Idiroko Customs Intercepts Poultry Products Worth N4.3m

The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Headquarters Monitoring Team, Idiroko axis, at the weekend, said it has intercepted 810 cartons of frozen poultry products worth N4, 374, 000.

The team Coordinator, Deputy Comptroller Yahaya Usman, said the seizure will be destroyed in a designated site at the NCS premises, Ikeja under the watch of critical agencies of government including NAFDAC.

While displaying the seized goods, Usman said his team has an effective  collaboration with the residents of the area, as units and commands of the Customs remain committed  to totally eradicating the menace of smuggling.

Prophet Allegedly Swindles Member Of N5m

A man of God (names withheld) has allegedly defrauded a former church member, Ms. Rita Okoro, of N5,000,000, being part of the total sum he had obtained from her and her family members, while pretending to assist in securing the release of her brother, who had been detained by police in Lagos since January 17.

It was learned that Ms. Okoro, and her sister, Ngozi, were members of the said prophet’s church, until they discovered that he had been taking advantage of their predicament, like many other members of his church, to exploit and defraud them.

Vanguard gathered that Rita and her family are not the only victims of the prophet’s fraudulent activities. However, not many members of his church whom he had defrauded have mustered the courage, like Rita and her family, to speak up.

Okoro said that sometime in January, following the arrest and indefinite detention of his brother by police operatives from the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos, over an allegation of being an informant to a kidnapping gang, and frustrated by the persistent refusal by SARS to either charge him to court or even allow their family or legal representatives to see him, they approached the prophet for assistance.

T-Shirts That Proudly Proclaim Your Preferred Gender Pronoun

Haven't you heard? Gender is not binary. Some people identify as men; some as women; some as neither; some as a combination.

Whether you prefer "he," "she" or "other," now you have another way to communicate your chosen pronoun. Clothing retailer Look Human created a line of tanks, t-shirts and accessories to speak for you.

The line comes at a time of growing acceptance of gender fluidity and blurred lines.

The tees help express which pronoun you prefer to go by. Some shirts allow you to check a box, while others encourage people to ask how you want to be addressed, instead of assuming.

NDLEA Set To Probe Davido's "Fans Mi" Video

Davido seems not to be off the hook just yet over his 'Fans Mi' video in which he featured US rapper, Meek Mill.

The 3:43secs video, directed by Sesan, which promotes nudity, drug trafficking, violence and fraud, is going to be investigated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

Reaffirming the NDLEA's position that the video is "inappropriate and indecent" and promotes negative culture among the youth, the anti-narcotics agency's spokesperson, Mitchel Ofoyeju, revealed that a panel is already looking into the content of the video.

Speaking with Punch, he said: "I am aware that a panel is working on it (the video). The panel was set up soon after the video was released few weeks ago. When our attention was drawn to it, we viewed it and we discovered that it was improper. There is no moral lesson in it and he was just advertising drug trafficking. 

Drake Remixes Wizkid's Ojuelegba Song And It Just Got Better

What did BET say again about African acts making their music more 'internationally appealing' because Nigerian pop star, Wizkid, just gave them an epic response without even trying to.

So, yesterday, July 11th, Young Money rapper, Drake debuted his new show OVO Sound Radio, where he also debuted a pair of remixes including Wizkid's smash song, 'Ojuelegba'.

  

Apparently, UK-born Nigerian MC, Skepta, who introduced the song to Drake some few days ago, also featured on the remix, which I must tell you is DOPE!

White Man Turns Black After Receiving Liver Transplant From African-American Donor

Gendler Before and After The Operation

A Russian man, Semen Gendler, given a liver transplant by an African-American donor has claimed the operation is turning his skin black.

Gendler, from Krasnodar, southwest Russia, urgently needed the transplant after being diagnosed with hepatitis C and cancer. Doctors said his only hope was a liver transplant, and after contacting business partners in the USA, Gendler flew there for the life-saving operation.

He was given the liver of an unnamed, 38-year-old African-American man for the transplant, which reportedly cost him around £325,000. Reports claimed Mr Gendler obtained a liver transplant after paying the large sum in the U.S, where the operations can be agreed more quickly than in Russia.

Gendler said the transplant initially gave him ‘a new lease of life’, but was then told by a work colleague that his skin ‘seemed to be changing colour’.

