Welcome to Oghenemaga Otewu's Blog: 2018-04-22

Wednesday 25 April 2018

Beverly Osu leaves a word of advice for Big Brother Naija season 3 housemates

Beverly Osu, who came to the limelight when she went into the Big Brother Africa house for its 8th season, has a word of advice for the new housemates who just returned from the Big Brother Naija house. Having been in the same situation, she obviously knows what she's saying. Read her advice below...

The leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has directed all Christians across Nigeria to join in its planned nationwide protest scheduled to hold on Sunday April 29th.

In a statement released by his media aide, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, the president of CAN, Rev. Samson Olasupo, said the protest is to register its displeasure over the seeming inability of the Federal government to end killings in different parts of Nigeria, particularly in Benue, Plateau, Taraba and Nasarawa states.

Nigerian Instagram celeb, Roman Goddess posted photos of her new whip on IG.

A stakeholders meeting on the process of the recall (verification) of the Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West took place today at Hope Confluence Hotel Hall, Lokoja, Kogi State.

According to INEC resident electoral officer in Kogi, 'the verification exercise will be done on 28th April 2018 in 560 PU’s in the Kogi West senatorial District and the declaration of the outcome will be done at the INEC Local government office Lokoja on 29th April 2018.- Prof. James I APAM. REC, Kogi State'.

Big Brother Africa alumna Beverly Osu shared clips of her bare, natural face. The model had no makeup and also wore her natural hair in cornrows. She shared the images on her Instagram story.

Black Panther actor, Chadwick Boseman has gotten himself a brand new sports car, Lexus LC 500h. The 40-year-old actor was spotted arriving in the expensive whip for a breakfast meeting in Little Dom restaurant in Los Feliz. According to reports, a brand new Lexus LC 500h cost around $150,000.

Boko Haram hideout 'Sambisa Forest' to be turned into tourist centre - Nigerian Army says

Nigeria's army chief Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has revealed ambitious plans to turn the vast north-eastern Sambisa forest, a hideout for militant Islamists 'Boko Haram' into a tourist centre.

He said that the military would work with the country's National Park Service to help with the restoration of the forest, where tourists could enjoy the wildlife.

A patient has died of heart failure after her plastic surgeon paused during a breast lift surgery to take selfies with her bare breasts.

Mother of two Ekaterina Kiseleva, 32, was a patient of Moscow’s most fashionable plastic surgeons Grigory Perekrestov, 31. Grigory was well known for posing for selfies with his bare-breasted patients at his Triumph Palace clinic.

Barely 24 hours after two catholic priests and 17 parishioners were killed by suspected herdsmen, 16 persons were today killed by suspected herdsmen in Ali Agundu and Tsav council wards of Guma Government Area (LGA) of Benue State.

Confirming the attack, the state commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni, said unidentified gunmen stormed the village at about 5am and shot the victims dead. He, however, added that information on the incident was still sketchy.

Residents in the state say the villagers were woken up by gunshots and wailing from victims of the attack.

Yomi Casual shares cute photos with his family

Yomi Casual who welcomed a baby girl three months ago with his wife shared these lovely photos on his Instagram page. See more photos below..

National Association of the Nigerian Students (NANS), has condemned the killing of two Rev. Fathers and 19 others in Benue by suspected herdsmen.

NANS National Public Relations Officer, Bestman Okereafor, gave this condemnation in a statement issued in Enugu saying Nigerian students received with shock and sadness the gruesome killings and burning down of more than 35 houses at a Catholic Church in Ukpor-Mbalom community, Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue by the suspects.

Prince Harry, his fiancée Meghan Markle, and Prince William observed Anzac Day together on Wednesday. The trio attended an Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving held at London's Westminster Abbey. The service is in honor of Anzacs (soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who have served and have fallen. April 25 highlights the first major military action Australian and New Zealand forces made during WWI and has been observed in London since 1916.

For the second part of the ceremony, Meghan wore a two-piece black suit topped off with a fascinator.

