Police Kill Seven Robbers In Edo

Seven suspected robbers were

shot dead, Sunday, along the

notorious Benin by-pass,

during a gun battle between the

police and the robbers.

The operation was personally

led by the Edo State

Commissioner of Police, Mr

Folusho Adebanjo.

At press time, the CP and a

special squad of detectives

were still combing the area

popular referred as haven for

robbers. Some of the robbers,

according to CP Adebanjo, were

still in the bushes with bullet

wounds.

As at 10:30am when the bodies

of the dead robbers were

brought to the Edo State Police

Command, one of the robbers

who identified himself as Sanda

from Kebbi State, was still alive

and he confessed that he only

joined his dead colleagues for

the first time, because he

needed money to go back to

Kebbi State.

One AK 47, cutlasses and

assorted charms were

recovered from the armed

bandits. It would be recalled

that passengers and drivers

have been robbed almost on

daily basis along the Benin by-

pass, while in most cases the

women among the passengers

were Molested by the armed

bandits who are mainly Hausa

Fulanis.

However, Adebanjo who is

known for his zero tolerance as

regards activities of robbers in

the state narrated that “this

operation took place at about

5:30-6am. Because we noticed

that arm robbers who operate

there always come out early

hours when people are

travelling or going to the

market for their businesses.

Their activities along that by-

pass have become an

embarrassment and with

intelligence which we gathered,

we laid an ambush.

“What happens is that they

normally come with a bus

where they load themselves

and when they get to the by-

pass they distribute themselves

to different locations to

perpetrate their evil. You will

look at the bus as an old one,

maybe you will even think they

are going to the farm but they

are dare devil armed robbers.

“You that the by-pass leads to

different states but

unfortunately these hoodlums

made that place haven for

operation. So we stormed there

this morning following a tip off,

we met them and engaged

them. They engaged us too the

result is what you are looking

at now.

Some of them are still in the

bushes with bullet wounds, my

men are still there pushing

them and I am going back there

myself because we are going to

round all of them up.

“Armed robbers cannot be safe

anywhere in Edo state. That is

the message we have for them

throughout this festive period

and next year” he asserted.

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Jude Okoye Finally Dumps His Brothers, P'Square?

It appears that the

purported rift between

Peter Okoye, one-half of

P-Square and his elder

brother, Jude Okoye is

deeper than we had

thought. Up till today,

Jude has not congratulate

his brother for his

wedding.

A week after Peter's

wedding to Lola Omotayo,

the P-Square pop singer,

in company of his twin

brother Paul, travelled to

Tanzania for a concert

with no signs of a

honeymoon trip in sight.

The twins arrived Dar es

Salaam, Tanzania, last

Friday, to entertain fans at

the Leaders Club,

Kinondoni.

Surprisingly, Jude, who

was their manager before

Peter married Lola,

shunned the trip.

"It is unusual for Jude to

be absent in any of his

brothers’ engagement", a

source close to the family

said.

But what is really the

matter that Jude is so

angry with his brother,

Peter getting married to

Lola?

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Online War Over Real Cause of President Jonathan's Sickness

A dispute between the

Presidency and an online

news medium, Sahara

Reporters, has introduced

a new twist to the health

challenge that President

Goodluck Jonathan had in

London last week

Thursday. The matter was

provoked by a response

by the Special Adviser to

the President on Media

and Publicity, Dr. Reuben

Abati, to the online

media's story on the

President's illness.

They had reported that

Jonathan’s health broke

down in London after

engaging in heavy

drinking during a bash

organised to mark his

56th birthday in his hotel

room in London.

That this angered the

Presidency is evident in

the tone of statement

issued by Dr. Abati, which

indicates that the

government may institute

a legal action against

Sahara Reporters.

In the statement that has

sparked online reactions

from many Nigerians,

Abati said contrary to

claims, Jonathan

observed his birthday on

Wednesday quietly with

better part of the day

spent on air from Abuja to

London – while the

remaining part was spent

in the privacy of his hotel

room.

But Sahara Reporters say

they are ready to go to

court as they are sure of

what they reported.

With the latest

development, the

presidential spokesman

has once again come

under fire from Nigerians

who say the response is

hardly necessary. A

majority of Nigerians who

have taken to Twitter,

Facebook and The Punch

news website, where the

statement was also

published, say Abati’s

response has thrown the

hitherto ‘unpopular and

unknown report’ into the

open.

Meanwhile, in the midst of

the debate, Sahara

Reporters says its report

on the President’s health

is valid. It made this

known in a statement on

its website, saying,

“Despite Mr. Jonathan’s

threats and deployment of

scare tactics, Sahara

Reporters, stands by its

account of the events in

London in the past few

days...

