See Photos of Severely Burnt Victims Who Died in Lagos Accident

The accident vehicle 

A danfo with the registration number, KTW 479 XQ descending Maryland under bridge Yesterday afternoon somersaulted leaving two women completely burnt while four other occupants of the bus sustained severe injuries.

One of the victims, a heavily pregnant woman was seriously burnt before help could come her way. The two women were believed to be fish sellers coming from Oyingbo where they had gone to buy fish. The danfo was heading towards Ikeja when the incident happened.


According to eyewitness account, the danfo was trying to overtake a Toyota Highlander, which was equally speedily descending the Maryland Bridge when it somersaulted and caught fire instantly.

The driver, conductor and four other occupants of the bus were reported to have escaped with injuries while the ladies who were trapped in the fire completely got burnt. Littering the scene of the accident were several pieces of ‘eja eegun’ that were owned by the women.

On the scene assisting in the evacuation of the charred bodies of the ladies were LASEMA and RRS officials. The remains of the women have taken to Ikeja General Hospital while the burnt vehicle has been evacuated.

Those with injuries have equally being given first aid treatment and while those with serious wounds have been transfered to General Hospital, Ikeja by the Lagos State Ambulance Emergency Services (LASEMBUS).

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Kenyan Olympic Marathon Champion Tests Positive For Banned Substance

Kenyan long-distance runner Jemima Sumgong, who won the marathon at last year’s Rio Olympics and the London marathon, has tested positive for a banned performance enhancing substance.

The world athletics body the IAAF said that an out-of-competition test showed she had traces of the blood-booster EPO. It delays the onset of fatigue, enabling an athlete to run harder and for longer.


There’s been no word so far about what action the authorities will take as a result of the test. Kenya was last year declared in breach of anti-doping rules, and athletes underwent special testing for Rio 2016.

The East African country was deemed “non-compliant” by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but was reinstated before last summer’s Games. Between 2011 and 2016, more than 40 Kenyan track-and-field athletes failed doping tests.

Kiss Daniel Is In A Dead Zone; Comedian Koffi Slams G-Worldwide Singer & Management

Its no news that popular comedian, musician and actor, Koffi Ayinde Idowu Nuel also known as Koffi, is sounding his displeasure with G-Worldwide Music over the management of its rave act Kiss Daniel.

The Nigerian entertainer had some time back written an open letter berating the Woju crooner, Kiss Daniel and his record label. This time, Koffi, in an interview with HipTV called out Kiss Daniel saying he is in a “dead zone”.

In his words; A big artiste that is practically not on any show. The management is killing the artiste and you expect me a fellow artiste not to speak up for the artiste even if the artiste does not realize they’re in a dead zone.

12 Corps Members To Repeat Service Year In Kano

Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano State, Alhaji Ladan Baba, has revealed that 12 corps members will repeat the service year for absconding from their places of primary assignment for three months.

He stated this on Friday while presenting the 2016 State Honours Award to outstanding corps members in the state. Baba said that many corps members absconded from their duties without taking permission from appropriate authorities


He added that five others got warning letters. The coordinator said 15 corps members excelled during the year by discharging their responsibilities diligently at their places of primary assignment.

He explained that five of those who performed well were in the 2016 Stream I, while 10 were in the 2016 Stream II batch.

According to him, the honoured corps members demonstrated patriotism, selflessness, dedication and commitment during the service year in Kano.

Alhaji Ado Abba, the Chairman, NYSC Governing Board in Kano State, commended the efforts of coordinator “for bringing positive changes to the scheme within your short stay in the state.”

The Chairman also urged them to use the skills they acquired during the service year for the improvement of the country. A total of 1,347 completed the mandatory one year service in Kano State.

See New Photos of the RCCG Woman Who Was Prevented From Jumping Into Lagos Lagoon

Taiwo Momoh after she was rescued 

The woman Taiwo Momoh, who was prevented from jumping into the Lagos Lagoon by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos state Police Command, is now looking lively and different after she was saved from killing herself by policemen in Lagos State.

The 58-year-old textile dealer in Lagos Island, had put off her shoes and was wrapping her dress around her when men of RRS 226 prevented her from jumping into the river last month. She's back in business once again.

The lady, who lives in Lekki Lagos, disclosed that she was pushed to committing suicide in order to put an end to her constant sleeplessness and shame occasioned by her indebtedness to three Swiss textile dealers.

She noted that her problem started sometimes in 2015, when a Bureau De Change dealer carted away her N18.7 million she wanted to change to pay her foreign creditors.

Her condition she said became compounded when robbers invaded her shop in Lagos Island carting away most of the textiles that was left with her. She has now witnessed a transformation and back to business.

Taiwo Momoh is now looking bigger and better

Foremost Igbo Lawyer Joins Nnamdi Kanu's Defence Team (Photos)

Emeka Ugwuonye 

Efforts to free Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Independent People of Biafra - IPOB has been intensified with the employment of a foremost lawyer of South-eastern descent.

