Photos: Anambra Governor Obiano and wife cruise around Awka in Keke

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state is campaigning for a second term. He is pictured below with wife, Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano cruising around Awka in a tricycle, popularly called ‘Keke’.


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‘I don’t like your hair, but I don’t talk about it’ -Simi and fan fight over her outfit

Nigerian singer, Simi, who shared beautiful photos from her recent photo session on Instagram, was called out by a fan who said her choice of clothes should stop and further advised the singer to fire her stylists and get new hands.


However, Simi didn’t seem to like the advice, as she told her follower that she doesn’t like her hair, but has not been seen talking about it. Here’s their exchange below;

 

‘Started growing boobs at 7, when my friends were running around in just pant, I would be locked in” – Bobbylicious Aunty writes

A Nigerian Facebook user, Gloria Okhani, who took to the platform to write on body insecurities , also recounted how life turned out for her after ‘growing boobs’ at 7.
Here’s what she wrote as she shared of photo of her family when she was 10;

“Yes i was 10yrs here.. the girl on purple..It wasnt my fault..my hormones were growing super fast… i use 2 think it was a curse… i hated my body… i swear 2 God; i use 2 cry my eyes out… becuz people judged me by my appearance… nija mentality..tho i dont blame dem .. started growin tits at 7… wen my friends were running around with just pant.. i wuld be locked in… so dont bring any1 down no matter what… u dont knw how long it took dem 2 build dat boldness and self esteem… u dont knw what they pass thru behind close doors… so my dear… i will rock my body and be happy… … nobody should tell u shit.. be u and be happy.. big small tiny.. doesnt matter…na how u carry yourself.”

Lady recounts how man masturbated in front of her at Cele, Lagos

Nigerian relationship Counsellor, Victor Ibeh, has shared screenshots of a chat he had with a follower who recounted how a man publicly masturbated close to her, at Cele area of Lagos.


The lady who expressed how shock she was to witness this, said she never believed people could that in public until it happened right before her;

 

Armpit hair lady shows off what she’s got

A lady who cares less about shaving her armpit hair, shared a photo of her hairy armpit which has long sparked a debate on social media.


We are sharing the photo below, and asking if it’s cute or nah?

 

27-year-old pregnant lady married by 58-year-old woman to give birth to kids for late son

Here’s an interesting report culled from Sun News, and it is all about a pregnant lady who is happily married to a dead man. It was gathered that her marriage, has made her mother in-law Mrs. Mary Torkwase Antom, 58, from Tse Baraku in Kwande LGA of Benue State, the happiest woman on earth. Reason: her dream to immortalise her husband and son’s names has been fulfilled, thanks to what she considers the wise decision she took after the death of both her son and husband.



A 1986 diploma holder in Catering and Hotel Management from Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, she worked as a caterer at the prestigious NICON-NOGA hotels in Abuja, between 1988 and 2001, before resigning, to set up a booming restaurant business on Makurdi Road in Lafia.



How she lost husband and son
Formerly married to Mr. Patrick Terlumum Antom from Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and a retiree of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (they got wedded in 1980), the union was blessed with only one child, Thomas Awuhe Antom. Born on June 13, 1990, the boy was in SS2 when he died in 2004, from a heart-related sickness. A year later, his father, Patrick, also died.
That left the woman devastated. “Growing old is tough, but growing old without the support and company people close to you is tougher,” she told Saturday Sun . Add to that the fact she is diabetic and you begin to understand why she feels that life can never be tougher than she had seen and may climb to “toughest” if she does not do something drastic to secure not only the family name but also its property.



“I had lived a happy life with my late husband,” she explained. “We shared ideas and always kept our resources in one account. We achieved a lot during his lifetime, we had very good plans for our only son, but God took him away. To worsen matters, my husband also died. We have a lot of landed property; we equally have business establishments.”



