(NEWS): Lagos Expects 275 Days Of Rain In 2013

Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello has said that the state is expecting 249 to 275 days of rains this year.

Speaking at a media briefing to mark the second year of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s second term in office on Friday, Bello said the rains will not cease until 17 December.

“In order to improve on de-flooding the state, the ministry has employed over 7,800 people in its ongoing construction and dredging works across the state.

(NEWS): Gunmen in Police uniform kill foreigner in Lagos #Conga

Unidentified men clad in Nigeria Police uniform on Thursday killed a foreigner in Nigeria’s capital city of Lagos.

The name of the deceased whose country of origin is yet to be ascertained, was identified as Santos Korie. He was driving a Toyota Highlander when the bandits shot him at close range in the early hours of Thursday in Daleko area of Mushin, Lagos State

Dailypost gathered that the gunmen escaped before policemen from Area D Command got to the scene.

Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the incident.

Braide, in a statement, said: “Today 11th April, 2013 at about 0700 hours, the Area Commander, Area“D” Mushin received a distress call that there was a shooting incident around Daleko Bridge, Mushin. Some Policemen were immediately dispatched to the area but on arrival, the gun men had disappeared.

(GIST):OFFICIAL PHOTOS FROM Omawumi’s album launch in Lagos

On April 7, Omawumi launched her sophomore album ‘Lasso of Truth’ at The Oriental Hotel, Lekki.

At the music concert and album launch, Omawumi performed “What a bang bang” with 2Face Idibia, “Warn Yourself” with Wizkid, “Bottom Belle” with the composer of the song and also covered Bob Marley‘s “No Woman No Cry” with Tiwa Savage, Seyi Shay and Waje.

Timaya, Mercy Chinwo and Onyeka Onwenu also performed on the night.

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(GIST): Police Arrest Trader On Assasination Mission To Kill Colleague

 

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a trader in Alaba International Market, Anthony Nwogu, for attempting to kill his colleague, Afam Anazodo, in Isheri area of the state.

According to police authorities, Nwogu and another person at large on March 21, 2013, set out to kill Anazodo at his home when policemen stopped them for another offence.

It was learnt that after interrogation, Nwogu also confessed that he was going to murder Anazodo, he described as a wicked businessman.

A police source said, “In the afternoon of March 21, Nwogu and another person he identified as Oyinbo, were attempting to snatch a car at gunpoint around Satellite Town when policemen sighted them. On seeing the policemen, they threw a gun they were using into the nearby bush and fled.

“Nwogu was later arrested while the other guy escaped. Upon interrogation, he confessed that they were on their way to murder Anazodo, adding that they needed the vehicle for transport.

(ODD GIST): 10-Years-Old Girl: My Dad’s Best Friend Raped Me 5 Times

Sunday Nwankwo

A 10-year old girl (name withheld) who lives at Agbado Ijaiye area of Lagos, has alleged that her father’s best friend, Sunday Nwankwo, has been having sex with her since she was eight years old.
And test conducted on her at the Orile Agege General Hospital showed that she was no longer a virgin.

The alleged illicit act was exposed when the little girl's three-year old brother told their mother that somebody used to lay his sister down when nobody was around.
Their mother became curious and questioned the girl, who later revealed that Nwankwo had been having sex with her.

According to the girl’s mother:

"When I first asked her, she denied it but when I threatened to pour pepper on her, she opened up and said it was her father’s friend that slept with her. My husband has been feeding Nwankwo for years. People even thought my husband was his younger brother because of their closeness."

The 10-year old girl, who is in Junior Secondary School 1, had explained to her and the Esther Child Rights Foundation, which pursued the matter, that Nwankwo would lay her down on a plank after putting a foam on top of it and then have carnal knowledge of her.
She alleged that the man usually brought out a knife and threatened to kill her if she reported the matter to anybody.
The little girl added that because he lays her on a plank during the act, that was why she normally complains of waist pain.
The matter was reported at the AIT Police Station which led to the suspect’s arrest.