His colleague Igor Atamanenko said: ‘I noticed that his skin was getting darker. When he told me they had given him the liver of an African-American man, I guess that was probably the reason for the colour change.

Girl With Hole-In-Heart Needs Help

The birth of Godstime Chioma Dim, a two-year-old girl with a hole in the heart to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Dim on August 21, 2013 was celebrated with pomp and pageantry.

For years, the couple, who already had two male children, prayed for a girl and when Godstime came, it was moment of joy for the family, who saw her as an angel sent by God.

This, the couple told The Guardian informed the choice of her name, God’stime and Chioma, meaning Good God. However, while the family was still savouring this great visitation from God, the devil struck and what should have been a bundle of joy turned out to be a source of worry and sorrow for the family.

Not only was the baby diagnosed of a multiple congenital anomalies; she was also diagnosed with a hole-in-the-heart. According to a medical report signed by the Head of Department of Pediatrics and Child Heart, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH) Dr. B. A. Animashaun, the girl’s conditions include anorectal malformations, bilateral Talipes Equinovarius, and acyanotic congenital heart disease, which involved complete Atrioventricular canal defect, additional secundum, Atrial Septal defect, inoderate sized patent Ductus Arteriosus and severe pulmonary artery hypertension.

Today's Newspaper Headlines : Monday, July 13, 2015

Good morning everyone, hope you all had a great weekend? News headlines from national newspapers across the country is ready for your reading pleasure. Do have a pleasant working day.

VANGUARD

• APC, PDP battle over $5.5bn NLNG dividend
• Prophet allegedly swindles member of N5m
• Truck crushes couple, son in Anambra
• PDP, APC bicker over alleged EFCC move against Fayemi
• How my father beat me with barbed wire because of mum
• Maku to Buhari: Please, redeploy soldiers
• Kogi not a failed state'Wada
• Lawyers warn EFCC against losing cases frequently
• Bracing For The Floods
• Nigerians will be fed up with APC in 1 year ' Ojougboh
• APC, NASS crisEs: The avoidable mistakes our leaders made 'REP Shuaibu
• Nigeria lags in global outsourcing industry
• BVN Extension: CeBIH advocates prompt enrolment by customers
• How NB divides beer market along taste line
• Hope brightens for improved fuel supply amidst threats
• Stanbic IBTC nets N68bn gross revenue in six months
• Turnover in OTC market hits N9.76trn
• Investors trade 475.01m shares worth N3.94bn on NSE
• What to consider before renting or buying a house
• CBN to support revamp of oil sector

July 10, 1999 : The Day Devil Drank Blood On OAU Campus!

Forty-two days after President Olusegun Obasanjo was sworn in, five students - 21 year old George Akinyemi Iwilade (Afrika), Yemi Ajiteru, Ekede Efe, Eviano Ekelemu, Babatunde Oke - were murdered by suspected cultists led by one Efosa of the Black Axe Confraternity from the University of Benin in an attack believed to have been sponsored by the then VC, Prof. Wale Omole.

The then Students' Union president, Lanre Adeleke was said to have escaped being killed by jumping from the third floor of Block 8 of the Obafemi Awolowo Hall where his room was but the Secretary General, Afrika, was unlucky as he was matcheted to death in his room 281.

Their offence was that they were against anti-student policies of the management which included astronomical increase in tuition fee and poor welfare conditions. Great Ife responded by mobilising heavily to arrest the perpetrators. They were forced to hand them over to the Police but unfortunately, sixteen years after, those who killed the Iwo, Osun State, born 400 law student and four others their killers are yet to be booked.

179 Years: Meet The Oldest Man In The World Living In India

A retired cobbler from northern India, Mahashta Mûrasi, claims he was born in January 1835, making him not only the oldest man on earth, but the oldest to have ever lived, according to the Guinness World Records. 

Indian officials revealed he was born at home in the city of Bangalore. He reportedly lived in a place called Varanasi since 1903. He made a living from shoemaking until 1957 before he retired at the age of 122. His birth certificates and identity cards all confirm the truth behind his age claims. 

"I have been alive so long, that my great grand-children have been dead for years. Somehow death forgot about me... And now there's hardly any hope left. Look at the statistics, nobody dies past 150, even less at 170. At that point, I guess I'm immortal or something. I might as well enjoy it!" 179 years old Mûrasi said.

