Today, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, 36, and American singer Nick
Jonas, 26 officially got married in a Hindu ceremony, which was followed
by a Christian ceremony that was anchored by Nick's pastor father, Paul
Kevin Jonas Sr at the luxurious Umaid Bhawan Palace. At the ceremony,
Chopra rocked a custom Ralph Lauren gown, while her new spouse also
opted for the brand. Lauren is a close friend of the couple. See more
photos below... 
President Buhari has assured that succour is on the way for farmers
negatively impacted by the excessive rains of this year. In a message to
Farmers’ Day 2018 held Saturday at Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State,
and organized by Nigeria AGIP Oil Company for farmers in Rivers,
Bayelsa, Delta and Imo States, the President stated:"Two weeks ago, the
National Food Security Council met and we approved a compensation
package for all flood impacted farmers and fishermen. I want to assure
all flood affected farmers and fishermen that you will be helped.This
government is with you in your time of need. As I speak to you now, the
modalities for this compensation programme are being finalized and very
soon, we shall start implementation."President Buhari commended the
theme for the Farmers’ Day, which is, Youths, Agents of Agricultural
Development in the Niger Delta, noting that farming is the bedrock of
the Nigerian economy. "Our future economic prosperity hinges to a large
extent on how we modernize and expand our agriculture," he
added. Underscoring the place of youths in developing agriculture,
President Buhari said:"Youths account for some 62% of our population.
This group, full of energy and drive, are the catalyst that will steer
Nigeria in the direction that will make us realize our full
potential.For many years, our God-given resources have been abandoned,
under-utilized or mismanaged. This is very apparent in the field of
agriculture. In the past three years, we aggressively pushed the
agricultural agenda with special emphasis on youth empowerment.Across
many value chains, we are supporting meaningful projects in partnership
with private sector players. This is the only way Nigeria can feed
itself in a sustainable manner. We are working very hard to enable the
youths actively participate in this agricultural revolution, and I take
this opportunity to congratulate you all on responding positively to
this call."The President urged youths to stay focused, stressing that
active participation is a patriotic duty, whose success will create
millions of jobs for many generations to come."We cannot afford to
remain a mono-product economy, relying only on oil as our mainstay. We
cannot continue feeding ourselves with imported food when God has
blessed us with all the bountiful resources we need to feed ourselves,"
he said.Thanking farmers across the country for their resourcefulness,
President Buhari disclosed that the country was on course towards food
self-sufficiency, adding that the importation of rice, maize, and other
grains had significantly reduced.He also informed that the Federal
Government was working to revive the River Basin Authorities, in order
to plan for lean times.On the excessive flooding, President Buhari waxed
philosophical:"Floods are a natural phenomenon that man cannot control.
I want to appeal to you all not to be dispirited, but to rise to the
challenges."He then reiterated the pledge that compensation would be
paid soon to farmers that suffered reverses.
Today, President Buhari left Abuja for Poland to participate at the 24th
Session of the Conference of the Parties under the UN framework
Convention on Climate Change.
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, 36, and American singer Nick Jonas,
26 are now husband and wife.According Mail Online, the actress and the
musician tied the knot this afternoon Dec 1 in a Hindu ceremony, which
was followed by a Christian ceremony that was taken by Nick's pastor
father Paul Kevin Jonas Sr at the luxurious Umaid Bhawan Palace.Chopra
wore a custom Ralph Lauren gown, while her new spouse also opted for the
brand. Lauren is a close friend of the couple. According to
PinkVilla.com, the entire wedding party was kitted out in the designer
gear. Men wore black tuxedos and women donned pastels for the ceremony
on the back lawn.
Senator Ben Bruce has revealed why President Buhari's war against terror
is not working and according to him, 'its because of this
adminostration's policy of releasing ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members'.
Hip Hop star, Cardi B, turned heads as she stormed the stage to perform
at iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in a revealing gold fringed co-ords on Friday
night. The 26-year-old rapper and mother of one showed off her
incredible body and her washboard abs in the statement gold crop top,
which she matched with a fringed skirt and crochet robe, along with
block-heeled lace-up boots.The revealing outfit flashed Cardi's cleavage
and her backside while performing on stage.See more photos below.