Her worry
Mrs. Antom popularly known as ‘Hajia Mary,’ said: “My worry is, when I die, who will take over this property? My husband had, while on sick bed, warned me seriously not to allow any of his relations to benefit from the property that both of us had laboured strenuously to acquire. He was not in good terms with them before he died.”



She was in a dilemma about how to solve the problem she was confronted with when a friend told her about a pretty young unmarried lady, one Miss Juliet Muese, from Obi LGA who was on the verge of being disowned by her parents for her inability to identify the guy responsible after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. All of the three men she mentioned, one of whom is Igbo, denied ever knowing her and even threatened to arrest her with the police for trying to defame them.
Strange marriage
On learning about the incident, Mrs. Antom became determined to seek Juliet’s hand in marriage for her dead son, in keeping with Tiv tradition. She travelled to Obi, met with and held a close and lengthy discussion with members of Juliet’s family on that score. The idea was to bring her into her home with high hope that she might deliver a baby boy who would later inherit their property. With the parents of Juliet readily agreeing to the marriage proposal after the long talks, Mrs. Antom repeated the visit accompanied by some elders from her husband’s village to perform the traditional marriage rites that would formally seal the deal.


“What I did is a well-known practice in our place and culture,” she said in defence. “There are a lot of children, almost 18 per cent of them born after their father’s death. Majority of them lost their fathers before they were born, it is not a new thing, such cases are everywhere in our place.


These children answer their father’s name, some of them have even won local elections; they are grown-up people today and nobody has said anything; they have gotten their dues in our community, so my case is not an exception; all I need is a grandchild and a bona fide inheritor of my property.”


The marriage that took place in 2007 has produced two boys with the third child on the way, although it is difficult at this stage to say whether it is going to be a boy or a girl. To start with, Juliet was delivered of a baby boy on December 1 of the same year. She became pregnant again and was delivered of another baby boy in March 2011. Right now, she is three-months pregnant for her third child.


Mrs. Antom who is excited about the development told Saturday Sun that her husband and son’s names that would have gone into extinction are now going to be heard for a long time to come because they have somebody to answer to them. While the first son is named after her late son, Thomas Awuhe, the second son is named after her husband Patrick Terlumum.


“I married a wife for my late husband and son so that I can keep their names alive,” she enthused. “Their names cannot just die with them; they will grow up and inherit what we laboured for. Any other person in my shoe would have done that. I lost my husband and only son; more painful was my son who died unmarried. But I’m fulfilled that my late son now has two male children who are bearing his name. I looked at life and asked whether it was really worth it. I hope for death every day. Any time I wake up, I think about what the future holds since my husband and only son are late. They have gone leaving me alone. Their death till date is agonizing to me. But my consolation is that I have got a replacement for them.”


Happily married to a dead man
She announced that any moment from now she would commence the process of changing all the documents regarding all her property to their names. She also has a big dream for their young mother, Juliet. “She is comfortable answering my son’s name,” she said. “She wrote JAMB and I’m processing her admission to the Federal University, Lafia. Hopefully, she will start a degree programme next year; she is humble, loyal and focused.”


Mrs. Juliet Muese Antom agrees that she is comfortable answering Mrs. Antom’s son’s name. “That is God’s design for my life,” she said. “My parents were fully prepared to shame me that I got pregnant while in the secondary school.


I was very young then and could not tell exactly who among my boyfriends impregnated me. But I strongly suspected one Mark, but he denied and ran away. I was desperate without a place to go until Hajia came, so for me I’m very ok.



“I have no problem, in fact I’m doing better than those who got married to living husbands. Hajia is planning to buy a car for me next year if I secure a university admission. It is unfortunate that I never met my late husband. I only see his pictures but that is how God designed it. As you can see, I’m looking sweet and people toast me a lot, but I shun them. At the moment, I have a boyfriend who is a student at the state university, Keffi. Though Hajia does not teleguide me but I make sure she does not know when I have sex with my guy. She deserves that respect.


