Adeyanju should be
remanded in prison custody till February 6th when a higher court could
be available to hear the matter.Deji who was rearrested by the police in
December 13th, was detained for over a week before he was arraigned
before the Magistrate court on Wednesday December 19th. His bail
application came up for hearing today.Reacting to the decision by the
magistrate court, Adeyanju's lawyer, Yusuf Suleiman, told PREMIUM TIMES,
that the decision by the court shows that the Federal government was
out to deal with anyone that criticizes their government.“This is
clearly an attempt to keep him unlawfully in detention. After detaining
him in Abuja for several days without arraignment, in violation of the
Constitution that gives a maximum 48 years for such detention, they now
charged him for attempted murder which the magistrate said he has no
power to hear. Now a lower court is hearing a matter that the Kano State
High Court had decided long ago'' Suleiman saidThe lawyer said they
would be appealing the magistrate court's decision
A
man who just completed the compulsory National Youth Service Corps,
NYSC, has been killed while trying to prevent a robbery.Samuel Audu was
hacked to death with a machete at Low-Cost, Akwanga Council Area of
Nasarawa State while trying to stop a thief from stealing bags of cement
from a house where he was employed to fix Plaster of Paris (POP)
Ceiling. In the process, the machete-wielding attacker hacked him to
death. Journalist Eche Amos shared the story and revealed that
the incident happened between 8-9pm on Thursday, December 20th, 2018.The
incident has been reported to the police in Akwanga and the corpse of
the deceased has been deposited in a mortuary.
Oba
Gabriel Olajide, the traditional ruler of Isaoye Ekiti in Moba Local
Government Area of Ekiti and his subjects are at war over his opposition
to certain traditional rites.According to The News, The allegations
levelled against the monarch by the community’s chiefs and indigenes
included high handedness, incessant harassment of subjects using the
police and non-performance of traditional rites, claiming to be a
`born-again Christian. He was also accused of inflicting injuries on his
subjects during a traditional ceremony.Other allegations included the
destruction of Ifa symbols and instruments of installation, absconding
from the community and cancellation of the meetings of chiefs.Meanwhile,
the Ekiti Government has issued a two-month ultimatum to Oba Olajide to
reconcile with some of his aggrieved subjects.The state’s Deputy
Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi who made the position of government known
at a meeting with a delegation from the community on Thursday, also
appealed to the people to give peace a chance.He said the monarch should
act fast within the two-month timeframe to prevent a possible breakdown
of law and order in the community.The deputy governor also gave the
stakeholders in the community up till Feb. 28, 2019 to resolve their
differences with the monarch, saying the state government was committed
to ensuring peace in Isaoye and other communities in the state.Egbeyemi,
who said the state government had no intention of deposing any monarch,
advised Olajide to listen to his subjects and respect the tradition and
culture of the community.Egbeyemi, however, said in spite of the
existence of extant chief laws governing the conduct of traditional
rulers, the state government would continue to guide against any clamour
that could truncate the peace of any community.While reacting to
Olajide’s alleged refusal to respect the tradition of his community,
Egbeyemi said:“You that accepted to be king should know that there are
traditions that needed to be observed. There is nothing good about all
that was reported about you. I see no reason why you should go against
your people, I am directing you now, go and do what they ask you to do.
You have till the end of February. If you cannot follow the path of
peace and secure the interest of your people, everything is left to
you.“I cannot depose you and I cannot ask them to depose you, mine is to
ensure that there is peace in your community. We cannot force you on
them, you have been given the chance to make amendments and redeem your
image in your own interestDon’t go on a journey of self-destruction. If
you claim that you are serving God, we are all serving God, you cannot
be more Catholic than the Pope. I will not support that a king be
deposed, I plead with you Kabiyesi to go and make peace with the people
of your town."Olajide, (pictured) however, denied the allegations,
claiming that he was passionate about moving the community forward.But
while advancing reasons for his opposition to certain rites, he claimed
that Isaoye had remained underdeveloped as a result of observance of
certain practices. 
Unknown
gunmen have kidnapped Mr Umera Umera, the Personal Assistant to Senator
Gershom Bassey, Senator representing Cross River State Southern
Senatorial District. It was gathered that the incident occurred in
Umera's home at Jebbs area of Calabar South, on Thursday
night. According to reports, the gunmen invaded the area, shooting
sporadically before abducting the senator’s PA into a speed boat through
Anantigha water side.The gunmen are demanding a ransom of N10 million
before Umera can be released. Speaking to journalists, Senator Bassey
assured that Mr Umera would be rescued from the kidnappers.
A
woman will spend time in prison for having sex multiple times with her
adopted son in Okaloosa County in Florida.Lauren Myres, 26, was on
Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for one count of unlawful
sexual activity with certain minors. She will then be placed on sex
offender probation for four years and will have to complete sex offender
counseling. She cannot have contact with the victim or any minors.Myres
will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her
life.Myres entered a plea of "No Contest" to the charge last week.In May
2018, law enforcement got a tip about an inappropriate relationship
between Myres and the 17-year-old victim. Myres was a caseworker for
Families First Network, who originally had been assigned the victim as a
child she was to assist. She eventually decided to foster the child,
then adopted him. After the adoption was finalized, it was discovered
Myres and the victim were having sex. Myres and the victim told law
enforcement they had sex multiple times over a two month period.
Goods
worth millions of Naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak that
occured at the Keffi main market early this morning. This is the fifth
time the incident is occurring in five years. Many of the traders who
are still in shock at the incident, said the fire disaster happens
almost every December.
A
man who mudered his friend and cut him into small bits for disposal has
been sentenced to death by hanging.Stephen Anona was sentenced this
morning by the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo over the death
of Daniel Bassey Solomon three years ago. Daniel, an Uyo-based barber,
allegedly owed Stephen a debt of N750,000 which he was reluctant to pay.
Stephen Anona then lured his victim into his rented one-room apartment
on Itu Road, Uyo, on July 28, 2015, and gave him food to eat. Unknown to
Daniel, a susbtance was put in the food and he fell into a deep sleep
afterwards. Stephen then used a sharp machete and cut off Daniel's
head, legs, hands and abdomen, and carefully packed them into different
bags which he secretly dumped in gutters and other places. 
Stephen
Anona was initially charged to the magistrate’s court from where he was
remanded in Uyo Prison before the case was transferred to the High
court
