The
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC) has charged a Deputy Director with the Federal Character
Commission (FCC), Mr. Ahmad Balarabe to court for allegedly defrauding
unsuspecting job seekers of N8.8 million.The Commission, in a two-count
charge brought before Justice Bello Shinkafi, of the Zamfara State High
Court, Gusau, said that Mr. Balarabe fraudulently collected huge sums of
money from job seekers with a promise to employ them into the services
of the Federal University, Gusau and other federal government
agencies.ICPC informed the court that the accused, while acting as the
State Coordinator, FCC, in October, 2014, collected the N8.8 million
from several job seekers including N970, 000.00 from one Lawali Sule
Garba and his friends as financial commitment for processing their
employments.According to the Commission, his offence violates Section 1
(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2004
and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.One of the counts
read, “That you, Ahmad Balarabe, in October 2014 or thereabouts at
Gusau, Zamfara State, whilst being the State Coordinator, Federal
Character Commission, with the intent to defraud, did obtain by false
pretense, the sum of N7, 700, 000.00 from unsuspecting job seekers under
the guise of securing employment for them into the Federal University,
Gusau, Zamfara State and you thereby committed an offence contrary to
Section 1 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee
Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2004.The Deputy Director who now
heads Public Enlightenment, Media and Mobilisation Department of FCC,
pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him as his counsel, A.
Abubakar, urged the court to grant him bail on liberal terms.Counsel to
ICPC, Mashkur Salisu, while agreeing that the accused be released on
bail, urged the court to be mindful of the penalties for the offence
which is a maximum of twenty years imprisonment.He therefore prayed the
court to ensure that the accused provided reasonable surety in line with
the provisions of the law before he would be admitted to bail.The trial
Judge, while ruling on the bail application, admitted the accused to
bail in the sum of N20 million with two sureties in like sum. The
sureties must have landed property in Gusau, valued at N30 million each.
The bail conditions also required the accused to submit his
international passport with the court.Justice Bello ruled that Balarabe
should be remanded in the Gusau Central Prison, pending the fulfillment
of his bail conditions.
A
young man is reportedly pleading for God to end his life after he was
involved in an accident while selling bread in the middle of the road in
Ajah, Lagos.The accident took place yesterday, December 18, at Abraham
Adesanya estate, in front of Jefferey's Plaza, Ajah, at about 2 pm. It
left one of his legs terribly crushed that his bones and tissues were
visible. According to witnesses, he was begging God to take his life
after the accident.The victim has a pregnant wife in Ibadan but came to
Lagos to make some money hawking on busy roads.He has now been taken to
Igbobi General Hospital for treatment. 
Graphic photos and videos below.
Time
frame of incident: 2:00pmTwitter please do your thing and locate this
boy for help. pic.twitter.com/83Dd8YeI5r— Eni million (@En1_m1ll10n) 18
December 2018
A
35-year-old man identified as Seun Okwuyigbo has been arrested by
the police after he was accused of beating and injuring his
mother-in-law in the eye. He was arraigned in an Ogudu Magistrates’
Court, Lagos on Wednesday as the police charged Okwuyigbo with assault.
The Prosecutor, Insp Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the accused
committed the offence at No. 7, Shifawu Street, Ikosi-Ketu, on December
14. He said the accused beat up his mother-in-law, Mrs Tolani
Bisiritu, 65, who was trying to find out from her daughter the reason
why her husband locked her and the children in a dark room. Ihiehie said
the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 173 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State 2015. After the charges were read to him, he
pleaded not guilty. Magistrate E. Kubeinje admitted the accused to bail
in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. Kubeinje ordered
that the sureties must be gainfully employed and must provide evidence
of tax payment to the Lagos State Govt. The magistrate adjourned the
case until February 11.
Davido
is being praised on Twitter after a man narrated how the singer saved
him from the Nigerian police.Gbenga Sanusi said police stopped his
Taxify driver on Monday night, December 17, and began to question them.
At that point, Davido was driving by and asked the police to set them
free and the police obliged.Gbenga narrated:So the police stopped my
taxify ride a few minutes ago trying to question mans. @iam_Davido drove
by and told the police to free me it was a movie. Too much love and
respect for you man God bless you.
