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A 29-year-old man, Seyi Ogunlana, who allegedly stole two cell phones valued at N40,000, has been arraigned before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Ogunlana, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and malicious damage, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The pathetic story of how 14-year-old Ese Oruru, who was in August 2015, allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, by one Yunusa, who hails from Kano, has continued to elicit outrage on social media among Nigerians.  our correspondent gathered that Ese, who was 13 as at the time of her alleged abduction, was taken to Kano, by Yunusa, where he converted her to Islam and married her. Ese’s parents had since last August made trips to Kano, where they unraveled the plights of their daughter. 

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has warned those who are claiming to be representing the group, including the members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its youth wing to stop such move, that nobody speaks or represents them, unless such a person or persons are designated officers of IPOB worldwide. The group also said that its leader Mr. Kanu said he would rather die in jail than for the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to claim the glory of his release as he has no business with the Igbo Socio cultural organization. ”I will rather die in jail than for Ohanaeze Ndigbo to claim the glory of my release,“ Kanu reportedly said. 

Four people are dead and 14 have been wounded after a mass shooting at a factory in a tiny Kansas city, according to authorities.   Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton told reporters that a gunman opened fire about 5 p.m. Thursday at Excel Industries, a manufacturer of lawnmowers in Hesston, Kansas – a city of about 3,700 people, 35 miles northwest of Wichita.  

The supreme court has dismissed the appeal filed by Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, general overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (better known as Reverend King), challenging the judgment of a Lagos high court sentencing him to death by hanging. In his lead judgment, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, said the facts of the case were “like what you see in a horror movie”. he added that the appeal lacked merit.  The court upheld the judgment of the lower court sentencing him to death, but overruled the 20-year sentence handed down by the high court. ‎In December 2015, the apex court, presided over by Justice Walter Onoghen, adjourned for judgment after entertaining arguments from counsel to prosecution and defence in the matter. Adeniji Kazeem, Lagos state attorney-general and commissioner for justice, appeared before the supreme court alongside Idowu Alakija, director of public prosecution and other senior counsel in the state, urging the court to dismiss the appeal and uphold the jud...

Emotion ran high in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos after a 72-year-old man slumped and died by the roadside. It was learnt that the septuagenarian, whose name had yet to be ascertained, was coming from his son’s house and going home. He had disembarked from a commercial bus in the area around 8pm on Sunday, as the man crossed to the other side of the road, he slumped. A crowd was said to have rallied round him and poured water on his head, thinking he would regain consciousness.

A lawyer, Adeyemi Akintoye, is currently receiving treatment from a hospital in the Yaba area of Lagos State after two soldiers allegedly brutalised him for “walking slowly on the road.” One of the soldiers, identified as Uko Obasi, from the Tailoring Department of the Ordinance Barracks, Yaba, allegedly assaulted Akintoye near Tejuosho Market, Ojuelegba Road, Yaba, and kicked him repeatedly with his boot.

Thirteen-year-old Pelumi Fawibe, an apprentice photographer, has yet to recover from pains after his boss, Olajide Olaoye, reportedly damaged his scrotum while he was beating him with a wire for being obstinate. Our correspondent learnt that the boy had been living with the boss for three years before the incident happened on Sunday, February 15, at his shop in Ile Epo bus stop, Badagry, Lagos. Viewers discretion strictly advised

Nollywood Yoruba Actor Femi Adebayo-Salami has been appointed as the Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor on Culture, Art and Tourism. Congratulations to Femi.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, refused an application by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, seeking to stay further proceedings in the suit challenging the hike in electricity tariff by Distribution Companies, DISCOs. The suit was instituted by a lawyer and rights activist, Toluwani Adebiyi, following which the court had restrained parties to maintain status-quo. It will be recalled that NERC and DISCOs had gone ahead on February 1, 2016 to hike tariff in electricity, despite the subsisting order. NERC had asked the court to stay proceedings until its appeal against two previous rulings delivered by the judge was heard and determined by the Appeal Court. 

Although Moro blamed the former Comptroller-General of Immigration for the incidents, those loyal to Parradang traced the tragedy to Moro and those they described as his business partners The EFCC  stepped into the job scandal to ascertain the whereabouts of the N650 million proceeds of the exercise.  A highly-placed source, who spoke in confidence, said last night: “We have detained Moro, a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior and a director.

