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Nigerian singer, Chinko Ekun, has said that education is not the only way to achieve success in life.
He said this via his Twitter handle on Tuesday night.
The singer said that although education is not a scam and is needed, it is not the only pathway to success.
Lecturers at the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) have threatened to withhold results of students until the federal government resolves the issue of pro-rata payment of salary and nonpayment of their 8 months’ salaries.
Dr Abubakar Mshelia, Chairman of Unimaid’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) made the announcement on Tuesday, November 22.
He said;
“Members of ASUU will not mark the current examination scripts; they will also not submit the results of both the first and second semesters of the 2020/2021 academic session.
“There will be no computation of academic status by coordinators of parts 1-4, 5 or 6, as applicable. “Government said ‘no-work, no-pay; we say ‘no-pay, no-work.”
Big Brother Naija star, Tolanibaj has responded to those criticizing her new career path.
The reality show star who recently announced that she is now a DJ, said it is baffling when she reads “vile comments”‘ from grown men and women over new career path.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has announced that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Wednesday unveil the newly designed naira notes.
Emefiele disclosed this in Abuja during the Monetary Policy Committee monthly meeting on Tuesday.
The newly designed naira notes to be unveiled are N1,000, N500 and N200 notes.
According to the governor, the apex bank would not move the January 31, 2023 deadline for all old notes to be deposited to commercial banks.
On October 26, 2022 Emefiele announced that the CBN would issue the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, effective December 15, 2022.
However he has said the CBN will not wait till December 15 but will unveil on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 (tomorrow).
He said, “100 days is enough for any person from any part of Nigeria to deposit his money in the bank and get his money when the new notes are released.
“For information, indeed, we are no longer waiting till December 15th to unveil and begin to release the new notes.
“By the special grace of God, tomorrow, which is the 23rd of November 2022, the President has graciously accepted to unveil the new currencies and the new currencies will be unveiled tomorrow at the Federal Executive Chamber by 10am.”
Popular Nigerian singer, Teniola Apata popularly known as Teni the entertainer, has revealed that she lost 75 pounds (34kg) without undergoing surgery.
The singer, who is known for her plus size, said this via her Twitter handle on Monday.
She slammed those who linked her weight loss to surgery saying, “Lost 75 pounds no surgery! D*mb as*es claiming I did can s**k mine!”
Two female police officers with the Borno state police command, PC Godiya and PC Kubra, died while traveling to Akwa Ibom state.
According to the command’s spokesperson, Muazu Abubakar, the officers were on their way to Akwa Ibom for the 13th Biennial Police Games Uyo 2022, when they were involved in a fatal accident along Jos axis.
He added that 15 other persons also sustained injuries in the accident.
A Nigerian man, Ade, has said that his fiancée broke up with him for commenting on another woman’s picture.
Ade, who disclosed this on a Facebook group on Tuesday, November 22, claimed that he only complimented the lady, writing “Looking beautiful”
Men of Ogun state Police Command on Saturday, November 19, arrested one pastor and two others for abducting and killing a 39-year-old man identified as Adekunle Muyiwa and dismembering his body for ritual purposes.
A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the names of the suspects as Idowu Abel, Clement Adeniyi and Pastor Felix Ajadi.
He said they were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Yewa divisional headquarters on the 15th of November 2022 by one Oluwaseyi Adekunle, the elder brother of the victim, who reported that his younger brother left home on 10th of November 2022 and hadn’t returned home since then.
”Upon the report, the DPO Owode Yewa division, CSP Mohammed S. Baba, detailed his Crack detectives to unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the man.
In the course of their investigation, it was discovered that Idowu Abel was the person who came to pick the missing man from his house on that fateful day.
Upon the discovery, the said Idowu Abel was traced and arrested. On interrogation, Idowu Abel confessed that the victim, who happened to be his bossom friend was lured out by him and taken to his second accomplice, Clement Adeniyi”s farm where he was killed and butchered to pieces.
He confessed further that it was one herbalist who was introduced to him by Pastor Felix Ajadi that requested for human head, heart, two hands, and legs.
He stated further that the said herbalist who is now at large promised to pay him the sum of N200,000 if he is able to get the listed human parts for him.
He explained further that the herbalist paid N80,000 as advance payment with the promise to pay the balance of N120,000 on receiving the items.
After collecting the advance payment, Idowu Abel went to his bossom friend Muyiwa Adekunle and asked him to escort him to somewhere.
Being a long time friend, the victim who didn’t suspect any foul play followed him innocently, and he was taken to the farm of Clement Adeniyi where they killed him and dismembered his body.
His head was cut off, the heart was also removed. The remaining parts was hurriedly buried in a shallow grave in the said farm.” the statement in part read
Oyeyemi added that the friend’s confession led to the arrest of Clement Adeniyi and Pastor Felix Ajadi, while the herbalist who was simply identified as Abeeb a.k.a Boko has taken to flight.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.
