Photo-Woman Missing for 10yrs,Corpse found in son’s Cupboard

The Imo State Police Command has recovered the remains of a 78-year-old woman, Mrs. Lucy Osigweh, who was declared missing in 2003.


Making the revelation, yesterday, state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Katsina, disclosed that the woman’s lifeless body was found in a large cupboard inside a shrine located in her son’s private room.

Katsina said: “The missing woman’s lifeless body was found in a village called Ezuru Umuagwu, Ejemekwuru, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.”

According to him, “the corpse of the 78-year-old Mrs. Osigweh, earlier declared missing in 2003, was found in a large cupboard inside a shrine of a private room in a circumstance depicting ritual practice.

Peter Bunor-Nollywood Abandoned Me When i Was Sick

The ailing actor who has been suffering from stroke told Vanguard in tears that he has been abandoned by his colleagues in Nollywood. Peter, who has relocated to Asaba, said:
"Since this thing happened there has been no single actor that called me to ask about my condition. It is a shame on their part. Would they say they don't know that I am sick?'
'I had a stroke and that was the end of it. I was unconscious, and if you are unconscious you are dead. It was when I opened my eyes that I realized that I was in a church here in Delta State. I didn't even know when they brought me down to this place. All I could remember is that I was on admission for a long time before they took me to a church where God healed me.'

Photo-Mast Crushes Trader to Death in Lagos

52 year old Adeolu Adeleke was crushed to death at Marina Car Park, Lagos Island, on Friday May 10th during heavy rain when a communication mast fell from a 2-storey building and crushed him to death.

The roadside trader met his untimely death as he went to protect his wares from heavy rain and winds. He went across the street to fetch something to cover his wares but the mast fell on him as he made his way back to his shade. See more photos after the cut. *viewer discretion advised

Photo-Actress Nadia Buari and Mum

How Prince Buruji Kashamu Lost $62,000 in Arik Flight

On Tuesday May 7th, popular hotelier and politician Prince Buruji Kashamu was on Arik flight no - W3155 from Lagos to Abuja, Time- 15h00. Ticket number 7253293631462-1. Seat no- 4F, when his $62, 000 disappeared from his briefcase. Below is what he said.
"I have never heard of this type of daylight robbery and didn't think I would be the first but the next time it happens to me, Arik Air should be ready for me.
I had $62,000 ( sixty two thousand dollars) in my briefcase and saw the money just before I went through screening. I noticed in the car on my way to the hotel that the money has mysteriously left my suitcase.
Arik air either has a ring of thieves doing this operation in collaboration with the operators of the screening machine or has a spirit that steals from its overhead compartment."

Nigerian Air Force Helicopter Crashes in Port Harcourt

A Nigerian Air Force parade helicopter crashed on the run way of the Nigerian Air Force Base in Port Harcourt yesterday. The incident which happened at about 10am resulted in the explosion of the aircraft minutes after the crash.

“The plane regularly engages in routine flight parade in the area, but this morning it crashed on the runway and started smoking. Suddenly a spell of explosions followed”, a civilian working for a servicing firm at the NAF Base narrated.

He further said the condition of the pilot and co-pilot could not be determined at the spur of the moment as they were said to have fled the aircraft before it exploded.

The incident has left the runway closed at the Port Harcourt NAF Base at the time of gathering the report.

Vast of Bracket Group Diagonised with Cancer

Half of hip pop group Bracket, Vast, has been diagnosed with cancer of the blood.Real name Nwanchukwu Ozioko, Vast was reportedly diagnosed of this condition as far back as February, and is currently receiving treatment in the UK. The singer was diagnosed in February this year after suffering serious body pains, headaches, non stop coughing, loss of weight and weakness while in Paris for a show. He flew to London where a test conducted showed he had cancer. his been receiving treatment at the Wellington Hospital in the UK since February and is responding very well to treatment.He has undergone 4 circles of chemotherapy with each circle costing about N1.4million. He will do a few more before returning to Nigeria next month. see photo of him in the hospital after cut...

Manchester United Coach,Sir Alex Ferguson retires after 26 years

Alex Ferguson will retire as Manchester United boss at the end of the season, the Premier League champions announced Wednesday, ending the career of the most successful manager English football has known.

Ferguson, 71, guided United to 13 Premier League titles and two European Champions League crowns in 26 years in charge at Old Trafford.It was not until Tuesday that rumours of Ferguson's shock retirement started circulating, but he said it was a decision he had been considering for some time.
"The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time," Ferguson said in a statement.

Police Arrests Couple who bought twin babies for N1.8million

Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a couple, who bought twin babies and attempted to smuggle them out of the country.