As 2015 election

approaches and Mr.

Jonathan tries to win the

sympathy of Nigerians in

his favour, we challenge

him to prove — including

in a court of law – that

these reports have been

“entirely fictional,

malicious, hate-driven

and scurrilous distortion

of the facts.”

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UPDATE: Prices of Imported Cars to Increase By 60% in Nigeria

The Federal Government

has released the details of

new duties and levies

payable on imported new

and used cars as well as

imported new tyres from

next year, raising the tariff

from 20 per cent to 70 per

cent. Already, dealers of

imported vehicles has

estimated that the new

rate would translate into

an increase of 60 per cent

on imported cars.

In other words, prices

of imported cars

currently being sold

between N3m and

N5m will shoot up to

N4.8m and N8m;

while tokunbo

vehicles selling for

N800,000 will rise to

N1.28m.

The Federal Executive

Council had last month

approved a new national

automotive policy to

encourage local

production and

assembling of new

vehicles with an

imposition of a high

import tariff on fully built

vehicles.

A two-page document

dated November 14 and

signed by Minister of

Finance, Dr. Ngozi

Okonjo-Iweala, gave the

new import tariff on cars

as 70 per cent (of the

cost of each vehicle).

It stated that a fully built

car would attract a duty

of 35 percent and another

35 percent of the cost of

the car as a levy.

Hitherto, importers/

dealers parted with 20 per

cent and two per cent as

duty and levy, respectively

on new cars. Ten per cent

flat rate was also

imposed on commercial

vehicles.

Although the new tariff on

cars shows an increase of

48 per cent over the old

rate, dealers have

estimated that the

showroom price of an

imported car will rise by

60 per cent when other

variables (costs) are

added.

A sales manager with one

of the major dealers told

Punch that: “Many of us

are skeptical about

ordering for new vehicles

because we don’t know if

people would be ready to

pay the about 60 per cent

increase on the cars when

the import duty and levy

are added to the original

cost of purchase. Even

the supplies by local

plants will obviously be

grossly inadequate to

meet the demand.”

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Notorious Lebanese Man Caught Défiling Young Naija Girls

A 32-year-old Lebanese,

identified as Jack

Sankary, whose hobby is

to have carnal knowledge

of under-aged girls in

Akure, the Ondo State

capital, South-West

Nigeria, has been nabbed

by police detectives.

His recruiter, Patience

Godwin, has also been

arrested and I hear she is

currently undergoing

interrogation at the state

CID, in Ondo

State. Patience was

arrested at her hideout in

Odopetu area of Akure

metropolis, while another

14-year-old girl that she

was about taking to the

shameless Lebanese was

rescued.

Also, a middle aged

woman, Chinwe Chinasa,

was arrested for allegedly

trafficking six young girls

to Libya for prostitution

through Ondo State. The

command image maker,

Wole Ogodo, said after the

raid on the hideout, it was

discovered that the six

young girls had been

prepared for the journey

to Libya.

The girls say they were

virgins

Some of the girls

confirmed that the suspect

deceived their parents

that she was going to

help them look for jobs

and not prostitution. They

alleged that they were

virgins before they were

lured into the illicit

business of prostitution by

the suspect, Chinwe

Chinasa.

The girls were said to

have pleaded with the

police to temper justice

with mercy since they

were deceived into the

trade. But police say all

the parties will be charged

to court and it's the court

that will decide.

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How My Best Friend Snatched My Husband With Séxual Affair –– Actress Gloria Mba

Nollywood actress Gloria

Mba caught her husband

"in the act" with her best

friend and this made her

pack out of her

matrimonial home and

abandon her husband for

her so called friend. Below

is her experience:

Have you encountered

lesbianism in Nollywood?

Yes, I have and I was very

firm with them. We can be

playing but when it gets

further than necessary I

won’t tolerate it. When

you are not a man, why

should you be touching

my sensitive parts? What

do they see in it? But it’s

their choice. I am not

against them; just don’t

come close to me.

What’s your relationship

now with your best friend

who ruined your

marriage?

I haven’t spoken to her for

more than a year. I don’t

have anything against her;

God is my witness. I saw

her once at Shoprite in

Surulere. I don’t keep

grudges for long, because

if you are holding down

someone, you are holding

yourself down too. I wish

them all the best.

A lot of marriages break

up in the industry, how do

you intend to safeguard

your next marriage?

From my experience, I

have learnt something and

I will use that as a

yardstick. All marriages

can never be the same

but I have always wanted

to be a wonderful wife

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Jim Iyke Wants You To See How He's "Loving" Nadia Buari

I think the deliverance he

got from TB Joshua's

church is really working.