Sega,
who is popular for fighting police brutality in Nigeria also reacted to
this information.He tweeted at Davido:Now I can retire. Well done
@iam_Davido you are in charge now. #ReformPoliceNG 
On
Tuesday, a video of two men insisting that 5-year-old girls are also be
sexual beings, went viral.The men during a discussion on a TV show,
said little girls that wear bum shorts and other revealing clothes can
also get men aroused which can lead to rape. Watch here.Reacting to the
video, Waje who is a mum of one, wrote on her IGWow!!! Wow! My good
people of Nigeria, these men are making excuses for RAPE? Please explain
to me how two grown men would come on air and show stupidity!!! “
something you have to understand about human beings and what they see”
really? “How is a child not a sexual being?” We are finished o! I want
to believe or rather I believe we have MEN that are not sexually mental
cause this is a pure display of madness! So it’s not enough for women
now cause from what I’m watching, our children are now not safe. True
men should come to our aid for the sake of their daughters or future
daughters @ikosakioduwa @bankywellington@timidakolo @oscarinthecity @noble_igwe@officialbk6 and
many more.Please help school and renew minds ohhhh. Ehhhhhhhhh this one
is disgustingly loud! Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks o! If we have child services in this country, check if they have
children o. I fear for their children! Yes sons included. If mummy is
bathing your daughter that means it’s over! You are sleeping with her
that night. Nigeria come and hear o. Making excuses for rape
A
new report released by the Statistician General of Nigeria, Yemi Kale,
says the number of unemployed Nigerians has increased from 20.34 million
in the 2nd quarter of 2018 to 20.93 million in the 3rd quarter of 2018.
A
teacher has narrated an interesting incident that happened in his class
which left him so impressed, he gave a student the highest score.@kyaqy
wrote:2 weeks ago, I told kids at school to write an essay titled ‘If I
Were a Millionaire.’Everyone was writing, except a girl who leaned back
with arms folded.“What’s the matter,” I asked. “Why aren't you
writing?”“I’m waiting for my secretary,” she replied.Scored her
10/10.@kyaqy's tweet has gone viral with over 29,000 likes and over
10,000 retweets. 
A
Nigerian lady has narrated how she was almost raped by a man she met
and fell in love with on Twitter. Continue to read below. 
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Fresh
reports have indicated that Nigerian singer, Douglas Jack Agu has been
banned from entering the United States. According to Johnson Adumike,
the General Manager of his erstwhile record label, Eric Many
Entertainment, Runtown and his brother's secured the US visa though the
label but his brother's refused to come back, thus staying in the United
States illegally on expired visa In his words, 'the P-3 visa
(which allows an artist or entertainer, individually or as a group, to
enter the U.S) that Eric Many got for Runtown and his brothers to enter
the United States has expired and Runtown's brothers did not come back
causing their visas to expire. Eric Many reported this incident to
United States immigration, so when Runtown and his mother went to
reapply for their visas, they found out that they have been banned from
traveling to the US simply because America believes that both him and
his mother may decide not to come back again just as his
brothers'. Johnson also added that 'karma always comes back for you when
you bite the hand that feeds you'. LIB however eached out to Runtown
who descibed the story as false saying, 'its all fake news. It'll all be
clear in due time'. Below is a copy of the approval notice from the
United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. View this post on
Instagram Runtown banned from entering the United States.A post
shared by LIB - Linda Ikeji Blog (@lindaikejiblog) on Dec 19, 2018 at
3:10am PST
Michelle
Obama has revealed what she was thinking after Donald Trump's
presidential inauguration in January 2017.The former first lady was a
guest on Jimmy Fallon's 'The Tonight Show' on Tuesday, December 18.
During the show, Fallon asked Mrs Obama what she was thinking as she
boarded Air Force One with her husband, Barack Obama, following the
inaguration.Michelle immediately replied: Bye, Felicia.The phrase "Bye
Felicia" originates from the 1995 film Friday, and has since become
widely used as a term to dismiss an unwanted person.Michelle's reply was
met with rapturous applause and cheers from the audience and a drum
roll from the talk show’s resident band The Roots. 
Michelle
added:A lot was going on that day. That was a day. While discussing her
book Becoming with Fallon, Mrs Obama also spoke about the fact that she
and her husband had previously been through marriage counselling. She
explained that all marriages require dedication and commitment,
regardless of how happy they may seem from the outside.She said:I want
young people to know that marriage is work, even the best marriages
require work.Michelle said she had initially decided to take her husband
to marriage counselling in order to iron out his shortcomings, as
opposed to seeking guidance for their marriage together. But, she soon
realised that both of them had a responsibility to work on their
relationship.The mother-of-two said:I was one of those wives who
thought, ‘I’m taking you to marriage counselling so you can be fixed,
Barack Obama.' Because I was like, ‘I’m perfect.’ I was like, ‘Dr X.
please fix him.’And then our counsellor looked over at me. I was like,
‘What are you looking at? I’m perfect.’Marriage counselling was a
turning point for me understanding that it wasn’t up to my husband to
make me happy.That I had to learn how to fill myself up and have to put
myself higher on my priority list.Watch the video below.