Activities on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway were yesterday halted for hours after students of the Lagos State University, LASU and the shuttle operators clashed with members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, at the Iyana-Iba motor park over increase in loading levies. It was learned that the ever busy road was blocked while the clash lasted. The clash started at about 11 am after the members of the Union informed the shuttle operators that the loading levies had been increased from N200 to N1, 000 and that the increment took immediate effect. 

It was a sad weekend in Ndubia Inyimaegu community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, following reports of the death of one Jacinta, who was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, James Uguru, over adultery. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, ASP George Okafor, revealed that the suspect had angrily beaten his wife to stupor when the deceased stopped him from chasing after her alleged lover boy.

There is no denying the fact that Nigeria’s currency, the naira, has continued to plummet in value against international currencies such as the dollars, euros and pounds. While the official exchange rate is pegged at $1 to around N200, one does not need a soothsayer to find out a dollar sells at nearly N400 in the parallel market. A former gubernatorial candidate in Anambra state and Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah on Monday issued a come-and-get-me plea to the Federal Government with a claim that he could restore the value of the naira to 200 against the dollar in a month.

Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives have arrested a driver, Emmanuel John, for allegedly duplicating his boss’ car key and attempting to abscond with it. John, 26, was arrested at Abraham Adesanya Estate in Lekki last Sunday night for alleged attempted theft of the Toyota Corolla car marked EPE 642 DX, which he planned to take to a Valentine’s Day party at Splash Hotel in Sangotedo, Ajah. John had a week before his plan, cut the Toyota Corolla key without the knowledge of his boss, Mrs Flora Ighalo.

Kehinde Toba, a primary one pupil of Fasok Nursery and Primary School in the Ketu area of Lagos State, has slipped and fallen into an open 25-foot latrine. Kehinde, who lost his father five years ago and had been staying with his uncle on Alapere Street, was walking out of the house on Wednesday around 7pm when he fell into the pit. His corpse was later discovered at about 5pm the next day, after a bricklayer had sealed up the pit without knowing that he was trapped in it.

Despite current drop in power generation and supply, the directive by the Senate to suspend the new 45 per cent tariff hike remains invalid, as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, said it lacked the constitutional authority to reverse the order. This came as the leadership of organised labour called for the probe of the NERC, and former chairman of the commission, Dr. Dr Sam Amadi, CEO, NERC , over the controversy surrounding the recent hike in electricity tariff. The declaration by NERC came as power generation in the country has plummeted to 3,664   megawatts, MW,  according to information from the Federal Ministry of Power. This is happening at a time the distribution companies, DISCOs, are insisting on increasing tariff on all categories of customers without commensurate increase in electricity supply.  Immediate past Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi

National Publicity Sec­retary of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has told a Fed­eral High Court that the Eco­nomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) cannot prosecute him without inter­rogating former President Goodluck Jonathan regarding the source of the N400 mil­lion alleged to be part of arms purchase funds. Metuh, who has filed a no case submission asking the court to discharge him from the seven- count money laundering charge preferred against him and his company, Destra Investment Limited, said the Prosecution Witness (PW5) evidence that presen­tation for which money was paid was made to Jonathan makes the investigation of his role as well as his evi­dence vital and indeed crucial without which no prima facie case can conceivably be said to have been made out. Chief Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) led Metuh’s defence team. Chief Olisa Metuh

A 22-year-old man, Chigozie Ugwu, paraded by the Anambra State Police Command for stealing 52 women’s underwear has said he indulges in the act to satisfy his sexual urge. Ogwu said he had no girlfriend and felt like he was having sexual intercourse any time he picks a woman’s pant, even as he pleaded that the police should release him.

Chelsea football club today breezed into the quarter finals of the FA Cup with a cool 5-1 win over Manchester City. 

Several years after she disappeared from the screen, top actress Caroline Ekanem is due to premiere her comeback movie, “Staker” on Saturday, February 27. The beautiful actress is premiering her movie amid reports that her marriage to her billionaire husband, Musa Danjuma has hit the rocks. The movie, which stars Jim Iyke, Nse Ikpe-Etim is produced by Caroline whose marriage allegedly crashed recently. 

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday rejected part of the application by the Federal Government seeking the approval to enable its prosecution witnesses to wear mask while testifying in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Tsoho ruled that the provisions of Section 232 (4)(e) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 only allowed such witness protection in a trial involving terrorism charges.