“My first son’s biological father denied him. My second son’s biological father who is a student at Keffi is married. He is equally responsible for this very one l’m carrying, but he cannot come and claim them. So, there is no problem. I’m good to go.”



Village head reacts
Speaking in a chat with Saturday Sun , the village head in Doma LGA, Chief Angbande Hue, said what happened is a known tradition among his people, adding that the tradition was very rampant in the 60s. He explained that since the woman went there with elderly men from her village to ask for the girl’s hand in marriage, it is traditionally genuine. Those children are accepted in that place and it has become their place of origin.


He noted that most women who usually engaged in this kind of practice had passed the age of childbearing and most have lost their husbands and male children.


“We have a lot of such cases in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states. Among the Tiv people, there is no problem with what she did. Under our tradition, even the biological father of those children cannot lay claim to them because they did not pay the bride price; it is the person who paid the bride price that is considered to be the legitimate owner.”


Lawyer agrees
Emmanuel Akur, a legal practitioner told Saturday Sun that such cases are handled in the customary court and the court looks at the custom of the tribe to take a decision. If the Tiv tradition says that the payment of bride price is a criterion for ascertaining the rightful owner of the child, so shall it be, he argued.

“I think there is no issue here,” he said. “Nobody has come to lay claim to these children. The woman, accompanied by elders of the village, paid the bride price of this girl to secure her hand in marriage. That makes it legal. So the origin of those children is not in doubt as far as customary law is concerned.”

‘How God saved me from possible plane crash’ -Bishop Oyedepo

Sharing his testimony during a service at the Living Faith Church World Headquarters, the General Overseer of the Church , Bishop David Oyedepo, narrated how God saved him from a “potential plane crash.” According to him, there was mid-air crisis, but God intervened.


“God took control and landed the plane.
“There was a mid-air crisis, there was serious turbulence, but there was no apprehension. Jesus took control.

“He landed the plane safely. And we were just celebrating the faithfulness of God” he said.

Chimamanda Adichie pictured with her family (photos)

All work and no play….well that’s not a line in Chimamanda Adichie’s life, as the Nigerian celebrity author still has time to hang out with her family.


Here are photos of Chimamanda with her parents and siblings in Baltimore, U.S;

 

Singer Babades recounts how his son survived a 16ft fall

Nigerian singer, Babades , who shared a photo of his son, Oghene Kome, recounted how the little boy survived a 16ft fall, even though he fell with his head hitting the floor first.


Here’s his story of the miracle baby;

“HOW CAN ONE BELIEVE THIS FAIRY TALE OF A MIRACLE??? ONLY GOD WROTE THIS SCRIPT!

MY SON OGHENE KOME FELL DOWN FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS MOTHER’S ROOM UPSTAIRS!! HOW HE MANAGED TO FORCE HIS HEAD THROUGH THE BURGLARY PROOF REMAINS A MYSTERY TO ME!. MY SISTER IN LAW WAS FIXING THE ROOM HE SCATTERED AND BEFORE SHE KNEW IT, KOME HAD RAISED THE NET AND FORCED HIS HEAD THROUGH THE WINDOW.. HE FELL DOWN FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 16FT HIGH AND HIT HIS FACE ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE!. MY WASHER MAN WHO NORMALLY DOES OUR LAUNDRY WAS COINCIDENTALLY OUTSIDE AND RUSHED TO PICK HIM. WHEN I WAS CALLED, I FEARED THE WORSE HAD HAPPENED! ONLY FOR ME TO FLY DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE MY SON IN HIS MOTHER’S ARMS CRYING! AFTER ALL THE SCAN, TESTS & XRAY CONDUCTED, NO BONE FRACTURE, NO INTERNAL INJURY, APART FROM A FEW BRUISES, KOME IS JUST OK. AND WHAT AMAZES ME THE MOST IS THAT SOME IDIOTS WOULD STILL SAY THERE’S NO GOD????”

