The unidentified lady claims she slept with over 600 men in a year. That is definitely an exaggeration because we only have 365 days in a year and if you had every day with different men, (which is impossible, cmon!) you still have to account for about 235 days. Anyway, the student of a vocational institute in Owerri, Imo State, told Sunday Sun that she resorted to using her body for money when her boyfriend who was sponsoring her education abandoned her. “My boyfriend whom I met at Onitsha, Anambra State when I went to visit an uncle was sponsoring…
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Police detectives, weekend, swooped on a suspected baby factory in Asaba, Delta State, arresting the operator and eight pregnant girls. “On 30/7/2015 at about 20:38 hrs, Police detectives from GRA Division Asaba, while acting on a tip off raided a suspected baby factory at opposite Federal Radio Corporation, Asaba and arrested its operator, one John Mary Ihezun,” Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Celestina Kalu, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said. “Eight pregnant girls, namely Ihezue Nkemjika, Amaka Agu, Isioma Anukwu, Blessing Okafor, Imezoma Okeke, Chioma Oje, Precious Ihemine, Nzube Chukwu and two boys, one…
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said Boko Haram terrorists converted an abandoned chemistry laboratory at Dikwa College of Education in Borno State, to a bomb-making factory, before the town was retaken by government troops last week. The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said troops from the 7 division of the Nigerian Army in Mai¬duguri discovered the laboratory during a mop-up operation in the area. Usman said some equipment including a welding machine and a mine detector were found at the makeshift factory. Also recovered from the operation were four Toyota Hilux pickups. “The gallant troops are in…
Kinsmen of the newly appointed Coordinator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.) have urged him not to betray the confidence reposed in him by President Muhammadu Buhari. The PAP coordinator hails from Trofani in Sagbama, the Local Government Area of the incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson. The kinsmen under the aegis of the Trofani Patriotic Front (TPF) described Boroh as a seasoned professional, an administrator and hailed Buhari’s forthrightness for selecting him. The Chairman of TPF, Mr. Christopher Abarowei and Secretary, Mr. Sunday Koinyan, who spoke to journalists on Saturday in Yenagoa, the…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has constituted an administrative panel to look in to the circumstances that led to the Chlorine Gas leakage that exploded on the 25 July, 2015 in Jos, the state capital. The Chlorine Gas explosion at the state owned Water Treatment Plant on Saturday 25 July,2015 claimed eight lives while 101 persons were hospitalized in various hospitals in the state capital. The administrative panel made up of eleven members, has a Former Director of Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Engr. Jimmy Cheto as Chairman. According to the Secretary to the State Government, Rufus Bature, who…
The Department of State Services says it has arrested 28 suspected kidnappers nationwide within six days. According to the security agency, the suspects were apprehended across various states in the South-South, South-West and the North-West regions between July 20 and 26, 2015. A statement by one Tony Opuiyo on behalf of the DSS on Saturday in Abuja, said the service in line with its statutory mandate, initiated series of special tactical operations in states prone to the nefarious activities of criminal gangs. The operations, it added, succeeded in the capture of the masterminds and other facilitators of kidnapping syndicates among…
Nadia Buari was one of the guests at Majid Michel’s wedding vow renewal and she wore this gorgeous dress to the occasion. Another photo after the cut… The post Nadia Buari Stuns At Majid Michel’s Wedding Vow Renewal [PHOTOS] appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Two groups, a non-governmental organisation, For Sure Group; and a socio-cultural organisation, Ibeku Elders of Thought, Northern zone, have raised the alarm over alleged plots by those they described as faceless groups to tarnish the image of Senator Theodore Orji. The groups’ leaders, who raised the alarm at a joint press conference in Abuja yesterday, also confirmed media reports suggesting that Orji, who is the immediate past governor of Abia State, has a pending petition bordering on corruption against him before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Chairman of the FSG, Uduakobong Kanico, said Orji would be remembered for…
A former Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia has described as unbelievable, the amount of money being reported to have been stolen by some aides and ministers in the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to jail anyone found guilty. On the war on terror, the former governor urged the president to fish out those supplying arms and ammunition to the Boko Haram sect, warning that the war can only be won when the insurgents are deprived of weapons, adding that this could be achieved through intelligence gathering. Ogbemudia stated this during an…
A former Director General of Department of State Service, DSS, Afakriya Gadzama has called for an end to the ongoing political squabble over the appointment of Alhaji Lawal Musa Daura as the DSS boss. Gadzama, who was head of the service between 2007 and 2010, in a press statement issued yesterday, noted with dismay what he described as “unneces¬sary politicization of what oth¬erwise is an appointment done in the interest of the service”. The former DSS DG said competence, rather than political affiliation as being speculated in some quarters, paved the way for the emergence of Daura as the new…