Emeka Ugwuonye made the announcement of his fresh membership of Nnamdi Kanu's legal team and has maintained confidence about his freedom.

Mr. Ugwuonye reportedly joined the team after intense pressure from Biafra advocates.

Read his brief statement on Facebook:

"I will be announcing my appearance in court any moment from now in this extremely important trial. I have had further briefing from Mr. Kanu himself in these respects. I accepted to act as a lawyer in this case because there are urgent and critical questions of justice and due process in this case, which have profound implications for the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria and the entire continent of Africa.

Also, I believe that Mr. Kanu's rights have been seriously eroded in the course of this case. These rights deserve protection, not only for Mr. Kanu, but for all humanity. I shall be guided by the highest standards of ethics and the laws in discharging my functions as counsel in the case. So help me God.

This puts to rest the constant clamour from the supporters of the IPOB that I step into this case as counsel."

Shocking! See What Pastor Was Caught On Camera Doing With His Female Church Members (Photos)

Photos and video footage of a pastor who allegedly sleeps with his church members have gone viral (with nearly 40,000 shares) after they were posted online yesterday.

According to a Facebook user, Bidlin, the mother and brother of the girl in the footage passed out after they saw the pastor enjoying himself with her.

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Liverpool FC Given Two-year Transfer Ban, Fined 100,000 Pounds

Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp 

Liverpool have been banned from signing any players to their Academy from other Premier League clubs for two years and fined £100,000 after they were found guilty of illegally approaching and offering an 11-year-old an inducement in order to join the Anfield outfit.

The academy player in question was previously registered with Stoke City, but even though a compensation fee was agreed between Liverpool and Stoke in September 2016 for his transfer, the Premier League Board rejected the move due to the Merseyside club offering to pay the player’s private school fees.


An investigation was launched into the move, which discovered that Liverpool had contravened Premier League rules regarding the signing of young players before they applied for his transfer.

A Premier League statement read: “The League found evidence demonstrating regular communications between representatives of the club and members of the player’s family. This included hosting them at Anfield for a match with expenses paid and other efforts to encourage the player, via his family, to sign for Liverpool.

League rules strictly prohibit the offer of any inducements to encourage a move."

The Premier League added that Liverpool had “cooperated with the Premier League’s inquiries in a timely and thorough manner and admitted the rule breaches asserted against them”, but have still been made to pay the £100,000 fine in full immediately.

However, the second year of the ban will be suspended for a period of three years, and will be activated if the club commit a similar breach. It prevents them from signing any academy player from other Premier League clubs, as well as sides in the Football League

#BBNaija: Comedian I Go Dye Splashes N1million to Support BBNaija Housemate, Efe

Big Brother Naija housemate, Efe 

Ace comedian, Francis Agoda, known as I Go Dye has splashed a whopping N1 million in support of Big Brother Housemate, Efe, who is among the last five housemates gunning for the ultimate prize of N25 million.

The news was broken in a video post by Osama Comedian, who said that the people are massively behind the Warri rapper.


“We TeamEfe, Jos chapter just received our own. God will reward you abundantly sir,” he said. The one million naira, according to sources, is to be shared among the teams supporting the housemate for procurement of recharge cards to vote massively for him.

Also, fans of the Big Brother housemate, Efe on Monday took to the streets of Lagos and Abuja in support of the ‘Warri boy’. The rally took place at the Millennium park, Abuja and Surulere National Stadium Lagos. Most of them wore shirts with Efe’s face conspicuously captured on them.

Also captured were voting code for the housemate and inscription such as ‘Based on Logistics.’

Efe is the last man standing alongside four female housemates – Tboss, Bisola, Debbie-Rise and Marvis.

Serious Commotion as Two Prominent Cherubim and Seraphim Leaders Battle Over Headship of the Church

His Most Eminence, Prophet (Dr.) Solomon Adegboyega Alao, Supreme Head of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. 

The leadership tussle in the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria has intensified following a Lagos High Court judgment in favour of Most Elder Apostle Adebayo Abiola claiming the headship of the church.

According to DailySun, the Church leadership has stated categorically that His Most Eminence, Prophet (Dr.) Solomon Adegboyega Alao remains the Supreme Head (Olori) of the church. This is in conflict with the judgement gotten by Most Elder Apostle Adebayo Abiola from court appointing him as the head of the church.


A press statement signed by the Secretary General of the Church, Apostle (Dr.) Tunde Ogunkunle, stated that the clarification became necessary because of surreptitious moves by some people to cause disaffection among the faithful without waiting for the conclusion of the legal processes.

He said it was known to all that a State High Court is not the final arbiter in any dispute, and that the Notice of Appeal filed on behalf of the church by its Solicitors, Messrs Wale Taiwo and Co, has since been served on all parties.