A Delaware wife is believed to have ambushed a woman who was allegedly having an affair with her husband, then shot her before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide. Jennair Gerardot, 48, (right) from Wilmington, Delaware, shot and killed her rival 33-year-old Meredith Chapman on Monday night, Radnor Township Police in Pennsylvania allege.

The police said Jennair Gerardot, a marketing professional, meticulously planned the murder and lay in wait for her rival.

A 77-year old Indian spiritual Guru has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a teenage girl in 2013. Asaram Bapu, who claims to have millions of followers worldwide, was sentenced after a court in the western Indian city of Jodhpur on Wednesday ruled that he had raped a 16-year old girl at one of his ashrams, where he instructed his disciples in meditation and yoga.

Today, a Danish court sentenced inventor Peter Madsen to life in prison for murdering and dismembering a Swedish journalist aboard his home-built submarine in Copenhagen harbour in August 2017.

Madsen, dressed in black, sat completely still as his sentence was handed down in the Copenhagen City Court. Police detained him on August 11 last year when he emerged from his submarine without Wall, 30, who had boarded the vessel the previous day to do research on a story about Madsen.

As shared by Ojeligbo Ayika on Facebook...

"All the PDP member will die today, my guy just went to Dubai to buy somethings for the first time, now he is telling me he will not be coming back again saying nigeria was hell fire for People to be staying, the time of Goodluck people are saying that bag of rice is 8000, while buhari time is 20k, I now ask how much is crude oil then and now,

Earlier today, a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos remanded serving senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, in Ikoyi prison for allegedly committing N805 million fraud. Nwaoboshi represents Delta-North senatorial district where presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie comes from.

In a post she shared on her Facebook wall, Onochie expressed delight at the news of the senator's incarceration. She wrote;

A Ugandan tycoon known as Jack Pemba has been accused of releasing a sex tape with his ex-lover and popular socialite, Honey Suleman, which has gone viral online. Honey, a city businesswoman in Uganda has since reacted to the sex tape.

In a long Facebook post, seen on Edge.UG, she claimed that her ex-has been threatening her and her family members with the sex tape. She said Pemba had told them to pay $5,000 to withhold the video clip.

Wife of APC National leader, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has asked members of the senate to stop linking the travails of embattled Senator Dino Melaye to the Buhari-led government. Speaking while the senate deliberated on the matter this morning, Tinubu who last year had a faceoff with Melaye, said;

''If we are talking about a particular issue, we should stay with it but when we are bringing in a government that a lot of people also supported to be here, using whatever happened to implicate the government, I think I am against that. We should face the issues. I am not in support of what happened to Dino. If we have anything against the executive, we have the leadership here who is supposed to go and meet with Mr. President. This government is only three years old compared to 16 years of rot. It has only been in power for 3 years and inherited a lot of trouble'.

Sade Okoya celebrates her 41st birthday with beautiful new photos

Sade, wife of Billionaire businessman Razaq Okoya turned 41 years old today April 25th and shared very lovely photos. See more photos below...

Earlier today, Senate President Bukola Saraki led other Nigerian senators to the National Hospital Abuja to pay a visit to Senator Dino Melaye who was hospitalised yesterday after allegedly jumping off a police bus.

Speaking to newsmen after the visit, Saraki said, 'we are happy that we've just seen him, he's in intensive care and stable for now though he has not eaten in the last 24 hours and we are trying to resolve that'. See the videos below...

A 15-year-old hairdresser, Ikimi Adewale, yesterday narrated how she was almost set ablaze over an allegation of N16,000 theft. Miss Adewale, who still has visible marks of violence on parts of her body, was rescued by her father from the hands of a mob who tied her hand and poured pepper in her eyes

According to Vanguard, six persons alleged to have taken part in the mob attack had been arrested. Narrating her miraculous escape, she said;

A statement signed by Senator Dino Melaye's media aide, Gideon Ayodele today has explained the events leading to his reported escape from a moving police vehicle that landed him in a hospital in Abuja last night.