“Most wanted” Nigerian fraudster arrested in Ghana after 9 months on the run

Bridget Enchill Obeng, a Nigerian woman dubbed “notorious Nigerian Female Serial fraudster”, has been finally apprehended by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service after reportedly playing hide-and-seek with the police for nine months.
She is said to have defrauded over 10 victims under the pretext of selling vehicles to them.
Bridget Enchill Obeng aka Naana was busted at Baah Yard, Awoshie, Accra.
Reports from Ghana say the police had earlier arrested a woman suspected to be Enchill Obeng at Osu on May 14, 2017, but upon investigations the law enforcers realized that it was a mistaken identity; and on the orders of the Director General in-charge of CID, COP Bright Oduro, she was granted bail.
Upon a tip-off, Enchill was later busted by the Osu police in another case and was later handed over to the CID for investigation.
According to the police, more law enforcement officials – the Tesano, Adabraka, Teshie and Airport police are also investigating her for fraud.
Modus Operandi
The Director in-Charge of Operations at the CID headquarters in Accra, ACP Peter Gyimah, told DAILY GUIDE that Enchill Obeng, who operated with the name Naana, displays various vehicles for sale with her contact numbers on them.
When interested persons contact her, she then arranges to either meet them or asks her accomplices to do so and in the process, takes from prospective buyers monies ranging from GH¢9,000 to GH¢50,000 and absconds, leaving the victims to their fate.
Enchill Obeng, according to ACP Gyimah, takes the buyers to other persons she claims are the real owners of the vehicles.
After the money has been paid, Enchill and her cohorts then present the victims with fake car keys and documents and asks them to go for the vehicles.
When the victims get to where the supposed vehicles are parked, they will not find them (vehicles).
When they return to the place where the money was paid, they do not meet anybody.
Police investigations have revealed that the suspect and her accomplices often use apartments with owners outside the country or hospitals for their nefarious activities.
Six of the victims of Enchill Obeng told the police that their monies were collected at the Korle-Bu Teaching, 37 Military and the Ridge Hospitals, DailyGuideAfrica.com reports.

 

Police commissioner gives N1m to man who gave info that led to ritualist Ifeanyi Dike’s re-arrest (Photos)

The man who gave information that led to the rearrest of suspected ritualist Ifeanyi Dike has received the N1m pledged by the Commissioner of police.


Ifeanyi Dike had allegedly raped, killed and removed vital organs of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso, before escaping from police custody.


It was reported that Ifeanyi Dike was able to escape because one of the policemen on duty on Saturday night identified as Johnbosco had unlocked the handcuffs for Dike to write his statement.


JohnBosco was later dismissed and another Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State (name withheld) arrested on the orders of the State Police Command for his alleged involvement in the escape.


Here are photos of the Commissioner of police redeeming the force’s pledge:

 

Shocking footage captures Indian women writhing in pain as they’re whipped by priests in bizarre ritual to cure them of ‘evil spirits’

 Shocking footage has captured Indian women being whipped during a bizarre ritual to free them of ‘evil spirits’.


Every year some 2,000 women queue for five hours to be lashed at the ancient Achappan Temple in Trichy, south India.
When their turn comes, they kneel on the ground to be ferociously flogged by a priest.
Many wince and writhe in pain as their family members watch on, hoping they will be cured.


One school girl Vishakha, who was made to sit in the queue by her parents, said: ‘My parents think I’m possessed because I show no interest in my studies.


‘Now my friends will laugh at me when they see the whip marks I’ll get after attending a festival to cure mental disorders,’ cried the young girl.


Other teenage girls were brought by their parents for either not yet attaining puberty or having irregular periods
A priest insisted the whipping was not a crime, adding: It is a belief of devotees and the practice is an ancient tradition. We cannot alter.’


