Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested one Mathew Oladapo, pastor of Life and Power Bible Church, Ogijo over alleged the rape of a 19-year-old girl during a deliverance session.

It was gathered that the Pastor allegedly committed the crime while performing a deliverance procedure on the victim, who he claimed has a spiritual husband.

The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday, February 23, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the victim.

The cleric was also said to have asked the victim to bring N1,000 and anointing oil while coming for the prayer session.

Oyeyemi stated that,
After her report, the DPO of Ogijo division, CSP Onatufe Umoh was said to have detailed detectives to the scene, where the pastor was arrested.

Oyeyemi disclosed that the said pastor, while being interrogated, “confessed to the crime, but claimed to have been overwhelmed by a spirit.”

Meanwhile, Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole had ordered the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State CIID, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

34-year-old South African Award-winning rapper, Riky Rick, has passed away at the age of 34.

He was found dead at his home in the north of Joburg on Wednesday morning, February 23, Sunday World is reporting.

According to the report, sources disclose the singer, real name Rikhado Muziwendlovu Makhado, allegedly hang himself with a rope after suffering from severe depression.

It was gathered that the artist was found by his management team at his house at about 8.30am today. They rushed him to a nearby hospital as he was still alive. He, unfortunately, d!ed when they were en route to the hospital.

This comes hours after the singer left a dist#rbing message on Twitter, which reads, “I’ll return a stronger man. This land is still my home.”

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, will install Oba Lekan Balogun as the new Olubadan of Ibadan land on March 11.

A circular dated February 22 and issued on Tuesday by the Office of the State Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, disclosed the date.

The circular, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dr B. A. Olanrewaju and marked CB 211/10/155, was addressed to Balogun.

A copy of the circular was sent to the Chairman, Ibadan South-East Local Government Area.

The circular titled, “Installation ceremony: Olubadan of Ibadan,” reads,
The circular was a reply to a letter earlier sent to the governor by the Olubadan-elect.

Balogun will be the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan land following the demise of Oba Saliu Adetunji on January 2, 2022, at the age of 93.

A London court will on Wednesday begin to hear a lawsuit launched by Nigeria against U.S. bank JP Morgan Chase, claiming more than $1.7 billion for its role in a disputed 2011 oilfield deal.

The civil suit filed in the English courts in 2017 relates to the purchase by energy majors Shell and Eni of the offshore OPL 245 oilfield in Nigeria, which is also at the centre of ongoing legal action in Milan.

In the court documents seen by Reuters, Nigeria alleges JP Morgan was “grossly negligent” in its decision to transfer funds paid by the energy majors into an escrow account to a company controlled by the country’s former oil minister Dan Etete instead of into government coffers.

The damages sought include cash sent to Etete’s company Malabu Oil and Gas, around $875 million paid in three instalments, plus interest, taking the total to over $1.7 billion. The Nigerian government at the time asked JP Morgan to make these transfers as part of the oilfield sale, court documents show.

a spokesman for the bank said.

The bank’s London offices deal with business for Europe, Middle East and Africa, including Nigeria.

Etete’s lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Etete is not a party in this suit.

Shell and Eni are also not parties to the law suit at the London High Court. Shell declined to comment.

Eni said in an email: “Eni was finally acquitted following the trial in Milan since there was no case, so we have nothing to add with regards to the OPL 245 deal and to the London trial, which doesn’t involve Eni.”

The London case dates back to 1998 when Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha awarded the offshore oilfield licence, OPL 245, to a company Etete owned.

The $20 million price tag – of which Etete paid about $2 million, according to court documents – was widely viewed by industry experts as too low given the block was expected to yield billions of dollars of crude, although it remains undeveloped.

Subsequent Nigerian administrations contested Etete’s rights to the field, triggering years of legal wrangling until a deal designed to end the battles was struck in 2011.

Etete’s company Malabu Oil and Gas handed the undeveloped OPL 245 back to Nigeria as part of a resolution agreement involving Shell and Eni.

To complete the deal, Shell and Eni paid a signature bonus of about $200 million directly to the Nigerian government and then deposited $1.1 billion in the Nigerian government’s escrow account with JP Morgan, court documents show.

In the related Italian case in Milan, Shell, Eni and its executives were on trial from 2018 to 2021. Italian prosecutors alleged the companies paid $1.1 billion in bribes to Nigerian officials and others through the OPL 245 deal.