Former American supermodel and TV personality, Tyra Banks, has fired
back at Canadian supermodel Winnie Harlow for saying hit reality series
America's Next Top Model did nothing for her career. Back in May, Harlow
was asked about her career, and she said, 'I really started after the
show, cause that didn't really do anything for my career.''It doesn't do
anything for any model's career, realistically,' Harlow added. At that
time, Harlow even said that a 'major photographer' named Nick Knight
found her photos online, and the shoot she did with him went viral and
started her career. During a recent appearance on Bravo's Watch What
Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Banks, 45, was asked what she thought
about Harlow's comments, with Cohen mentioning she made those comments
on his show in May.'Did she say that? I discovered her on Instagram,'
the America's Next Top Model producer said with a smile. 'Well, I
discovered her on Instagram, and she's on this show, so what do you
think that means?' Watch the video below.
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday urged women to rise
above all forms of discriminations and ‘weaker sex’ tag and truly play
their role as change agents, saying such was necessary to transform
Nigeria starting from the family unit. Speaking at the closing ceremony
of the 2018 National Women’s Summit of Oyo State Officials’ Wives
Association (OYSOWA) held at University of Ibadan Conference Centre,
Governor Ambode said it was important for the Nigerian women to
recognize the fact that the world was changing, and that they must use
their influence to bring about positive change that would in turn
cascade into every strata of the society. According to the Governor,
“the world is changing everyday and women are now in the forefront of
things. Women are now agents of change and are no longer referred to as
the “weaker sex”.“So, they must never see themselves as oppressed or
discriminated against. Every woman can be an agent of change. The
society is built on a small unit called the family where the woman has
great influence.“From the family unit, every woman can initiate or spark
change which can cascade upwards to every level and every sector of the
nation. With focus, determination and perseverance, you can transform
yourselves, your families, your communities and our country, against all
odds.“There will always be odds facing us; odds against our
aspirations, our dreams, our objectives. But we cannot use these as
excuses. The world we live in today does not take excuses. The world
does not recognize efforts but results. So, against all odds, we must
push forward, with a strong desire, and determination to succeed.“I know
our women face a lot of odds. Different, difficult challenges come your
way every day. But my message to you today; and I am sure that is the
message of this Summit, is that you can overcome all the challenges and
triumph in all your endeavours,” Governor Ambode said.
Adetutu OJ, the model with prominent tribal marks who became popular
after she indicated interest to model for Rihanna, has spoken for the
first time about a very dark part of her past.During an interview with
LITV, the model said she became pregnant in her teens and was too afraid
to face her strict father, so she ran away from home and began to sleep
on the street.Adetutu informed the father of her child and he told her
to keep the pregnancy. However, the next time she went to his house, he
had moved without leaving a trace or a contact with which to reach
him.The pregnant teen said she had nowhere to go. Relatives and family
friends refused to help her for fear of her strict father ao she bega
homeless. She began to wander around, passing the nights in empty shops
and sometimes getting drenched by the rain. Just before she had her
baby, she went to the Redeemed Christian Church of God where she saw a
banner advertising a foundation for women in her condition. She called
the number and it turned out to be a foundation run by Pastor Ituah
Ighodalo.He helped her register for WAEC and she began attending lessons
while pregnant. She also sat for the WAEC exams when the time came.
When her baby was born, they helped her put the baby up for foster care
for 4 years.After 4 years, when Adetutu was established to an extent,
she went back for her child and they now live together.Listen to her
narrate this painful part of her past to LITV in the video below.
