Oba Elegushi and his second wife, olori Hadiza, are celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary today

The monarch thanked Hadiza for choosing to walk the journey of matrimony with him.

He wrote;

”Reaching a 5-year anniversary signifies more than just half a decade together; it’s a testament to strong commitment and enduring love.

Our fifth anniversary is a milestone – over 1,800 days of friendship and nonstop love.

Thank you for choosing to share this amazing journey with me.

Happy 5th anniversary, my Queen”.

The Court of Appeal, Abuja division on Friday, issued an order stopping the contempt suit filed by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr Yahaya Bello, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Recall that Bello had filed a fundamental human rights suit against the EFCC to protect himself from being arrested and detained.

Justice Isa Abdullahi Jamil of the Kogi State High Court delivered a ruling on February 9, where he issued an interim order restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining, persecuting, or prosecuting Bello pending the determination of the suit.

The anti-graft on its part, filed an appeal to set aside the ruling but later withdrew the appeal because it has been overtaken by events.

This is after the commission filed a suit against Bello at the Federal High Court Abuja that issued an arrest warrant against the ex-governor

However, Bello again approached the Kogi High Court and filed a contempt suit before Justice Jamil.

Consequently, the anti-graft agency approached the Appeal Court to stay the contempt proceedings initiated by Bello against its chairman, Ola Olukoyode.

A three-member panel of the appellate court presided over by Justice Joseph Oyewole, assisted by Justice P. C. Obiora and Justice Okon Abang, granted the request of EFCC, staying the execution and contempt proceeding.

A team of lawyers led by Jibrin Okutepa, (SAN), alongside Eko Ejembi Eko, (SAN) Abdulkareem Musa, Esq, and David Ojogbane Akogu, Esq all appeared for EFCC.

In granting the orders, Justice Oyewole held that the motion ex-parte had merit and adjourned the hearing of the motion on notice to the 20th day of May 2024.

The court in Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CV/413/2024, also ordered for substituted service of all the processes in the case to be pasted at No 9 Bengazi Steet Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, being the last known address of Yahaya Bello.

The justice said, “The 2nd motion moved for an order to serve the respondent Yahaya Bello all the processes in the appeal by substituted means through the mode stated on the face of the motion is hereby granted.

“The court grants the motion that processes be served through substituted means by pasting on the gate of the last known address of the respondent”.

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have busted a factory producing fake alcoholic drinks in Bomadi, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State.

The command also arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly produced fake alcoholic drinks at the makeshift factory.

The suspect, Chiemenam Adigwe, 45, a native of Akpo community in Aguata LGA, Anambra State, mixed ethanol with water, added flavour and then packaged the fake drinks in empty bottles of Gordons, Chelsea, and McDowell’s, which he usually bought from Onitsha, Anambra State.

The suspect also stated that when he supplied drinks to his customers, he usually told them he ordered them from Onitsha.

Adigwe, the suspect, was caught on April 25, 2024, at about 11 am after the command received an intelligence report about a suspect who was producing fake alcoholic drinks in Bomadi.

The Commissioner of Police, Abinanwonda Olufemi, directed the DPO of Bomadi Division to work on the intel and ensure that the suspect was tracked down, arrested and brought to book.

The suspect was subsequently arrested at his hideout with over a hundred bottles of Gordons, Chelsea, Eagle Schnapps and McDowell’s recovered.

Olufemi confirmed this while parading suspects of various crimes in Asaba.

He said: “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect committed the offence. He is in police custody while investigation is ongoing.”

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a gang of 10 suspected ritualists, who specialise in killing people and selling their body parts to ritualists.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed their arrest on Friday, while parading them before newsmen.

Hundeyin said that the leader of the gang, a 33-year-old man, Ademola Akinlosotu, used to exhume corpses from cemeteries and sell the parts to money ritualists.

He said those arrested included a community chief, an Ifa priest, an Osun priestess, an Islamic cleric and a trado-medicine practitioner.

He said they were arrested through intelligence reports from members of the public.

Hundeyin said that report obtained by the police also revealed that the suspects usually bring in people to their hide-out, adding that those people never came out alive again.

He said exhibits of different human parts were recovered from the suspects.

He said the police were on the trail of other suspects.

The spokesperson of the Police Command in Lagos State said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as  investigations were completed.

Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the parade, the leader of the gang, Ademola, said he was got the human parts from dead bodies buried at the cemetery, before he graduated to killing – a job he had been doing for years.

Ademola said he moved to killing people to harvest parts because his clients requested for fresh parts and not dead body parts.

He said while he and some members of the gang would do the killings, he supplied the parts.

Ademola said he usually supplied the parts to a 52-year-old man, Ahmed Wahab, aka Alfa Bororo, who operated from Badagry in Lagos State and Ogun, to supply his clients.

According to him, a fresh human head is sold at N45,000 or N50,000 while a dry human head sells between N30,000 and N35,000; heart  for N70,000 and hands for N50,000.

Ademola also said that he had only killed two persons, which included a friend he met through the social media, before he was arrested.

He said before they killed anyone, the harbalist will be contacted to consult the oracle if the killing would be successful or would bring trouble.

The suspect claimed that a traditional ruler in Badagry requested him to kill his son that was giving him problems.

He also said that the day they were to carryout the killing was the day his online friend visited him and he was killed.

The suspect said all he needed was the head, the heart and the hands.

Talent manager, Teebillz melts hearts as he gives a shout out to his baby mamas for the strong bond between all their children. He took to his Instagram page today to share a snippet of the son who lives with him abroad trying to video call their son Jamil. As he noticed Jamil was not reachable, he began to cry and throw a tantrum because it is normal for him to speak to his big brother everyday.

The entertainer who was touched by this moment shared it on his Instagram, while sending his appreciation to his baby mamas for the work they put in for the harmony between their children.

His post read;
“When you can’t go a day without A FaceTime with your Big bro Mill…..Jamil… God bless the mothers of my children for helping to be a better man! Once you feel true Peace, Love and Joy, nothing else matters #Family ?”

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solomo_pn said:“Love this man for always loving the mothers of his kids really looks beautiful appreciating them, We pray God Blessed you too to reap the fruit of your labour ?We the Jamil fans love ?? you”

ming_lee47 said: “not him throwing tantrums when he realized Mill wasn’t on video call ???This is so cute”

butterfly_desohlar wrote: “Life is more beautiful with beautiful hearts in your space ??”

realblessingsunday applauded: “I love your maturity not some people way dey behave childish”

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The rapidly growing Nigerian musician Oluwabamishe Abioro, better known by his stage name Young Duu, has decided which of his employers he would choose to work with.

According to his Hip TV interview, he would rather work on music with comedian Carter Efe than singer Portable. This comes after Carter was criticized by Young Duu for not giving him any money for their song “Oyinmo,” which they collaborated on.

Even though the ‘Machala’ crooner didn’t give him any money, the 20-year-old artist said he would like to collaborate with Carter Efe. He says that compared to Portable, Carter is more connected and powerful. It’s important to remember that Young Duu began performing long before he became well-known in 2023, having signed a record label contract with Zeh Nation, which is controlled by Portable, a well-known and controversial street pop artist.

But since Portable asserted that Young Duu hadn’t made any money since joining the record business, he was forced to quit. Then, he quit the record company to work with singer and comedian Carter Efe from Nigeria. The pair released the popular song “Oyinmo,” which became popular on music streaming services.

Comparing Carter with Portable, he said,

“I will rather work with Carter Efe than with Portable because he has more connections and if he is ready to do something, he do it.”

“It is not that Portable does not have connections, he has connections too but I know what I’m saying”.

The operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a 30-year-old man named Idi Adamu for segxwally assaulting his one-year-old stepdaughter.

In a statement issued by the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, SP Suleiman Ngurore,  Adamu was detained on Wednesday, May 1 following a tip off.

SP Ngurore further explained that Idi Adamu, a resident of Wuro Ardo in Mubi North Local Government Area of the state was apprehended following a complaint from the victim’s mother and the suspect’s wife.

Genevieve Nnaji is celebrating four decades plus five more on Earth and she looks beyond incredible!

The ageless beauty, although very private and barely a social media person, has fans who are celebrating her all over social media while handing her some flowers for a stellar career.

Some accolades Genevieve Nnaji has received throughout her career of more than 30 years and featuring in over 100 movies include the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film for her movie, Lion Heart in 2019, amongst others.

The Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) chose her film Lionheart in 2019 to represent Nigeria in the Best International Feature Film category of the 2020 Oscars. It was the first Nigerian film ever to be submitted to the Oscars.

