‘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.

‘My husband can never cheat on me’ – Actress Kehinde Olorunyomi

 are evil’ mantra seems to be the order of the day, Kehinde Olorunyomi still believe somethings are still right with the world, that there are still good men out there and that she has caught one of them.


The Nigerian actress shared with BroadwayTV on how she knows her husband will never cheat on her and what she would do to the lady who ever tries to steal her man.

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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.