Finally: Meet "Mrs and Master Wizkid"

An inside source claims the lady in the picture is Wizkid’s girlfriend, Shola who had a child Boluwatife for him last year.

 Shola is 21 and she recently finished from North American University. Boluwatife clocked one not too long ago. God bless the little boy and mother.

'I Don’t Have Any Problem With Ini Edo' Rita Dominic

In 2011, various news media feasted heavily on the reported misunderstanding brewing between sexy Nollywood actresses, Rita Dominic and Ini Edo. The reported fight, which emanated from Rita Dominic’s tweets when both were canvassing for votes for 2011 AFRIFF awards, became a heavy news story. 

 They (Rita and Ini) were running to become the best actress of the award which was sponsored by Arik Airline. The winner was to get a trip to London in 2012. Rita then reportedly accused Ini Edo of manipulating the voting process when she then tweeted, “ok, I have to announce this o!

 Ini Edo, who had 200 votes last night has eclipsed the first actress by 200 votes. Jezuxxx.” This tweet by Rita spurned bitter webs between both prolific and sexy actresses and news went round that both were no more in good terms.

 Just few weeks ago, a fan asked Rita, “when are you going to reconcile with Ini Edo?" The Imo State-born award-winning screen goddess answered, “hmm, I don’t have any problem with Ini that requires we reconcile. Don’t believe everything you read.”

 Though this is not the first time actresses openly mislead their fans and turn them against the media, but we hope this is an exception. Recall that in few months ago, Ini Edo first denied being pregnant but later admitted to it.

 Uche Jombo, some days prior to her secret wedding in May 2012, reportedly denied any marriage plans only to get married days later.

 The list is endless. In February 2012, at the premiere of Ini Edo's 'I'll Take My Chances' held at Silverbird Galleria, Lagos, Rita was not present. When Newsmen asked Ini why Rita was not at the event, she declined to comment on it.

Liberian president challenges Lone Star with N22m bonus

With preparations for the 2013 Nations Cup qualifiers between  Nigeria and Liberia coming up in October in Calabar taking serious shape, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has challenged the Lone Star to beat the Super Eagles and get $140,000 (about N22m) as bonus.

The president praised and presented the Liberian team a reward amount of $75,000 for thrashing the Black Stars of Ghana, for a friendly game which took place in Monrovia and afterwards made the promise of the N22m reward if the Lone Stars can wallop the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

According to table standing, for Liberia to have a slot in the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup, the Lone Stars will to beat Nigeria squarely or salvage a 3-3 draw as the first leg which was hosted in Monrovia ended in a 2-2 draw.

The team was dubbed to have been gingered by the defeat of the Black Stars to believe that they can perform the same feat against the Super Eagles come October 13th.

Liberia has only appeared twice in the Nations Cup and that was in 1996 and 2002.

Benin Court Orders Inspector-General Of Police To Pay N5m To Rev. David Ugolor For Rights Violation

A Benin High Court, presided over by Justice Esther Edigin, today awarded five million Naira to Reverend David Ugolor for the violation of his fundamental human rights by the Nigeria Police. The damage was awarded against the Inspector General of Police.
Delivering her ruling, Justice Esther Edigin held that the Nigeria Police had no reasonable suspicion to arrest Ugolor, recalling that it was only because one of the suspects in police custody had named one
“David” as their sponsor that he was arrested.
The judged held that that action by the Police violated Ugolor’s right to liberty and thus awarded the damages.
Justice Edigin warned that the impunity with which the police disobeyed the order of a court of competent jurisdiction is an invitation to anarchy, at the very least.  She lambasted the attitude of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, toward court orders and the rule of law, and stressed that blatant disobedience of the rule of law by the IGP sends a dangerous signal and threatens the human right situation in Nigeria.
Justice Edigin underlined that the detention of Rev. Ugolor beyond two days was illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and a violation of his fundamental human rights, and she restrained the Nigeria Police from further arresting Rev. Ugolor on the matter. The learned Justice then concluded her ruling by awarding N5m damages in favour of Ugolor.
In a comment, Barrister Osaro Osemwegie, one of Rev Ugolor’s counsels, stated, “With this ruling, the Edo State Judiciary has once again demonstrated that the rule of law is supreme and that all persons and authorities are subject to it.”
He observed that it is only a society governed by the rule of law that can enjoy peace and progress, warning that the only alternative to that is anarchy.
“To all of us, this historic judgment is victory to the growth of the rule of law and democracy in Nigeria,” he said.
Two weeks ago, the police in Edo State arraigned Rev. Ugolor before a Benin Magistrate Court.  He and nine others had been arrested in connection with the murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the late Personal Secretary to the Executive Governor of Edo State.
On two prior occasions, a High Court in the Edo State capital had ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), to release Rev. Ugolor from detention immediately and unconditionally, but those orders were ignored.  
The 10 men faced a variety of charges that bordered on conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, illegal possession of arms and receiving stolen property.