Actor/Politician,
Bankole Wellington aka BankyW, has called out the Nigerian Army on
Twitter after a photo of three men reportedly being harassed for keeping
Afros in Enugu state surfaced online.Recall that on Monday December
17th, Twitter user, @eketiette shared a post stating that three boys
were harrased at a checkpoint in Enugu for carrying Afros and were asked
to shave each other's hair. See tweet below. 
Reacting
to the story on Wednesday morning, Banky who is contesting for the
Lagos Eti Osa Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives
in the 2019 general election, took to his Twitter handle to demand an
explanation from the Army. ''@HQNigerianArmy please will you respond to
this??? The military is supposed to serve and protect the people. Not
harass, humiliate and torture them. Pls respond. The Nigerian Army has
however not responded.
In
continuation of her support for noble initiatives, SPAR Nigeria has
partnered with Kinabuti to stage the 7th edition of the annual Christmas
outreach to students in the Orile area of Lagos. The event which took
place on December 3rd 2018 brought bright smiles to the faces of the
less privileged in the suburb.In his comment on the partnership,
Marketing Head, SPAR Nigeria, John Goldsmith said “we are delighted to
be a part of the annual outreach of Kinabuti and friends. We believe in
giving back to the society through noble initiatives like this which
embodies the essence of Christmas season which is sharing.”“Our maxim as
an organization is ‘My Nigeria, My SPAR’ has helped us in supporting
various charitable projects to enhance the quality of lives of Nigerians
and also through our support for local farmers and gainfully employing
skilled Nigerians,” he added.
According
to Creative Director of Kinabuti, Ms Caterina Bortolussi, this is one
of the ways of reaching out to the children of Orile; Coker; Iganmu and
her neighbouring suburbs. She appreciated the contribution of SPAR
Nigeria, one of the sponsors of the event.According to her, “We want to
thank our sponsors most especially SPAR Nigeria; donors; partners and
volunteers for their contributions towards the success of this project.
The party has grown to be a major event for children in this suburb in a
profound way. The smile on the faces of the children and the feelings
of their pure joy light up our hearts more beautifully as they received
their goody bags. The ecstasy on the faces of these children has
continued to encourage us.”“We equally use the opportunity to appreciate
the teachers who have impacted knowledge into this students in the last
one year with goody bags.,” she added.At the event, the Eko Samba
Musical band was at hand to entertain the participants. Other highlights
of the event include the bouncy castles; yoga classes; story time; Arts
and Craft class; fitness classes; Gift time by Santa and lots of
games.SPAR Nigeria has supported many laudable initiatives from
organizations like Aurora Foundation; Leverage Sports amongst others in
reaching out to the Nigerians in the course of the outgoing year. The
brand has continued to transform the shopping experience of Nigerians by
making available products that has improved the quality of their lives
in various cities across the country.
Manchester
United has appointed their former striker, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the
club's new interim manager following Jose Mourinho's sacking on
Tuesday.The Old Trafford legend, 45, who scored 126 goals in 366
appearances for United during 11 seasons at the club replaces Mourinho
on what is effectively a loan move from Norwegian side Molde.He will be
joined by Mike Phelan as first-team coach, also working alongside
Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna. In comments published on Molde's
website, Solskjaer said that he will return to the club, whose league
campaign begins at the end of March, when his duties at United are
complete. Solskjaer said on Molde's website: 'In football you never know
what can happen. We get proof of time after time. This is an
opportunity I had to take. I am looking forward to leading Manchester
United until the summer. 
'At
the same time, I will follow closely what is happening here at home. We
have built stone for stone and the end of the season this year gives us
hope for another good season. 'Erling, Trond and Per Magne will do a
lot of work while I'm gone. At the same time, I would like to thank the
club, and Kjell Inge and Bjorn Rune once again congratulate me on the
world's biggest club.''Manchester United is in my heart and it's
brilliant to be coming back in this role. I'm really looking forward to
working with the very talented squad we have, the staff and everyone at
the club,' said Solskjaer in United's club statement.United executive
vice-chairman Ed Woodward added in the club's announcement: 'Ole is a
club legend with huge experience, both on the pitch and in coaching
roles. 'His history at Manchester United means he lives and breathes the
culture here and everyone at the club is delighted to have him and Mike
Phelan back. We are confident they will unite the players and the fans
as we head into the second half of the season.'
