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Justice has finally come the way of the family of slain Emmanuel Victor (pictured above), a 20 year old young man who was killed in front of his mother by a trigger happy Policeman, Mathew Egheghe, two years ago in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state. Victor was shot dead after he confronted a group of policemen who were trying to extort money from motorists as he was coming back from church. Angered by his effrontery to question their action, Policeman Egheghe moved close to Victor and shot him at close range. Narrating what happened, Victor's mother Grace, who witnessed the incident said: "They shot my son brutally. As he fell while they were shooting him, the tallest of them still continued shooting him on the ground". She said she was harassed and stopped from going close to her dying son even as he lay gasping for life in the pool of his own blood. Delivering his judgement on the case, Justice Lucky Boufili said that such a cruel act was only punishable by the maximum pena...

Take a good look at the stupid old man with grey heir,fooling himself in the name of pussy and am very sure he has a daughter of her age at home. But when will all this rubbish stop in our higher leaning institution? who will stand up for us against this so called professors? LASU Prof caught in the act with a student at a dingy hotel! With all the sordid act, she wont graduate with a first class honours so why enslave the poor student! Many of this Prof just want to have a taste of every beautiful girl on campus and when you refuse they will fail you even if you pass your exams... It is obvious why many of these girls cant even defend their result because they focked their way to graduate..what a shame!

Six years ago, Musa Ali (not his real name) was linked up with a rich businessman in Yola, who ‘initiated’ him into gay sex. Ali was told that being gay would make him bold and feared. Of course, he was also told that he would make a huge load of money. Now 36, Ali is somewhat filled with regrets and wishing it were possible to turn back the hands of the clock. Sitting in the serene evening of last Thursday in Bankin Kogi at the bank of River Benue in Yola after a Herculean arrangement to get him to talk, he shared his story with our correspondent. Ali revealed that the rich and the powerful, both in business and politics hit the hay with him. Excerpts… How did you become a gay? A woman my friend introduced to me lured me into it. The woman linked me up with some men in business and in politics. The first man I was introduced to told me that having anal sex would fetch me good fortune and I would be bold to challenge anybody no matter his social status. He said ...

A Nigerian Undergraduate who used his tuition fee to buy hard drug has been arrested for drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement on Saturday. NDLEA said the suspect, Udiomeh Kufre Ita, a student of the faculty of Management Sciences at the Regent University in Ghana, was arrested at the weekend at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. He was caught with 1.745 kilogrammes of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis popularly called hemp. The suspect was found in possession of the drug during the inward screening of passengers on an Africa World Airlines flight from Accra, Ghana, said NDLEA Lagos Airport Commander Hamza Umar. "An undergraduate student was found in possession of two parcels of cannabis weighing 1.745kg during routine search of passengers. The drug was hidden inside his bag containing personal effects. He was immediately arrested and the case is under investigation,” Hamza was quoted as saying. “The suspe...

The National Executive Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Senator Annie Okonkwo over what it described as anti-party activities during the Anambra 2013 governorship election. The party’s NEC sat today in Abuja where it set up a panel to investigate the former Anambra state lawmaker and give its report in three weeks There are allegations that Senator Okonkwo worked with the opposition during the elections and has been suspended from his duties as the party’s Deputy National Chairman for South. Sen Kabiru Gaya is expected to chair the investigation committee and Dr Muiz Banire is to act as the Secretary. The probe sitting is expected to start from Monday 27th of January 2014. The Anambra State chapter of the party had on Monday, January 6th, 2014, suspended Mr. Okonkwo on grounds of anti-party activities. Also suspended was one Chuks J. Chinwuba, who according to the party, had been parading himself as acting chairman of the party in the state....

An Ottawa judge has decided Bassey Okokon, 23, does not deserve to be locked up for throwing his roommate's kitten against a wall and leaving it, convulsing, to die. Okokon was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty earlier this month to an animal cruelty charge. Okokon admitted he did it because he was angry and annoyed with the tabby named Braveheart, which had been scratching the carpet and couch on Feb. 11, 2013. Defence lawyers had hoped even to spare Okokon a criminal record and asked for a conditional discharge. But Judge Peter Wright found the Crown's position more suitable, handing him a suspended sentence and 12 months of probation for the "very disagreeable, shameful offence." "Society has a very low tolerance for cruelty to animals," Wright said. Wright experienced this firsthand when a woman sought permission to present a petition, signed by 1,100 people, demanding the Nigerian student be kicked out of the country "for his heinous ...