The Oscar submission was subsequently cancelled due to its failure to meet the language criteria. The majority of the conversation in the movie is spoken in English. Nonetheless, since 2006, the Oscar regulations have stipulated that films that qualify must feature a “Predominantly non-English dialogue track.” The goal of this action was to provide more platforms for films with a multicultural cast.

Happy Birthday, Genevieve!

Nigerians are dragging singer Teni for allegedly ‘’disrespecting'' former President Muhammadu Buhari when they met, but prostrating before socialite, IBD Dende, after they met on a flight.

Teni had taken to Twitter to share a video of her meeting with IBD Dende, adding that “he has dropped”. She also revealed that she will drop an update when she gets off her flight.

Reacting to this, Nigerians called out the entertainer for not conducting herself before Buhari in the past.


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A 16-year-old South African girl has been pronounced d3ad after taking a rat poison

Family of the deceased confirmed that she took the substance after she discovered that she was born through r*pe.

Musa Tshabalala, a grade 10 learner at East Bank High School in Alexandra in Johannesburg, committed su*cide on 17 April 2024 and her 78-year-old grandmother is currently struggling to bury her.

Musa’s cousin, Buyisiwe Tshabalala, told a local publication, ZiMoja on Friday, May 3, that she believed that Tshabalala k!lled herself because she had never met her mother.

“Musa’s upbringing was very sad. She was conceived through r*pe when her mother was only 12 years old. After she gave birth to Musa, she dumped her with her grandmother who raised her,” he said.

“It was always bugging Musa that she never got to know her mother. When she found out that she was conceived through r*pe, she began asking a lot of questions and it broke her even more when she was told that the alleged r*pist is a family member,” Tshabalala said.

Tshabalala told ZiMoja that weeks before Musa took her life, she wanted more answers on her alleged father and mother and that her grandmother was not free to share the information with her.

“She felt like she was the reason her mother never came back home and what made things worse was the situation at home, Our grandmother is poor and was supporting her with a grant, which was not enough- things were bad,” she added.

The grandmother is struggling to put money together to pay for Musa’s burial and is pleading for help.

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Oyo State chapter, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike should state authorities fail to accede to their requests.

The association issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government, saying at the expiration of the deadline it will embark on strike beginning from Wednesday, 22 May.

The council made this resolution at a state executive meeting on Tuesday, 30 April, where members deliberated issues affecting the welfare and career progression of nurses working with the state government.

In a letter addressed to the government and issued on 2 May, the association said it opted for an indus Nurses and Midwives in Oyo state are threatening to embark on an indefinite strike if the government fails to with its demands after 14 working days. trial action after years of attempts to lobby the authorities failed.

The ultimatum given by the association is between 2 May and 22 May.

The letter reads in part: “It’s pertinent to note that all these issues have been for a very long time, and several letters have been written for the government to come to our aid without a positive response”.

Demands
The association, among other things, has demanded the recruitment of more nurses in the state to make up for the exodus of healthcare workers recorded in the state.

In Nigeria, faced with inflation, poor salaries, and an overstretched healthcare system, thousands of healthcare professionals are leaving in droves for better opportunities abroad.

This has led to a shortage of healthcare workers in medical facilities nationwide.

According to the National Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mohammed Pate, about 16,000 doctors have left the country in the past five years.

To address the shortage of staff and improve health care delivery in the state, the association said it demanded a “Mass recruitment of nurses and midwives/nurse educators into Hospital Management Board, Primary Health Care Board, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho and College of Nursing Sciences, Eleyele, Ibadan.”

It also demanded the correction of what it termed the wrong notional dates on promotion letters and requested the implementation of the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CHSS).

The association asked for a “financial implementation of 2018 to 2022 promotion for nurses and midwives working in LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho.”

The demands as stated in the letter also include: “Adoption and implementation of Enhanced Hazard Allowances for Nurses and Midwives Working in LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho, Oyo State College of Nursing Eleyele-Ibadan, Oyo State College of Health Technology Eleyele, Ibadan and Primary Health Care Development Board/ LGA.

“Adoption and implementation of lateral conversion/career progression for nurses and midwives on GL12 and above that have possessed (acquired) a degree certificate in Nursing Sciences (BNSc).”