I Regret Ever Meeting You - Actor Baba Tee Replies UK-Based Ex-Lover, Yetunde Bustline

If you're not a keen follower of the Yoruba movie industry this interesting gist you're about to read might not make any sense. But if you are or are interested in 'tatafo', then by all means, grab your popcorn and a bottle of soda and jump right in.

Following a video UK-based writer and allegedly popular socialite, Yetunde Oduwole aka Yetunde Bustline released yesterday on YouTube where she lamented the heartbreak her ex-lover and popular Yoruba actor Babatee caused her, the latter has narrated his own side of the story.

Yetunde in the video had claimed that despite giving Babatee her all, he turned around to cause her pain. She also warned him to desist from his campaign of calumny against her because no one, especially men, who she has loved but who treated her badly, ever make a headway in life.

In an exclusive chat with E247mag, the actor denied hurting his ex, claiming she threatened him several times with arrest while they were together in the UK.

See his interesting response below: 

Possessed Father Eats His Baby Alive

A pindrop silence occurred in the township of Tabubil, Western Province area of Papua New Guinea when a week-old baby was eaten alive publicly by the father. The awful scene was later demostrated at a police station in the presence of gravely-shocked unlookers, including policemen and the town’s senior district court magistrate, Patrick Monouluk.

An eyewitness reported the people of the area have been extremely vigilant and living in fear of cannibalism. Children have been restricted from going out for fear of being the next victims.

In the words of the source:

"This is the talk of the day on the streets here. All parent are fearing for the safety of their children because cannibals are on the loose here,”

“Believe it or not I saw him eating the baby by piercing its body with his teeth while blood spilled from his mouth. Everybody watched him with fear.”

Nigerian Embassy In Saudi Arabia Snubs President Buhari’s Family?

According to a report by the Leadership, the Nigerian embassy in Saudi Arabia this week side-stepped protocol by giving preference to former Vice President Namadi Sambo and his entourage of 15 family members over that of President Buhari when both arrived for the lesser Hajj (Umrah) in Saudi Arabia.

The Umrah is performed by Muslims from all over the world who converge on the holy city of Mecca to observe the ritual, which can be undertaken at any time of the year but mostly observed during Ramadan.

The pilgrims perform a series of worship activities symbolising the lives of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) and his second wife, Hajara.

Leadership gathered that both families arrived in Saudi Arabia this week for Umrah and while Aisha Buhari and her five children were allotted two-bedroom accommodation, the former vice president was allotted an eight-room apartment.

Leadership also learnt that while not a single protocol officer and vehicles were posted by the embassy to attend to the president’s family, a protocol officer and vehicles from the embassy were attached to the former vice president and his family.

Wife Uses Hot Knife On Teenage Niece Her Husband Allegedly Molest

One Mrs Chibuzor Onyeji has been arrested by the Delta state police command for allegedly causing bodily harm to to her 13-year old niece, (names withheld) whom her husband was defiling on a constant basis.

According to THISDAY, the woman reportedly burnt her niece on many parts of her body with a hot knife she allegedly intentionally heated over the flames of a stove for the purpose of disfiguring and crippling the girl. The girl was seriously burnt on her two feet, arms and shoulders, back and buttocks .

Mrs Onyeji reportedly carried out the act after her husband, Francis Onyeji had been abusing the teenager sexually for about two years.

Francis, who hails from Imo State, was said to have had regular canal knowledge of the young teenager and then giving her some money, which the poor girl used to buy herself a few things including food as her aunt often denied her her meals.

Francis’ affair with the teenager was exposed when the girl reportedly said the money she had brought to school last week had been stolen and accused some of her classmates of tampering with her bag. The school authorities out of curiosity sent a senior staff to follow her home to ascertain if the affected girl actually took money amounting to about N1,500 to school that morning.

Sex Starved Monk Stabs Prostitute To Death For Not Satisfying Him

Police on Thursday night arrested an acquaintance of a 37-year-old woman found stabbed to death in Matsuyama City last year, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Police took Yoshinori Kurumi, a 29-year-old Buddhist monk from Tokushima City, into custody for killing nail artist Miki Kuroda insider her third-floor apartment.