According to him, the senator voluntarily submitted himself to the police and, therefore, did not deserve to be forcibly taken to Kogi State to stand trial in a slew of criminal indictments that include murder and armed robbery.

Beautiful Nigerian young lady, Aisha Kollere died on April 21, in Abuja following a brave battle with leukemia. According to friends and family member, Aisha fought the cancer till her last breath.

Details are sketchy, however, it seems she was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2016. After being in remission, the cancer returned in 2017.

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said its internally generated revenue for the first quarter of Y2018 stood at N103.476billion, as against N96.7billion recorded in the previous year, thereby accounting for 81 per cent of the total revenue of N141billion generated in the quarter.

Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Segun Banjo who disclosed this during the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year in office of Governor Ambode’s administration held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, said the records so far shows that the performance of the State’s Y2018 budget of N1.046trillion was heading in the right direction.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today Wednesday, April 25th, arraigned Sen.Peter Nwaoboshi before Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on money laundering and fraud to the tune of N805million.

He is charged alongside two companies namely : Golden Touch Construction Project Limited and Suiming Electrical Limited.

Following his release from prison, Meek Mill reunited with his 7-year-old son Papi at the Philadelphia 76ers game against Miami Heat, which took place at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night.

The father and son were pictured together after the game which saw the Sixers' series-clinching 104-91 win over the Miami Heat. The rapper was also pictured with comedian Kevin Hart and many others.

A delegation of senators who visited the National hospital Abuja where one of their colleagues, Dino Melaye, is being treated for injuries he sustained after jumping off a police vehicle, were this morning denied access into the hospital. The senators were stopped by police officers stationed at the hospital.

The delegation was led by Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Na'Allah. It included Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena, Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha and Deputy Chief of Staff to Senate President, Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola.

The Lagos state government says forensic evidence released by the police have shown that 53 year old Danish man, Peter Nielsen, killed his wife, Zainab aka Alizee and their three year old daughter, Petra.

A statement released by the Lagos state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, says all is set for Nielsen's prosecution.

The Senate has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to appear before the house by 11am tomorrow April 26th to brief the house on why Senator Dino Melaye was maltreated by the police despite his status as a federal lawmaker.

The resolution to summon the police chief was adopted following a motion by Senator Samuel Anyanwu representing Imo East who lamented that Senators are being treated like common criminals across Nigeria.

Embattled Senator Dino Melaye pictured in Handcuffs laying on a stretcher while being transferred in an ambulance by the police from a private medical facility to the National Hospital last night in Abuja. He is still there and under watch as he recuperates.

Glo plans new submarine cable to boost telecom services in Nigeria

L-R: Globacom’s Executive Director, Legal, Mrs Gladys Talabi; Mr. Folu Aderibigbe of Globacom; Deputy Managing Director, Huawei Technologies, Mr Li Shaowei, and Globacom’s Regional Director, Technical, Mr Sanjib Roy, at a contract-signing ceremony between the two companies on the construction of Glo 2, a multi-billion naira optic fibre submarine cable on Tuesday at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Fully integrated telecommunications services provider, Globacom, has again taken a major step to transform the ICT landscape in Nigeria with the construction of a multi-billion naira optic fibre submarine cable.

After an amazing Coachella performance, Beyonce and her former Destiny Child bandmates Kelly Roland and Michelle Williams were spotted out together in LA and they looked so good that all attention was on them.

The mother-of-three had on a short figure-hugging black dress that showed off her beautiful legs. Her friends, who he calls "sisters" all looked good too. They were attending the Peter Dundas' store opening in Los Angeles.

Alex shared the photos on Instagram and wrote;

''May God bless every single person that has loved and hated. The lord is your strength. I really appreciate.Let the day begin. @tobibakre be spoiling my picture o ??''