The association also asked for the payment of nurses’ January and February salaries withheld in 2011 and the uniform allowance for nurses and midwives in the state.

“If all the aforementioned prayers are not met within fourteen working days, the State Executive Council of NANNM will have no option than to direct her members to proceed on indefinite strike till when all these demands are met,” the council maintained.

President Bola Tinubu is set to commission three critical gas infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and partners.

The commissioning is in line with the president’s commitment to significantly leverage gas to grow the economy.

The projects support the federal government’s effort to grow value from the nation’s gas assets while eliminating gas flaring.

The delivery of the projects was accelerated from the inception of the administration in keeping with the overall objective of deepening domestic gas supply as a critical enabler for economic prosperity.

THE PROJECTS
The projects lined up for commissioning are:

(1) AHL Gas Processing Plant 2 (GPP – 2) – 200mmscf/d

This project is an expansion to the Kwale Gas Processing Plant (GPP – 1), which currently supplies about 130MMscf/d of gas to the domestic market. The processing plant is designed to process 200MMscf/d of rich gas and deliver lean gas through the OB3 Gas Pipeline. This additional gas supply will support further rapid industrialization of Nigeria. The plant will also produce about 160,000 MTPA of Propane and 100,000 MTPA of Butane, which will reduce the dependency on LPG Imports. The AHL Gas Plant is being developed by AHL Limited, an incorporated Joint Venture owned by NNPC Limited and SEEPCO.

(2) ANOH Gas Processing Plant (AGPC) – 300MMscf/d

The ANOH gas plant is an integrated 300MMscf/d capacity gas processing plant designed to process non-associated gas from the Assa North-Ohaji South field in Imo State. The plant will produce dry gas, condensate, and LPG. The gas from ANOH gas plant will significantly increase domestic gas supply, leading to increased power generation and accelerated industrialization. The ANOH Gas Plant is being developed by ANOH Gas Processing Company, an incorporated Joint Venture owned by NNPC Limited and Seplat Energy Plc on a 50-50 basis.

(3) ANOH-OB3 CTMS Gas Pipeline Project

The project involves the engineering, procurement, and construction of 36”x23.3km ANOH-OB3 Project. The Transmission Gas Pipeline will evacuate dry gas from the Assa North-Ohaji South (ANOH) primary treatment facility (PTF) to OB3 Custody Transfer Metering Station (CTMS) for delivery into the OB3 pipeline system. About 600MMscf/d is estimated to be available from ate 2 x 300MMscf/d capacity gas processing production trains from AGPC & SPDC JV.

When commissioned, the projects will increase gas supply to the domestic market by approximately 500mmscf/d, creating a better investment climate and promoting balanced economic growth cumulatively.

Ajuri Ngelale

Special Adviser to the President

An X user has shared the story of how her friend was hypnotized and almost dismembered by suspected ritualists in Lagos on Thursday, May 2.

She said her friend who is a stylist had gone to deliver a product and was returning home when she met with a man at Costain asking for directions. She said after giving him directions, the man went on to ask her for N500 as transportation fare, which she gave to him.

According to the X user, her friend lost consciousness thereafter and later found herself in an uncompleted building with some men who were armed.

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A man has reportedly committed suicide after tweeting about financial difficulties.

On April 29, the man wrote: "Financially, it only makes sense for me to just die.

A follower told him, “Live for me ke at least.”

And he replied: “Give me money to live ke.”

April 29 was the last day he tweeted.

Now, X users are claiming he went through with his threat to end his life.

A woman was left shocked when she turned up to a hospital scan only to be told by staff that her records showed that she was already ‘’dead.''

Susan Johnson from Scarborough was left 'shaking by a leaf' after staff at the Bridlington Hospital in Yorkshire told her their records showed she'd been dead for four months.

The incident left Susan, 62, a retired housekeeper, baffled that her husband Bob needed to bring her a strong coffee to help calm her nerves.

The mother-of-two told BBC News: 'I gave them my letter and their first words were, "ooh you're dead".

'I said, "pardon?". I was in shock.

'Then they put something on the computer so I could have the scan and then they just said, "bye" and that's it.'

It is unclear how the mistake happened as when Susan contacted her GP, they told her that the mistake had been fixed.

However, when she contacted the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the call handler told her she was still marked as already dead on the system.