The suspect is reported to have repeatedly stalked the victim before he killed her.

“She worked part-time in the fuzoku (sex-related) trade, and he was her customer; that’s how they became acquainted. On several occasions, he stalked her. He posted defamatory messages on adult-service promotion sites,” an investigator said.

These posts, which described the victim’s ‘sex’ services as “bad”.  And surveillance camera footage eventually lead police to Kurumi.

The suspect hired a private detective to do a background check on the victim to find out where she lives.

On getting to her apartment, the suspect posed as a delivery man. He attached a delivery slip to a cardboard box that concealed a survival knife, the weapon used to carry out the crime.

Drama As Court Sends Ex-Gov Sule Lamido To Prison

There was a mild drama Thursday in Kano between former Governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido and the Deputy Chief Registrar of Federal High court, Barrister Solomon Akpedah when the former was excused to move to a waiting van for a journey to Kano central prison.

The Peoples Democratic Party stalwart was docked for 28 count charges alongside his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and one Wada Abubakar in connection with alleged corruption and money laundering of over N1.34 billion.

The former governor shortly after he lost his freedom, following the refusal of the court to grant his bail application exclaimed, ‘you mean I’m now a prisoner’

But the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Court, Solomon Akpedah, in order to calm the traumatized Jigawa-born politician responded; ‘No sir, you are not a prisoner.’

Justice Evelyn Anyadike while ruling on the bail application said that all the four accused persons should be remanded in Kano prison pending the appointment of a vacation judge to decide the veracity of the application.

I Will Deny My Husband Sex Until He Pays His Debt : Wife

A 39-year-old trader, Mrs Modinat Idowu, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos state on Thursday that she would continue to deny her husband, one Akeem Idowu, sex until he has paid the debt he is owing her.

Idowu said this while responding to a suit filed by her 45-year-old husband whom she had been married to for 12 years.

“I have been denying my husband sex because he borrowed N690,000 from me and has refused to pay, I will continue to starve him of sex until he pays the money,’’ the mother of two said.

“Akeem is in the habit of swearing and cursing me with a charm called `Ishan egungun’: a specially prepared masquerade’s rod and this is affecting my life.’’

She, however, urged the court not to grant her husband’s wish for the dissolution of their marriage, saying that she is still in love with him.

The petitioner, Akeem, a businessman, had asked the court to dissolve the 12-year-old marriage over alleged sex denial by his wife.

“My wife does not want me to touch her nor make love to her, I am tired of the marriage because I am neither a stick nor a stone,’’ he said.

Police Arrest 100 Beggers In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday said it had arrested more than 100 beggars and hawkers in Kaduna metropolis, following the state government’s ban on such activities.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ban on begging and hawking was on Tuesday announced by the state government as part of security measures it adopted after a suicide attack in Zaria which claimed 27 lives.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Zubairu Abubakar told NAN in Kaduna that the arrest followed massive raid on major streets of the state capital.

Abubakar said those arrested included hawkers and some physical challenged persons caught begging on the street.

Female OAU Graduate Wins N1m In iROKOtv Programming Contest

iROKOtv has announced the second winner of its developer recruitment challenge. This time a lady – Oluokun Adedayo Awolowo University.

The company CEO, Jason Njoku announced few moment ago on Twitter.

About a month ago iROKO Partners co-founder, Jason Njoku announced the company was looking to recruit over 20 software engineers, with the highest tester in the recruitment test getting a cash prize of 1 million naira ($5000).

Boko Haram’s Days Are Numbered : Buhari

Troops  of 3 Division of the Nigerian Army and officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, have arrested the mastermind of the coordinated bombings in Jos, Plateau State and Zaria, Kaduna State on Sunday and Tuesday, respectively.

President Muhammadu Buhari has, meantime, declared that the days of Boko Haram are numbered just as the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, commended his determination to fight Boko Haram.

Military sources in Abuja said the terrorist kingpin responsible for the Jos and Zaria bombings was arrested at a checkpoint in Dadin Kowa, Gombe State.

The alleged mastermind was said to have disguised and hid in a trailer in order to beat security but was spotted by eagle-eyed members of the Special Task Force. He was arrested with two alleged accomplices.

“The arrested terrorists are currently being processed for further action and would soon face the full wrath of the law,” the source said.