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says governance in Nigeria is a spiritual warfare and that Christians in Nigeria sould make it a responsibility to always uphold those in positions of authority in prayers.

Osinbajo said this when he spoke at the commissioning of the auditorium of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry headquarters at Gbagada, Lagos State yesterday April 24th.

Just imagine...

Photos: Kim Kardashian goes completely naked (18+)

Kim Kardashian has gone completely naked in new photos to promote her new fragrance line. The mother-of-three has gone naked a number of times in the past but she mostly tried to keep her genitals hidden. This time, she let it all out in a bid to promote the KKW Fragrance.

She also shared a photo of herself in silicone gel and revealed it was to mold her body and make it into a perfume bottle.

Former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke, has reacted to claims made by former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that he advised her not to serve under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

The former Finance minister made the claim in her latest book, ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines’.

Jennifer Lopez put up an eye-popping display as she joined other prominent celebs and public figures for the Time 100 Gala in NYC on Tuesday night.

For the star-studded event, the 48-year-old singer/actress, donned a lush champagne-colored gown, which was adorned with metallic embroidery. The plunging gown also flaunted her cleavage and thigh.

Yesterday Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was at the commissioning of the Deeper Life ultramodern auditorium in Lagos.

After photos of the church building with installed TV sets inside was shared online, comedian Wale Gates reminded the church of the years they described TV sets as a sinful tool.

The Fasasi brothers and their wives are pictured together as they pose for a selfie.

Twitter user @saratu_ibrahim who shared the photo online wrote;

''The PHC at Kaffe Gada LGA,Sokoto state is being upgraded. Take a look at patients receiving treatments under trees. What a situation in Nigeria.This is really sad and demoralizing. Bash can u see how the Inocent are been treated with the hope if Buhari comes we will not see this''.

Doctors in US complete world’s first total penis, scrotum transplant

For the first time, a team of US surgeons from Johns Hopkins Medical center in Baltimore, Maryland, has managed to transplant the penis and the scrotum from a deceased donor to a recipient who had lost his genital organs during armed service.

According to a report by Medical News Today, the surgeons had been planning the intervention since 2013. In the telebriefing statement of the institution’s genitourinary programme, the programmme’s clinical director, Dr. Rick Redett, called the procedure “the culmination of more than 5 years of research and collaboration across multiple disciplines.”

Jennifer Lopez turned heads as she performed at the Time 100 Gala in racy costumes on Tuesday night.

The 48-year-old singer and actress performed at the Lincoln Center in New York City in a sexy sequined thong. She paired the skimpy costume with a matching sequined bra as she performed in high heels onstage.

A man who visited Nigeria and spent 4 weeks has narrated his observations regarding the way women are treated in the country.

Rosanwo, who is a Yoruba man, but lives outside Nigeria, was in Lagos from March to April and, according to him, what he observed about the treatment of women in Nigeria left him wondering. Read his tweets below narrating how tough it is to be female in Nigeria.

Ubi Franklin and Lilian Esoro's son, Jayden is so adorable. And he already knows how to do the Shaku Skahu dance. His father shared the photo below and asked: "Guess what we doing?"

Virony broadens market, appoints actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie brand ambassador

Managing Director, Virony Nigeria Limited, Mr. Emeka Okoye; President, Vicky Cao; Nollywood Star, Mercy Johnson-Okojie and Marketing Director, John Jiang, during the unveiling of Mercy Johnson-Okojie as Brand Ambassador of the company, in Lagos…on Thurday

Virony Nigeria Limited has appointed ace Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie as Brand Ambassador, in its bid to further deepen its market presence and share.

As concerns for his mental health triggers, Kanye West returns to making headlines as the rapper calls it quits with his co-manager Scooter Braun, just weeks after parting ways with his longtime manager Izvor ‘Izzy’ Zivkovic.

West dramatically fired Braun and others in his inner circle including music lawyers Howard King and Peter Paterno, after allegedly requesting them to work full time with him or they step aside, with this request, they decided to end their jobs.