Some elderly women agree with the priest and believe the whipping will cure them.
One 60-year-old said: ‘A lash here cures all ills, physical or mental. I have been receiving lashes at the temple for past decade and I have been cured of my illness. I have immense faith in the lashing.’ (DailyMail)

 

Nigerian man uses family photo as his profile picture on dating platform Tinder

A 42-year-old Nigerian man, Obinna, used a photo of his wife, their daughter and him as his profile picture on popular dating platform Tinder.
Could be scouting for second wife! Lol

 

‘I’m still wondering how illiterate Evans lured me into crime’ – Civil Engineering graduate

A 53 -year-old suspected robber and kidnapper, Linus Opara, has said he did not know how billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwumadike a.k.a Evans lured him into his gang.



Opara, who claimed to be a graduate of civil engineering, disclosed that he was an informant for Evans and his gang.
He said this at the headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command in GRA, Ikeja Lagos.



The 53-years-old said his role was to monitor victims while Evans paid him any amount he felt like for services rendered.
Opara, prior to his arrest said he operated a company, Linok Construction Company located at No. 3 Umezinne Street, off Saint Peters Street, Alaba, Lagos.



The informant, who was arrested at about 9pm on July 20, 2017 at his house in Igando, Lagos, claimed he was introduced to Evans by a late member of the gang identified as Doctor.



He said: ”Do not look at my white hair; it is not as a result of old age. Rather, my hair turned white because of long suffering after my graduation as a civil engineer from the University of Ibadan. It is still a surprise to me how an illiterate person like Evans was able to lure me into kidnapping and all his illicit business.



”I studied Civil Engineering in the University of Ibadan. I am married with four children and they are still schooling. My wife is a graduate of Accountancy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), but she has not secured work till date.



“I am not anything to Evans. We only address him as chairman and sometimes as president of group of companies. I was arrested and taken to the State Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) building in Ikeja on 20th July, 2017.



“I saw Evans for the first time the day I supplied a nutrition supplement because I am a distributor. The second time I met Evans was when policemen took me from their cell to an unknown place in Lagos, because I was blindfolded. I could not see where they were taking me to.



”It was when they took me to Evans that they removed the blindfold and I saw him. I addressed him as Nwachinemelu. Police were asking both of us questions and I was answering accordingly.



“They asked me how many times I worked for Evans and I said two times, and that I turned him down the third time that he asked me to do another job. I told the police that I monitored victims for him and he paid me. I did not know the names of the victims.



”During the first work I did for him, he sent a motorcycle rider to meet me at Olowola Bus Stop. He gave my phone number to him and he called me. When I met him, I asked him where he was taking me to. He said he was taking me to Trade Fair area. So I entered (sic) his motorcycle and he took me to under the bridge at Trade Fair.



”He drove (rode) towards Mile 2 area. Evans called me and asked where we were and I told him. But he asked me to go home; that I had done well.



“When we reached Alakija, I told him and he said I should not worry myself; that he had told others to allow me to go to my house. When he called again, he asked me to send my bank account number to him. I sent my First Bank account number to him and he wired the sum of N2 million to my account. I was surprised.



”The second time, it was the same process as he already had my bank account number. He sent me the sum of N700,000.

“When he called me for the third job, I told him that I was not interested, because I started sensing some errors in the business, like getting afraid for the kind of money he was giving me. The money he was giving me in the twinkle of an eye was bigger than the money I used to make in a whole year as a civil engineer.”(DailyPost)

Beauty & Brains! Adaku Ufere becomes youngest African and first Nigerian to win the African Attorney of the Year award

Meet Adaku Ufere, the young Nigerian lady from Imo state who has shattered the record of the prestigious African Legal Awards to become the youngest African and first Nigerian to win the Attorney of the Year award in this year’s edition of the prestigious award, TheSun reports.



At a glittering ceremony held penultimate week in Johannesburg, South Africa, Adaku made history after she was selected among thousands of entries across the continent.