Strong indications emerged on Saturday that governors of the All Progressives Congress, under the aegis of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, will seek for the withdrawal of ongoing court cases instituted by the Senate Unity Forum against the Dr. Bukola Saraki-led Senate leadership. It was learnt in Abuja on Saturday that the Governor Adams Oshiomhole-led committee set up by the PGF to mediate in the senate crisis is likely to push for an out-of-court settlement. The Unity Forum, which is made up of Senators opposed to the process leading to the election of Saraki as President of the Senate, had on…
The Senator representing Anambra Central senatorial district, Uche Ekwunife, has raised the alarm over what she called un¬guarded utterances by her closest rival in the March 28 National Assembly election, Chief Victor Umeh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Ekwunife in her statement made available to journalists yesterday, expressed concern over the continued utterances of Chief Umeh over the out¬come of the election, which is pending before the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra state. The statement reads in part: “My attention has been drawn to various interviews granted by Chief Victor Umeh, my opponent in the just…
Following the return of political violence to Ekiti State wherein innocent persons were allegedly attacked at various locations in the state, Governor Ayodele Fayose has disowned those he referred to as “unscrupulous people” who carry out the attacks in his name. In a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose urged law enforcement agents to arrest anybody caught assaulting law-abiding residents dropping his name in the process. The statement read in part, “The Ekiti State Government wishes to inform the general public that some unscrupulous people now go about attacking innocent residents…
There are strong feelers that the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai has commenced the process of reviewing cases of soldiers dismissed from service as a result of alleged acts of cowardice, insubordination, mutiny and related allegations. It was learnt that the new Army leadership was revisiting all the cases against military officers and soldiers, which arose as a result of the ongoing counter-insurgency operation in the North-East. Some of the affected soldiers and officers had either been convicted or still standing trial in the three General Military Court Martials in Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja. But…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday in Kano, told children displaced by insurgency not to lose hope as the Federal Government was committed to providing for their future. Mr. Osinbajo gave the assurance at the Internally Displaced Persons’ School in Mariri, Kano, where some 100 children from Borno were receiving education and psychological therapy, courtesy of the Kano State Government. President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) Project to take care of all those affected by insurgency in the country, he said. He recalled the interaction the president had with the PINE…
The families of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, and the former National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) boss, Mrs Remi Olowu, will, today, join their son and daughter in holy matrimony in Lagos despite the rumoured death of the paramount ruler. Vanguard reports that the two families resolved to proceed with the wedding programme after due consultations with friends and relations. The Ooni of Ife had been reported dead last Friday only for the town’s traditional council to announce later that the monarch was alive and well. Until now, no one is certain whether the traditional ruler, counted first…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is hopeful that Boko Haram will be defeated by end of this year. Speaking in Cotonou on Saturday during a gala lunch held in his honour by the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi, the president expressed optimism that the Multi-national Joint Task Force (MNJTF) launched in Cameroon on Thursday would start yielding fruits soon. Yayi had described his country as the 37th State of Nigeria and had promised that 800 troops would be contributed to the Joint Task Force fighting the insurgents. Buhari commended the gesture by Yayi, saying: “I assure you that we…
The battle between the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the secretariat staff deepened, yesterday, as the workers described the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party as “obsessively corrupt”. The face-off between the PDP and the workers started after the latter said it would reduce its staff strength by 50 percent while cutting the salaries and allowances of the remaining workers by half. The workers, had on Friday, levelled some allegations against the PDP NWC which they asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate. They have also accused the PDP leadership of corrupt practices…
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo says the bailout for states in Nigeria by the Federal Government was promoted by the fact that the 36 states of the federation are owing commercial banks N685 billion which has negatively hindered them to settle most of their commitments in respect of salaries and other entitlements. Speaking at a ceremony in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mallam Garba Shehu, Osinbajo said this was not the first time the Federal Government is taking such a step. Osinbajo also noted that the Buhari administration operates under zero tolerance to corruption, adding…
Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Bem Angwe has reiterated the commission’s commitment to ensuring the promotion and protection of human rights of all persons living in Nigeria. According to a statement by the commission’s Spokesperson, Fatima Agwai, Angwe made the pledge when he paid a courtesy visit to the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Gu Xia Ojie. Angwe said that China was one of the countries that had high regards and respect for the rights of Nigerians. “Unlike what obtains in other countries, Nigerians go to China to do their businesses without being molested or harassed,” he…