New hot pics of supermodel Uche Odikanwa

Fashion model, Gulder Ultimate Search runner up, and Nollywood actor Uche Odikanwa puts his impressive body on display

Photos: Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck by ball

So sad to hear that this guy finally died. Been following his progress since yesterday. Australian Cricketer Philip Hughes has died two days after a ball hit him in the neck during a match between his team and South wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 25 November 2014.

Though he was wearing a helmet at the time of the freak accident, Philip collapsed and was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney where he underwent surgery and was placed into an induced coma. He died this morning from his injuries. He was 25 years old. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

Doctors said his injury was a rare vertebral artery dissection which led to subarachnoid haemorrhage, which is bleeding in the brain. See pics taken immediately after he fell after the cut...

Hughes was struck in the neck by a bouncer from New South Wales bowler, Sean Abbott.

Photos: Beauty queen rescued from kidnappers who posed as Aliko Dangote on Facebook

The Lagos state Police command has rescued the current Miss Nigeria International 2014 & daughter of an aide to Kwara state Governor, Miss Sa'adat Bibire, who was abducted two weeks ago by a gang of kidnappers who deceived her to come to Warri, Delta state from Lagos after they promised to make her the ambassador of the Aliko Dangote brand.

The gang, made up of students of the Delta state Polytechnic Ozoro, had opened a Facebook account disguising as Aliko Dangote and contacted Sa'adat. They invited her to Warri with the promise to make her Dangote brand ambassador. On getting to Warri, Sa'adat was kidnapped and taken to a place on the outskirts of Ozoro town in Isoko Local Government Area in Delta state. The kidnappers then contacted her family and asked for N20m ransom, which was supposed to be paid into a Malaysian account. 

Parading one of the suspects before newsmen, the Lagos state Police commissioner said a manhunt for the kidnappers was immediately launched after they contacted the girls family but only one of them was arrested while the others are currently on the run.

When interrogated, one of her abductors, 23 year old Patrick Ifada (pictured above), said he was lured into the kidnap gang because of the money offered

"I accepted to join the gang because of the money involved. We opened a fake Facebook account pretending to be Alhaji Aliko Dangote and we convinced her to come over to Delta State to meet the businessman. At first, our ransom was N20 million. When they were not forthcoming with the money, we brought it down to N15 million and then N10 million. I was the one staying with the victim in our hideout. We were using the quarters of one of our members, Destiny. We are five in number and I was promised a huge sum. Other gang members are Destiny, Marcus Omajuwa, Ugada and Chuka. We are all students of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, ND 1. I was studying Computer Science. She was in our hideout for about two weeks. We asked the Special Adviser to pay the ransom into a Malaysian account that one Fred helped us to set up. None of us raped her. Destiny told us we were only going to make money from her family, and not to assault her" he told Vanguard

The wife of one of the kidnappers was arrested alongside Patrick.

Breaking News: The 2 Indian girls found hanging from tree were not murdred, but committed suicide

The two teenage Indian girls who were found hanging from a tree in May (read here) were not murdered or raped, that is what The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation claimed today.

The cousins, 15 year old Pushpa and 14 year old Murti had gone missing on May 27th after they told their family they wanted to go use the toilet in a nearby field. They were later found hanging from a mango tree in the remote village in Uttar Pradesh.

The girls were initially believed to have been gang-raped and murdered by five Indian men but the CBI says that's not what happened.

"Yes, we have cracked the Badaun case. Our probe found that the two girls had committed suicide and weren’t murdered,” CBI director Ranjit Sinha said

The CBI also claimed that the girls had not been “sexually assaulted or raped”, according to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) in Hyderabad - a verdict that was also confirmed by a medical board.

N'Assembly drama: Senate sets up panel to probe IG of Police

The IG of Police Sulaiman Abba was invited by the House yesterday to explain why his men invaded the National Assembly last week Thursday but after the meeting abruptly ended over the IG's refusal to properly address Speaker Tambuwal, the Senate has now set up a committee to probe IGP Abba and other policemen involved in the siege.

A seven-member committee has been set up to probe the action of the police on that day and the committee have been given seven days to have those behind it brought to book.

Members of the panel include Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who will act as chairman, Abubakar Bagudu, Victor Lar, Adegbenga Kaka, Paulinus Igwe Nwagu, Mohammed Jibrilla Bindowo, and Ehigie Uzamere.