Efficient EFCC Arraigns 72-Year-Old Man For N1.1m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,has arraigned Mr. Abdullahi Mohammed (alias Dan Hadeja), 72, before Justice Abubakar Tijjani of the Federal High Court II, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a one count charge of obtaining the sum of N1, 155, 000 under the false pretence that he was a registered distributor of Indomie noodles.

The one-count charge reads: “That you Abdullahi Mohammed, alias Dan Hadeja, sometime in May 2012, at Port Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N1,155,000 from one Ahmed Sani under the false pretence that you are an agent and registered distributor of Indomie dust from Dufil Prima Company, makers of Indomie Noodles located at Choba, Port Harcourt, and was going to get wheat offal, waste product from the company for him which you know is false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.”

When the charge was read to the accused person through an interpreter, Mr. Sani A. Umar, he pleaded not guilty. Defence counsel A. M. Akin then pleaded with the court to grant the accused person bail, as his alleged offence was a bailable one. The prosecuting counsel, Abbiyesuku Endeba, did not oppose the bail application

Gastro-stash: Smugglers nabbed in Columbia with $80,000 in their intestines

Colombian police arrested two men at an airport in the city of Medellin after discovering they were attempting to smuggle $80,000 in cash into the country in their stomachs.
A Colombian national who had arrived on a flight from Costa Rica was taken into custody on September 8, the AP reported. Authorities said they noticed the man's nervous demeanor and pulled him aside for questioning, where he admitted to swallowing the money.
Police took the man to a local clinic, and gave him laxatives. The money they retrieved was in $100 bills separated into 40 latex-covered packets, each about an inch (2.5 centimeters) in diameter – similar to how drug smugglers hide cocaine and heroin.
A second man with cash stashed in his stomach, who had a Venezuelan passport and was also arriving on a flight from Costa Rica, was arrested on Thursday, police said.
The two men, whose names were not released, said they were businessmen and claimed not to know each other. The pair could be charged with money laundering, authorities said.

WANTED BY POLICE: AIG orders Davido's Arrest!!!

