Driver jailed for disguising his car as ambulance while caring for sick wife

A man has been jailed for dressing as a paramedic and disguising his Renault estate car as an emergency response vehicle, complete with flashing light, to run errands for his wife, a court has heard.
Phillip Lemonheigh, 60, attached the light to the roof of the car and had an “emergency response” sign stuck to the side. Though he had no driving licence, he travelled at up to 73 mph and ran red lights during shopping trips until he was caught by a speed camera.
Jailing him for 20 months on Thursday, Judge Peter Griffiths said that, in his legal career, he had “never come across something so bizarre”.

Photos of president-elect Buhari at his farm in Daura this morning

 

Buhari visited his farm in Daura, Katsina state this morning. More photos after the cut....

Photo: EFCC Arraigns Couple for N7million Land Scam

Read the EFCC press statement below...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 18, 2015 arraigned one Opara Edmund and his wife, Amarachi Opara before Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court Owerri, Imo State on a 2-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The accused persons were alleged to have collected money from one Okechukwu Ogbonna to the tune of Seven Million Naira (N7, 000,000.00) for a phony land deal situated at Federal Low Cost Housing Estate 11 Umuguma New Owerri.

Check out this throwback photo of Buhari and his wife as newlyweds

Buhari and his wife, Aisha pictured just after they got married on February 2nd 1989.

Photos from the thanksgiving and farewell service organised by Aso Villa Chapel for Pres. Jonathan and his wife Patience

 

Aso Villa chapel organized a special thanksgiving and farewell service for President Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience Jonathan today May 17th, 2015.
More photos after the cut...

Saudi Arabia beheads the 84th person in 2015

A Pakistani national sentenced to death for drug smuggling has been decapitated in Saudi Arabia, AFP reports. This brings the number of executions since the start of the year to 84 – almost as much as for the whole of 2014.
Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammed Anayat was found guilty of attempting to bring heroin into the Gulf kingdom in balloons concealed in his stomach.
The man was beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Sunday, the agency reported, referencing the Saudi Interior Ministry.
The death penalty was carried out a day after an execution of an Indonesian maid, Karni Bt. Medi Tarsim, who was indicted on murdering her employer's 4-year-old child.
Earlier this week, another Indonesian domestic worker, Siti Zainab, was beheaded, despite claims that the woman was mentally ill.

I was ill during the election campaign period - Patience Jonathan

First Lady, Patience Jonathan says she was very ill during the election period and had to undergo medical treatment in Germany. Mrs Jonathan made the revelation while speaking at a special church Thanksgiving and Farewell service organized for her and the president at Aso Rock Chapel today.

According to her, she was so ill to the extent that she will engage in political campaigns for her husband during the day and fly out to Germany for treatment at night. She said she was sneaked out of the country to Germany for surgery in January 2015. She said she was miraculously healed immediately after the elections.

Don’t Call Buhari ‘General’ As From May 29 – APC

According to reports, President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari should not be called with the title ‘General’ as from May 29, 2015.
Buhari will drop the title and should no longer be addressed as ‘General’.
APC Media Director, Gerba Shehu released a statement on the issue.

“From May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice-President-elect are to be respectively known and addressed as Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria”

A businessman who plied teenage girls with vodka before sexually abusing them has been sentenced to 13 years.

Peterborough restaurant owner Mohammed Khubaib, 43, was convicted of rape and grooming offences last month.
During his trial at the Old Bailey, the jury was told he forced a 14-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him after getting her drunk.
He had a "persistent and almost predatory interest" in girls, the court heard.
Khubaib was the tenth person to be convicted under Cambridgeshire Police's Operation Erle, which focussed on allegations of sex abuse by other groups of men and boys against young girls.
Four previous cases led to nine male defendants being jailed for 59 offences against 15 girls from Peterborough and elsewhere in the East Midlands.

Traffic warden attacked woman with a hammer because she crossed the road when the light was red [photos]

A Chinese traffic warden violently attacked a pedestrian with a hammer because she crossed the road when the light was red.

The patrol officer, who has not been named, hit the pedestrian repeatedly over the head with an iron hammer, after the woman ignored her command to not cross the road at 6pm on Tuesday in eastern Shandong province.

