OZEKHOME : MY ABDUCTORS WERE ANGRY GRADUATES

Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who regained his freedom on Thursday after three weeks of his abduction, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant amnesty to kidnappers in the country.
Ozekhome made the call on Thursday while recounting his ordeal to newsmen at his residence in Lagos, after he was released by his abductors on Thursday morning.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ozekhome was abducted on Aug.23 at Ehor near Benin City in Edo.

Ozekhome said his son, Ilugbeka, and a lawyer in his chambers, Mr Dominic Ezerioha, were also abducted by the same kidnappers on Sept. 6, while negotiating for his release.

According to him, the kidnappers eventually released him and 12 others about 7 a.m. on Thursday.
The lawyer, however, said he was not aware if any ransom was paid to secure their freedom.
He said the security situation in the country was a national calamity which demanded urgent attention.
Ozekhome described his abductors as ”angry and desperate well-read graduates” who had a network of cells across the country.

UNIBEN VC’S ALLEGED POISONING: ‘LECTURERS PUNISHED FOR ‘CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

University of Benin (UNIBEN) Governing Council recently sacked 44 staff of the institution allegedly involved in allegations that bordered on gross misconduct.

But since the decision was taken, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Osayuki Oshodin, says he has not had peace. Recuperating from alleged food poisoning, he raised the alarm that some of those sacked by the university Council were after his life. In this interview, Oshodin alleges that some of the sacked staff were involved in sexual harassment, extortion and fake admissions which resulted in the rustication of 142 students.

He also speaks on the current ASUU strike. Excerpts:

44 staff of the University of Benin including senior lecturers were sacked recently, triggering petitions accusing you of being behind their ordeal. What is your take on that?

I am not behind their sack. Some of them collected money from students and the students have since been dismissed and they named them. The procedure for sacking people, the Vice Chancellor does not have a hand in it. First of all, the Intelligence Unit of the university sometimes dictates some of these things or, when they are reported to by students, they are now sent to the Disciplinary Committee.

The Vice Chancellor is not a member of the Disciplinary Committee. The Committee will meet and make recommendation to Council. The Council take the ultimate decision and nobody can influence the Council. Council is made up of over fifteen members, so how can one person influence them? We have four sound lawyers in the Council, one of them is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

N.6BN GOLD IPHONES FOR NIGERIA’S 53RD ANNIVERSARY

Amidst ravaging poverty in the land, Nigeria is reportedly purchasing 53 customised gold-plated iPhones costing N.6 billion for the 53rd independence anniversary celebration billed for the 1st of next month. In a report it published in its edition of Tuesday, The Independent of London, quoted a Bristol-born businessman based in Dubai, Amjad Ali as saying he was fulfilling an order from the Nigerian Government for 53 gold-plated iPhones at the cost of 3,000 pounds each.

At 3,000 pounds, the total cost of the 53 gold iPhones is 159,000 pounds, an equivalent of N662 million. The gold iPhones, according to the businessman quoted by the UK newspaper, was being produce for possible anniversary bash as Nigeria marks its 53rd year of independence.

“We will engrave them with the (Nigerian) coat of arms, a shield and two horses,” he told the London based newspaper.

However, after the story went viral in Nigeria, with Abuja based Premium Times being the first to break it locally, there was a swift denial from the Federal Government, and subsequently, The Independent reported the Dubai based business tycoon, Ali, as reaching out to say he was “fulfilling an order from a Nigerian individual”.
The newspaper was thereby compelled to write a note which said: “In an earlier version of this article, the founder of Gold and Co. claimed the Nigerian Government had ordered 53 gold iPhones. He now informs Independent Online that the order in fact came from an individual in Nigeria”.

TENANT BLINDS CARETAKER

An angry tenant, Jessy John, has allegedly rendered a 60-year old caretaker, Levi Ogbuo, partially blind over the demand for payment of three-month arrears of his house rent in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

It was alleged that John, who rented  one room apartment at 6, Opeloyeru Street, Egbe-Ikotun, Lagos, beat up Ogbuo, the caretaker in charge of the house, and hit one of his eyes with a  wooden stool when he  was asked to pay up his house rent.

The caretaker was rushed to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, Lagos where it was confirmed that his eye was badly damaged and he cannot see with it again.

The remorseful John told P.M.NEWS that he did it out of anger because the caretaker has been disturbing him over the rent and did not allow him to go to work on the day the incident happened.

John, who is from Enugu State, admitted that he owed three-month house rent because he had no money.

INDIAN CHILD ROONA BEGUM RECOVERING AFTER HYDROCEPHALUS SURGERY

The pictures may be difficult to look at, but 18-month-old Roona Begum's story of survival is remarkable.

Soon after she was born in a remote village in northeastern India, Roona was diagnosed with an extreme form of hydrocephalus -- a disorder causing cerebral fluid to build up in the brain.

Doctors had given Roona just a few months to live.

"Day-by-day, her head started growing bigger, she stopped wanting to eat, she would just lie in bed, it became very difficult for us to carry her and take her anywhere," says Roona's father Abdul Rehman says.

Roona's head grew to a circumference of 94 centimeters, almost triple the size of a normal baby.

GODWON – I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU (SINZU DISS)

Godwon                                                               Sinzu

This is serious. Godwon and Sinzu have taken their twitter battle from social media to the booth. They’re sweating it out on wax and landing punches left, right and center.

Godwon says the recently-released song “Over Analyze“ was recorded in 2012. However, Sinzu took a swipe at him with the viral joint  “Exit Strategy“ and Godwon has decided to shoot right back with a Bazooka titled “I’ve Been Waiting For You”. 

I dunno about y’all but I’m totally loving the lyrical warfare that’s going on right now. More please! 

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I WANT TO HAVE 10 KIDS & MORE- INI EDO

Ini Edo 

In a recent interview with Emma Emerson of Golden Icons, the beautiful and talented actress exclusively revealed where she answered questions ranging from career, meeting and choosing her husband, weddings, he fellow Nollywood actresses and more. 

Watch the interview and enjoy! 

HOW BEVERLY GOT SELECTED FOR BBA- DERENLE

Derenle                                                                Beverly

Nigeria’s representative at this season’s edition of big brother ‘the chase’ Beverly and Melvin did a little tour of Abuja radio stations in company of Denrele, Uti, Selly from Ghana and made a major stop at hot 98.3 Abuja where Denrele revealed he helped Beverly fill her form which earned her the spot to represent Nigeria at the competition. Most people had expressed disgust at Big Brother’s choice of Beverly as Nigeria’s representative, arguing that she is not a representation of a true ‘Nigerian Girl’…