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    According to one of my reporters Chinenye Genevieve who sent in this photos with the caption ''The duo are said to have gone to the Beach to attend a friend's birthday party on Sunday but it turned sour as they both died much to the shock of many.Ubong Ekpe who was married with four lovely children was until his sudden death the Manager of Skye Bank, Nwaniba  Road branch, Uyo.The death of the fair-skinned Manager and that of his brother has thrown the family, friends and colleagues into mourning. When the news broke on social media, many could not come to terms with the news of their death with some wishing it was not true.The Ekpes are said to be a popular family in the state whose family house located on Udo Umana Street in Uyo is well known for the “Ekpe” sculpture in front of the house.When newsmen visited the deceased house, tears and gloom had engulfed the entire household with members refusing to speak on the matter as they were too shocked by the sad news.Whe...

         The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday approved the reassignment of portfolios in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 2. Ms. Mary Uduk will assume the position of Acting Director-General of the Commission. Uduk’s appointment is governed by the provisions of the Investments and Securities Act (ISA), 2007 and the conditions of service applicable to the Director-General of the Commission. 3. The Minister, in a letter dated 13th April, 2018, said Uduk’s appointment had become necessary to ensure effective regulation of the Capital Market. Her appointment will, subject to satisfactory performance, subsist until further notice. 4. The Minister also announced the redeployment of the former acting Director-General of the Commission, Dr. Abdul Zubair, to External Relations Department. 5. She further made the following reassignment of the under-mentioned persons - i. Reginald C. Karawusa – Acting Executive Comm...

       77-year-old prophet Samuel Babatunde, who is the founder of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Itedo Isinmi Ayo Parish, Egan Road in Iyana-Iyesi area of Ota in Ogun state, has been arrested alongside three others. The suspects were arrested after some human parts were discovered to have been buried inside the church premises. Commissioner of Police in the state, Ahmed Iliyasu, told newsmen while parading the suspects, that the men were arrested after a serial children kidnapper, Jeremiah Adeola, who was also arrested last Saturday, confessed that he abducts children and delivers them to the 77-year-old prophet. The police boss said a 43-year-old herbalist, Haruna Afolabi, worked with the suspects to bury the human parts at the entrance of the church."Operatives attached to the police Area Command in Ota received technical intelligence about Adeola and eventually apprehended him. On the strength of the intelligence, detectives from Ota Area Command were d...

       There’s an element of warfare to   Tully , Charlize Theron’s second outing with   Young Adult   director Jason Reitman and screenwriter   Diablo Cody . In it, Theron plays Marlo, an overwhelmed and over-it pregnant mother of two. Her Waterloo: the birth of her third child. As she plunges into staggering depths of exhaustion, Marlo faces down opponents familiar to so many mothers: an ineffectual partner, moody daughter, and differently abled son (and a school system that fails him); scarce funds for child care; and a postpartum body—heavy, leaking, and unwieldy—that’s no longer her own. Relief comes in the form of the titular night nurse, Tully, gifted to Marlo by her wealthy brother, and perhaps too good to be true. Theron, who adopted her two children—Jackson (Jacks), six, and August (Auggie), two—gained 35 pounds for the part. And not since her Oscar-winning turn as Aileen Wuornos in  Monster  has the 42-year-old been more u...

          The unbelievable has happened in Nsit Ubium Local government area of Akwa Ibom State as a man killed his mother by beating her up. According to an eye witness, the man confessed that a certain prophet gave him a prophecy that his mother is a witch and behind his sufferings. Just take a look at the lifeless innocent mother who have not enjoyed life at all, look at where she lives, it's glaring she didn't have education so she ran petty business to raise this idiot and worthless son who has done nothing for his mother. It's glaring he abandoned his mother and have not been sending her food or money for her upkeep, since he became an independent working adult. Instead of this man to send money to his mother, he has been sending 10% of his salary to his pastor as tithe for years That same pastor that have been collecting what is due to his mother, turned him against his poor mother. Now that the pastor has accomplished his mission by bra...