Jim Iyke is now a very

calm, gentle and loving

man who treats his

woman with so much

love. They are now in

Zurich. See more photos

below...

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Popular Nigerian Ambassador In Séx-For-Job Scandal

He Sacked Me Because I

Refused To Sleep With

Him... Secretary Exposes

Ambassador!

Being an ambassador,

your primary assignment

is to be an official

representative to a foreign

country. One of your

duties is to paint the

country you are

representing in good

image; this is a different

case when it gets to the

Nigerian Ambassador to

Sri Lanka, F. A. Rotimi,

according to his former

secretary.

Mr. Rotimi is not a hidden

person when talking about

an ambassador or a

diplomat with a blacklist,

but in such a country -

Nigeria - influential people

are hardly crucified

despite their horrific and

embarrassing attitude

both at home and abroad.

I hear his secretary is

threatening to expose all

his dirty secrets. Also,

another lady who saw the

story had some bad

things to say about Mr

Rotimi, Nigeria's

Ambassador to Sri Lanka.

Below is her revelations...

"I read your news on the

Sri Lankan meeting and

was utterly not surprised

considering my brush with

Rotimi who is the

ambassador there, I knew

it would only be a matter

of time before signs of his

true colors began to

show.

"His trip to Poland was

the punitive equivalent of

sending someone to

Serbia, this was as a

result of his atrocities,

"During this

'chastisement' probation

was when his moles were

deleting his bad case files

which aided him in

scaling through the panel

screening for

ambassadorial position.

He had cases of infidelity

and illegitimate children,

bilking the chancery

position and even

fraudulent papers

presented to the Ministry

which was the basis on

his being appointed in the

first place to chancery."

She added: "He brags

about being untouchable

and what not, uses

security to harass 'un-

friendly media' as long as

you are not on his hatchet

team to cover up stuff."

The Ambassador is

however keeping mum on

the allegations against

him, some very bad, I

can't post here.

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ASUU Gives President Jonathan Final Condition To End Strike

The Academic Staff Union

of Universities, ASUU, has

indicated their readiness

to end the prolonged

strike that has crippled

academic activities in all

government owned

universities across Nigeria

for about 5 months. But

this will only happen if the

government of President

Goodluck Jonathan meet

the demands below...

First is to pay the four

months salaries owed its

members by the

government during the

period of the strike.

The union also wants the

immediate implementation

of the N1.2tn offer by the

Government to public

universities, starting with

the release of N100bn this

year. The balance of

N1.1tn is to be spread

over five years from 2014.

These were some of the

resolutions reached by

members of the National

Executive Council of the

union that met in Kano on

Friday to deliberate on

what must be done by

government before the

strike is called off.

"The issue now is on trust

and we do not want a

situation where promises

will not be kept. The

authorities have failed us

in the past and we do not

want a repeat of that.

"That was why we

decided at the NEC

meeting that the

government should pay us

the arrears of salaries

being owed us since we

started the strike on July

1, 2013, before the strike

can be called off. The

salaries should not be

paid piecemeal," said a

top source in ASUU.

The ball is now in the

court of the government.

Will they FG pay ASUU for

the months they did not

work?

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Nigerian Arrested For Strangling Italian Woman To Death.

Police in southern Italy have
arrested an 18-year-old
Nigerian boy on suspicion of
murdering a 60-year-old
Catherine Susca outside the
coastal city of Bari. Catherine
was found semi-Unclad with a
plastic bag over her head and
her skull crushed in her
apartment in Torre a Mare.
According to investigations, the
death of Catherine Susca was
caused by the beating she
received in the course of the
attack, suffocation with a
plastic bag dropped on her
head and strangulation with a
scarf.
The Nigerian boy, Donald
Nwajiobi, who lives in Bari but
homeless, confessed he killed
the woman in self defense after
she attacked him with a pair of
scissors and he also claimed to
have acted alone. However,
investigators will verify whether
there were accomplices.
Donald said he had met the
victim at Torre a Mare on the
morning of the incident and
asked her for food; the lady
who was in the car asked him
to follow her home with a
promise to give him something
to eat.
The police think once in the
house, Donald tried to steal
from the woman and was
caught in the act, which would
have led the 60 year old
woman into trying to chase him
out of her house with a pair of
scissors, but Donald attacked
her and suffocated her with a
plastic bag after beating her up.
Some money was stolen from
the deceased plus a mobile
phone with which he was
tracked down by the police.
Donald was remanded in prison
after the judge, Sergio Di Paola,
ruled that he could be
dangerous to free him on bail
for he could kill again and
probably flee.

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