People on the scene said the warden had been involved with a number of arguments with the woman in the past because she frequently ignored the traffic signals, reported the People's Daily Online.

The warden, whose uniform indicated she was a volunteer, waited until the signal turned green before running over to the woman, who was at this point already half way across the road.

As she attacked the pedestrian, the warden reportedly shouted: 'I won't let you run the red light'.

The victim, who was left lying unconscious in the middle of the road, was rushed to hospital.

According to eyewitness reports, the patrol officer tried to explain to shocked onlookers that it had been the victim's fault for ignoring the red light.

She was arrested at the scene and remains under investigation.

Pedestrians caught ignoring traffic signals, which is illegal in China, can be fined 10 yuan (£1).

See more photos below... 

Photos: LASTMA official beaten by workers in Ikorodu

 

This LASTMA official was beaten by workers in an area in Ikorodu today. According to the twitter user who shared the photos, the LASTMA official was trying to arrest a man who he said broke traffic rules, but the driver refused to stop and quickly drove into the premises of the company where he worked. The LASTMA official followed the driver into the premises, started an argument with him and his colleagues and they descended on him after he refused to leave. Other passers-by came to his rescue. More photos after the cut...

Burundi coup leaders arrested

Three army generals who were part of a group that attempted to overthrow Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza a few days ago have been arrested. Former Burundi Defence minister Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye was one of the three arrested today. But the general who led the coup and made the announcement on radio, Gen Godefroid Niyombare (pictured left) has not been found.

The General had earlier told AFP News Agency on phone yesterday that he and others who plotted the coup will surrender but hoped they will not be killed."I hope they won't kill us". He said.

How We Defeated PDP- Tinubu

 

Former Governor of Lagos State and one of APC’s National leaders, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu  yesterday at the public presentation of the book “Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years”, has attributed the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the last presidential election to a commonsense revolution anchored on a rebellion against the excesses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He also further said it was fast-tracked by President Jonathan’s mishandling of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF crisis. While commenting on the book after Professor Wole Soyinka commended him and the River State governor for their efforts in ensuring change in the country, Tinubu said;

Jonathan has not given me any useful tips- Buhari

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari says the outgoing Jonathan government hasn't given him any advise on how to kick-start his administration on May 29. He made this statement on Thursday when a committee from the Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, presented a five-point policy document to him at the Buhari Support Organisation office in Abuja.


Hours before the event which held behind closed doors, the All Progressives Congress, accused the Federal Government of not cooperating with the transition committee set up by the President-elect.

Nigerian female student sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking

 

A 30 year old Nigerian female student in Malaysia identified as Mary George Unazi, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court today May 14th for trafficking 765.9gm of metamphetamine at the KL International Airport (KLIA) on May 10th 2011.

The presiding judge, Judge Datuk Ghazali Cha, while delivering his judgement said all evidence brought against her proved that she was indeed guilty of trafficking the banned substance. He said she had failed on her part to convince the court that the bag which contained the substance wasn't hers

Mercy Johnson celebrates her husband as he turns a year older today

The actress and mother of two took to her Instagram page to send a warm birthday message to her husband, Prince Okojie.

12 killed as pipeline vandals, policemen engage in shootout

About 12 people including three policemen were on Thursday feared killed as suspected pipeline vandals engaged the police in a bloody clash.
Eight members of the vandals reportedly lost their lives in the battle which lasted for more than 40 minutes.
Tribune Online gathered that operatives of the Inspector General of Police Task Force on pipeline vandalism had gone on a surveillance tour of Igando when the hoodlums attacked them.
It was gathered that scores of vandals were on operation with some of them strategically placed to ward off disturbance from the police or any other group.
The vandals were in the thick of siphoning petroleum product from the pipeline when the policemen, said to be from Abuja, swooped on them.