A total of 2,576 customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) have won
millions and various gifts at the end of the Bank’s reward scheme tagged
‘’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 5’’. The promo, designed to reward and
empower customers, ran from March to October this year with four
regional and zonal draws, including the grand finale, on November 28,
2018. Of the 2,576 winners, 16 lucky customers won cash ranging from
N1million to N2million, while the remaining 2,560 were rewarded with LED
televisions, generating sets, decoders, tablets and smart phones. At
the grand finale draws of the ‘’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 5’’ on
November 28, four customers smiled home with N2million each, just as 640
others received gift items. The promo which targeted all existing
savings account customers of FCMB with monthly account balance ranging
from N10,000.00 to N50,000.00, was designed to give extra value and
empowerment to customers of the Bank, while encouraging financial
inclusion and savings culture. Idi Awawu emerged winner of the star
prize of N2million at the Abuja & North regional draw in Abuja,
while Simeon Olanrewaju got the same amount at the Lagos Regional Draws
held in Otta, a town between Lagos and Ogun state. In the same vein,
Obioma Uzonwunne was the lucky winner of N2million at the South-East
& South-South Regional draws in Asaba, Delta state and Ajani Mayowa
won the same amount at the South-West Regional draws in Akure, Ondo
state. Speaking on the development, the winners expressed gratitude to
FCMB for creating opportunities to reward and empower customers through
the Millionaire Promo. In his comment, a Director of the Consumer
Protection Council, Mr. Dauda Waja, hailed the Bank for conducting the
exercise with integrity and transparency. He said that FCMB followed due
process from the beginning of the promo in March till the emergence of
the various winners. Speaking on the promo, the Executive Director,
Retail Banking of FCMB, Mr. Olu Akanmu, said with the grand finale of
the draws held nationwide, the Bank has fulfilled the promise it made to
customers to reward those who participated and qualified for the promo
and participated in the four draws organised during the exercise. "We
are encouraged by the huge excitement and participation the Millionaire
Promo has continued to receive. Beyond the various prizes won by
winners, the fact the promo has provided us with an opportunity to
encourage an enduring savings culture, financial inclusion and the
empowerment of our customers is very exciting. We therefore urge members
of the public who do not currently have a banking relationship with us
to come on board to benefit from the various cutting-edge opportunities
that are on offer by the Bank’’, he added. Mr. Akanmu encouraged the
lucky customers, particularly the star prize winners, to make wise use
of their prizes, assuring, ‘’you can invest meaningfully and we are
ready to offer you free advice if you so wish’’. First City Monument
Bank (FCMB) Limited is a member of FCMB Group Plc, which is one of the
leading financial services institutions in Nigeria with subsidiaries
that are market leaders in their respective segments. Having
successfully transformed to a retail banking and wealth management led
Group, FCMB expects to continue to distinguish itself through innovation
and the delivery of exceptional services. See pictures from the grand
finale below. 
Adetutu OJ, the model with prominent tribal marks, became an
international sensation after she caught Rihanna's attention and the
singer began to follow her on Instagram. Her newfound fame seems to be
attracting people into her life like moths to flames, and this includes
people who had abandoned and written her off. The single mother, while
speaking with Hero Daniels of Linda Ikeji TV, revealed that she became
pregnant as a teen. Afraid, confused, and unsure, she went to the man
responsible and he asked her to keep the baby.However, the next time she
went to his home, he had moved without informing her. No one knew his
whereabouts and there was no way she could reach him. He never reached
out or got in touch with her, not even after their child was
born. Adetutu was forced to give up the child to be fostered for four
years. After she had been able to stand on her own, she went back for
her child and they now live together.But, Adetutu said the father of her
child recently contacted her on Instagram after she became a viral
sensation. His first contact comes 9 whole years after she had his
child. She also narrated how her ex-boyfriends were ashamed of her
because of her tribal maks. Some avoided being seen out with her during
the day. She added that some of her ex-boyfriends are back now that
she's popular and are trying to be friends but she doesn't intend to let
them into her life.Watch her tell the story in the video
below. Adetutu, the model with tribal marks, narrates how her
ex-boyfriends who were ashamed of her because of her tribal marks are
trying to be friends now that she’s popular She also spoke about how the
father of her child absconded without a trace 9 years ago when he
discovered she was pregnant only to recently return after she became
famous
Adetutu OJ, the dark skinned model with prominent tribal marks, has
weighed in on the skin bleaching debate after Blac Chyna came to Nigeria
to promote a face cream that lightens the skin.Adetutu, who got a
follow back from Rihanna after she indicated interest to model for the
singer, spoke with LITV about the trending topic of skin lightening. She
said she believes that women who bleach their skin are
insecure. Addressing Dencia's claims that ligtening is just to clear
dark spots from the knuckles and make the skin's tone even, Adetutu said
that is just an excuse women give for bleaching but at the root of it
all, is a lack of self-esteem. 