It was gathered that the police tried to cover up the matter even when the test conducted on the girl proved that she was no longer a virgin.
The test result was tendered to the police but they were not willing to prosecute the suspect.
The culprit was released and re-arrested after the Esther Child Rights Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, intervened and demanded for justice.
This led the police to arraign the suspect at the Magistrate’s Court 6, Ikeja.

(NEWS): Lagos pays N1billion damages, to build housing estate at Ijora/Badia

The Lagos State Government has paid over N1.025 billion as compensation to persons whose property were demolished to make way for the expansion of the Orile-Badagry, Ikorodu, Ago Palace roads as well as the Lekki/Epe Airport project, and the Re-settlement project for the Free Trade Zone, among others.

The government also announced that another batch of 1,000 allottees, who bought property from the State Housing Agencies before January 2000, will be given their Sub- Lease Registered Title Documents today, Tuesday.

Home owners are to pick up the documents at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium of the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.

(ODDGIST):Man, 42, caught raping 12-year-old girl through the anus in Lagos

A 42-year old man, Alao Shobowale has been charged before the Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria for allegedly raping a 12-year old girl through her anus.

Shobowale, also known as Alasco, allegedly rubbed his penis and the victim’s anus with ointment and raped her.

The incident occurred at Togodo Street, Temu in Epe, Lagos.

On the day the incident, Shobowale, a businessman, reportedly invited the girl to his room around 10 p.m., shut the door and removed her pant. He later raped her.

The matter became public when the girl could not bear the pain and started crying.

Her parents and neighbours were said to have forced Shobowale’s door open and found the victim with blood dripping from her anus. The matter was reported to the police and the accused was arrested and transferred to SCID, Panti, Yaba.

He was charged before the court on a two-count charge of rape. He pleaded not guilty and Magistrate S.O. Solebo granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The matter has been transferred to the Family Court in Sururere because of the age of the victim.

[PM News]

(NEWS): Lagos & Abuja Placed Among the Top 4 Most Expensive Cities in Africa.

A recent ranking released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist magazine on 25 African cities has ranked Lagos and Abuja among the top four cities in Africa with the highest cost of living.

The key results of the cost of living rankings per city reveals that Abuja is the second most expensive city in Africa with a total expenditure score of 107.4. Lagos comes fourth with 100.8 total expenditure. Ranking first on the list as Africa’s most expensive city is Luanda in Angola with a score of 131.8, while Addis Ababa came last with a score of 60.8.

In other rankings, Abuja emerged as the 12th city in terms of consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics, while Lagos took the 21st position among the 25 cities surveyed.

In terms of money spent on transportation, Lagos and Abuja emerged 15th and 22nd out of the 25 cities, scoring 107.5 and 91.7, respectively. Top on this list is Abidjan with 172.0 score spent on transportation, while Alexandra in Egypt came last with a score of 71.7.

(GIST): Full List Of Winners From Africa Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA)

HERE IS THE FULL WINNERS LIST;

INDUSTRY TRAILBLAZER AWARD

Ivie Okujaiye

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Perfect Picture  - Jackie Appiah

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Dumebi the Dirty Girl – Mercy Johnson

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Two Brides and a Baby  - O.C Ukeje

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
A Good Catholic Girl  - Matthew Nabwiso

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
House a Part –  Hafeez Oyetoro

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Lies that Bind – Maureen Koech

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
The Mirror Boy  -  Ngozi Obasi

BEST SHORT FILM
Yellow Fever –  Ngendo Mukii

BEST WRITER (COMEDY)
Skeem – Tim Greene

BEST MOVIE DIRECTOR
The Mirror Boy – Obi Emelonye

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Otelo Burning – Dave Howe

BEST ART DIRECTOR
Otelo Burning  - Anita van Hemert & Chantel Carter

BEST MOVIE (OVERALL)
Otelo Burning – Sara Blecher

BEST PICTURE EDITOR
Man on Ground – Aryan Kaganof

BEST MOVIE (COMEDY)
Skeem  - Tim Greene

BEST MOVIE (DRAMA)
Man on Ground – Akin Omotoso/Fabian Adeoye Lojede/Hakeem Kae-Kazim/Rosie Motene

BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE MOVIE (YORUBA)
Maami – Tunde Kelani

BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE MOVIE (HAUSA)
Faida Nura  - A. Ali/Hafizu Bello

BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE MOVIE (SWAHILI)
The Ray of Hope – Sameer Srivastava/Sanjni Srivastava

(NEWS):1yr Old baby dies seven months after armed robbers shot him in Lagos

Taiwo Lawal, the one-year-old baby, who was shot by armed robbers in Lagos, has died seven months after the incident.