ILORIN — There was pandemonium in Oro Grammar School, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, yesterday when a student was found hanging in one of the unused classrooms. One of our correspondents in PremiumReporters reliably gathered that the student simply identified as Anthony Oyeniyi, a native of Oke-Rimi, was a  Senior Secondary School 1 (SSS-1) student of the school. The tragic incident happened at about 2 pm, prompting the school authorities to shut the school gates against prying eyes. The late student was said to have been sighted much earlier among his colleagues. When we visited the school, all appeals to be allowed into the school compound were turned down. One of the male teachers who manned the gate directed newsmen to meet the police authorities for details as the incident had been reported to the police. Contacted, spokesman of Kwara State Police command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said he was aware of the incident but that he did not have details.

It is without doubt that the average Nigerian man, sees the average Nigerian woman as materialistic and superficial beings, that lust after nothing but their money. They believe all they care about is how much he is worth and how much can he spend on them. He believes with money he can get any Nigerian woman. He hates this fact but frequently believes that he can't help it because time and time again, He sees how history repeat itself, how the rich and famous gets the girl and the broke and losers, loses the girl. You can see him ranting on threads, crying like a cry baby after his been mugurized or losing out in game of love due to his socio economic status. Before, I proceed I would like to admit this in an over flogged topic, Moreover What I want to achieve. Is make a case for the average Nigerian women. Who majority of we men see as lovers of money. I would do this by making you see thing from a different perspective, as I try to enlighten you on the way we male are reall...

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie and her husband threw a low key party at their residence in Ajah, Lagos to celebrate their daughter, Purity’s one year old birthday. Purity Okojie turned one last year, December 30th 2013. Mercy gave birth to her daughter in December 2013 in a hospital in the United states.

Ganaian journalist and main presenter of the BBC World News programme Focus on Africa Komla Dumor has passed away. The TV anchor reportedly passed away at his home in London today Jan. 18th. He was 41. Dumor joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade of journalism in Ghana. From then until 2009 he hosted Network Africa for BBC World Service radio, before joining The World Today programme. In 2009 Komla Dumor became the first host of Africa Business Report on BBC World News. May his soul rest in peace…Amen.

21 year old music superstar Davido is about to be a father to twin girls in a few months, if claims by 23 year old Sunshine Haye is to be believed. The UK-based beauty (she's from the Caribbean, half Jamaican) claims she hooked up with Davido during his UK tour in 2013. She is said to be about 4/5 months pregnant. (Sunshine, who is a hair model and video vixen, is pictured above...) After getting the scoop, I contacted Davido's camp and they denied any knowledge of her allegations. Well you see, this is not the first time popular socialites have claimed to hook up with the musician. In July 2013, a Kenyan socialite Stacey Brianar aka Pendo called a press conference claiming to have had an encounter with the star, the allegations later turned out to be false as Davido never met the star- struck party girl. So, is this now true? Sunshine's camp swear it is. And have promised to provide proof in due time. She's even gone on to decorate a nursery for the babies- th...

A state visit being planned by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to Canada for February has been canceled by the Canadian Government. The cancelation happened in the same week it was revealed the President secretly signed a controversial law banning gays, lesbians, and sexual minorities in Nigeria. Sources in Abuja told PremiumReporters that the Nigerian Ambassador to Canada, Ojo Madueke, was told to inform President Jonathan that the state visit to Canada scheduled for February 13 and 14th 2014 has now been canceled.

A Nigerian man has received 20 lashes after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicted him of homosexual offences. Under Islamic law, courts can punish homosexual acts by stoning to death. But the judge said he took into account that the Muslim man, Mubarak Ibrahim, 20, carried out the acts seven years ago, and had stopped the practice. In Nigeria, homosexual acts are illegal under both Islamic and secular law and restrictions have been tightened. Earlier this month, President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law a bill which bans same-sex marriages, gay groups and shows of same-sex public affection. The new legislation applies throughout Nigeria. Most states in the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria have adopted Islamic law, known as Sharia, since the end of military rule in 1999. Along with Mr Ibrahim, 11 other Muslims and a Christian man were arrested last month accused by the authorities of being homosexuals. He was also ordered to pay a fine of about $30 ...

Nino Idibia (pictured below with his mum ) is 2face's oldest child. Nino turned 8 today and his proud papa gave him a shout out on instagram. Happy birthday to Nino.

The Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the police in Lagos, yesterday, said it had arrested 40 Nigerians who allegedly attempted to secure Italian visa using fake documents. The documents ranged from forged statement of accounts, fake travelling documents and many others. The Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, said the arrest of the suspects was made possible by a written request received from the Consulate General of Italy in Lagos to carry out investigations on the 40 suspects who submitted fake and forged documents to Italian Embassy in a bid to travel out of the country. According to him, “it has now become rampant for unscrupulous Nigerians to desire travelling out of the country through dubious means. “In the course of their attempt to manipulate records and information, many reputable organisations, financial institutions and government parastatals’ records are falsified and tampered with.” Ogunsakin also said the network of cro...