She
warned that at the end of the day, there are side effects to
bleaching.Watch her interview below. Adetutu, who is aspiring to be one
of Rihanna’s models, speaks about skin bleaching.
Rapper, Jay-Z, has been forced to deny he took shot at his former friend
and collaborator, Kanye West.The hip-hop mogul who featured on Meek
Mill's new song "What's Free" with Rick Ross was believed to have taken a
swipe at Kanye West. In the track off Meek's new album '
Championships', Jay-Z raps:"No red hat, don't Michael and Prince me and
Ye / They separate you when you got Michael and Prince's DNA / I ain't
one of these house n***as you bought / My house like a resort, my house
bigger than yours." It was also speculated that he almost-compared
West's wife Kim Kardashian with his own wife, Beyonce:"My spo– c'mon
man, my route better, of course," he raps in the song.The father of
three has denied throwing shots at Kanye West, saying his line in
'What's Free' meant don't pit me against my brothers no matter what
our differences are.He wrote on Twitter:'The line clearly meant don’t
pit me against my brothers no matter what our differences are (red hat)
now go pick up Meek album . Drake and Meek on there together.'
Frustrated by the absence of their victims from home, suspected robbers
penultimate Saturday left a note threatening to come back. The
incident happened at Grace Estate, in Iyesi area of Ado Odo/Ota Local
Government Area of Ogun State, after the robbers broke into a
three-bedroom apartment when the occupants were away from home.
According to reports, the robbers were said to have made attempt to
enter the apartment through the main entrance to the building, but they
could not open the main door. It was said that the robbers broke into
the building through the ceiling of an adjoining flat and carted away
one of the electronic gadgets in the house. They were also said to
have made attempt to break into the rooms, but the doors were too strong
for them to unlock or vandalise. Apparently frustrated over their not
too successful operation caused by the absence of occupants of the
building, the hoodlums were said to have left a note promising to return
at no given date. The note sighted by our correspondent reads: ‘’We
are coming back o !!! Goodluck.’’ The incident was reported to the
Obasanjo Farm Police Division, Ota. It was learnt that policemen from
the division visited the scene, while the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) of the station had directed his men to embark on constant patrol
and surveillance of the community to keep the gang in check. Speaking
with The Nation, the owner of the building, Dare Ogunyombo explained
that he was away from home for some days with his family, when the gang
visited his residence. He said: ‘’the suspected robbers visited my
residence while I was away from home with my wife and children. They
ransacked the house and scattered everywhere.I noticed that they
fruitlessly tried to force their way into my apartment through the main
door to the building. They however broke the ceiling of the next flat
and entered my apartment through the roof, while they carted away a
satellite television decoder in the living room.They also made attempt
to enter my room but the door was too strong for them to unlock or
break. I guess they were in a hurry to rob and because they were
frustrated, they left a note on the table threatening to come back for
me and my family.’
On Tuesday, 27th November 2018, The Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency Response Unit, (LRU) Fire and Rescue Team
commenced a 4-week training session (twice in a week)for the Fire
Department of The Nigerian Army from the Resettlement Barracks Oshodi.
Earlier in the month, the LRU Firefighters were deployed to the
Resettlement Barracks on a rescue operation and displayed a
well-coordinated effort andstandard in discharging their duties. This
impressed the Army and thus they arranged for training sessions with the
LRU team.Avantgarde Management Services, (AMS,) technical partners to
LRU, has remarkably transformed the state's emergency response and
management services, and will continually partner with local communities
and all stakeholders in developing socially responsible
relationships. This training serves as a part of many more other
activities to attaining that.Below are some pictures from the first
training session conducted at the LRU Cappa Dispatch Centre
A
25-year-old female robbery suspect, Precious Okoye, has said that she
took to crime after her husband abandoned her with their three children
and she had to do something to generate income to take care of her
children. Okoye who was arrested recently in Port Harcourt, Rivers state
said she was introduced to robbery by one Emeka.“I used to sell drugs
at Rossrous Hotel. I have three children. One day, my husband left us
with N1,000 and went to Lagos State. I met Emeka and he promised to
introduce me to a business. Emeka knew I was poor and I ended up
following them to a robbery operation. I followed them to a house at
Bolingo Road in Igurita. We stole household items like generator,
stabilizer, Home Theatre, Plasma TV and Gotv decoder. The gang sold the
Plasma TV for N20,000 and the DVD for N2,000.I was given N500 as my
share of the money. After we went for the second operation, I asked
Emeka to allow me keep the things we stole for the gang and he agreed.