Adenuga Soyibo and his wife Elizabeth allegedly bought the babies for N1.8million from a woman in Rivers State. The Police said yesterday that they were yet to trace the baby trader's location.The couple were arrested following a tip-off on April 15 by the American Consulate. The Police said the Consulate reported that the couple applied for American visas and their application was deferred on the suspicion that the babies they claimed to be theirs appeared to have been stolen.It was gathered that the Consulate ordered a DNA test to ascertain the biological relationship of the babies with the suspects.

Photo and Profile of the dead Nigerian Air Force Pilots

These are the photos of the two Nigerian Air Force pilots who lost their lives after the fighter jet they were flying crashed in Niger on Monday May 6th.
They are Flt Lt Benjamin Bem Ado and Flg Offr Ayuba Joad Layelmenson. The two officers were part of the Air Force contingent in the African-led International Support Mission in Mali stationed in Niamey, Niger Republic.
This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja and signed by Commodore Yusuf Anas, the Director, Air Force Information and Public Relations.

 Ado hailed from Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue and was a member of the 50th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
He was an instructor pilot who had flown many aircraft types in the inventory of NAF, as well as Pakistan and the United States of America.

US sends State Department officials to probe Baga killings

The US government has dispatched a team of State Department officials to meet with top Nigerian government officials this week in Abuja to determine the actual circumstances of the Baga massacre between Boko Haram terrorists and the Nigerian military, Empowered Newswire reports.
While the US-based Human Rights Watch, has accused the Nigerian military for the massacre claiming that over 185 people were killed and thousands of houses destroyed, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Ade Adefuye, said the satellite pictures released by the human rights organisation were insufficient to determine who was responsible for the carnage.
The Empowered Newswire report indicated that US officials were in a dilemma over which of the disparate accounts to believe, hence the team's visit.

Nigerian War Jet Crashes in Niger Republic

A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday, from where it was conducting military operations in neighbouring Mali, and the two pilots were killed, an army source in Niamey said.

The fighter jet was part of Nigeria's air fleet engaged with an African force battling hardline Islamists in Mali. The Niger military source said it had suffered a "mechanical" problem.

"A Nigerian fighter plane crashed this morning (Monday) in the Dargol zone (west), killing the two pilots," the officer said.
Nigerian army spokesman Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru, confirmed the jet belonged to his country's airforce, but gave no further details.
French and Chadian planes and US drones have used the Niamey airport as a base for their operations in Mali.

Photo-Armed Robber That Survived mob justice

 

A suspected robber, Quadri Adisa, escaped death in Bariga at the early hours of Sunday after terrified residents mustered courage to overpower a four-man gang terrorizing Olowu and Omigbe streets in Bariga. Adisa was said to have been rescued by an anti robbery team attached to the Bariga police division and subsequently arrested. A laborer at a sawmill in Oyingbo, Adisa had, in  company with three others, successfully robbed all the occupants of No 37 Olowu street before proceeding to No 26 Omigbe street where a welder also fell victim.A resident, who identified himself as Popoola, said, “They had already robbed some people at Olowu street before they came here. Unfortunately for them, other tenants in the same building, who heard them while they were beating the welder with their guns, raised the alarm and other residents on the street came out in large numbers to stop the robbers.

Nigerian Private Jet Owners barred From Carrying Friends and Associates

A new policy called the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2013 has been introduced by the federal government banning private jet owners from carrying their friends and business associates on board their aircraft. They are only allowed to carry family members, while companies with private jets are only allowed to carry their employees or members of the Boards of Directors.

Read what the NCAP policy states after the cut...

Don Jazzy Shuts Down his Night Club

 

Months after opening his night club, PoP, in Victoria Island, Mavin CEO and music producer Don Jazzy has reportedly shut it down.he shut the club down after realizing running a music label is different from running a night club.

PoP was shut down because it wasn't making money as expected. Heard some people will show up at the club just to take photos with him and leave. Also, some "important people" will buy drinks and not pay.so he had to shut the club down to concentrate fully on his music label.

Photo-Desmond Elliot and Family

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Ex Super Eagles Right back,Chidi Odiah Now A Taxi Driver In US

Former Super Eagles defender Chidi Odiah now faces life after football since he relocated to the United States of America(USA).

Sources close to the player in Port Harcourt revealed to Express Sports that he had been working as a taxi driver since arriving the United States last year from his former base in Russia.

"Chidi has stopped playing and is now in USA.I heard he invested heavily in taxi business which is a reliable source of income over there. The good thing is that he bought two houses in US. He rented out one of them and he leaves in the other apartment. He should be comfortable because he made a lot of money when he was in Russia and he invested wisely with it both at home and abroad'', a source disclosed.

Although he has denied it.