Reports reaching us this evening has it that the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has finally thrown in the towel as he has officially tendered his resignation letter. PremiumReporters observed that  President Goodluck Jonathan had asked Tukur to honourably turn in his resignation letter before the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for Thursday this week. Speculations making the rounds now show that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan is already making moves to have the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar appointed as the new party Chairman.

An armed robbery suspect yesterday recalled how his gang leader almost killed him and his cohorts after an operation in which they got a huge money from some Bureau de Change operators at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The suspect, simply identified as Samuel aka Asiwaju, who is being interrogated by operatives of the Lagos State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), said he participated in the infamous MMIA robbery, where billions of naira were stolen. He said: “After the robbery in March 2013, we packed a lot of money; it should be over a billion naira because our bags were filled with dollars and other currencies. The thing that surprised me was that immediately our leader, Arab saw the amount of the money, he pulled his General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) and wanted to shoot us all. We started pleading with him to take the whole money and spare our lives. “He later asked us to take some bundles. I picked some bundles and when I counted my sh...

Mrs Ethel Anderson, 31, (pictured below) was found guilty and sentenced to 38 years in prison in December 2013 for having sex with her 12 year old student. The married mother of one had sex with one of her students, whose identity is being kept secret because of his age (he was 12 at the time). The alleged abuse started in 2011 just one month after the teacher and the minor started a tutoring session in her home. PremiumReporters learnt that during her trial last year, the boy, now 14, told the court that she started by kissing him and progressed to giving him oral sex. "I felt like she was a girlfriend, I loved her and she said that I was her boyfriend and she loved me. She would rub on my legs, kiss on my ears, neck and stuff like that. We would tongue kiss. I lost my virginity to her. I told her to stop but she said she wanted me bad". The boy's angry mother told the former 'teacher of the year', who worked as a language arts teacher at Mango Elementar...

Ahead of another general elections in the country, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Tuesday has said only God knows who becomes leaders. He urged Christians to keep “fasting and praying” for God to see the country through its sundry challenges. The former President who spoke in his Abeokuta residence when the leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria(PFN), Dr Felix Omobude, paid him a courtesy visit. He expressed confidence that regardless of what the present challenges of the country are, God would see Nigerians through. Obasanjo said early in his life as a military man, he had seen the country witnessed many turbulent eras and that just as everybody had thought the end was certain, God in his benevolence saw Nigeria through the ups and down. He said Nigeria is a “God’s project” and has kept her as one indivisible entity despite the experience of war among other challenging problems plaguing her. Obasanjo said :”If there is anythi...

Rt. Hon. Justice Promise Chibueze Egbulefu, the Honourable Member Representing Geology and Exploration Geophysics Constituency at the Faculty Judicial Council, Ebonyi State University, was today, January, 13, 2014, enthroned as 5th Chief Judge of the Faculty of Physical Science Students High Court of Law and Justice. By virtue of that position, he also doubles as the Chairman of the Faculty Judicial council. His Lordship, Rt. Hon. Justice Promise is the President of  National Association of Abia State Students, Ebonyi State University Chapter. He is a member of the legal team and Senior Advocate of Universal Students Advocating Change Initiative and has a good track record, having litigated several times in the Students High Court. Other newly elected Judges include: -Hon Justice Eneh James (Computer Science Constituency, 400L) -Hon Justice Ezeaka Udochukwu (Industrial Chemistry Constituency, 400L) -Hon Justice Henry Chukwu (Industrial Physics Constituency,  300L) -Hon ...

Nigerian Grand Commander-in-Chief of  Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon has this to say: "I am maniacally bewildered, overgassted and flabberwhelmed at the paraplegic crinkum crankum that characterised the Glo CAF awards culminating in an odoriferous saga cum gargantuan gaga! The jiggery pokery of CAF in crowning Yaya Toure instead of our very own prodigy John Obi Mikel is a veritable bugaboo that must be pooh-poohed by all compos mentis homo sapiens! The perfidy and Mendacity of all the apparatchic of sports suzerainty is not only repugnant but also insalubrious! I said to my self: What an anathematous disdain of the citizenry! What a deprecable descent from the sublime to the ridiculous! Who will curb the odoriferous excesses of this machavellian and mephistophelean cabal in the Confederation? With this state of affairs, i dare say that African football is swimming in a pestilential aqua with a disastrious terminus ad quem inherently laden wi...