The twin, receieved a bullet, after unknown men robbed his parents’ home in Gbagada, during a series of robbery attacks in September. After his parents cried out for help, telecoms giants, MTN Nigeria, donated N500,000 for his treatement at the Lagos Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba.

Taiwo’s father, Wasiu, said that what made his death very painful, was the amount of money spent on his medical bills.

“We spent all that we had but unfortunately my son did not survive. After MTN donated N500,000 and few concerned members of the public gave us money, more expenses kept coming up. The money was not enough as we had to keep spending on drugs and other things,” he said.

“After the MTN donation, Taiwo was operated on and he showed signs of improvement at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. A couple of weeks later, after the bullet had been extracted, he was transferred to the main ward but in late December, his health started to deteriorate, he lost weight and we had to take turns to watch over him.”

He also revealed that the nurses at LUTH, had stopped caring for the young child and advised him to either take him home or fly him abroad for further treatments, after they admitted that the bullet had affected the boy’s brain.

“Initially we were told that Taiwo would require another surgery but later we were told that he was too young to have another surgery and that he should have the surgery in a few years’ time. The hospital wanted to discharge him but I objected to it because he obviously was not alright.

“In late January, his health deteriorated and he could not breathe on his own and was placed on Oxygen. At that point, the doctor advised that we flew him abroad for treatment as it was now beyond their capability. However, last week he showed signs of improvement and was even eating.

“We were already happy but unfortunately on Thursday afternoon, Taiwo passed on, leaving behind his twin, Kehinde and two other siblings.”

UNBELIEVABLE!!! Gay Church Resume Operations In Lagos

Less than five years after Nigeria-only gay church, House of Rainbow, was attacked by some Lagos residents and consequently closed down in Nigeria, the church has returned to the country with three secret groups in the African most populous nation.

With this development, Nigeria appears to lead other countries where the church currently operates.

Founded by Nigerian-born gay, Rev. Rowland Jide Macaulay, House of Rainbow, which came to Nigeria in 2006, is “an inclusive and affirming religious community open and welcome to all people including sexual minorities and marginalised people, a monthly gathering of ‘people of faith’ for ‘prayer and praise’, which focuses on the person’s journey towards reconciliation of sexuality and spirituality.”

Macaulay, a trained lawyer and son of a reverend who owns a massive church in Lagos, is leading the comeback even though he remains in self-imposed exile in London, where sources said he currently enjoys lots of financial sponsorship for the movement.

Unlike in the pre-2008 when the church openly operated at Jakande Estate, Isolo, and Berger in Lagos, Macaulay, who is the backbone of the movement, is not secretive of the meeting places and time of the church in Nigeria, but has instituted a very stringent process to screen prospective members of coming to join the church.
It was learnt that aside Nigeria, the church has two groups each in Ghana and United Kingdom (UK).

“We now have new groups in Malawi and Ghana. There are currently three groups in Nigeria, two each in Ghana and the UK and one each in Malawi, Lesotho and Burundi. All these groups are managed by volunteers,who are appointed through a rigorous ‘Local Leader Application’ process.

“We currently have 12 appointed Local Leaders in 6 countries. Currently we have over 25 outstanding applications for local leaders including, but not limited to the following locations: France, Netherlands, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra-Leone. This has continued to strengthen the interest and work of House Of Rainbow particularly in Africa,” Macaulay


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(NEWS): Igbo Boy Caught With Drugs At Lagos International Airport

A 22-year-old Nigerian, Jude Ejikonye Ilechukwu who resides in Thailand was recently apprehended by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 1.295kg of substance discovered to be methamphetamine.