The appeal notice, Ogunkunle said, clearly spelt out eight weighty grounds why the judgment delivered by the Hon. Justice L. B. Lawal-Akapo on March 23, 2017 should be set aside by the Court of Appeal. There is also pending before the Court a Motion to Stay the Execution of the judgment pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.

Ogunkunle said, “We are known to be a law-abiding church and will not do anything to cast aspersion on the sanctity and integrity of the judiciary but that the judgment was not only totally erroneous but also ridiculous, and that is the main reason for the appeal.

“We also believe that once an appeal has been filed and application made to Court to suspend the execution of the judgment; and all parties thereto served, status quo remains. That is, Baba Alao remains the Supreme Head of the church until the final determination of the application and the appeal process.

“Again, the Ecclesiastical Council of the Cherubim & Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria, at its emergency meeting held on March 27, 2017, affirmed its support and loyalty to the leadership of Solomon Adegboyega Alao as the Supreme Head of the church.

“We can only appeal to Elder Abiola to wait for the conclusion of the legal process and stop parading himself as the Head of the church, causing confusion and disharmony within the church while the legal process is on-going.

“We also appeal to all the C & S members worldwide not to be disturbed by the temporary set-back occasioned by the needless legal action, but should remain steadfast and continue to worship God in truth and spirit until the truth finally prevails,” the statement said.

The Church also said it would continue to update its teeming members on the progress made in this regard.

Fresh Currency Devaluation? IMF Says Nigeria's Naira Now Overvalued...See Detail

Gene Leon, IMF mission chief for Nigeria 

While speaking in a separate telephone media briefing on Wednesday afternoon, Gene Leon, International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief for Nigeria, said the Nigerian currency, the Naira, is overvalued to the tune of 10 to 20%.

Reuters News Agency quoted Mr. Leon as saying that the naira overvaluation is “somewhere to the tune of 10 to 20 per cent.” Additionally, the IMF boss disclosed that Nigeria’s 2017 projections for non-oil revenues are more optimistic than the IMF’s, and authorities need to increase tax levels to diversify its income.


"The Nigerian economy has been hit by lower oil prices and lower production and the need for adjustment is recognised by the government,” Leon said.

“They have started in articulating the economic recovery and growth plan and what needs to happen now is that plan needs to be implemented and continue in a very resolute way.”

He also said that the IMF sees a need for a foreign exchange adjustment, in a bid avoid a disorderly depreciation of the naira. “We do find there to be some over-valuation at this point of the naira, of the official currency, somewhere to the tune of 10 to 20 percent.”

The IMF Staff country report, which was unveiled on Wednesday also showed that Nigeria’s multiple devaluation between 2014 and 2016, affected the private sector, especially the banks.

“During the past year, banking sector growth was dominated by the impact of a depreciating naira, given 45 percent of the banks’ loan book is in foreign currency,” the IMF staff report read.

“The depreciation of the naira may in some cases benefit those banks with FX assets that outweigh their FX obligations, through net valuation gain. “However, FX risks either from a shortage of FX or further naira depreciation could also lead to defaults, which will increase required provisioning and reduce profits.

“With about 45 percent of loans and 40 percent of NPLs in foreign currency, a further depreciation of the naira by 50 percent would increase NPLs net of provisions to capital by 12 percentage point (from 28 to 40 percent

Actress Rosaline Meurer Who Allegedly Snatched Tonto's Husband Slays in Hot Bikini Photos

Actress Rosaline Meurer 

Nigerian actress, Rosaline Meurer accused of stealing Tonto Dikeh's husband, Olakunle Churchill and ruining their marriage has shared new bikini photos.

Rosaline who is said to be Olakunle Churchill's personal assistant was accused by Tonto of sleeping with the husband and going on vacation with him. The incident has since caused friction in the actress' marriage.

Rosaline took to social media to share these new photos.

Too Tragic! Man Returning from His In-law's House Reportedly Dies on the Roadside After Vomiting Blood

The man who died after vomitting blood 

A Facebook user identified as Ejiblinks Ofoegbu has taken to the social media platform to post a photo and share the bizarre story of how a man vomitted blood and died on the street after coming back from his inlaw's place.

Ofoegbu who posted the photo wrote; "This man was coming back from his in-law's house suddenly he started vomitting blood, it is plainly know to evry body that he was poisoned.I DECREE THAT ANY HAND THAT WILL TYPE "R I P" WILL KNOW NO DEATH THIS YEAR."

ASUU Commences One-week Warning Strike...Find Out Why

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, has declared a one-week warning strike over illegal pension deductions, fractional salary payments and non-payment of supervision allowance.

The decision was taken on Tuesday at a congress convened by the union and presided over by its chairman, Dr. Deji Omole.