A panel of judges acquitted the companies and executives, who all denied any wrongdoing, last March. Prosecutors have appealed the ruling. read more

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said the London case would hold JP Morgan to account.

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The General Overseer of God’s House of Refuge, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Ezekiel Atang has passed away three weeks to his 50th birthday.

popular clergyman and relationship coach, Kingsley Okonkwo, who described him as his “partner in family life mandate” was the one who confirmed his death

Pastor Atang was slated to celebrate his 50th birthday on Monday, March 14th, and had sent out initiations to his friends and family before his untimely death.

The cause of his death was however not disclosed.

In his tribute, Pastor Kingsley wrote on Instagram,

female lawmaker, Ngozi Eziulo has alleged maltreatment by the Ebonyi State House of Assembly over her refusal to dump the Peoples Democratic Party to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, according to SaharaReporters.

Eziulo, a member representing Afikpo North East State Constituency said she has been denied her entitlements since she refused to join the APC after the governor defected, News Wire reports.

'The female lawmaker denounced letters that were read on the floor of the House, stating that she defected to the APC and resigned as a member of the House.

On Monday, the Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru read a letter alleging that the female lawmaker had resigned her membership of the House and defected to the APC.

But speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, Eziulo said she never wrote such documents, describing the so-called resignation as false.

she said.

The lawmaker said she had no reason to leave the PDP, which she said had been good to her.

She was absent during the plenary when the said letters were read on her behalf on the floor of the House.

Eziulo also alleged that she had not been paid her salary and other entitlements since Governor David Umahi defected to the APC from the PDP, and she refused to also defect.

she said.

She noted that despite a series of letters and reminders written by her lawyers to the House for her entitlements to be paid, the House has vehemently refused to pay her.

According to her, her life is being threatened by those who are hell-bent on forcing her to join the APC.

“My lawyer has written them twice asking them to pay my entitlements but they have refused. In fact, they have threatened to take my official car. They have also been threatening my life, by saying they will send their thugs after me all because I refused to join them,” she alleged.

The lawmaker said despite not being paid her entitlements, she has always attended sittings and other functions of the House of Assembly.

She vowed not to leave the PDP, saying,
She added that the House may be plotting to suspend her from the House very soon.

She said,

Since 2013, many have wondered what led popular actor Jim Iyke to visit Prophet T.B Joshua for deliverance. After a video emerged showing him being delivered from a demon went viral,

Jim detailed what really happened. According to him, it was his family’s search for an ailment from their mother that led him to TB Joshua’s church.

He told Channels TV he always laughed at those who behave funny whenever a man of God touched them but when the pastor touched him; he said he cannot explain what really happened

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Instagram twerker and brand influencer, Janemena took to Instagram to disclose that she was paid a surprise visit by her mother.

She noted that her mother became emotional when she saw her because she is fine and fuller now.

Her mother hugged her well and recollected how she lost weight last year following the drama between her, Nollywood actress Tonto Dike and Prince Kpokogri.

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A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers from getting pregnant.

The Regulation provides that

Citing the instance of Omolola Olajide, a female police officer who was fired on January 26, 2021, in Ekiti state for becoming pregnant while unmarried, NBA said such discriminatory regulations have made many female officers childless for fear of being fired.

A Nigerian man has narrated how his mother’s younger brother who went missing 5 years ago returned home recently to discover that his wife has remarried.

According to the Twitter user, his uncle miraculously returned last month after he was declared dead after he went missing during his boat trip to Cameroon.

The uncle has now been left heartbroken after he discovered that his wife has remarried and is not willing to leave her new husband.

He Tweeted;

An Ikeja High Court has arraigned two church workers of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministry (a.k.a. Grace Nation International, Liberation City) for an alleged N13 million fraud.

Ms Success Ibilibor Udoka and Ms Prosper Chinonso Iheukwumere were brought before Justice Hakeem Oshodi on a four-count charge.

The police through their Head of Legal Department, Mr. Emmanuel Jackson told the court that the police was ready for trial and urged the court to take their plea.
Udoka and Iheukwumere pleaded not guilty.

Their counsel, Mr Nicholas Akahabue prayed the court to grant them bail on self recognition and liberal terms.
Akahabue told the court that he was willing to stand for the defendants as surety if the prayer was granted and also to ensure that the said money was refunded to the church before the end of the trial.