The Chief of Staff to Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Tony Okocha, was today shot on his leg with tear-gas canister. A Senator from Rivers State, Magnus Abe, was also shot by police officers who disrupted a rally. Both men were among several others who sustained injuries when police disrupted a rally of the Safe Rivers Movement at the Rivers State College of Arts and Sciences on Sunday. The rally was to be used to shore up support for the senator, a loyalist of Mr. Amaechi, who decamped with the governor to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Ibim Semenitari , confirmed the attack to PREMIUM REPORTERS. The commissioner said the senator was shot with a rubber bullet at point blank range and has since been admitted in an unnamed hospital. The Rivers Police commissioner, Joseph Mbu, could not be reached as his number was switched off while the spokesperson’s number was continuously bus

After two failed attempts, Rev. Chris Okotie, Senior Pastor of the Household of God Church, Ikeja, Lagos has declared his intention to contest the presidential election come 2015. Okotie told PremiumReporters today that he will contest for Presidency under the Fresh Democratic Parry. Speaking to our correspondents in his office, Okotie said, "I will run in 2015, God willing. God spoke to me about my participation in the political process, which was why I took the step in the first place. He has not said anything contrary.

The season of open letters has continued to rock the Nigerian Political Landscape. PremiumReporters has obtained a groundbreaking document from Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The document was published online and a copy sent to us this morning by SaharaReporters: See the full message below: January 7, 2014 Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Headquarters, Wadate House, Abuja Dear Chairman, While I believe that a good and truly national political party must be a microcosm of the nation in its membership made up of all sorts of characters from near-saints to near-satan, I also believe that on no account should a known habitual criminal that is wanted abroad to face criminal that is wanted abroad to face criminal charges leveled against him should be extolled as a political leader in a respectable and wholesome nation-building political party. Buruhi Kasharnu has been so extolled in PDP in South- West geo-political zone which I personally ...

The Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has  emblematically turned to an ardent 'philanthropist'. PremiumReporters, on Tuesday, noted that the Governor gave out a cheque to a child hawker at New Benin by Total filling station in Benin City. The Governor and his entourage were passing by and as usual, he was on foot ,while his cars were on the move, on spotting him, Children hawkers fled with their wares. However, a little girl hawking Plantain chips stood still and greeted the governor instead of joining others to escape. The Governor who was shocked by the girl's boldness brought out his pen and wrote her a cheque of one million naira. The excited little girl threw her goods (plantain chips) away and thanked the governor before running home.

Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation who is embroiled in a scandal of towering proportions in the ministry, faces new integrity questions as her Masters’ degree has been challenged by the United States school which supposedly awarded it. Her resume, which she presented to the Senate as a ministerial nominee in 2011, indicated she obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from St. Paul’s College Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States. But PremiumReporters has learned from the President of the college that it has never in its 125-year history had a graduate school or graduate program. The Provost Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Vice President of Institutional Development said in response to our inquiries, “We don’t offer any graduate programs here.” Similarly, the school’s website states: “Saint Paul's College is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and S...

Havoc struck today when a 46 year old woman, identified as Hajiya Belkisu Mahmoud suddenly slumped and died in the office of the Niger state governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu. It was gathered that the woman a mother of three had waited several hours to see the governor but was denied access to see the governor who was said to have a lot of files to treat due to the New Year break but shortly after she was ushered into the governor’s office that she slump. Source in the governor’s office who spoke in confidence said the woman who was suspected to be asthmatic was immediately rushed to the Minna General Hospital where Doctor confirmed her dead. Our source said that the woman who was on a private visit was delayed in the waiting hall because her name was not on the approved protocol list of those to see the governor, but being a former staff officer (SO) in the Deputy Governor’s office. There is no official statement from the government as at the time of f...

PremiumReporters has gathered that President Goodluck Jonathan will declare his intention to contest for the 2015 presidential election next Thursday. He is expected to make his intention known at a scheduled meeting of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the party, where a vote of confidence would be passed on the embattled National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, who confirmed that the NEC meeting will hold, next Thursday, however, refused to give details of the agenda. However, it is believed that the party will discuss the defection of some party governors, lawmakers and members to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, among others. According to a report by National Mirror, a member of the National Working Committee, NWC of the party, disclosed that NEC will be formally informed of the president’s intention. He said: “President Jonathan will formally table his reelection bid and will seek the endorsement...