"We are appointing members from this House and we are not bringing anybody from outside and nobody is going to interfere in the work of the committee. We want them to be very thorough, we want them to be very sincere and we want them also to bring the report as quickly as possible.” Senate president David Mark said

"That act was unconstitutional, criminal, deliberate and intended to tell us that we are not what we are or what we called ourselves.Where are the privileges of the National Assembly? Can this action be contemplated in South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon or even Mali that is close by? It is impunity of the highest order and we must act and very seriously to do justice to this issue in order to restore the dignity and sanctity of the National Assembly.” - Senate Minority Leader, George Akume said

Florida man rapes and beats his 3 year old stepdaughter to death

A 19 year old Florida man Pascal Kaufmann (pictured above) has been arrested for allegedly raping and beating his 3 year old step-daughter to death, Charlie Brame died in hospital on Monday Nov. 24th. Police say she died from severe brain trauma & had signs of recent 'sexual & aggravated abuse'

According to Orlando Sentinel, the little girl was rushed to the hospital after Kaufmann reported she'd stopped moving at their home on Saturday November 22nd. When paramedics arrived at the home, the little girl was struggling to breathe, with bruises covering her back and head.

Kaufmann told police the girl fell from a bed when he was babysitting her while the girl's mother was at work. The teen had moved to the US from Germany in August after meeting Charlie's mum on the internet. The couple had only married about a week ago.



Police arrested Kauffman after doctors revealed the girl had been penetrated and the wound to the back of the head inflicted

"It was unlikely that she could receive such severe head trauma from falling out of the bed. Her injuries were "more consistent with blunt trauma to the back of the skull." the police said

The little girl's father told reporters he'd been wary of Kauffman being around his child and had begged his ex never to leave his child alone with her new husband. He said he'd been trying to remove his little girl from the home before she was killed.

Kaufmann will face murder charges...

Video: Al Jazeera investigation of fake doctors leads to 3 arrests in Delta state

African journalists, Nigeria's Rosemary Nwaebuni and Ghana's Anas Arameyaw go undercover to expose fake doctors in Delta State, leading to 3 arrests. Read the full story and watch the 25-minute documentary below...

In this week’s episode of Africa Investigates, Anas Arameyaw Anas and Rosemary Nwaebuni go undercover with secret cameras to expose fake doctors in Delta State, leading to three on-camera arrests.

Nigerian law forbids abortions, except in cases where the patient’s life is in danger. Despite this, Nigeria’s Fake Doctors shows Rosemary, who is not even pregnant, twice being offered abortion services from unlicensed practitioners.

Precious Johnson Chuckwudi, who operates a pharmacy in Delta State, offered to provide an abortion - and agreed the price - despite Rosemary’s negative pregnancy test, while Mr and Mrs Ogboru offered Rosemary an abortion in the dirty backroom of a bar, without conducting a pregnancy test.

The Nigerian Medical and Dental Association (NMDA) and Ministry of Health (MoH) have confirmed that neither Chuckwudi nor the Ogboru’s are licensed and registered as medical doctors and that their shops are not registered clinics. Nigerian police arrested Mr and Mrs Ogboru on camera on the basis of evidence that Rosemary and Anas filmed.

Nigerian police also arrested Charles Igudala, who operates a clinic at Dictat Royal Home in Warri, Delta State, after he was covertly filmed offering medical services and injections to Anas in extremely unsanitary conditions. The NMDA and MoH confirmed that Igudala is not a licensed and registered doctor, while Dr Alfred Ebiakofa of the Nigerian Ministry of Health said that Igudala had been a target of the Nigerian health authorities for some time, but that they “had not been able to catch him before.”

Rosemary and Anas also film other fake doctors wrongly diagnosing healthy patients with malaria and typhoid, as well using as a Quantum Resonance Analyser, a highly controversial machine of unproven effectiveness that is used to illegally diagnose - merely on the basis of tones and lights  - a variety of serious illnesses to perfectly healthy patients.   

Spell of The Albino, the last investigation Anas filmed for Africa Investigates, won a One World Media Award and was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award.

Nigeria’s Fake Doctors, the third episode of Africa Investigates, premiered on Wednesday, 26 November 2014 at 22:30 GMT / Thursday, 20 November at 00:30 CAT, with repeats on 27 November at 11:30, 28 November at 05:30, 29 November at 18:30, and 30 November at 07:30 CAT.

Watch the full documentary below...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eFSDtZxfzsk

Photos from Tonto Dikeh's foundation press conference

Actress and singer Tonto Dikeh is launching her foundation, The Tonto Dikeh Foundation, soon and held a press conference yesterday to let people know what it's about.