But I later took them all and refused to give them anything, Emeka
fought with me but I didn’t listen to him,” she said.Among the gang
members working with Okoye is a 22-year-old named Oliver Nwokocha. He
was arrested for shooting a professional golfer during a robbery
operation. Nwokocha admitted he shot the victim, identified as Usman
Zabadi, but while narrating the scenario surrounding the incident, said
he did it in anger.“We went to another house. The man in that house ran
into the kitchen and I followed him. He hit me with a gas cylinder and
poured hot pot of soup on me. I got angry and shot him. I didn’t know he
died,” Nwokocha said of his victim.Being a member of a seven-man gang
of robbers including Angel, Nwokocha was arrested along with six other
suspects, Junior Nmeni, Emeka Iwuayawu, Victor Nwabusis, Sunny Nweke and
Ezekiel Ishaya and Angel. The gang allegedly specialised in breaking
and entering people’s homes at night. One of the most harrowing acts of
the gang was abducting a 13-year-old girl during one of their robbery
operations, raping her and still went ahead to collect ransom from her
family before releasing her. The suspects were arrested by operatives of
the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team,
IRT, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.The gang’s waterloo started after
they killed Zabadi in his house on Poultry Road, Rukpokwu in Port
Harcourt.After killing him, they carted away items like television sets,
two mobile phones and an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) Card. So
vicious was Nwokocha in the operation that he was said to have sprayed
Zabadi’s face with bullets, leading to his death. According to the
police, Nwokocha, armed with an Automatic Pump Action Gun, opened fire
after the deceased poured hot soup on him.“The gang went on to rob
several other homes around Iguruta and Upper- Deck areas of
Port-Harcourt, Rivers State where they dispossessed victims of cash and
other valuables. The gang also kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old girl
during one of their operations and a ransom of N200,000 was paid before
she was released to her family,” a police source said.Following series
of petitions directed to the IGP, Ibrahim Idris, by many of their
various victims, a team of operatives led by a Superintendent of Police
(SP), Martins, was deployed to Rivers State and the team trailed the
suspects through late Zabadi’s wife’s ATM card which the suspects had
been using to withdraw money. “Images generated from the ATM
transactions were distributed among police informants around Iguruta
area of Port-Harcourt.One of the informants identified as Oliver
Nwokocha, confessed to the crime during interrogations. He assisted the
police in the arrest of other membersI went into crime in January this
year. That was after my uncle was killed by some people in my community.