He also directed that the fleeing herbalist must be hunted and brought to justice.
The account of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been restored by Instagram after it was deactivated for over two weeks.
This was made known via the commission’s Twitter handle on Monday.
Actress Nkechi Blessing Sunday has taken to Instagram to share photo of herself with Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja at his Palace.
The actress who shared this on her Instagram post, described the Osun Monarch as a “jovial king”.
An undergraduate of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Marvelous Omobobola, who was abducted by a kidnap syndicate in the state, has been released after his family members paid N200,000 ransom.
Punch reports that the 28-year-old victim went to school on Saturday November 19, to sign a SIWES form.
After he was done, the undergraduate boarded a tricycle to his hostel in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The 28-year-old while narrating his ordeal, said;
“I went to school on Saturday to sign my SIWES form because we were to start exams on Monday.
When I was done around 5pm, I boarded a tricycle from my school to my hostel in Odogunyan.
There was traffic along the way so the tricycle operator diverted into a street.We were three at the back of the tricycle and one man sat beside the tricycle operator at the front.
We asked why he left the road and he told us it was because of the traffic. Suddenly, the tricycle operator parked beside a bus and some men with guns pounced on us and ordered us into the bus that was parked near a bush. We met some people on the bus when we entered it.”
Omobobola said the tricycle operator left to bring more victims, adding that the kidnappers seized their phones to keep them from contacting anyone.
“They drove us into the bush where some people visited to price us like goats. Some people among my group were taken away into a room where they were killed and well-dressed people came with coolers for their body parts.
When we were told to take off our clothes, one of the kidnappers saw the Celestial Church crucifix on my waist and he put me aside.
He asked me what the crucifix was for and I told him I am from a celestial family. He then returned my phone and told me to call my people to pay a ransom for me before their leader, one Alhaji, comes.
He said when their leader returns, he would not be able to help me because Alhaji procures human parts for politicians and other people. He said I would be killed if he found me there.”
Using Omobobola’s phone, the kidnappers contacted his mother, Ronke, and demanded N700,000 ransom.
The mother said she commenced negotiation with the suspects and they told her to choose between purchasing a coffin to bury her son and raising the money to secure his release.
The kidnappers later agreed to collect N200,000 and after ending the call, the aggrieved mother was seen begging people including church members for money. She was able to raise N100,000 and sent it to her son’s bank account.
“I am not myself as I am speaking to you. I heard the sound of people crying on the phone and my son said the kidnappers cut two people’s throats like cows in an abattoir. I have been told to send the N100,000 into my son’s account for his release.”
The kidnappers, after using his ATM card to withdraw the money from a Point-of-Sale operator, used Omobobola’s phone number to borrow N100,000 from online credit companies. It was learnt that the borrowed money was also withdrawn and the victim was released around 2am on Sunday November 20.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, when contacted, said the command was on the matter, adding that the culprits would be arrested soon.
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in the University of Port Harcourt on Monday held a protest over what it termed maltreatment of lecturers.
They were seen carrying placards with different inscriptions.
Some of the placards read, ‘No nation can properly develop without teachers,’ ‘Lecturers job: Teaching, research and community service,’ etc.
A 45-year-old man identified as Segun Omotosho Ebenezer, was on Sunday November 20, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly beating his 42-year-old wife, Omotosho Olubukola to death.
The arrest of the suspect followed a complaint lodged at Kemta divisional headquarters on the 14th of November 2022, by the elder sister of the deceased, who reported that the Olubukola was beaten and seriously injured by her husband over a minor disagreement.
Bukola was subsequently rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta, by the suspect for medical attention, but gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.
Unknown to the husband, the deceased had sent a voice note to her family members, informing them that her husband had used a padlock to hit her on the head while beating her, and that if she died, they should be aware that it was her husband that killed her.
As soon as the voice note was played to his hearing, the husband took to his heels having realized that his evil deed had been exposed.
Upon the report and the recording evidence, the DPO Kemta division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, detailed his detectives to go after the killer husband and fish him out.
He was subsequently traced to Akinseku village Abeokuta where he had been hibernating, and was promptly apprehended.
Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said preliminary investigation revealed that their incessant quarrels was because the deceased built a private school, and her husband who is a carpenter, wanted to take over the control of the school.
However, Bukola who was an NCE graduate refused. This was why he continued to abuse her until that fateful day when he used the iron padlock to hit her on the head, which eventually led to her death.
Abimbola said the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
Imade Adeleke, is celebrating her father, Davido’s 30th birthday today, November 21.
Sharing a photo of herself, her half-sister, Hailey, and her late half brother Ifeanyi, Imade wished her father peace, joy and love.