Ilechukwu was arrested at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. The drug which was concealed inside his luggage, was detected during the screening of passengers on Ethiopian Airline at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.


The MMIA Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Hamza Umar, said the drug was carefully hidden in the suspects’ luggage.

Umar said: “Like several factory modes of drug concealment, we had to practically cut the bag open to detect the drugs.

“Ordinarily, when you open the bag, you will not see the drug.

“We found two brown parcels of drugs weighing 1.295kg.”

According to Ilechukwu, he was lured into the drug deal by a friend he met in Thailand.

In his words: “I am a business man. I relocated to Thailand last year where I buy goods and send to Nigeria.


“It was in Thailand that I met a man who introduced me into drug business. He gave my number to his partner in Lagos who lodged me in a hotel.

“They made me to contribute N750,000 as my contribution and promised me a handsome reward on arrival in Thailand.

“My focus was on the profit that will accrue to me. It was when I was arrested that I realised I had made a big mistake.”

The suspect attended Okija Community Primary School and Okija Grammar School, Anambra State before he started business.
He will soon be charged to court.Lagos International Airport

(PHOTOS): Woman Stabs Friend In The Breast In Lagos For Sleeping With Lover

Two women, Blessing Nwosa and Aminat Kehinde threw decency to the wind and fought publicly in Ijora Badia area Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, over a lover.

                                         

It was gathered that Blessing was angry that her friend, Aminat slept with her lover called Kenny who she claimed was planning to marry her.

The fighting resulted in Blessing allegedly using a broken bottle to stab Aminat in the breast.

Her breast was badly injured and she was rushed to a private hospital where she is being treated.

The 27-year old Blessing was arrested and charged to Apapa Magistrate’s court for assault occassioning harm.

On the day the incident happened, Blessing allegedly ambushed Aminat along the Railway line at Ijora-Badia and engaged her in a fight.

She was alleged to have broken a bottle of beer which she used to stab Aminat in her left breast.

The matter was reported at Ijora police division and Blessing was arrested and charged to court for the alleged offence.

She pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A .K .Shonubi granted her bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Blessingwas remanded in prison custody pending when she will fulfill her bail condition.

(LIFE): Husband Dies in auto crash after 13 years of childlessness

Tragedy has hit the Lagos State Government Civil Service, as it lost two of its principal officers to a road mishap over the weekend.

The accident, which occurred at the Ogere axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State, claimed the lives of a couple, Rotimi Olugbuyi and Toyin Olugbuyi, while they were returning to their Ogun State residence after attending a wedding ceremony in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday.

The couple, until their death, were staff of the Lagos State Civil Service.

DailyPost gathered that while the husband was a Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Ministry of Information attached to the Lagos State Scholarship Board, the wife was a Public Relations Officer attached to the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission.

According to an eyewitness account, their car, which was driven by Rotimi, had its tyre burst while on motion and skidded off to the other side of the road where a trailer, on a high speed and heading towards Ibadan, rammed into them, crushing the car and the occupants.

Their bodies which were reportedly crushed to pieces, have been taken to the Ogere office of the Federal Road Safety Corps, where their relatives were contacted.

The remains of the couple, who had been married for 13 years without a child, were buried amid tears at their Mowe residence on Sunday in the same
grave.

Colleagues from the Lagos State Government Secretariat, who were present during the burial, described the couple as very nice, loving, caring and dedicated.

A source, who pleaded anonymity, said Toyin was three months pregnant before the unfortunate incident

(LIFE): 56-year-old Man docked For Allegedly Defiling Two Underage Sisters

A 56-year-old security guard, Adebisi Abdullahi, was on Monday charged before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling two sisters (names withheld) aged 11years and 13 years.

Abdullahi, who resides at Itedo village, Lekki in Eti-Osa Local Government– where the offence took place– is facing one-count charge of defilement.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Iseghede Jimah, told the court that the accused had on Feb. 9 lured the sisters to his room and defiled them.