African Legal Awards recognises exceptional achievements from within Africa’s legal community and is hosted by Legal Week (organisers of the British Legal Awards) in association with the Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA). Only last year, Adaku was named and received award as one of the 40 Under-40 Leading Lawyers in Nigeria at the Nigerian Legal Awards 2016 which held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.



The continent’s 2017 Best Attorney is a graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka. She also bagged a Second Class Honours Upper Division from the Nigerian Law School, Abuja before proceeding to the University of Aberdeen in Scotland for her Master’s Degree in Law, where she specialised in Oil and Gas.

Born into the academic family of Chief and Chief Mrs. Kingsley Ufere, from Arondizuogu in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Adaku is an international Oil and Gas lawyer and is Head of Energy Practice at the Pan African Law firm, the Centurion Law Group with its Headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Tagbo passed out after drinking 10 tequila shots – Family friend

During the week, Tagbo Umeike, one of singer Davido’s friends, died and Davido was accused of having a hand in Tagbo’s death.


While Nollywood actress Caroline Danjuma alleged she heard Tagbo was on a drinking spree with Davido and his friends and accused Davido of negligence, another family friend of Tagbo Umeike has given Punch’s Saturday Beats his version of the story.


According to the family friend, Damilola Usman, who spoke to Saturday Beats from Tagbo’s parents’ house on Wednesday, Tagbo passed out after taking shots of tequila.

He said:

“Tagbo’s family is not ready to give out information now but once they are, we would contact you because the case is still at the police station and the investigation is still on-going.


However, what happened was that we went to a joint together called the Shisha Room. In the Shisha Room, we had a competition of Tequila shot. Each person had to take 10 shots of Tequila and after the competition, Tagbo passed out.


Nobody took him to the hospital because everybody was high already. We did not know that it was something serious.


“I learnt they went to the beach later and I think he passed out at the beach again. His friends that accompanied him to the beach did not attend to him on time but eventually when they suspected that there was something wrong, they allegedly dropped him in front of the hospital with his car.” he said.


Meanwhile, Caroline Danjuma said she learnt there was a bet of N200, 000 and that late Tagbo, who was her boyfriend, drank 50 shots of tequila.


“I decided to call my neighbour who was also Tagbo’s friend and he said that there was a bet of N200, 000 and that Tagbo drank about 50 shots of tequila but I said that cannot be true. Tagbo cannot drink even a glass of Hennessey because he had a light brain like me.


So a guy who couldn’t drink this much couldn’t finish 50 shots of tequila. Tagbo did not need N200, 000 to do that. He came from a very wealthy background so he didn’t need that kind of bet; he was not hungry for that. I was shattered to hear such news.


“Meanwhile, someone who rented my bar told me he was with Davido at Shisha Bar on Monday and then I asked him randomly, “Oh then, you must know Tagbo”. The guy confirmed that he met Tagbo and that was when he knew they were birthday mates and he also said they had fun and went from there to DNA to party on Lagos Island.
“I contacted another person who (allegedly) remembered seeing Davido and Tagbo. According to what the person said, Tagbo drank the tequila and got intoxicated,” she said.


Davido has denied his involvement in the death of his friend, Tagbo Umeike ever since the news broke. Posting via his Instagram account, Davido wrote:

“I was deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of my friend Tagbo. First and foremost, my sincere condolences and prayers are with his family at this time. I’ve been in the same position before, multiple times and also of recent.

But it is also disappointing that false information and complete lies have been put out there using my name, as usual. Out of total respect for Tagbo and his family, I will not discuss this matter further for now. Rest in peace Tagbo.
David Adeleke.”

Botched piercing leaves girl desperate for dimples covered in blood and in so much pain (photos)

A 17-year-old girl who was desperate to have dimples was left covered in blood and in so much pain after she underwent a horror piercing that went terribly wrong.