        UPDATE ON POLICE INVESTIGATIONS AND TRAIL OF PERPETRATORS OF THE OFFA BANKS ROBBERY IN KWARA STATE ON 5th APRIL, 2018. · Police Arrest Twelve (12) Additional Suspects in connection with the Offa Banks Robbery of 5th April, 2018. · Recovers Handsets, Ipads and SIM cards belonging to victims of the robbery. SUSPECTS i) Adegoke Shogo 29yrs – Arrested in Offa ii) Kayode Opadokun 35yrs – Arrested in Offa iii) Kazeem Abdulrasheed 36yrs - Arrested in Offa iv) Azeez Abdullahi 27yrs - Arrested in Offa v) Alexander Reuben 39yrs – Arrested on the 11th April, 2018 in Lagos vi) Jimoh Isa 28yrs – Arrested on the 11th April, 2018 in Lagos vii) Azeez Salawudeen 20yrs – Arrested in Offa and victim’s phone and sim cards recovered from him viii) Adewale Popoola 22yrs – Arrested in Offa and victim’s phone and sim cards recovered from him ix) Adetoyese Muftau 23yrs – Arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State x) Aminu Ibrahim 18yrs – Arrested ...

     1. Troops of Mobile Strike Team on 11 April 2018 while on clearance patrol in Rijana and Chukun town of Kaduna State arrested three suspected armed bandits. 2. Preliminary investigation is on to ascertain their level of involvement in criminal activities in the area. 3. The public is hereby reminded of the need to cooperate with security agency and report any suspected activities for prompt action. 4. You are to disseminate this information to the general public through your news media. 5. Thank you for your support and cooperation. TEXAS CHUKWU Brigadier General    Director Army Public Relations More photos below.

       Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke has declared that the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration in Lagos has enjoyed the best industrial relations with the various recognized Unions in the State since its inception three years ago. The Commissioner, who made the declaration at the 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing in commemoration of the Third Year in Office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, said that the feat is the first in the history of the State since creation over 50 years ago. Benson Oke attributed the relative industrial peace in the State to the priority accorded the welfare of staff in terms of prompt payment of salaries, timely remittances of accrued pensions for serving public officers and State retirees as well as the harmonious relationship that exists between the government and the various unions in the State. He commended the vario...

         A 10-year-old apprentice was seriously dealt with by his master after disobeying his orders. Facebook user,   Dumeje Okafor , who met the injured apprentice while receiving treatment - revealed that the boy's head was split open by his master in Anambra state. Below is what he shared online; (unedited) "Down here if your 10years old boy apprentice misbehaves or disobeys you, you can choose to emulate 'that master' and quickly burst his head. Cracked skull and torn scalp everywhere. I was returning from an evening walk, when I saw this little boy in a chemist (patent medicine) shop. The boy was bleeding from the scalp. The chemist was busy bandaging the head and about to administer some injections.Poor management. I introduced myself to the Chemist and took over management. Very deep laceration. I cleaned, scraped the hair, found the edges and stitched them up. There was no lidnocaine (anaesthesia), so it was the most harrowing ex...

      The lady on the photos was allegedly raped and killed by fulani herdsmen in Nteje, Oyi LGA of Anambra State. The yet-to-be-identified lady was said to have been going to work in a farm in the community when the fulani herdsmen accosted her. According to some of the villagers who found her body, it was believed that she struggled with her assailants before they overpowered her and snuffed the life out of her. There was a mark on the right side of her face which is probably as a result of a blow from a sharp machete. "We saw her slippers and her "Holy Rosary" some few yards away from her mutilated body and signs of struggling on the sand where it was believed she was dragged." one of the indigenes of the community said. On how it was ascertained that it was the handwork of Fulani Herdsmen, the villager who pleaded for anonymity said that it was very possible because the footprints and cattle dung could be seen all over the scene of the murder...

        A 20-year-old 300 Level Political Science student of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) aka ANSU, has been killed in an intra cult clash in Anambra State. According to reports, Odera Chuks was killed around 7pm on Monday, in one of the villages surrounding the institution. He was said to be a member of the "Black Axe Confraternity" and was killed by  cult members during a supremacy battle.One more photo below.

       A sudden late snow is falling, bright with just a touch of magic, as the automatic gate to Aberlash House opens. It’s an afternoon in March but, in this powdery landscape, could be January. Footprints lead a few steps down a drive, between a row of trees, and climb to a small colonnaded entryway. A breeze is up; the air is bracing.   Amal Clooney   swings open the door and gathers me inside. “I feel as if I know you already,” she says oddly, setting a latch against the cold. Tall, poised, and—unexpectedly for someone often seen in somber barrister’s robes—funny, Clooney is an easy host, and dashes off to hang my coat. She wears a red thigh-length  Giambattista Valli  sweater, jeans, and leopard-print boots she picked up years ago in Capri. The stately entry hall around us (towering ceilings, crisp Georgian molding) is trimmed with personal details. A softly faded Persian rug extends down the stone corridor. A side table, lit by a simple...