The News Agency of Nigeria reports that members also complained over excessive deductions from their March salaries. The management of the university was also alleged to have failed to declare the Internally Generated Revenue profile of the university.

According to Omole, the warning strike is, therefore, to compel the university administration to address the issues which ASUU said bordered on the welfare of its members who are being owed since 2010.

“The congress of ASUU, UNIBADAN, at its meeting of 4th April, 2017, having received permission from the national body of the union, hereby, declares a one-week warning strike.

“The warning strike will commence from 12:01 midnight of Tuesday, 4th April, to 12:00 midnight of Tuesday, 11th April, 2017. “The congress of the union maintains that the failure of the university administration to satisfactorily resolve all the issues will force the union to proceed on a comprehensive and total strike,” said Omole.

The congress, which was well attended, was also addressed by the national delegates of ASUU, which included professors Mahmood Lawan from Kano; Tony Monye-Emina from Benin; and Bebe Sese from Port Harcourt.

NAN recalls that the union had in a congress resolution in March, warned the university management to address its grievances bordering on reversal of illicit deductions and non-payment of promotion arrears.

The three non-academic staff unions of the institution had also been on strike since March 13, grounding administrative activities in the institution.


-NAN

Germany to Deport 12,000 Nigerian Asylum Seekers

File Photo: Nigerians Deported from the United Kingdom 

The German government plans to repatriate 12,000 Nigerians who are seeking asylum in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation of two books “From Libya with Tears’’ and “Practical News and Feature Writing’’ written by former Managing Editor/Director of News Agency of Nigeria, Mr Dele Bodunde.


Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa, represented by her Special Assistant on Media, Mr Abdul-Rahman Balogun, said that the German Embassy in Nigeria had intimated her office on plans to repatriate no fewer than 12,000 Nigerian asylum seekers from the European country.

The presidential aide further said that about 128 Nigerians died while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. She described the situation as unfortunate, noting that it showed Nigerians desperation to get to Europe by all means.

“Just some days ago, 128 Nigerians died in the Mediterranean sea out of 576. Most of them were from West African countries and they were on their way to Europe.

“Now, this is an unfortunate incident and I think it is better to remain in Nigeria and keep struggling, instead of making desperate journeys that could take their lives,’’ the presidential aide said.

Dabiri-Erewa said some Nigerians had been trapped in Libya and were subjected to various inhuman treatments and that only the intervention of the Federal Government had ensured the return of many.

Drama as Court Sends NSCDC Officer and Two Others to Prison Over Alleged Robbery

File photo used for illustrative purpose only 

A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has remanded an officer of the National Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Taiwo Babalola, over alleged armed robbery.

Also remanded by Justice Sunday Otu, of High Court 3, were Kolawole Samson and Ainoko Paul.


Further hearing in the case of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery preferred against the trio was adjourned till April 11. Babalola, currently serving with the Kogi Command of the NSCDC, was alleged to have committed the offense, along with the two others, on Dec. 9, 2016, at Lokogoma village in Lokoja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes Mr Kadiri Mukailu, victim of the robbery attack, as telling the court, in his testimony, that on the said date, the trio, armed with guns and other weapons, invaded his residence at Lokogoma, forcefully collected his car keys, and drove the vehicle away.

Mukailu said that the car, which has not been recovered, was taken away by the trio along with his UBA ATM card.

Others items taken away by the accused, he said, included two phones valued at N16,000, a wrist watch valued at N1,500, 10 pieces of cloth valued at N30,000 and the vehicle’s original particulars.

He told the court that during the robbery operation, which lasted for two hours, he had a full glimpse of the faces of the armed robbers because the lights were on and the suspects did not wear masks. The victim stressed that he particularly remembered Kolawale Samson who had ”scattered teeth”, wielded a big gun and called himself “MOPOL”.

Mukailu also told the court that his family members recognised Babalola as the robber that attacked his house when, on Jan. 8, he returned to the vicinity for another robbery operation.

“When the robbery gang came on Jan. 8, I immediately drew the attention of members of a local vigilante, who condoned off the premises and alerted the police, leading to the arrest of the suspects along with Babalola,” he said.

In his defense, Babalola said he was a neighbour to Mukailu at Lokogoma, but denied being part of any robbery. He told the court that he was in his house on Dec. 9, 2016, when three men, who claimed to be policemen, accosted him and told him that they were trailing some criminals, who entered Mukailu’s house.

“As a security officer, I asked if I could follow them, but they rejected that request. I even reported the incident to my superiors in the office the following day,’’ he said.

Babalola said he was surprised when he was arrested in his house at Lokogoma, on Jan. 8, along with the two other suspects, and taken to the `D’ Division of the Kogi Police Command.

The accused, however, admitted that he saw some people driving off in the said car, on the day of the robbery, but did not know who they were, and further told the court that the two co-accused were his brother and friend.


-NAN