Popular singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, allegedly assaulted a taxi driver in Lagos around August but his publicist, Valerie Obaeze, claimed via an e-mail that the singer knew nothing about the incident. But in a fresh twist to the saga, Hashiru Azeez, the employer of the taxi driver, whose name is Femi Ajibola, said Davido said that the taxi driver was assaulted by his cousins.
Azeez confirmed that he gave a Toyota Corolla to Ajibola on hire purchase. “I gave it out to him on hire purchase. When Ajibola initially told me about this matter, I did not believe him. Later, I went to Beni’s Apartment in company with Sgt. Nuru Umar, who is the Investigating Police Officer, and we found out that he was right. “We went to the DPO and he called Davido’s father after I took time to explain who the boy was,” Azeez said.
Immediately after the story was published, the young woman who was conveyed in the cab to see Davido allegedly threatened Ajibola at the taxi park where he operates.
“I got a call from Ajibola that Susan allgedly went to the park to threaten him. She said that if he was claiming that he lost N100,000 during the incident with Davido, she would pay the money. Then she asked if the cab driver had forgotten that she lost her cell-phone, which was valued at N175,000.
“She said that Ajibola would have to produce her phone because he was the one that took them to the hotel in his cab. She added that she would deal with him,” he said.
The car dealer said he had advised his employee to report the matter at the nearest police station.
However, since the case had initially been reported at the Bar Beach Police Station, Ajibola was directed to go and lodge his complaint there.
Azeez said, “Ajibola went to Maroko Police Station, but he was directed to the Bar Beach Police Station because he had already reported the case there.”
Azeez said that a petition had been written on his behalf to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 about the incident. He stated that somehow, the Adelekes got wind of this and contacted him for a meeting.
“A lawyer, Malachy Ukwamadu, wrote a petition on our behalf to the AIG Zone 2. We had written the petition even before the publication. Somehow, the Adeleke family got to know that we had written a petition and they got someone to ask me to come with Ajibola to the Bar Beach Police Station. They said they would bring Davido to the station. The boy had surrendered himself and the police were ready to prosecute him. It was hard to believe, but I was optimistic,” the car dealer said.
Azeez said he was advised not to honour the invitation by a policeman who warned that the case might be tilted to the advantage of Davido.
“The policeman warned that there was an ulterior motive behind the invitation. He said the moment that Ajibola stepped into the Bar Beach Police Station, the case would change and turn against him.
“This prompted us to invite a lawyer to go to the station instead of Ajibola. Ukwamadu was out of town. So, we invited Bar. Ademola Olamide. While we waited for them to bring Davido, the IPO told the lawyer that they wanted to negotiate.
“Olamide said that he thought they wanted to bring in Davido and why was it that it was the police that wanted to negotiate. Should they not be neutral?” Azeez said.
The lawyer insisted he would not talk to the police unless they brought Davido to the station. The IPO then phoned somebody who spoke with Olamide and agreed to meet him.
When meeting took place on Aug. 12, the lawyer informed Azeez that the picture painted by Davido was different from what he had learnt from the complainant.
Azeez said, “I was asked to come over to explain. Fortunately, we had our witness. While the counsel was disputing what we said, we called in the witness. He is a driver and he drove along with Ajibola; he had some guys in his vehicle and I learnt that those girls brought those guys.
“When we brought in our witness, they calmed down. Davido then said that he was not the one that assaulted Ajibola. He said that the guys we were claiming were his bodyguards were actually his cousins. He said that it was Bayo, one of his cousins, who beat up Ajibola.”
Suspecting a foul play somewhere, Azeez asked what business Bayo had with Susan since she was Davido’s girlfriend.
“We told him that from his conversation, Susan was his girlfriend and why would Bayo beat up Susan? At a point, they said that they would like to compensate Ajibola and that they wanted to know how much Ajibola made in a day.
“They said that they would pay two weeks’ earnings. I was not there when they were discussing the money issue. I told my lawyer that there was no basis for compensation since he denied assaulting Ajibola. I said he should produce those who beat up Ajibola, that the police should do their job and we would know what step to take from there,” he said.
Azeez told CRIME DIGEST that Ajibola’s car keys had not been returned to him. He said that an agency that fights for the cause of the less privileged had contacted him and was ready to help out in the matter.
“The agency champions the cause of the less privileged and they are willing to assist us in seeking justice. Davido claims he was not the one that assaulted the driver; but how did he get hold of the car keys before handing it to his father and later, the DPO?
“Why would he take someone’s car keys and keep them? Up till now, nobody has confirmed if Davido has written any statement regarding this case. We still believe that he is above the law until he comes out to say his own part of the story. If at all we agree to negotiate with him, he should accept that he was wrong to have assaulted a man that is 16 years older than him and apologise for his behaviour. Then we will know what to do from there,” he said.
When CRIME DIGEST contacted Susan on the phone, a male voice answered the call, claiming it was a wrong number. However, Obaeze, Davido’s publicist, maintained that her client knew nothing about the incident.
In an e-mail to CRIME DIGEST, the publicist wrote, “Thanks for your enquiry and effort to get our own side of the story, but our previous statement (still) stands. Davido was neither aware of nor involved in any incident involving the assault of a taxi driver or the illegal seizure of his keys. He does not condone violence in any form and will not be commenting further on this matter.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Police Command, Femi Balogun, confirmed that the case was being handled by his command.
Mr Balogun said the AIG had ordered that Davido should be brought before him with the Toyota Corolla used as taxi. He said they did not know where Davido is and he would be arrested once they have information on his whereabouts.