Court orders senator to pay newspaper vendor N100k for slapping him

Justice Winifred Effiong of an Akwa Ibom state High Court has ordered former Senator Anietie Okon, to pay a newspaper vendor, Ndifereke Etim, N100,000 as damages for slapping him unjustly at the Akwa Ibom state government house in September 2015.

Etim, who sells newspapers had gone to the banquet hall of the Akwa Ibom Government House, Uyo, during the swearing-in ceremony of a new Chairman for the Akwa Ibom State Council of Traditional Rulers, to sell some newspapers when he ran to the Senator to sell some of his newspapers.

According to Etim, what he received from the Senator were hot slaps and accusation that he wanted to steal his wallet.

An embarrassed Etim who maintained his innocence, reported the matter to the state chapter of the Newspaper Distributors Association of Nigeria, who filed a civil suit against Aniete on his behalf.

Speaking to Premium Times, Etim said

“When he finished slapping me, he(Anietie) accused me of stealing his wallet. But God knows I am not a thief, I sell newspapers to take care of myself and my family. He didn’t even search me to see if I had his wallet on me or not.”

Delivering judgement in the suit today, Justice Winifred Effiong, ruled that the former Senator's action against Etim was degrading and unacceptable and was against his Etim’s right to the dignity of his person as guaranteed by Section 34(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as well as the African Charter on human and people’s right.

Justice Effiong ordered the Senator to pay Etim N100,000 as damages and also N50,000 as cost for litigation. He also granted an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the former senator or his agents from further breaching of the applicant’s fundamental human rights.

#PayFalcons: Nigerians reacts to non payment of Super Falcons' allowances

 Nigerians have taken to twitter to react to the non payment of the Super Falcons, ten days after they came home with the trophy at the concluded African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) See more tweets below.

Photo: 5 year old girl beaten and bitten by her Uncle's wife in Kaduna

5 year old Ramatu Danjuma, pictured above, was beaten and bitten by her uncle's wife in Ungwan Shanu area of Kaduna state. The uncle's wife, Zulaiha Yakubu, says she repeatedly attacked Ramatu because she was always in the habit of fighting in school. The little girl resides with the couple who is yet to have a child of their own. Zulaiha has been arrested by the state police command. Photo credit: Uwebunor Monye

Flamboyant preacher thanks church members for his new private jet (photos)

One of Nairobi's flamboyant preachers, Bishop Allan Kiuna took to Instagram few days ago to share a photo of a private jet. The Jubilee Christian Church (JCC) founder captioned it: "Thank you very much wonderful people"

The photo was immediately taken down after it raised uproar on social media.

The church haven't confirmed the news although Kenyan media reports that the congregants had agreed to buy him a multi-million shilling private jet.

Buhari presents N7.28 trillion “Budget of Recovery and Growth” to National Assembly for 2017

President Buhari today presented the 2017 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The budget which is N7.28 billion, is tagged the budget of Recovery and Growth. It has a 20.4% increase from the 2016 budget. 30% of the budget will be for capital projects. The budget was based on crude oil benchmark price of $42.5 per barrel.

Brother of late Col. Otobrise Umusu writes open letter to Pres. Buhari

Suspected Boko Haram members ambushed and killed a senior Nigerian Army officer, Lt. Col. Otos Umusu - the Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force Battalion in Borno State on Dec. 12th. His brother has written an open letter to president Buhari. Read after the cut...

Your Excellency,

My name is Odiriviroro Umusu I am the immediate junior brother of one of your officers Lieutenant Colonel Otobrise Umusu the Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force Battalion in Borno State, who was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, in an ambush on Monday 12^th December 2016 on his way to Baga.