The people that killed him wanted to take over our land and the killing
of my uncle sparked a community fight. I went to my friend, Junior, who
has an Automatic Pump Action Gun. I used it in the fight. One day,
Emeka told me that Junior wanted us to go for a robbery operation. I
took the gun to Emeka and we met at Iguruta where Emeka and two others;
Ifeanyi, and Victor, took me to a house in Rukpokwu.While we were
breaking into the house, the people in the building started shouting
‘Jesus! Jesus!’” he told The New TelegrahAngered by the screaming, the
gang left that house and went to the next house which turned out to be
Zabadi’s apartment. It was there that Zabadi attacked Nwokocha and in
the process, met his untimely death.Speaking further, Nwokocha said“It
was after I was arrested that the police told me that the man I shot
died. After that operation, I collected one phone and sold it to
someone. Emeka took one of the television sets to his place. I had no
intention of killing that man,” he stated, as if that is enough to
revive his late victim. Junior Nmeni, 28, who is believed by the police
to be the owner of one of the guns used by the gang, claimed that he was
lured into robbery after he lost his job and couldn’t take care of his
pregnant wife.“I was formerly a cleaner at the Port Harcourt
International Airport where I earned N18,000. I joined the gang seven
months ago because the company I worked sacked me and things became very
hard for my wife and I. There was a gun that belonged to my late elder
brother, I found the gun inside his ceiling. I gave the gun to Oliver,
who used it to rob and later killed somebody. When he returned the gun,
he told me what he had done and I decided to join him. We robbed a man
and a woman at Iguruta. I kidnapped and raped the woman’s sister. I kept
the girl in my house for two days before Emeka and I started demanding a
ransom. The woman paid us N200,000, and I got N23,000 as my share.The
next operation was at a hotel and we went with two guns. “Elvis, a gang
member, brought the second gun. It was Sunny, another gang member that
brought information about the hotel. We got N21,000 from the hotel and
three phones. My last operation was at the home of Mr. Ogundun. Elvis
was the person that brought the job but on the day we went to the house,
we didn’t succeed because the man had a gun and shot at Oliver.I
haven’t made much money from the armed robbery business before I was
arrested. I was hoping to raise enough money from the business which I
intended to use for my pregnant wife’s delivery,” Junior concluded. On
his own, a 24-year-old primary school dropout named Iwuayawu, said: “My
late father was a native doctor and he didn’t bury his mother, who is
also my grandmother, before he died. My father drove me out of the house
when my mother, who is from Kogi State, left him. I went to
Port-Harcourt to look for job. When I couldn’t find any job, I went into
a bush at Unmuji Farm Road where I started selling Indian hemp. My
father fell sick and died, leaving me with the burden of burying him and
my grandmother.I had no money to take my father’s corpse to the
mortuary. I discovered that he sold all our landed properties before he
died. While I was on this, I had a fight with a man at St. Anthony’s
Church in Upper-Deck Area of Port-Harcourt. I was arrested and taken to
prison where I spent six months. When I came out of prison, I joined a
friend, Ifeanyi, who I met in prison. We started snatching people’s
bags.“I made some money from those robbery operations. I used the money
to bury my grandmother. I then joined Ifeanyi to carry out more
robberies hoping to raise more money, with which to bury my father.
Ifeanyi took me and two others to a house at night. When we entered the
house, we heard a woman praying and shouting ‘Jesus’. We left that house
and broke into another man’s house. We fired a shot and collected TV
sets and phones. I was given one of the TV sets which I gave to Okoye.
Okoye is a woman, who sells Indian help at Rossons area of
Port-Harcourt. She told me she has three children and her husband had
abandoned her. She went on two other robbery operations with us, where
we gave her all the money we made and the items we looted.”
The founder
of Odua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has died.Fasehun who
turned 83 in September, died on November 30th at the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital where he had been battling an undisclosed
ailment.Until his death, he was a medical doctor and hotel owner.Born on
September 21st 1935, Fasehun studied science at Blackburn College and
furthered his education at Aberdeen University College of Medicine. He
also studied at the Liverpool Postgraduate School after which he had a
Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons.The OPC is a Yoruba-based
organization formed to actualise the annulled mandate of Chief MKO
Abiola, who won the presidential election of 12 June 1993 but was barred
from office.Fasehun was imprisoned for 19 months from December 1996 to
June 1998 during the military rule of Sani Abacha.May his soul rest in
peace, Amen.
An
Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Isabo, on Friday, remanded
a truck driver, Nurudeen Bashir in prison custody for allegedly
assaulting a Vehicle Inspection Officer in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Bashir
was accused of inflicting injuries on a motorcyclist while attempting to
escape from the VIO. The prosecutor, Inspector Bukky Abolade, told the
court that the accused was stopped by the VIO on duty last Wednesday at
Aro in Abeokuta, but failed to produce his vehicle documents. Abolade
explained that Bashir drove one of the officials who entered his vehicle
to Oke-Ata, where he and others at large assaulted the official. The
Chief Magistrate, Adeola Adelaja, ordered that Bashir be remanded in the
prison custody till December 14, when his application would be
considered.
Singer,
Ojay Wright, who is actress Bukky Wright's son took to his Instagram
page to flaunt his eggplant as he posed in nothing but his briefs. See
full photo below... 