She wrote; “Happy birthday daddy! I wish you peace, joy & love”
Popular South African Music Producer and Amapiano hitmaker, DJ Sumbody is dead. The hitmaker was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday, November 20, in Johannesburg.
Local news platforms reported that DJ Sumbody and his entourage were travelling on Woodmead Road when unidentified shooters accosted their vehicle and sprayed it with a hail of bullets.
The entertainer and one of his bodyguards died instantly after being caught in the hail of bullets.
A third person believed to be one of DJ Sumbody’s bodyguards is in critical condition after miraculously surviving the barrage of bullets.
Prior to the attack, DJ Sumbody was due to perform at the All White Veuve Clicquot Picnic on Sunday.
The motive of the murderous attack on DJ Sumbody and his entourage is yet to be established.
Confirming the attack, the Police in Gauteng said they are searching for suspects and investigating circumstances that led to a shooting in Woodmead.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo said in a statement;
“Police received a complaint about a shooting on Woodmead Drive at approximately 12.30am. Upon arrival at the scene, police found two people inside a VW Golf with gunshot wounds. Both victims, a driver, and a passenger were certified dead on the scene.
“It was reported that the third victim, who was driving a BMW X5, was taken to the nearest medical care centre after sustaining gunshot wounds.
“Police appeal to anyone with information that can help in the investigation or assist in the apprehension of the suspects to call the crime stop number or report to the nearest police station. Information can also be given anonymously via my SAPS App that can be downloaded from any smartphone.”
The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has disclosed that it will today November 21, arraign the Medical Director (MD) of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation (OCCF), Dr Femi Olaleye, for allegedly defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece.
Olaleye was accused of raping the minor who was living with him and his wife at their residence in the state, after the girl’s father died.
It was learned that the doctor allegedly deflowered the minor after introducing her to pornography.
He was also accused of perpetrating the crime for about 19 months until the wife discovered and reported the matter to the Lagos State Police Command for investigation.
The policemen detailed to investigate the case reportedly arrested Olaleye and the case was transferred to the Gender Unit of the police command, where an Investigative Police Officer, Bimbo Williams, was assigned to handle the case from March 2022.
As proper sanctioning of the suspect was not forthcoming, it was learnt that a petition was written to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Agency to intervene in the matter.
The agency forwarded the case file to the Directorate of Public Prosecution and recommended Olaleye for trial. In a letter of notification titled:
“State of Lagos vs Dr Olufemi Olaleye”, signed by the Principal State Council of DPP, Mr Oluwagbenga Alagbe, Olaleye will be arraigned in court today. The letter reads in part;
“Olaleye will be facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration. He must appear before the honourable court and also make provision for a legal practitioner of his choice.”
Alagbe also said a copy of the information papers and proof of evidence was attached to the notification of arraignment already sent to the accused.
Recall that comedian, Princess and actress Kate Henshaw have repeatedly called on the police to arraign Olaleye.
Princess in several videos accused the police of attempting to cover up the case.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched countdown clock on its website ahead of its deadline for the submission of three Naira notes which would be redesigned.
Governor, Godwin Emefiele who had earlier revealed that the new notes to be redesigned are N200, N500 and N1000, had also disclosed that the decision was taken due to persisting concerns with the management of the current series of banknotes and currency in circulation, particularly those outside the banking system.
He had also said that statistics shows that over 80 percent of the currency in circulation is outside the vaults of commercial banks.
The police in Lagos state have arrested a young lady identified as Esther Paul, pictured above, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Sadiq Owolabi Dahiru, to death at Oba Amusa Street Agungi, Lekki in the early hours of today November 20.
According to police sources, the stepfather of the deceased, Kazeem Obafunso, reported at the Ilasan police station that Esther stabbed his 21-year-old stepson.
Police officers were drafted to the scene where they moved the deceased to the Evercare hospital in Lekki phase 1 where he was confirmed dead by the doctors.
Esther was immediately arrested while the knife she allegedly used to commit the crime, was recovered.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the IDH Mortuary, Yaba for preservation and autopsy.
APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he doesn’t use social media anymore because users “abuse the hell” of out him.
Tinubu said his children and workers send posts about him on social media once in a while and when he’s had enough, he tells them to stop.
In his words;
”I don’t read social media anymore, they abuse hell out of me. If I read it, I get high blood pressure, I get angry. I don’t read it.
If I want to hear anything, my children or any of my workers will tell me this one said this. If I am tired I say please forget it.”
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has said that the officers filmed manhandling a lady inside a police station in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja have been identified and queried.
A Twitter user @Icaohi shared the worrisome video showing the officers pulling the woman on the floor as they forced her into a cell. One of the officers even went as far as stepping on her.
In an update given today November 19, Adejobi said investigations showed the woman assaulted one of the officers, hence the manhandling.
He said the action of the officers was unprofessional, hence they have been queried. He said the lady in question simply identified as Gift has written an apology to the officers.