Lieutenant Colonel Otobrise Umusu dedicated his life to serving Nigeria from an early age:

·        1991 – 1996 – Nigeria Military School - Zaria

·        1996 – 1997 – Soldier serving with the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps

·        1997 – 2002 – Nigerian Defence Academy  -  Kaduna

·        Commissioned an officer in Infantry Corps  2002

·        Served as an officer from 2002 – 2016 in:

o   Takum in the North East of Nigeria

o   Republic of Sierra Leone

o   Ibadan

o   The Niger Delta

o   Army Head Quarters – Abuja

o   Maiduguri – where he died in service to Nigeria, his country

Your Excellency; if you are reading this, the name UMUSU will ring a bell as my father Brigadier General Sylvester Ugege Umusu served under you and also worked with you when you headed PTF. It is now Wednesday 14^th December 2016 and as I write this letter with tears in my eyes, my father, my brother’s wife Ufuoma Umusu and his siblings have not been contacted by you, your office, the Chief of Defence Staff or the Chief of Army Staff to offer your condolences for our loss. My brave brother sacrificed his life and future with his family to make yours and every Nigerian’s today safe.  In my humble opinion we deserve your acknowledgement and appreciation and as a former army officer I know you appreciate the sacrifice involved in serving your country and it saddens me that in over 24 hours after the passing of my brother a call has not been made to my family. I do not under any circumstances believe this is too much to ask; for the falling heroes of our beloved country Nigeria.

My family has served Nigeria in her armed forces and continues to do so, we have paid the greatest price for that service; the very young life of my beloved brother Lieutenant Colonel Otobrise Umusu who was killed in action. As his family we have lots of questions to ask surrounding his death:

·        When will an investigation be carried out?

·        Will there be an investigation?

·        My brother bled out, why did his team not have the right equipment for such eventuality

·        What lessons can be learnt from this?

·        What is being done to stop funding to Boko Haram?

o   Every weapon, vehicle purchase or general equipment purchase by Boko Haram must leave a paper trail

o   Can the expert forensic accounting skills used by the EFCC not be employed to disrupt their operations? 

Your Excellency, you may deem this letter as disrespectful and not the right procedure in dealing with this matter but am all but a Nigerian citizen that is grieving the loss of his beloved brother and in my humble opinion we deserve to know the who, what and why that happened to our brother on that terrible day and as his Command in Chief you are ultimately responsible for reaching out to all the families of our fallen heroes to assure them their loved ones did not die in vain.

Photos: Alleged drug addict stabs his father to death at their home in Lagos

24 year old Bakare Babalola Rotimi Jnr has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly stabbing his 59 year old father, Bakare Babalola Rotimi, to death at their home in Magodo, Lagos state on Sunday December 4th.

According to Sahara Reporters, Rotimi's parents ordered him back to Nigeria from Ireland after it was discovered that he was a drug addict after living in Dublin since when he was seven years old.

the late dad

He was expected to go to school but he ended up getting himself involved in drugs.

“This boy doesn’t even have an education. He has been living in Dublin as a kid and he refused to go school, instead he got addicted to drugs,”a family source said

The source added that on the day of the attack, the accused was passing the night at his parents home when he accosted his father in the toilet and ordered him to lie flat on the floor. He then brought out a knife he hid behind him and stabbed his father on the back.

His mother, after hearing her husband shouting for help, ran to the toilet only for her to also get stabbed. The father died on the spot while the mother was resuscitated by medical officers at the emergency bay on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

“He thought he had killed both of them. After stabbing them, he pulled out a cloth to cover them, and he went to the bathroom to clean up. He got dressed, took his father’s phones, his ATM cards and went straight to the father’s fuel station at Palm Avenue. He got there and started harassing the station manager, demanding for money.” the source said

The police was invited and the suspect was arrested. He has been transferred to the Homicide Section at the Lagos State CID in Panti for further interrogation.

“Just like his other brother (who is) studying Medicine in the US, he has been begging this boy to go to school and this has always been the cause of the misunderstanding.”the source added

Photos: Police arrest child traffickers in Abia State, rescue 4-year-old boy

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, based at Obehie, Abia State, on Dec. 4th, arrested one Rowland Egbe from  Imo River, Ukwa West L.G.A, Abia State.

According to a statement released on Wednesday, November 7th and signed by spokesperson of the Command, ASP Nta Ogbonnaya, the 30-year-old was arrested in connection with the abduction of a 4-year-old boy, Uzuoba Obinna, with the intention of selling him to one Mrs. Chioma Ohajinmmadu, who was also nabbed.