In what may come as a big surprise to most people, PremiumReporters have noted that no fewer than 15 persons recently returned certificates issued to them by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). They said they had to give up the certificates because they cheated during the examination, and now as Born Again Christians, they could not live with “the sin.” Some individuals, PremiumReporters  gathered, had approached WAEC through letters seeking restitution after they had confessed how they dubiously acquired their certificates when they wrote the examinations at various periods. The council wrote back to them, stating that what they were expected to do was to return the certificates awarded in line with the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examinations. However, only few responded, including a holder of Teachers’ Grade 11 certificate. It was learnt that those who complied with the directive returned their certificates to various WAEC...

Billionaire businessman Sir Emeka Offor married his 28year old bride, barrister Adaora Ofondu in Nnewi Anambra State today January 3rd. Adaora is the daughter of Mr. Alexander Okey Ofondu, a wealthy Onitsha trader. Flavour, Kcee, Harrysong, and P-Square performed at the very extravagant wedding, said to have cost over N100million. PremiumReporters gathered that Seven governors attended the wedding. The businessman controls a large business empire which spans power, oil and gas and other areas of the economy. His eldest child, Ndidi is 30 while his first son, Chuka is 28. This is his third marriage. See more photos after the cut.

His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR,  is asking the National Assembly to appropriate about N1.8 billion this year to help connect his home state of Bayelsa, to the national electricity grid, which suggests that federal officials only want to pocket the money. It has been gathered that the proposed projects President Jonathan is asking money for, were completed 7 years ago, and that were all fully paid for in 2006 when he was the governor of the state. In the 2014 Federal budget recently presented by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to the National Assembly for consideration and approval, the government lists as priority, the need to connect the state to the national electricity transmission network, but this shocking blunder is drawing attention to the absence of project monitoring and evaluation principles in policy making under the current administration, and the shabbiness that attends to budget preparation. When contacted, the Special Adviser to t...

His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR,  is asking the National Assembly to appropriate about N1.8 billion this year to help connect his home state of Bayelsa, to the national electricity grid, which suggests that federal officials only want to pocket the money. It has been gathered that the proposed projects President Jonathan is asking money for, were completed 7 years ago, and that were all fully paid for in 2006 when he was the governor of the state. In the 2014 Federal budget recently presented by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to the National Assembly for consideration and approval, the government lists as priority, the need to connect the state to the national electricity transmission network, but this shocking blunder is drawing attention to the absence of project monitoring and evaluation principles in policy making under the current administration, and the shabbiness that attends to budget preparation. When contacted, the Special Adviser to t...

Last Wednesday, December 18, the first baby to be born to transgender parents in Argentina was delivered via C-section in the province of Entre Ríos. The proud parents are 26-year-old Alexis Taborda and 28-year-old Karen Bruselario. Alexis was born a woman, but lives as a man and Karen was born a man, but lives as a woman. Because of Argentina's Gender Identity Law passed in May of 2012, the couple have both been able to legally change their genders without gender reassignment surgery, which meant that when they got pregnant via natural means, it was the man, Alexis, who carried the baby. So what about the baby? Well, the baby was due on December 22 via scheduled C-section, but couldn't wait. Alexis started having contractions the weekend before the scheduled birth, and the baby was born "early" weighing 9.37 pounds (that's a big baby) at Hospital Fermín Salaberry in Victoriain. The couple named their baby girl Génesis Evangelina.

Colleges of Education Lecturers under COEASU began a total strike today after previously embarking a warning strike that lasted seven days. Two weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities suspended its strike, lecturers in the Colleges of Education are set to begin a nationwide strike on Tuesday. This was stated in a letter served on the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and a copy obtained by correspondent in Abuja. The letter was delivered by the General Secretary of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, Mr. Nuhu Ogirima, who lamented that the Federal Government had failed to address issues raised by the union. The union’s complaints are infrastructural decay, poor funding, non-implementation of the 2010 FG- COEASU Agreement, poor conditions of service, brain drain and illegal imposition of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. In the letter signed by the COEASU National President, Asagha Nkoro and Ogirima, the union acc...

Here's Mercy's thank you message to her fans for an amazing year: 2013 has been an incredible year for me. I couldn’t ask for more. It is one year I won’t forget in a hurry. My fans were amazing. They stood by me and took on my fight. The critics played their parts too. I took the constructive ones, made adjustment and became a better person. How can I forget 2013, the year I had the honour of being the most searched Nollywood actress for the third consecutive year. I am most grateful to the fans who worked the keyboard or keypad reading about me online. I am grateful to my team, the media and management company, Bigsam Media that became like sponge wiping away the negative past and soaking in the future. I am most grateful. Social media, Twitter most especially, played significant role in reaching out directly. The teaming fans on Twitter and other platforms, this is for you; thank you for loving, tolerating and being there for me. Continue at the jump...Gentlemen ...