'On the computer you're dead,' she was told. Susan then informed her she couldn't be dead as she was on the phone and talking.

The error meant that Susan's carer's allowance for looking after her disabled husband Bob briefly stopped, though this has now been fixed.

She said she shut down completely after the news and said there was nobody to talk to about the mistake.

Scarborough Medical Group told the BBC they'd received an electronic instruction about the 'death' from Primary Care Support England (PCSE).

Susan is concentrating on her hobbies of gardening and knitting as she recovers from the shock.

An NHS spokesperson said: 'We are aware of an issue involving a civil death registration being incorrectly recorded against a patient’s medical record.

'This was removed within 24 hours of it being reported to us in March 2023 and the patient was re-registered by their GP.

'We would encourage the patient to contact us directly so we can explain further.'

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said the state under his leadership, is the turn of the masses to enjoy the dividends of democracy.

Otti, who made the declaration while hosting a delegation of Course 17, Syndicate 2 of the National Institute for Security Studies, Abuja, at Government House Umuahia, said he was on a mission to make the masses and not just a handful of privileged politicians, have a taste of good governance.

He said politicians who have presided over the affairs of the state since the return of democracy in 1999, have helped themselves enough with the common patrimony.

The Governor told his audience that his recent decision to wipe off the backlog of pension arrears owed retirees since 2014, was a demonstration of his passion for the masses, who had been shortchanged by the ruling elite.

He said, “never again shall Abia pensioners be owed their pension.”

He added that he had also directed that they be paid along with workers on the 28th of every month, a directive, he affirmed, had taken effect from April.

“This is the people’s time, politicians have helped themselves enough for the past 24 years”, Otti added.

The Niger Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old boy who allegedly robbed female students in Bosso Quarters, Minna.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Shawulu Dan-Mamman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Minna.

The commissioner said that the suspect who resides in the old Kwata area of Bosso in Minna, was arrested at about 3.00 am on Wednesday, May 1, following a distress call of a robbery operation at the female hostel in Bosso, Minna.

He said that on arrival at the scene by the police patrol team, the suspect quickly fled and hid in the ceiling, where he was found and arrested.

“On his arrest, the following exhibits were recovered from the suspect;

one sharp knife, seven mobile phones allegedly robbed from the students, two power banks, two ear-pods and a bag.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a notorious armed robber, who was identified to have perpetrated a similar act at Bosso campus second gate around February this year, ” he said.

According to the CP, the suspect is under investigation and will soon be transferred to SCID for further investigation and prosecution accordingly.

Protesters on Friday stormed the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja, demanding the commission to reopen the investigations of a former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle.

The EFCC Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, who received the protest letter on behalf of the Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, assured the protesters that the commission would pursue corruption cases to a logical conclusion.

Recall that Vanguard had reported how a Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto had dismissed a suit filed by Matawalle over ownership of official vehicles he took away on leaving office last May.

In June, 2023, the police raided Matawalle’s residences and seized the vehicles as ordered by the court.

A statement on Monday by Governor Dauda Lawal’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said that the Federal High Court rejected Bello Matawalle’s claims over the ownership of the official vehicles.

According to him, the former governor and his cabinet members had taken away all official vehicles belonging to the state government, leaving the present administration with nothing to use.

The statement said,

Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has called of his concert scheduled for the 9th of June at the Johan Cruyff Arena Stadium, in the Netherlands.

The singer, who announced this via his Instagram account on Thursday, stated that the concert was cancelled due to the failure of the event organisers to meet their contractual obligations.

He added ticket buyers would be refunded from point of purchase within 30 days.

He wrote, “We regret to inform you that due to a failure by the event organisers to meet their contracted obligations, Burna Boy’s concert at the stadium on June 9th 2024 has been cancelled.

“All ticket buyers will be refunded from point of purchase within 30 days.

Love you and see you soon [Netherlands and love emojis].”

A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, ordered that a teenager, Joshua Olayiwola should be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town, for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old daughter of his neighbor.

The police charged Olayiwola with defilement.

The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji told the court that Olayiwola, on April 15, between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. allegedly defiled the minor in the Ojo Ekun area of Ibadan.

She said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 34 of the Oyo State Child Right’s Law 2006

The Magistrate, Mrs S. A. Adesina who did not take Olayiwola’s plea due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.

She adjourned the matter until June 13, for mention.