Mrs Ohajinmmadu, 50, of Aba, Abia State, specializes in the trafficking of children and also bought a male child from him two weeks ago. The suspects were paraded at the police Headquarters on Wednesday.

The boy was rescued and has been reunited with the parent. (Pictured) The suspects are helping the Police in their investigation to locate and rescue other children that might have been abducted.

Photos of a neatly dressed man selling doughnuts in Akwa Ibom state go viral

The neatly dressed man pictured above sells doughnuts at Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital. Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong shared the photos on facebook this morning. Someone even commented that he is a student of the University of Uyo. Quite commendable! See another photo of him after the cut...

"Solomon Dalung is the most embarrassing human being in the Nation" - actor Kunle Remi slams the sports minister

The backlash continues! Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, told state house correspondents in Abuja on Thursday that the reason the Super Falcons who recently won the African Women Cup of Nations have not been paid their allowances is because they were not expected to win the competition...

Lere Olayinka, Media aide to Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, also slammed the minister via his Facebook page.

Photos: Troops arrest two kidnappers in Bauchi State, recovers charms and talisman

Troops of 33 Brigade Nigerian Army on Operation Forest Kunama II, deployed at Forward Operation Base (FOB), Liman Katagum, Bauchi State, following a tip off from well meaning Nigerians, arrested 2 suspected kidnappers, Mohammed Rabiu and Alhaji Abdullahi Sule at Kunbuli and Gubeil villages of Bauchi State, respectively.

The suspects were trailed from Mararraban Liman Katagum Motor Park while communicating with one Mallam Bapashi Namutunji demanding for the sum of One million Naira (N1,000,000.00k), ransom and also threatening to destroy their victim’s entire family members if he fails to comply.

The troops recovered the sum of One Hundred and Sixty Naira (N160.00k), Gionee mobile telephone handset, an Itel phone and a bunch local charms and talisman.

Beyonce's mom Tina Lawson still fighting fit at 62

Tina Lawson is still so fit at 62, she'll give her daughters a run for their money. She took to Instagram to share pics and a video of from her early morning workout routine dressed in Beyonce's Ivy Park collection. Her taut abs and firm behind are all on show. More photos after the cut.

Photos: 11 years after she was rescued from the streets of Abuja by NAPTIP at 13, young woman reunites with her family

In one of the success stories of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other related Matters (NAPTIP) Miss Fatima Ibrahim, from Niger, who was rescued from the streets by the agency 11 years ago in Abuja at the age of 13, was officially reunited with her family on December 5th, 2016, through the Nigerien Embassy.

Fatima has completed her primary and secondary school education and excelled in her WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations courtesy of NAPTIP while in a supervised foster care.

More photos below...

A prince in love! Prince Harry breaches protocol to be with girlfriend, Meghan Merkel

There were reports early this week that Prince Harry, 32, made an unscheduled stop in Toronto to see his new girlfriend Meghan Markel, 35, after a three week trip to the Caribbean for a series of royal engagements. It's now being reported that Harry breached royal protocol to see Meghan.

Prince Harry is reportedly now in trouble with Buckingham Palace for stopping off to see Meghan, at a cost to British taxpayers.

Harry was supposed to head back to London after his trip to the Caribbean to attend a Charity event on Monday but just hours before he left the Caribbean, he told his handlers he wanted to stop by in Toronto.

The love sick royal went to Toronto to see Meghan, stayed for two days and missed his scheduled event.

2 soldiers implicated after 2 civilians are nabbed with hard drugs worth N62.4 million

Two suspected smugglers have been arrested after they were found transporting parcels of hard drugs believed to be worth N62.4 million.

The suspects, Itobo Egede and Munirudeen Ikumapayi, were arrested by Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service at different Locations - 

one at the Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode Expressway, Ogun State and the other at  Gbeaji Customs check-point, Seme Expressway in Lagos State.

