Popular Pastor Caught With Gun At Police Check Point

  Sam Keddy Balogun the Commandant-general of Mission for African Chaplaincy, a Christian organisation in Lokoja, Kogi State, has been arrested by the police for illegally possessing a firearm.

The pastor was arrested along with his bodyguard with a Toyota Hilux van painted in military colour, which registration number was concealed. The police said it was being used to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the public into believing that the organisation is a paramilitary organisation recognised by law.

Parading both men before journalist at the police headquarters in Lokoja, the Kogi State police commissioner, Seidu Madawaki said his men also arrested one Saliu Mohammed who claims to be Pastor Balogun’s bodyguard with a short gun.

The commissioner said Saliu confessed that the pistol was given to him by his boss who he said, was the commandant general of the Mission for African Chaplaincy.

He said a search was conducted on the house and two cartridges were recovered with one other already expended...

It was gathered that at public functions in the state, members of the organisation kit up like military personnel and usurp the functions of security agencies and harass innocent citizens with their military camouflage.

CP Madawaki said when police detectives led the suspect to his boss’ house; the boss admitted that he was the one who gave the gun to Mohammed to be protecting him with. Other items recovered in his house were detectives’ gadgets and some paramilitary uniforms.

The commissioner said the painting of their vehicle in military colour and the concealing of the number plate portray an intent for criminality, adding that the activities of the chaplaincy had constituted a threat to the state as thousands of people including the jobless and civil servants had been brainwashed to join the organisation as a paramilitary organisation in the country.

In his confession, Pastor Balogun said he acquired the guns illegally and begged with the police to forgive him. He claims he and his organisation has been organising series of prayer sessions for the police, the military and other security agencies. But did they ask him to pray for them?

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Abia State Gov Orji's Son's Aide Gets Killed By A Policeman (See Photos)

The victim, with his family

Shocking scene; the victim is surrounded as he laid in a pool of his own blood

 Abia State Government has announced the death of their State Governor's son's aide who died after he was hit by a stray bullet yesterday. 

The victim, identified as John Ndubuka, who was an aide to Chinedu Orji, the governor’s son, was hit by the bullet, suspected to have been fired by the police, as he was about leaving the venue of a reception organised to honour Governor Orji by the Ikwuano-Umuahia people yesterday.

The police had fired two shots into the air to disperse the crowd at the entrance to the venue of the reception, when according to an eye-witness, the deceased, who was part of the crowd at the site of the old Umuahia main market where the event took place, suddenly slumped and started bleeding. 

‘’When he slumped, nobody knew what happened to him, until we saw blood gushing out from his chest,’’ the eyewitness said on the condition of anonymity to PMNews.

The deceased was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where he unfortunately died. The police in Abia State say they have already arrested three policemen in connection with the killing.

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Evil: Man Defiles 20-Month-Old Baby And Other Offenders Arrested Across Nigeria

A 24-year old man identified as Ifeanyi Nwong has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 20 months old baby in his apartment in Edo State.

Ifeanyi Nwong was arrested after parents of the victim (names withheld) saw her child was walking in pains.

The offence was committed at Uselu quarters in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.

He was among 29 suspects paraded by the Edo State Police Command yesterday.

Ifeanyi was alleged to have lured the young infant victim into his room where the act was committed.

In a chat with newsmen, Ifeanyi denied penetrating the young child.

He said, “I returned from work and was wearing my towel to go the bathroom when the girl ran to me. I carried her and my pen*s erected and placed her on my lap. I release sp*rm on her lap but people said I defiled her.”

Other suspects held for defiling minors included Elvis Idemudia who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 12 year old girl, Stanley Edomwonyi who defiled a 9 year old fish seller inside a bush and Precious Omoruyi who allegedly defiled a 10 year old girl.

Two women, Helen Otorhila and Imuwahen Atoe, were arrested for being in possession of 280 live cartridges which they claimed they sold to hunters.

A civil engineering student of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, John Imhona and one Monday Evbuomwan were arrested for threatening to kidnap and kill their victims if the said victims did not pay the ransom demanded.