According to what she said yesterday, the non-governmental organization will partner with schools, hospitals, Motherless babies homes clinics, therapeutic counsellors, mosques, churches, government ministries, government agencies and well meaning Nigerians and other NGOs, Charity foundations who wants to make positive impact in our country. See pics from the press conference after the cut. more photos

Tonto said she's focusing on giving support to young girls who have been either raped, molested or assaulted and will also cater for pregnant and nursing mothers who have been displaced due to flood and insurgency in some areas in Nigeria. 

Breaking News: House Committee members walk out on IGP after he refers to the Speaker as 'one Alhaji Tambuwal"

House Committee Members this afternoon walked out on the Inspector general of police, Sulaiman Abba, after he refused to address Speaker Aminu Tambuwal properly when he appeared before the House of Representatives Police Committee today after several days of ignoring their invitation

According to Sahara Reporters; while trying to explain why his men invaded the National Assembly last week, the IGP said 'they had credible intelligence that some thugs had planned on causing mayhem at the resumed sitting of the house."

Now here's where it gets interesting...lol. The IGP said 'one Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal led a group of thugs to overpower the security at the first gate. A move he claimed led the police to lock down the second gate and fire a canister of teargas.

His reference to the “Speaker of the House as “one Alhaji Tambuwal” made the committee members mad. Continue...


They asked the IGP to properly address the speaker of the house according to protocol but Mr Abba said the case of the speaker was in court and as such he wouldn’t like to comment further on it.

The committee member refused to proceed with the hearing until the IGP properly addressed the speaker. They said as long as he refuses to do so,  they too would no longer recognize him as IG. They argued back and forth and the members walked out on the IGP.

Breaking News: EFCC arraigns 77yr old woman, 2 others for N65m land scam

Find the EFCC statement below

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday November 26, arraigned a 77- year- old woman, Alhaja Mulikat Shonekan and two others: Martins Ogiogwa, 40 and Mujekanm Petroleum Nigeria Company Limited, before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a 5-count - charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money under false pretence and issuance of dud cheque.

They pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to them.

Counsel to 1st and 3rd accused persons, Bamidele Ogundele, tabled an application for bail, asking the court to grant them bail on the grounds of old age and heath condition; emphasizing that the septuagenarian would not jump bail.

Also, second defendant, Austine Akpomreta, presented his bail application, and prayed the court to grant his request.

While opposing the bail applications, the prosecuting counsel, Anslem Ozioko asked for a trial date.
Justice Ipaye however granted bail to 1st and 2nd defendants in the sum of N5m (five million naira) and N10m (ten million naira) respectively, with two sureties each in like sum. According to the judge, one of the sureties for both must be a blood relation of the accused persons who must show evidence of 3 year tax payment.
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The matter was adjourned to 3rd and 4th February, 2015 for trial.
One of the count reads:
"Alhaja Mulika Shonekan, Martins Ogiogwa and Mujekanm Petroleum Nigeria Company Limited sometime in September, 2008 at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N65,000,000.00 (Sixty Five Million Naira only) from Kuta Stones Limited by falsely representing to Mr. Danladi Verheijen, the Director of Kuta Stones Limited, that the said sum of money represented the cost of 90 acres of land situated, being and located at Kemta Ososun village, Odeda Local Government Area of Abeokuta in Ogun State of Nigeria which pretence you knew to be false".

Breaking News: Meet the prisoner who got 4 female guards pregnant while in jail for attempted murder

This romeo got not one but four female prison officials pregnant while serving a 20 year jail sentence for attempted murder inside a Baltimore City Detention Centre. 

Tavon White, known as 'Kingpin' ran a vast drugs smuggling business from inside the prison, CBS Baltimore reports. Prosecutors say he made $10,000 to $20,000 a week smuggling drugs and cell phones into the prison and befriended the female guards who helped to make his business easy. He rewarded them with sex and got 4 pregnant. Two of the women even tattooed his name on their body.

Five officers of the corrupt prison, Tavon & two other inmates are now facing charges of conspiracy, drug distribution and money laundering.

Breaking News: Gen. Mohammadu Buhari releases new campaign photos

See more photos after the cut...

Breaking News: GEJ completes PDP screening to contest as President in 2015

The PDP today conducted a screening exercise for President Jonathan at the party secretariat in Abuja. According to the party leadership, the screening process was necessary in order to comply with the processes leading to the primaries and ratification of political aspirants of the party. At the end of the exercise, President Jonathan was handed a certificate of clearance.

Meanwhile Abdujalil Balewa, the son of the late Nigerian Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, who was also at the party secretariat for the presidential screening announced he was stepping down. See more photos

Breaking News: Obasanjo rubbishes National Assembly, says it’s an assembly of thieves, looters

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, today Nov. 26th rubbished the National Assembly, saying it is an Assembly of looters and thieves. He said this while speaking at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja. Some of what he said below...