One of the suspects, Egede, while narrating his ordeal to Vanguard, implicated two soldiers as accomplices in the crime. He explained that he is a taxi driver from Cross River State who came to Lagos to visit his sister and was travelling back home. According to him, he stopped a bus travelling to Calabar and after negotiating the fare to N4,000 from the N10,000 at which it was placed, he got into the bus which had only the driver and two soldiers in it. 

The bus they were travelling in was stopped by Customs Officers at a check point in Ijebu-Ode leading to the discovery of the goods. Egede said he was arrested together with the driver and put in a patrol van but after a while, he did not see the driver anymore. He claims that the soldiers asked him to provide money so they could bribe the Customs Officers. “I was carrying N100,000 my sister gave me, but the soldiers asked me how much I had on me so they would give the Customs Officers to release us. I then gave them N50,000 but they refused to collect the money from the soldiers.”    

It has been gathered through a security source that the soldiers were handed over to the military authority for in-house disciplinary action.

The second suspect, Ikumapayi, has also claimed to be innocent, stating that he was a commercial driver who plied the Osun-Lagos route and the drugs found in his bus belonged to a woman who paid him to deliver the parcel to Osun State.

“I was loading my bus at Oshodi when one woman came with a parcel concealed in a wrapper and asked me to deliver it to someone in Osogbo, Osun State. I charged her N2,000 but she gave me N1,000 which I collected. She also gave me the phone number of the receiver and collected my phone number too. But I did not check the parcel before taking off."

Both suspects will be charged after the substance suspected to be Canabis has been subjected to scientific examination, said Lawal Opeloyeru, Principal Staff Officer, PSO, of NDLEA, Chief Superintendent of Narcotics.

Source: Vanguard

Watch how a black American father blasts his son for getting a side chick pregnant

 

This prank video has gone viral on Twitter. An unidentified black man revealed to his father that he got his side chick (mistress) pregnant and his dad's reaction was hilarious.. - The man replied with: "I told you stupid ass motherf**ker to stop fucking around with these raggedy ass h**s, but you are so goddamn stupid. You get what you deserve" .. Watch the video after the cut...

APC rally: Don't export non-payment of salaries to Rivers state, Wike tells APC governors

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked APC governors not to export their behavior of non-payment of salaries to Rivers state. The APC governors were in the state yesterday to campaign for their party candidates in tomorrow, Saturday December 10th, legislative rerun elections. Wike said this in a statement released by his media aide, this morning. Read after the cut...

Rivers State governor , Nyesom Wike has berated APC Governors for refusing to pay salaries to their civil servants and pensioners , saying that they will not be allowed to export hardship from their states to his state. 

Flagging off the construction of Elimgbu-Atali Road , Rumuokoro Market and Motorola Park and the Psychiatric Hospital in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area on Thursday , Governor Wike said that APC Governors represent the failure of governance in some states.

He said that the APC Governors who campaigned in Rivers State were owing their workers between 8 months to one year of unpaid salaries.

He said : “These APC governors who came to Rivers State are examples of failed governance . Benue State Governor , Samuel Ortom is owing workers for one year. Plateau State Governor , Simon Lalong is owing 13 months, Bauchi State Governor has refused to pay workers for 14months.

“Is that what they want to export to Rivers State. They should keep their non payment of salaries. We are up to date in terms of payment of salaries. Our people are enjoying quality projects. I have not heard any of them commissioning projects.”

Speaking further, Governor Wike said: “In Benue State, Fulani people are killing them everyday. Governor Ortom is too scared to defend his people and he is here to campaign.

“These APC governors are beneficiaries of Amaechi’s corruption. Amaechi stole our resources and used the funds to sponsor Lalong, Abubakar of Bauchi State, Ortom of Benue State and the APC National Campaigns”.

Governor Wike said that the Kano State Governor, Ganduje failed to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate who killed the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Kano State and his family.

The governor commended Rivers people for staying away from the APC Rally , since the party has notging to offer.

He said the APC is not on ground, hence they are planning to rig. He urged the people of the state to vote for PDP, adding youths should defend the votes of all constituencies.

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