John said he demanded the money because cultists in his school were disturbing him to pay some money while Monday said he threatened his aunt to raise money his business.

Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo said the suspects would soon be charged to court.

He disclosed that several persons have been arrested in connection to the killings of several persons at Ukhorumi community in which several buildings and cars were razed.

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Banks Set To Replace ATM Cards With Biometrics

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers Committee, yesterday sealed a biometric solution pact with a German Firm, Dermalog, for the development of a payment system that would be driven by fingerprints.

What this means is unlike the current practice where different instruments are used as means of identification, bank customers will from 2014 be identified through their fingerprints.

Sanusi, while speaking at the signing of the agreement, which was held at the central bank’s headquarters in Abuja, noted that the system would become operational on February 14, 2014.

This move followed the recommendation of a sub-committee chaired by the Group Managing Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

The cost of the project is above $50m and the banks, in their wisdom and in line with their collaborative efforts, are going to be sharing the cost of the project, and no customer is going to be charged for this project. 

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Housewife In Court For Pouring Urine On Neighbour

A Lagos housewife appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on November 1st, 2013, Friday, charged with pouring urine on her neighbour.

A 28-year-old Bola Shakiru Shakiru, who resides at No. 10 Sanusi St., Ejigbo, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of assault and malicious damage.

Cpl. Femi Adeleye, the prosecutor, told the court that the accused committed the offence at the aforementioned address.

“The accused conducted herself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by pouring urine on her neighbour, Mary Chijioke”, the prosecutor said.

He also added that the accused maliciously damaged the window louvres and the net on the door of the apartment of the complainant.

Cpl. Adeleye said that the offences contravened sections 166 and 348 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 348 states that any person who willfully damages the property of another is liable to imprisonment for two years, if found guilty.

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

Mr. P. E. Nwaka, the Magistrate, granted the accused bail in the sum of N20,000 with one surety in like sum.

The case has been adjourned till 17th December for mention. 

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STOWAWAY TEENAGER: ''My In-laws Are After Me, Over Government Money''

13-year-old Daniel Oikhena has become popular figure and luck has definitely has smiled on him probably not what he bargained for, all thanks to the attention he has been getting after he was caught hiding in tyre hole of Arik plane on the 24th of August and though he was going to America.

 Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole who had a interview with the boy and meeting with the boy's family discovered the boy wasn't a threat but as a matter of fact intelligent, this prompted him into directing Women Affairs Ministry to take over his training in order to afford  Daniel the opportunity to realize his life’s  ambition.

Daniel's mother Evelyn, had  said the son  wanted to fly a plane to America as a pilot.

Daniel went back to school  on  Monday, 16  September  after he was examined by doctors and a psychologist and was found to be sound. Seeing the boy  now is more difficult than seeing a governor.

This is so because the state government had taken up the responsibility to ensure that he gets good education. Efforts to meet him to find out how he was preparing to go back to school were  frustrated by the security around him.

The mother,  Evelyn is also not left out , according to her “It is even difficult for me to see him some times because he is undergoing some training and that is being taken care of by the state government. I no longer have powers over him. It was even recently that I was able to see him.

They decided to allow me see him because they were preparing him to go back to school. The only thing I can say now is that the father and his people are bothering my life. They think the state government gave me money and,  rather than think about the welfare of the boy, they think  it is all about money. They accused me of saying  my husband was sick or was even dead but I never said all that and God knows”.

But I thank God for his mercy and that is why it is painful, rather for the father to be grateful to God that the son survived in that aircraft, all they have been accusing me is money from government. I am just saying it because if anything happens to me, they should be held responsible since they want to kill me for something I know nothing about.

Right from day one, I have been running up and down about Daniel’s matter, none of them cared about what I went through with my children. My daughters are supposed to have gone back to school now but due to no money they have not gone back. Their father does not care about that and it is very sad really”.

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Jonathan At It Again, Sacks two

President Goodluck Jonathan has terminated the appointment of two of his Special Advisers with immediate effect.

Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati.

The statement Read; the appointment of Joy Emordi, who was Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, and that of Tunji Olagunju, his Special Adviser on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), had been terminated with immediate effect.

“President Jonathan thanks Mrs. Emordi and Dr. Olagunju for their services and wishes them success in their future endeavours”.

Mr. Olagunju had served as Special Adviser to the President on NEPAD since June 2007 while Mrs. Emordi was appointed in 2011.

The President had also last week fired nine of his ministers.

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Religious Riot: As Muslim and Christian Students Clash

At the time of this report, tension is currently building up in the south northern part of Nigeria, as the Country's two major religious group clash.

The first religious fight between Muslim and Christian Students since 1987 has started in Kafanchan area of Kaduna State.

According to reports, the riots have escalated to Zaria, Kaduna and some part of Katsina state.

We learnt thousands of residents have started running for their lives.

Security officials have been dispersed to the area to put the situation under control.

 

  More to follow....

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Driver Arrested For Attempted To Kidnap His Passenger

A 35-year-old driver, Saheed Raheem has been remanded in prison by the Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo on Tuesday 10th September,  for allegedly attempting to kidnap his passenger.

The police prosecutor, ASP Paul Etusi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 31st, at about 8 p.m. at Orile-Ilugun in Abeokuta.

He said the accused attempted to kidnap his passenger, one Taiwo Kazeem, who boarded his taxi cab from Lagos to Abeokuta.

Mr. Etusi said the accused had veered off the expressway into a bush path and attempted to tie the victim before he was rescued by some farmers.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 355 of the Criminal Code Law of Ogun, 2006.

The accused, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted kidnap leveled against him.

The Magistrate, Anthony Araba, remanded the accused in Oba prison.

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Orphaned at 9, boy Wins ₦120m Shell University Scholarship

At 9-years, Master Lucky Ayolu, from Ekeni in Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State, was deprived of parental care, when he lost his dad and mother.

 suddenly, life became cruel to him as he learnt to fend for himself the hard way.

 He notified our correspondent that he took to fishing to pay for his charges in primary and secondary schools, as his grandmother, who he resided with, did not have sufficient.

However, as somebody who is destined to succeed in life, Ayolu, who is now 17 years, has become a beneficiary of Shell Petroleum Development Company’s overseas scholarship.

The scholarship design, whose annual allowance is about N120m, and organised by Bassan West Cluster Development Board, saw Ayolu as one of the 14 beneficiaries.

Ayolu, who talked to hit Metro, said his life was a testimony that “absolute belief in God and hard work are very significant in life.”

He said, “Life has been mean to me. But today, I have every cause to glorify God for raising me up after my fantasy.

“At a issue, I lost wish completely and begun nursing the concept of taking my life.

 It was so bad that when I heard about this scholarship, I could not raise transport fare to the venue of the examination.”

Lucky Ayolu told Naija news.com.ng that one of his kin assisted him financially to get the scholarship pattern and furthermore provided him transport fare from Ekene to Yenagoa where the check took location.

“At the end of the check, I was successful. I am going to read Computer research at Wisconsin University, Ghana. The control and respect has been my lifelong ambition and I am appreciative that God has used my community and case to make the illusion a reality.”

He advised other youths in difficult position not to give up, saying that with hard work and believe in God, they would achieve their yearns.

He furthermore urged the authorities at all grades to look into the plight of the orphans in his homeland and the nation at large.

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Beware : Nigerian Fraudster Offering illuminati Membership

In what we can officially disclosed to you as the latest  in online fraud, an unknown person now claims he can offer membership into the top secret cult, Illuminati.

 We Strongly advise all our readers and the general public at large, to please be cautious of such persons, Read the said fraudster's message below.....

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Woman commits suicide after husband refused to get her an Ipad

A 41-year-old woman, Mrs Catherine Sefunmi Urouna, was reported to have on Saturday, 31st August, committed suicide by drinking substance suspected to be chemical in protest of her husband's refusal to buy her an ipad.