"Apart from shrouding the remunerations of the National Assembly in opaqueness and without transparency, they indulge in extorting money from departments, contractors and ministries in two ways"

"They do so during visits to their projects and programmes and in the process of budget approval when they build up budgets for ministries and departments, who agree to give it back to them in contracts that they do not execute. They do similar things during their inquiries.”

"Corruption in the National Assembly also includes what they call constituency projects which they give to their agents to execute but invariably, full payment is made with little or no job done. In all this, if the executive is not absolutely above board, the offending members of the National Assembly resort to subtle or open threat, intimidation and blackmail. When the executive pay the huge money, normally in millions of dollars, all is quiet in form of whitewashed reports that fail to deal effectively with the issues investigated.” 

 "When the guard is the thief, only God can keep the house safe and secure. But I am optimistic that sooner than later, we will overcome. God will give us guards of integrity and honesty with the fear of God and genuine love of their people and their country.

“Today, there is no institution of government that is not riddled with corruption, not even the military. As the people cry out, where then is the salvation.” Obasanjo said

Veteran footballer, Yomi Peters dies of cancer

Ex-goalkeeper and coach of the Stationery Stores of Lagos Yomi Peters died yesterday morning November 26th at the Lagos University Hospital, LUTH after a battle with cancer. He was 74.

Peters was also an ex-Mandilas FC player. He was recently honoured as a veteran of Federation Cup during the last cup final at Teslim Balogun Stadium, where he was represented by his wife. May his soul rest in peace...amen.

Kylie Jenner & rumoured beau Tyga help out at homeless shelter

17 year old Kylie Jenner and her rumoured beau, Tyga, 25, pictured helping out at the Los Angeles Mission and Anne Douglas Center's Thanksgiving Meal For The Homeless

Industry giants, business moguls troop out for MTN co-sponsored Corporate Elite Nite

It was a worthwhile experience for top business men and women, which included Chief Executive Officers of national and multi-national companies, high-value business executives, top government functionaries, football icons, media executives, regulatory agencies, and notable business and opinion leaders, who graced the Corporate Elite Nite Concert as top music stars, from around the world, thrilled guests at the 8th edition of the event, co-sponsored by MTN.

L-R, Anthony Shishler, Director of Operations, Fahrenheit; NkyIweka, Executive Creative, The Melting Pot, and Ivor A. Ekpe, Chief Executive, Tupelo & Green, at the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The star-studded event which held on Sunday November 23, 2014, at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos provided an avenue for MTN high value customers to enjoy the music of yester – years in a classy and convivial atmosphere. 

Speaking on this year’s edition of the classic event, General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN, Richard Iweanoge, explains that, “The Corporate Elite Nite is one of the company’s ways of creating an enlivening atmosphere for its high value customers to relax and enrich their network amidst exhilarating moments of live evergreen songs from great international superstars”. 

Those who performed at the high value event included the soulful Freddie Jackson, Mario, 112, Sisqo, Micasa, from South Africa, Sir Shina Peters, Ice Prince and MTN Brand Ambassadors among other artistes.

Some of the guests who attended the event were obviously overjoyed. Mojisola Akpata, Deputy Head of Public Policy, Diageo Africa states “I’m very pleased with MTN for this great show”.

“The event has provided a networking opportunity for me to meet and interact with people across industries including mine and the performances were enlivening”, she added.

Below are some of the faces at the event.

L-R, Popular TV and radio presenters,  DayoAdeneye and Kenny Ogungbe; Dr. Faye Iketubosin, Medical Director, George’s Memorial Centre, at the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

L-R, Tsola Barrow, Sales & Distribution Executive, MTN; Richard Iweanoge, General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN;MojisolaAkpata, Deputy Head of Public Policy, Diageo Africa, at the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Nigerian top superstar and celebrities, Innocent Idibia (a.k.aTuface) and Austin Okochaat the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island.

Chief Executive Officer, Straford Communications, OlusolaAlabi; Richard Iweanoge, General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN, and the Sales & Distribution Executive of the telecommunications company, at the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island.

L-R, OyeronkeOyetunde, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, MTN; Richard Iweanoge, General Manager, MTN, and ChinweNgonadi, the company’s customer, at the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island.

L-R, ChumaEzeyi, a member of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, and Dennis Okoro, Director of MTN Foundation, at the Corporate Elite Nite, co-sponsored by MTN to fete its customers,  on Sunday, at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.