Fuel scarcity may persist beyond May 29 – Major marketers

Major oil marketers and depot petroleum products marketers on Thursday said that the current fuel scarcity in the country might persist beyond May 29, if the Federal Government failed to pay their outstanding claims on subsidy.
The Executive Secretary of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Obafemi Olawore, disclosed this at a media briefing with the newsmen in Lagos.
Mr. Olawore said the outstanding payment on subsidy and interest remained unpaid by government and this had led to its members’ inability to import petroleum products in the last few days.
According to him, the scarcity may also persist beyond the hand over date that will usher in a new political administration of Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

Hehe! see what a tweeter user says about this picture of Buhari and Benin republic President

 

 

Lol... Now you guys too should say something about this picture

Buhari’s inauguration will not be flamboyant – APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the inauguration of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, would not be a showpiece because of the dwindling economic fortune of the country.
This was disclosed yesterday by the chairman of the APC inauguration committee, Chief Timipre Sylva, who added that a number of foreign Heads of State are expected to grace the occasion.
He said: “There are no challenges, we are planning very well and I think we are going to give Nigerians a compact inauguration. We are not going to be flamboyant. We think that this country cannot afford a flamboyant ceremony this time because the economy is not in good shape right now. So we are actually planning to give Nigerians a sanitized and compact event which will be a source of pride to Nigerians.
“We have not gotten all the confirmations but we have already gotten from some countries.

NAFDAC arrests 3, seals 4 shops over fake, unregistered medical devices in Anambra

(NAN)on Thursday in Onitsha.
Babatunde said that the agency has also sealed four shops for selling fake and unregistered medical devices.
He said that the devices were mostly for checking blood pressure, temperature and insulin levels.
Babatunde said that the agency was out to mop-up all the imported fake and unregistered medical devices.
According to him, these fake medical devices give wrong diagnosis which leads to therapeutic failure and in some cases, sudden death.
“In medicine, we believe so much that (if) the diagnosis is wrong; the whole lot of medical treatment would be a total failure.

Photos: Ice Prince renews his Etisalat contract

 

Ice Prince yesterday renewed his contract with Etisalat. Big congrats to him. More pics after the cut..
 

Teenager Impersonating Tinubu Confesses

Eto, a National Diploma 2 student of Delta state Polytechnic Oghara, was arrested by officers attached to the Lagos state police command for operating a facebook account which he allegedly used for impersonating Senator Ahmed Tinubu and using his name to lure unsuspecting members of the public to part with cash for employment offers in blue chip companies.
Confessing to his crime, the suspect blamed his mother’s ill health for his involvement in fraudulent activities.

He said: “I am from Isoko South Local Government in Delta State, I was arrested for impersonating Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I opened the account in February 2015 with his name with the intent of luring people for recruitment. I did that because my father is late and my mother has been sick for a long while. She has high blood pressure and she has been in and out of the hospital. She was recently discharged from the hospital. Three people have paid money into the UBA account. The victims usually send me friend request on Facebook which I accept.”

Why I Contested For Presidency 3 Times Before – Buhari Discloses

Speaking on May 13, Wednesday, during a visit by Delta state All Progressives Congress members to Abuja, the politician said he had contested because he wanted freedom for Nigeria.
The president-elect was quoted as saying by The Punch:

“Going through the court is not easy, both materially and physically, and I maintained that consistency because my view about my country is that Nigeria should be truly free.”
Buhari also repeated the ideas expressed during a visit by the Rivers state delegation regarding violence during the recently concluded general elections:
“I understand why many of you, who were denied the opportunity to choose those you want to represent and lead you are taking the line I took in the last 12 years – in line with our constitution.

14 killed in the attack on a hotel

At least 14 people were killed in the attack on a hotel in Kabul on Wednesday night, a senior Afghan police official said.

Six people were wounded in the gun attack on the Park Palace Guest House for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, said the police official, who declined to be identified.

An American citizen was among the dead, U.S. authorities have said. Four of the victims were Indian citizens, CNN affiliate IBN reported, citing foreign ministry sources.

Comedian AY Becomes Peak Milk Ambassador

Ace comedian, actor, producer and businessman, Ayo Makun has gotten himself a sweet endorsement deal with Peak Milk.

The star of the movie ’30 Days In Atlanta’ has put pictures of him in Peak adverts on his Instagram pag.
His association with Peak Milk coincides with the brands 60th year anniversary. Congrats to him.
 

Photo: Teenager arrested for killing his friend over seat in Lagos

The Lagos state police command has arrested 19 year old Enugu state indigene, Tochukwu Anosike pictured above for killing his friend, 15 year old Imo state indigene, Nonso Monyasa, during an argument over who would occupy a seat at their shop where they are both learning a trade in Lagos. 