Wildlife rangers on Friday hunted for two lions who escaped from Nairobi’s national park and meandered into “highly populated” areas of the Kenyan capital.  Kenya Wildlife Service issued an appeal, “for help to get two lionesses that strayed from the Nairobi National Park.” Armed rangers, as well as KWS vets with dart guns, scoured bush and agricultural land alongside the Kibera district, one of Africa’s largest slums.  “Lions are dangerous wild animals. Avoid provoking the lions by confronting them,” said KWS spokesman Paul Udoto. At least two lionesses are reported to have late Thursday left the park, spread over 117 square kilometres (45 square miles) where buffalo and rhino roam just seven kilometres from the bustling high-rise city centre.

The continued fall in crude oil price may lead to a further cut in the pump price of petrol by the Federal Government any time soon, the outgoing Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, has said. The PPPRA is the agency of the Federal Government that regulates and fixes prices for petroleum products in the country.

Osun State Government has technically sacked the doctors in its employ who have been on strike since September 28th 2015. The Chairman, Special Committee on Health, Dr. Simon Afolayan, announced at a press conference in Osogbo on Friday that the state considered that the striking doctors had resigned their appointments.  He explained that the doctors had not been sacked because no letter of sack was issued to any of them but they (striking doctors) were deemed to resign their appointments because of their refusal to work for more than six months. According to him, the doctors started their strike on April 2, 2015.

Gbemisola, the wife of Moshood Olaniyi, the man, who was battered on Wednesday by a soldier, Emmanuel B.J., says her husband’s health is deteriorating due to the extent of the injury he sustained. She told our correspondent on Thursday on the telephone that her husband had not been able to eat any food or drink any liquid since the incident happened.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday restated his administration’s commitment to ensure that the Blue Line of the Light Rail Project is up and running by December 2016. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the 5th Lagos Corporate Assembly, a forum for public-private sector engagement held at the Banquet Hall of Lagos House, Ikeja, while responding to questions from captains of industries and members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS), debunked claims that work had stopped on the first phase of the project connecting Mile 2 to CMS, saying the allegation was totally untrue. Deputy Gov of Lagos State, Idiat Oluranti Adebule and Gov Ambode 

Some medical students of the University of Lagos, Akoka, who were given courses contrary to their choices, have threatened to take the institution to court if it fails to reverse its decision within seven days, starting from Wednesday, February 17. They said they had petitioned the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahman Bello, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Senate Committee on Education, the National Universities Commission, the Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, among others, on the development, saying they wanted favourable response before the ultimatum elapsed.

Actress Toyin Aimakhu post a touching video and 'tag' Twyse_116, the user not to commit suicide. A look at the young man page shows he's frustrated that he hasn't make it despite his hustles. He apologizes to his mum and fans on both twitter and Instagram for taking such a drastic decision. I doubt if he has heard the story of Olajumoke Orisaguna. No matter what we are going through in life, let's put all our trust in Almighty God. I doubt if Olajumoke ever think she will be this popular and rich in just two weeks.

APC stalwart and Minister of Information and culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed and former Ekiti State governor, now Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi paid a coutesy call to Ooni of ile-ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi in his palace. L-R, Ooni Ogunwusi, Lai Muhammed & Kayode Fayemi 

Crack team of detectives from the Edo state Police Command are hunting for a Pastor identified as Henry Ojochunu Ekukpe, who allegedly stabbed his 29 year old wife to death in the presence of their six year-old baby, leaving a note containing ten questions he expected his late wife to answer. It was learnt that Henry who got married to Patience in 2014 has been having issues that forced the deceased out of his house months ago.  The run away Pastor is said to Pastor in one of the branches of Mountain of Victory and Fire Deliverance Ministry in Benin City. Vanguard leanrt that trouble started last Sunday when the Pastor invited the deceased for a dialogue under the guise that he wants her back to the house. It was learnt that when the deceased came, the Pastor used a hidden knife to stab her in different parts of her body and escaped from the area. 

The Towie stars are not known for their modest ensembles.   Yet Danielle Armstrong and Chloe Sims took sexy looks to a new extreme while heading to a pool party while filming the ITVBe reality show in Gran Canaria on Wednesday night.  The 27-year-old blonde beauty left very little to the imagination in an entirely sheer gown with just nude knickers beneath, while her co-star, 33, went for a backless bodysuit with sheer drapery. 

Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome says she has now formally completed the process of divorcing Chris Oyakhilome, pastor and founder of Christ Embassy Church (also known as the Believers Love World), as her husband.  Filing for divorce in Suit No FD14D01650 on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London, UK, Anita had said, through her lawyers, Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors, that the marriage should be dissolved on the basis of “unreasonable behaviour” amidst claims of marital unfaithfulness, which Oyakhilome continued to deny. Similarly, she made the announcement of the divorce – and her withdrawal from the church – through her lawyers. 

38 year old Oyelowo Ajanaku, stabbed to death by Lawyer wife, Yewande Oyelowo in their Akobo home, in Ibadan will be laid to rest next week. May his soul continue to Rest in Peace.

Newsly sworn-in Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on a visit to the president, Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. 

Ponso has been living by himself on a tiny island off the Ivory Coast for nearly three years, after his mate and their two children died within days of each other at the end of 2013. Ponso's only companion has been Germain, a nearby villager who brings the chimp his only source of food and water.  But this month Ponso was visited by Estelle Raballand, the director of the Chimpanzee Conservation Center, and immediately embraced her in a hug and laughed and she touched him. Ponso was one of dozens of chimps abandoned on islands by the New York Blood Center after he was used for medical testing in the 1980s.

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari was a year older yesterday and she mark it in the Presidential Villa with friends and family. The Vice president Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo Osinbajo were among other well wishers that celebrates with her Excellency.

Kylie and Kendall Jenner are thrilled after their mobile game went straight to No.1 on the Apple's app store.  The reality siblings launched their new game, entitled Kendall & Kylie, on both Apple and Google Play on Wednesday and within hours it had topped the charts. Taking to Instagram with a screengrab of the chart placing, Kylie wrote: 'We are number 1 people!!!!!! #kendallkyliegame !!!!!!' Kendall & Kylie is a spin-off of their half-sister Kim Kardashian West's popular Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game, which launched two years ago. The game is free to play and takes fans on an interactive adventure through Hollywood, with users able to customise their characters and interact with the Jenner sisters and their friends. 

Still in celebration of the new born baby of Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike, her husband, Churchill, cannot hide the way he feels about his new son as he has come out to share his happiness and blessings for his son. He has chosen to call his baby OMODAYO, as he explains that he is the luckiest man on planet having waited for so long just for the baby to be born. Churchill stated that with the new baby, he now has huge task ahead of him as he is now a complete man.

A young dolphin has died of suspected dehydration after being paraded around like a trophy and stroked by a crowd of sunbathers who then abandoned it on the sand. The group of people huddled around the mammal taking selfies after it was found on the Argentine beach resort of Santa Teresita in the north-eastern Buenos Aires Province.  Dozens of people crowded round to look at the squirming calf as they strained to touch it, and have their photos taken with it.

A middle-aged female passenger was on Wednesday found dead in one of the toilets at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that the passenger, whose identity was not revealed, was billed to travel to Abu Dhabi, United Arabs Emirates, on Etihad Airways.

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has said he has never spent public fund on any foreign trip, challenging critics to prove him wrong. The governor, who spoke through his Information and Culture Commissioner, Ahaji Umar Jibo Bukkuyum, also explained that what he had done and was still doing, was to move the state forward developmentally. According to him, the governor was doing his best toward addressing the problems in the state, saying “Instead of the people to be talking meaninglessly, they should face realities. 

Every lady’s target is to end up with Mr. Right but what is the use of getting the perfect One and later on letting him loose for the wolves to bite. Before marriage; precious moments are spent, treasured memories are created and the love blossoms. After marriage, especially when the woman has a kid or two, she stops taking care of herself, the lingerie transforms to wrappers and the men concentrate more on their work than their wives. Most relationship becomes tedious and irksome, it takes forever to spend quality time together and the man starts cheating. All this problems can be avoided; the love doesn’t easily fade off. Here are five secrets to keeping the romance alive in a marriage.

I salute our African mothers, who would go to any length to put food on the family tables. A mother who can go to sleep hungry after her kids get the best they want. Sweet mother. 

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the complete purge of the Budget Office because of the discrepancies and padding of the 2016 budget.. Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that the President handed down the directive following the embarrassment that the budget discrepancies had attracted to his government. It will be recalled that Buhari had on Monday sacked Mr. Yahaya Gusau as the Director-General of the Budget Office for the same reason and approved the appointment of Mr. Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi as his replacement.