Jackson did not oppose the bail request but urged the court to grant them bail on a condition that would ensure they appeared for trial at the next adjourned date.

Justice Oshodi granted the defendants bail on self recognition and ordered that the defendants should deposit the sum of five million naira with the court’s registrar within 30 days.

The defence counsel was also asked to deposit his certificate of “Call to Bar” within thirty days with the court registrar as a guarantee to always present the defendants for trial.

The judge also ruled that should the defendants be unable to meet up with the bail conditions within the stipulated time, they shall forfeit the bail.

The case was subsequently adjourned till May 19 for trial.

Nigerian model and Actress Morey Faith has raised issues most people don’t want to talk about as she shakes some tables saying many Nigerian men are married to lesbians without knowing.

In a video she shared on her Insta-stories, she noted that these lesbians cheat on their husbands in their matrimonial home with their lesbian partners, whom they introduce to their man most of the time as their best friend.



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Singer/songwriter, Simi has opened up on why she has not been on the reality singing competition, Nigerian Idol.

The song writer took to her twitter page saying after a fan questioned her absence from the show.

the fan@Tomiodozi asked.

Responding, Simi tweeted:
The 33-year-old was announced as the new judge for season six alongside singer D’banj, replacing former judges Seyi Shay and DJ Sose.

Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to hear an application filed by the disgraced Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, seeking bail.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, the suspended Police chief had sued the Nigerian Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging his detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

He is seeking an order from the court to immediately release him.

His counsel, Cynthia described his client as diabetic and hypertensive, thereby praying the court to grant him bail pending the determination of the substantive suit.
But Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered the applicant to put the respondents on notice.


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President Muhammadu Buhari has moved to stop the mass migration of Nigerian youth as he laments that the trend is ‘draining Africa’s talent pool’.

The president who spoke in Brussels, Belgium, at the 6th EU-AFRICA summit, is seeking partnership with European countries to stop the trend.

In the article published in Politico, an online/offline magazine which is the most influential publication for the EU/ in Brussels, President Buhari said despite its best efforts, Europe will not find a sustainable remedy to this problem by further reinforcing its Fortress Europe approach.

However, despite burgeoning possibility, irregular northward migration from my continent drains Africa’s talent pool, while provoking political cr!ses in the EU. Despite its best efforts, Europe will not find a sustainable remedy to this problem by further reinforcing its Fortress Europe approach.

Instead, more opportunities must be created for Africans at home, providing alternatives to the decision to take a life-thre#tening boat journey in order to seek them elsewhere. The relationship between the EU and Africa must be rebalanced to power job creation. Unfortunately, today’s arrangements do just the opposite.”

Billionaire’s daughter and entertainer, DJ Cuppy has taken to her Instagram handle to celebrate the first birthday of her pet dogs, Dudu and Funfun on 17th February, 2022.

She shared photos of herself together with her dogs as they wore matching outfits to celebrate the day.

She captioned the photos;

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Singer, Keke Wyatt and her husband Zackariah David Darring  announced that they are expecting their 11th child together.

The 39-year-old singer/ songwriter took to her Instagram page to share the news with a series of photos of her baby bump and others with her family.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi has shown support for Presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The traditional ruler spoke when he received the former Governor of Lagos State in his palace yesterday.

Tinubu visited the Alaafin of Oyo to seek his blessing for his presidential ambition.

Addressing Tinubu, Adeyemi said: he said.

Former Aide to Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Reno Omokri has shared some tips on how to overcome poverty.

Pinpointing at the neighborhood of an individual, Reno Omokri deduced that where one lives affects opportunities available to him/her.

the former aide advised people to move from a low rent area even if they have to live in a room in a high rent area.

According to him, poverty is not caused by generational curses, but by generational bad habits triggered by one’s environment.

On Twitter, he wrote: “Where you live affects opportunities available to you. By living in a high rent district, you will be aware of more job or business opportunities than those in a low rent district. Your proximity to opportunity gives you an edge over those living in a low rent area.

Nigerian Rapper and Record Producer, Jude Lemfani Abaga popularly known as MI has revealed why many youths now engage in fraud and ritual killing.

According to the rapper, the unemployment rate is one of the causes.
 
Reacting to why some Nigerian youths have decided to engage in Yahoo-yahoo, ritual killings and other heinous crimes instead of engaging in legal businesses, Abaga retorted that the situation was as result of the youths’ inability to secure jobs.