Punch reports that the young men had been friends in the last two years after the suspect moved to Lagos to learn a trade in the same shopping complex where the deceased was also an apprentice.

 

On the day of the incident, the deceased had gone to meet Tochukwu to take his seat which they jokingly dragged. Suddenly Tochukwu became angry over the argument and punched his friend in the stomach. The deceased died less than an hour later.

N371m Contract Scam: EFCC Arraigned Moronfoye, Kwara Commissioner, Saraki’s Cousin

Find the EFCC  statement below...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 arraigned the Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Ope Saraki, cousin to Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State and Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, before Justice A.O Faji of the Federal High Court, Ilorin for offences bordering on abuse of office, awarding contracts to cronies, diversion of public funds and money laundering.
Moronfoye was docked on a three count charge while Saraki who was arraigned alongside his companies: Cogent Integrated Service Nigeria Limited and Ladida Support Service Limited were arraigned separately on a five count charge.

Davido shares baby photo as his sister carries him

 

Hehe! see omo baba olowo "Davido" when he was an infant and that's his sister Sade.

50 year-old woman delivers twins after 14 years of childlessness

Mrs Roseline Akinsola, 50, on Monday delivered a set of twins after 14 years of childlessness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akinsola, who works at the Ekiti State Christian Pilgrims Board, was full of praises to God for answering her prayers.

The mother of two girls, who weighed 4.2kg and 2.3kg, advised other couples in need of children not to lose hope. In an interview with NAN, she expressed gratitude to God for giving her the children after several years.

Question: Would you forgive her?

I saw this on a friends facebook timeline and I decided to share it with you guys.

An armed robber visits a guy and his fiancee which are planning to get married in few months time, after robbing them, he hands his gun over to the guy and told him to shoot his fiancee or else he will die but the guy refuses on account of his love for his future wife.
The robber smiled, collected the gun from him, gave it to the lady and told her to shoot the guy if she doesn’t want to die, Alas! She fearfully pulled the trigger but there was no bullet in the gun.

The robber smiled, took back the gun and told the guy to decide if what exists between him and his fiancee is really ‘LOVE’, then he left.
The man was dissappointed at his fiancee and immediately he left, the girl began to plead.
If you were in the guy’s shoe, Would you forgive?

My involvement in Lekki bank robbery – Suspect

A suspected member of the armed robbery gang who invaded a bank in Lekki Lagos killing three policemen and a teenage hawker has been arrested.  The suspect, Ekelemo Kuete said he was given N50,000 for his involvement in the deadly operation.  According to the indigene of Ondo state, ” We were 15 in number that went for that operation and we used two speed boats. Five of us stayed back in the boat at Lekki while the other 10 went inside the bank. When they killed the policemen and two other civilians I queried them but they didn’t listen.”  “I am the speed boat driver that took the armed robbery gang to Lekki on Mach 12, 2015”. I didn’t want to go, they forced me, and after the operation, they gave me N50,000. I have not gone for robbery operation before now; I am into oil bunkering in Arepo along Lagos Ibadan expressway, a community in Ogun state. I know they were robbers when the contracted me to use my speed boat to convey them through the waterways to Lekki. I make money from oil bunkering between N50,000- N80,000 each time I go to work.

“It’s time to stop lying”, PDP tells APC spokesman, Lai Mohammed

PDP press statement below...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has admonished the spokesman of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to learn to be truthful, honest and desist from fabricating lies that could be injurious to democracy and peaceful co-existence in the country.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday said “but for the maturity of President Goodluck Jonathan and the head of the APC’s Transition Committee, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, who cleared the air, the country would have been thrown into crisis over the false alert by Lai Mohammed that the Presidency was frustrating the transition process.

Lekki Bank Robbery Suspects Paraded

The police in Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested four suspects who allegedly robbed a bank and killed three policemen and two civilians and carted away millions of naira.

The sensational robbery incident that led to the death of five persons happened on 12 March, 2015 in Lekki area of the state.

The suspects were pararded on Wednesday by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti at Ikeja, Lagos.

The four suspects are gang leader, Duke Odogbo, 38, Lawrence Kingsley, 31, Ebi Tosan, 20, and Ekelemo Kuete, 30.

Aderanti said exhibits recovered from the suspects include a Honda Accord 2008 model car, military fez cap, phones and 130 expended ammunition.