Suspected
kidnappers abducted the Rt.Reverend Clement N.Ekpeye, JP, honourable
Bishop of Ahoada Diocese of the Anglican Communion at about 7pm on
Tuesday, December 18.Spokesman and Clerical Synod Secretary of Ahoada
Diocese, who confirmed the incident, said it occurred at Bishop’s
Court, which is his official residence at Odiemerenyi road, in Ahoada
town, Ahoada East local government area of Rivers State. 
Super
talented Afrobeats singer Dice Ailes caps a great run in 2018 with yet
another another great achievement. In a year that has seen him warm the
heart of fan with his hit music and collaborate with some of the biggest
stars the "Diceyyy" crooner has now been appointed as a National Youth
Ambassador for Sport by the Federal Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr
Solomon Dalung. This appointment took place at the National Sports
festival in Abuja. Where Dice Ailes wowed fans with his fans favourite
hits and his appointment was surely the icing on the cake. Speaking on
this proud moment, Dice Ailes share that he felt hounoured to be given
such great recognition, stating that he was on top of the world, maybe
on cloud 9 after being singled out of up to 70% of Nigeria's 180 million
population to serve as the points-person.You can read his full speech
here Congratulations to Dice Ailes on this achievement. We are looking
forward to more of the same in 2019. Watch the video of his appointment
here: https://ift.tt/2R9Cu6g this post on Instagram It was with
great joy that I received this heartwarming ambassadorship, as announced
by the Nigerian federal Minister of Youth and Sports Development,
Solomon Dalung yesterday in Abuja. Thank you to everyone who
participated in this historic decision. The permanent Secretary Mr
Adesola Olusola, Sagaya Abdulmumeen AKA Shaggy, Ishaku Karo, Aibee
Abidoye, Mohamed Kawosha. Thank you Nigeria. Thank you Nigerian youths,
we will do everything jointly to justify this confidence reposed in us.
God blessA post shared by Dice Ailes (Mr. Miyagi) (@dice_ailes) on Dec
17, 2018 at 6:47am PST
Following
her split from her now estranged husband Offset over infidelity, Cardi B
has revealed she is seriously missing his penis.The rapper and mother
of one went on Instagram Live to chat with her fans, and in the process,
she revealed it been long she sucked a d*ck and also misses Offset's
eggplant.'Oh my God. I almost died. My gag reflexes are leaving because I
haven’t sucked d*ck in such a long time. I miss the D. Boutta relapse
and call this n*gga.'She also went on with describing the size of
Offset's eggplant to her fans, saying:'Big fat, black…….and heavy. I
miss it. A. Lot. I want it.' Watch the video below.
Facebook
user, Ella Okechukwu is determined not to end 2018 as a single woman
hence she has taken to the social media platform to search for a
husband. She also posted photos of herself harvesting cassava in the
farm show that she is a real wife material and wrote;Where are all this
men that is looking for wife.. am here oooo 
Singer
and actress, Selena Gomez, has been spotted out for the first time
since she was checked into a mental health facility to get treatment
after suffering an emotional breakdown two months ago.On Tuesday, her
friends Connar Franklin and actress Bailee Madison shared series of
photos from a snowy vacation with the 26-year-old singer looking very
happy.
“She’s
feeling much better and looking forward to getting back to normalcy,”
the source tells PEOPLE exclusively. “She’s spending time with friends
and family.”
Back
in October, Selena was hospitalized twice, both times for a low white
blood cell count, which can be a side effect for kidney transplant
patients.During her second visit, Gomez suffered a panic attack and
subsequently headed to a treatment center on the East Coast. 
Soon
after she was admitted she insisted on leaving, but doctors said she
couldn't. Subsequently, she had "a meltdown" and "freaked out." Selena
tried ripping the IV's out of her arm. Several sources called the
episode "an emotional breakdown."
A
Nigerian man who goes by the name @classykinging on IG, has shared a
shocking video of how two officials of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency LASEMA, treated his emergency call with levity while a
robbery attack was happening in his neighborhood at Ogudu in Lagos
state last night.Watch the video below and tell us what you
think View this post on Instagram Nigerian man shares
encounter with Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA staff
during a robbery attack at his Neighborhood
A
Keke Napep driver is being celebrated on twitter after he found N1.150,
000 forgotten inside his tricycle by a businessman and returned it to
him in Taraba state. Twitter user @IsaacOnyemaUgo3 who shared the story
online, said the businessman gave the tricycle driver N200 as his
reward. See the tweet below