The horror piercing bled for four days and caused her face to swell up like a balloon. Her face is still swollen three weeks after the botched procedure.
Caitee, a mum-of-one, told 98FM’s Dublin Talks :


“I wanted dimples and I was sitting in a bed one night wondering how to get them and I came across the piercing shop.
“They got a needle and put it through my face and then put a bar in it.


“There’s two balls on each end, one the inside of my cheek and one on the outside and they’re screwed on to stay in place.”
However, Caitee says she knew something was wrong when after the piercer had done just one side of her cheek, she started feeling so much pain and thought she was going to pass out.


She cried out to the owner of the piercing shop and he said:
‘It’ll be grand, it’s grand, just do the other side’.


After the procedure was concluded and Caitiee went home, the piercing started bleeding every time she moved.
“When I woke up the next day the whole side of my face was swollen, even my chin, I couldn’t touch my face.


Caitiee got worried when her lip went numb. So she went to the hospital but doctors refused to remove the piercing, believing it was not professionally done and would go septic.


She was advised to contact the piercer as they believed she may have suffered a burst blood vessel.


Caitiee says she contacted the piercing shop but they refused to accept any blame.
“When I sent him the pictures of it bleeding I was saying I was freaking out, I didn’t know what had happened to my face.


“I just got a message back saying ‘I pierce through thousands of blood vessels everyday, so how could it be that?’
Caitiee still has a scar and says she is “disgusted” by the way the piercing shop handled the situation. She added:

“All I wanted was dimples.”

Kachikwu vs Baru: Heavy security at NNPC headquarters …Soldiers, policemen and armoured trucks deployed in corporation

There was heavy security presence at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abuja on Friday.


Armed security men from the Nigeria Police Force and the Army were sighted at the entrance of the oil firm, while police pickup vans and armoured personnel carriers were conspicuously stationed on both sides of the roads that lead to the NNPC.
It was learnt that the deployment was sequel to a request by the security department of the corporation.


A source at the security department told one of our correspondents that the move had become necessary due to the tension generated by the memo written by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to President Muhammadu Buhari, which was leaked.


The minister, had in the memo accused the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, of insubordination.
The memo has generated reactions from Civil Society Organisations, opposition parties and even the National Assembly, which had commenced investigation into the allegations of the awarding of contracts to the tune of $24bn without due process.
A source at the NNPC said, “There have been soldiers at the NNPC since the Boko Haram threats of 2013.


“However, we received fresh reports that people may be coming to demonstrate at the NNPC, so we had to beef the security up around the NNPC.


“Also, the feud between both sides has caused some division at the NNPC. For now, visitors won’t be allowed to drive in, except they have special appointment or they are contractors and there are special identity cards given to contractors.”


The source revealed that soldiers were running eight-hour shifts at the NNPC and had also been placed on alert.
He added, “There are eight soldiers on duty every eight hours and then there are snipers at the six watch towers.


Heavy security at NNPC headquarters
“Under the bridge beside the NNPC, there is a military unit on standby. They have been there since Boko Haram started sending threat messages but now that two bosses are fighting, they have also been placed on alert.


“Security has also been beefed up because of the sensitivity of the issue. They are under a Senate investigation and all those who got the (about) $24bn contracts have their interests to protect, including international oil companies. So, we are just taking precautionary steps.”
The situation around the NNPC headquarters was described as unusual by people working there.


But when contacted to speak on why there was heavy security presence at the corporation, the firm’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, described the development as normal.


He said, “From time to time, we do that. They were there like that sometime last month, and so on and so forth. However, you are aware that this is the country’s national oil corporation and it needs security presence, just like the kind of heavy security presence at the Central Bank of Nigeria.


“So it is not unusual. The security men are always there. Last month, they sent mobile police and military contingents here. Do you expect a national oil corporation not to have security presence?”


When one of our correspondents insisted that the security presence had increased, the NNPC spokesperson replied, “We had about the same level of security presence last month. Most times, heavy security vehicles come in and go out.