Woman attacked and buried alive by a Bear [Photos]

 

A Russian woman has been buried alive by a bear which was apparently saving her for its next meal after attacking and seriously injuring her.

Mother-of-two Natalya Pasternak, 55, had a miracle escape after her friend managed to flee the forest near Tynda in the Amur region and raise the alarm.

Having left her with serious injuries, the bear mistakenly believed the postal worker to be dead and partially buried her beneath a pile of leaves - apparently planning to return later and eat her.

When rescuers arrived at the scene, the bear attempted to attack them too. 

In order to save the woman's life, the group had no choice but to shoot and kill the highly-aggressive four year old female.

After killing the bear, the rescuers noticed the woman's arm, bloodied from claw wounds, jutting out of a pile of leaves and sticks. 

But having been rescued alive, the woman is now fighting for her life in nearby Tynda Hospital.

see photos of the bear after the cut... 

Suspected cult members hold gun to man’s head while they rape his wife

Rampaging Aladja cultists have laid siege to Aladja in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, raping, maiming, stealing and intimidating residents at will.  In one of the attacks, Vanguard can authoritatively report, they raped a woman (names withheld) in the presence of her husband, Tuesday, after stealing money and other personal effects of the victims and other residents of Aladja.  In the rape incident, Vanguard learned that the suspected cultists, numbering seven, stormed the residence of their victims at Iwhre Quarters, stole unspecified amount of cash, phones, placed a gun on the man’s head with a threat to shoot if he tried to stop them, as they took turns to rape his wife.  Vanguard gathered that while the rape was on in Iwhre Quarters, other members of another cult group were robbing other families in Obuvu Quarters, using charms.

94-year-old man finishes college after starting 75 years ago

A 94-year-old man will be one of the oldest graduates in the West Virginia University history when he receives his diploma Sunday.
The school says in a press release that Anthony Brutto, who studied on and off for 75 years, will be awarded his Regents Bachelor of Arts degree during commencement.
Brutto first entered the university in 1939 when tuition was $50. He was drafted in 1942, serving in the Army Air Corps until the end of World War II.
Brutto re-enrolled at the school in 1946, but could not finish because he had to care for his sick wife.
A machinist by trade, Brutto says graduating from college was always important to him. He jokingly says he’ll take a break before pursuing a master’s degree.

Adorable Photo: Chimpanzee feeds baby tiger with a bottle of milk

The cubs see the chimpazee as their adopted mother.

Gunmen threatens to kidnap 7 doctors in Ekiti state

The Ekiti State chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday said seven doctors have received threats of kidnap from unknown gunmen.
This is coming barely one week after the former Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adegun and a nurse with Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladenika, were kidnapped.
Adegun was kidnapped alongside his wife, Kikelomo, a few metres to the gate of their house located on Goshen Avenue, Federal Housing in Ado Ekiti metropolis.
The Chairman of NMA in Ekiti state, Dr John Akinbote, told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti that the seven doctors received text messages from kidnappers, saying they could be picked up anytime.
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Akure Zone, had also called for overhauling of the security chiefs in the State.

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) creates 25,000 indirect jobs

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Tuesday said it had indirectly created 25,000 jobs in evacuating wastes and keeping Lagos streets clean.
Mr Ola Oresanya, the Managing Director of the authority, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said that the job creation was indirect because the waste collectors and street sweepers were employed by companies registered by LAWMA to do these jobs.
According to him, there are 360 Private Sector Participants (PSP) registered to evacuate wastes from different parts of the state and 10,000 workers are working for the operators.
“There are also 180 companies registered for road sweeping and these companies engaged more than 15,000 street sweepers,” he said.

Barack Obama makes an excellent joke about Fox News and 'Obamaphones'

President Barack Obama - leader of the free world, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the Democratic Party - has taken a swipe at Fox News.

Speaking at a Georgetown University conference about poverty, Obama addressed topics including family, the media, the economy and budgets.
On top of the serious talk, Obama made a pretty decent gag about the right-wing news station and giving away "free Obamaphones".
"There's always been a strain in American politics where you've got the middle class and the question's been: who are you mad at - if you're struggling? If you're working, but you don't seem to be getting ahead," he said.