 The family of five were thrown into mourning, even as the neighbours were shocked that a woman who was happily married could take such a rash and unthinkable decision to take her own life over an ipad.

 The police in Ondo State are, however, investigating the actual cause of her d*ath.

The 41-year-old woman and mother of two boys and a girl was a senior executive accounting officer in Akure North local government council, Iju/Ita-Ogbolu of Ondo State.

 She was said to have threatened to k*ll herself earlier if her husband didn’t get her an ipad, he the pleaded with her to continue using the Blackberry phone, prompting her to take her own life.

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Three Nabbed, After attempting to Kidnap Beauty Queen

Three fake security operatives were arrested in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, yesterday, after attempting to kidnap former Miss Nigeria, Feyi Sodipo.

 The suspects who were two men and a woman were said to have claimed to be security operatives working for the organisers of Miss Nigeria beauty pageant.

 We gathered that the suspects who had been arrested by policemen attached to the governor’s office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta reportedly took ex-Miss Nigeria in their car from Lagos to Abeokuta.

 It was further gathered that the suspects, who rode in a Honda Shuttle car with number plate LAGOS, KA 35 EKY were said to have ordered the former beauty queen to enter their car from Lagos to Abeokuta to retrieve her car gift, Hyundai with number plate LAGOS GGE 354 AJ where she parked it.

 Attempt by the suspects to take the car away from the Arcade ground of the Ogun State secretariat complex in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, however, met stiff resistance as the mother of the ex-beauty queen raised the alarm that attracted people to the scene.

 The suspects who reportedly claimed to be police officers, however, failed to provide any identity of themselves when security operatives attached to the office of the state governor arrived.

 Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s security attaché with instruction from the command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, consequently arrested the suspects and took them to the Ibara Police Divisional headquarters in Abeokuta.

 Speaking with newsmen over the development, former Miss Nigeria, said the people had been chasing her round the place, asking her to surrender the car gift she got from the Akwa Ibom State government.

 Narrating her ordeal, Feyi said: “Organisers of the programme made many promises that they didn’t keep and now they want to collect the car given to me by Akwa Ibom State government.

 “They want to collect this gift from me because Ogun State government has given me another car so I must surrender the one given to me by the Akwa Ibom State governmet.”

 Feyi further told newsmen that there was no part of the contract she signed with the organisers that they will retrieve the car from her, stressing that the Hyundai car was registered in her name.

 Her mother, Mrs. Mary Sodipo, told newsmen that she decided to raise alarm so that the suspects who had coerced her daughter to take them to where she was keeping the car would not harm her.

 As at now, the three suspects were being detained at Ibara police station for onwards transfer to the command’s headquarters in Eleweran.

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'Massive Attack' :Girl Pours Hot Oil On her lover For Refusing To Marry Her

 A Lagos girl, Victoria Alonge, traveled all the way to Abuja to attack her estranged lover, Roland Nna for refusing to marry her after dating her for 4-years.

 I did that to teach him a bitter lesson because he refused to marry me after dating me for over four years, he fooled me and my parents and ditched me after finding a new lover here in Abuja'', she said.

 A Karu Senior Magistrates’ court, on Monday sentenced 25-year-old Victoria Alonge, to one-year in jail for pouring hot oil on her ex-boyfriend, Roland, over his refusal to marry her.

 The Senior Magistrate, Omolola Akindele, summarily sentenced Alonge without an option of fine after the convict admitted to committing the offence in court.

 Alonge was arraigned by the police on a one-count charge of causing grievous hurt on Nna, her ex-boyfriend who lives in the Kurudu area of Abuja.

 Victoria had gone to Roland’s house at about 4:30 a.m and poured hot oil on him while he was fast asleep, resulting in grievous hurt on his body. She was immediately arrested by the police and confessed to committing the crime.

 While in detention, we gathered that Victoria threatened to inflict more harm on Roland when and if she meet him again. She said it is unacceptable for him to just use and dump her like that.

This should serve as a warning to all those guys who dates a girl for several years, even promise her marriage, only to later dump her another, Be Warned!

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