“If you come here around 3pm daily, you will see heavy military vehicles moving in and out when they are changing duties. So the official reaction you seek to this issue is that it is a normal routine.”


Also, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, said the tightening of security around the NNPC Towers was “just routine police movement.”


He denied that there was a security emergency at the NNPC headquarters, adding that the police operatives deployed in the complex were on regular police duties.


“There was no security emergency; the deployment was just routine police movement. I am sure the men must have left the place by now. They are not meant to stay there for long,” he explained.

It was however gathered that the armoured trucks and pickup vans left the area at 5pm when most offices in the area had closed. (Punch)

Photos: Nigeria’s hairiest woman Queen Okafor shaves her beard

Nigeria’s Hairiest Woman, Queen Okafor, shot into limelight years ago when she said she gets not less than 100 suitors and admirers everyday due to her hairs.

She recently shaved her beard off so she can look more feminine and showed off her new look on Instagram.

‘I can never deprive my wife of sex’ – Oritsefemi advises Nigerians

Self acclaimed musical Taliban, Oritsefemi has announced in a new interview that he can never deprive his wife of sex and advised other married Nigerian men to emulate him.



Talking about his marriage during a chat with Saturday Beats, the singer said it always upsets him when he hears that lack of sex leads to the failure of some marriages in Nigeria. Using himself as an example, Oritsefemi said:


“Marriage is something that you have to be very diplomatic about. You have to be very careful and know what you are doing because it has its ups and downs. No marriage is perfect.



Some people think that marriage is all about money but it is not. It takes God and the couple to understand each other. Some people talk about cheating in marriage and that is why I sang in my song, ‘Igbeyawo,’ that women should not starve their husband of sex.



If you do that, it would bring problems in your home. I don’t want lack of sex to be a problem in my marriage. Any time my wife wants to have sex, I would always give it to her, at any time.



“Sex should not be the problem. Money could cause problems but don’t let sex be the problem. Get close to your wife and try to understand when she needs it.



As a wife, you also need to know when your husband needs to have sex. It pains me when I hear that lack of sex is the cause of some people’s marital crisis. I would rather hear a woman say that she wants her husband to work harder.”



About why he kept his court wedding to himself, Oritsefemi told Saturday Beats that it was because he was involved in a lot of controversies at that time, and that his white wedding which is coming up in November would be an amazing experience.



“I kept my court wedding under wraps because I was in a lot of controversies during that period and I was also trying to work on my management. I was working on my brand image as well.



My wife is a very private person and if we had made it public, it would have worked against us because sometimes when you share information like this, anything can happen. I tried as much as possible to keep it to myself especially because my wife loves her privacy.



It was my idea to make it private and when I spoke to my wife about it, she agreed. At the end of the day, the information still leaked. I am still going to have an elaborate white wedding in Nigeria on November 25.
I could have decided to do the wedding outside Nigeria but I am a man of the people. When I got to the event centre, I told them that I would be expecting at least 2,000 people but they told me that they believe that at least 3,000 people would be at the wedding, so they volunteered to cater for the other 1,000 people that may come for the wedding free of charge.




My wedding is going to be amazing and it would be strictly by invitation. I already have a song about wedding and people would want me to perform on my wedding day but I would do something different,” he said.



The Mr. Gomina singer who already has two children from two women also explained how his wife has been able to unite the family.



“There is one great thing I love about my wife, she is very respectful. If you respect people, they would return the same gesture. I love her for the fact that she has the ability to unite my family.



Whenever she is talking to my baby mamas, she respects them and they respect her in return. She takes care of my two children as if they are hers. She takes them to school and even represents them if need be.

She advises them and she is so supportive. She is hard working. Although she has her Master’s degree from a school in London, she is also full of ideas. She is someone I can talk to about some business ideas and she would listen and understand,” he said.