Jimah said that the offence committed contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

The Magistrate, Mrs A.A. Oshoniyi, granted the accused N200,000 bail, with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till April 8 for mention.

(NAN)

Prophet Arrested With Two Bottles Filled With Blood And Bag of Human Heads

A prophet of a white garment church in Lagos is presently being held by the police in Lagos Statefor being in possession of plastic bottles filled with blood and human parts.

The prophet was arrested alongside two other men at the Ikotun/Egbeda area of Lagos State on Saturday.

One of the suspects, identified as Kunle Olaide was carrying a polythene bag and was accosted by some policemen around Ikotun area.

As soon as the policemen stopped Olaide, his partner, who was walking with him, bolted .

This action prompted the policemen to believe that something was fishy as they swooped on Olaide and got him arrested.

A police source said; “Policemen attached to Ikotun Division during patrol around the area accosted Olaide and another man on Saturday morning with a bag.

“The policemen requested to know the content of the polythene bag and all of a sudden, one of the men ran away.

“This aroused the policemen’s suspicion, as they insisted on knowing what was inside the bag. When the bag was opened, fresh human parts and two plastic bottles filled with blood were recovered from the bag.

“They also found five fingers, human heart, liver, kidney and intestines, all concealed inside a bowl filled with water.

“The different parts were tied in separate polythene bags and were all put inside the bag.”

Olaide claimed that his partner, who bolted after policemen stopped them, was the owner of the items.

He further claimed that he didn’t even know the contents of the bag until he was arrested.

Olaide told the police that he and the fleeing friend slept in a church the previous night.

He confessed to be coming from a white garment church located in Egbe area of the state when they were accosted.

DailyPost gathered that the policemen immediately rushed down to the church and arrested the prophet.

While confirming the arrest, Deputy police spokesman in Lagos State, Damascus Ozoani, said; “Olaide later confessed that they had been keeping the human parts in a white garment church in Egbe area and led the policemen to the church.

“The pastor was arrested and the two suspects have been transferred to the
State Criminal investigation Department in Yaba.” Ozoani had disclosed.

Man Rapes Deaf And Dumb Woman In Lagos

A randy 57-year-old man, Victor Adebanjo is currently in jail and hiding his face in shame for raping a defenceless deaf and dumb woman in her shop repeatedly.

Stunned court officials and family members of both parties watched with mouths agape as the heartless suspect narrated how he overpowered his victim and forcefully had sex with her, while pretending to be a customer.

The Ogun State-born welder was recently arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Lagos, for raping a deformed woman in Mushin, Lagos State, late last year.

Speaking to the court, the artisan admitted to the rape charge against him but appealed for court’s pardon, saying he was prepared to marry his deaf and dumb victim, Miss Rhoda Olu.

Adebanjo told the court that he would marry the complainant since he was quite sure no man will ever want to marry her because of her impediment.

“I know I have done wrong, but I love her, I felt she could not tell me whether she likes me or not because of her condition, so I just felt she liked me. My ex-wife left me for another man, so I will marry Rhoda, because no man can take her away in this her state and I love her,” he declared to the court.

Recounting the events of the sad day, the counsel representing the victim of the horrendous act, Mr. Innocent Ikeh said that on August 18, 2012, the suspect went to the complainant’s shop and forced himself on the 38-year-old petty trader. According to the lawyer, the victim could not inform anyone due to her deformity and she kept mum on the issue. He went on to forcefully sleep with her on several occasions without her consent.

“He kept on coming to rape the helpless woman until one day, suspecting neigbours caught him unaware struggling with the woman. The neigbours subsequently arrested him and he was taken to the Police.”

Younger sister of the victim, Beatrice, revealed that the marriage intention of the accused will not make them withdraw their case and that they would wait for the court to decide.

“The promise of marriage does not change anything for us; if he wanted to marry her, he would have come to ask the family nicely, not by raping her. We are not going to withdraw the case based on that promise. The court will decide on what to do, not us” she revealed in tears.

The case has been adjourned for further hearing