Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog

Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog


J.Lo stuns on the cover of American Way Magazine

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:18 AM PST

Singer and actress J.Lo looks stunning on the January 2016 cover of American Way Magazine.

Read President Buhari's New year message to Nigerians

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:58 AM PST

Read below...
Welcome to the beginning of a New Year of the continuation of CHANGE in our beloved nation. I am aware that Nigerians have experienced a number of significant hardships over the past months. Living in the State House has not alienated me from your daily sufferings. I am aware of the lengthy queues at fuel stations and of the difficulties businesses have faced in acquiring foreign exchange.
These challenges are only temporary; we are working to make things better. When I presented myself to you as a presidential candidate and asked you to vote for me, I wanted to be a leader who keeps his promises. I wanted to be a leader who restores the people's hope in those elected to serve them. I wanted to be a leader who initiates positive and enduring CHANGE.

I am still totally committed to being that kind of leader. Unforeseen circumstances and other distractions notwithstanding, I shall still do my utmost best to keep every promise I made to Nigerians during my election campaign. In the past seven months since our inauguration on May 29, 2015, my administration has focused on laying the right foundation for the CHANGE you voted for during our historic presidential election. Nigerians will in due course begin to enjoy the fruits of all our ongoing work.

The effective and efficient implementation of our 2016 budget proposals will address many of the socio-economic issues that are of current concern to our people. One area in which Nigerians, especially those in the northeast, have already begun to experience major CHANGE is in the war on terror. I commend our Armed Forces for significantly curtailing the insurgency which has ravaged the northeast of Nigeria over the past few years.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done in the area of security. Our Armed Forces will maintain, consolidate and build on their successes in the war against Boko Haram and violent extremism. This government will not consider the matter concluded until the terrorists have been completely routed and normalcy restored to all parts of the country that have been adversely affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

Our crackdown on corruption will continue to be vigorously undertaken. I urge the courts to support our efforts and help in the recovery of stolen funds by speedily concluding trials and showing that impunity no longer has a place in our country.

There is much work to do in other areas as well and I have charged all my ministers and other appointees to ensure that Nigerians experience positive changes in their lives in 2016. We must reduce our country's reliance on oil. We must diversify our economy.

And we must do all we can to promote job creation. Our challenges are many but our determination to succeed is strong and unshaken. So too is our confidence in God. I wish you all a very

Happy New Year.
MUHAMMADU BUHARI

Not in my time will the senate spend N47bn on cars- Saraki

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 09:02 AM PST

Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied allegations that the senate is planning to spend N47 billion for car purchase. President Buhari during his media chat yesterday alleged that the senate was planning to spend the said money on cars but said he won't allow it.

The Atimoh Odili Foundation goes all out for Kuchingoro Internally Displaced Persons

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:55 AM PST

The 19th of December 2015 will forever be rembered as an epochal moment for residents of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in New Kuchingoro, a suburb in Abuja. The Atimoh Odili Foundation (AOF), as part of its philanthropic gestures donated gift items and relief materials to the residents of this camp made up of mostly women and children ravaged by the scourge of war in the North East.



The Founder of AOF, Dr. Atimoh Odili, is a man who understands the hardship faced by all under privileged people and for many years has devoted his resources to fighting the war against poverty. For those at the camp, numbering about 936, including women and children, it was quite a moving experience when they witnessed the arrival of loads of relief materials comprising of mattresses, blankets, bags of rice, milk, tomatoes and salt, all worth over N20 million.


Tagged #TouchingLivesAtKuchingoro, its aim, among others, is to offer urgent relief to Camp residents and in the future explore opportunities for meaningful re-integration into the larger society.


 "We generally take up projects that have the ability of directly improving people's standard of living. Our mission is to eradicate poverty in Nigeria. For the IDPS, once we are able to address the fundamental problem of hunger, we can help them grow and become reintegrated into the society," said Miss Chioma Nwigwe, Managing Director AOF.

written by Dr. Edwin Ndukwe

Can you tell why this house is called 'Britain's naughtiest house'?

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:46 AM PST

The house, located on 4 Kinnell street, has been put on sale by the owner Chris Frear because the owner wants someone with more humour to live in the house dubbed 'Britain's rudest and naughtiest house. Can you guess why it's Britain's naughtiest house? Has something to do with the address.. Lol!

Talk to Toyin Aimakhu about mariage on her page in 2016 and get blocked

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:46 AM PST

Her fans haf all hear...

See the racy pic Kenyan socialite Vera Sidika shared on Instagram, her tips to ladies is even more interesting

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:28 AM PST

Knyan socialite and model, Vera Sidika practically left nothing to the imagination in a super racy green thong she shared on Instagram. Her tips to ladies is even racier. Check that out after the cut...



"I Love my thongs army green like I'm going to war!" she wrote. "Ladies, the year is coming to an end and you better be the only thing on his mind come 2016! get that game on and ride him like if your life depends on it. Suck it like a baby on a milk bottle (inseparable) 😂😂😂 then try something different, don't do the normal bed routine, mix it up! Make use of the bathroom, couch, floor, kitchen counter,take advantage of that space! Try switching sex positions too,try the reverse cowgirl, move to electric slide, then the Python, and finish with doggy style😜 In the AM, prepare breakfast in bed for him. Put up a show he'll remember for the rest of his life!!! Make a niggah R.I.P (Rest In Pussy)😂 #RichSex ...best New Year's gift u can give your man" Alrighty!

Rwanda president Paul Kagamer and wife dance to Ketchup's Pam Pam

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:04 AM PST

See video of President of Rwanda and his First Lady dancing to Pam Pam, a single by Nigeria's Dancehall star Ketchup. Watch after the cut...
 

South African king sentenced to 12yrs in prison for cruelty towards his subjects

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:58 AM PST

South African king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has been sentenced to 12-years in prison for arson, kidnap and assault of his subjects. King Dalindyebo handed himself over to the Mthatha Correctional Center in Eastern Cape province minutes before midnight on Wednesday, December 30, after failing in an 11th-hour bid to evade incarceration by seeking a retrial or a presidential pardon.
In a statement, Justice spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said:
"We confirm that King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo handed himself to the head of Mthatha Corresctional Centre at 23h40 in the presence of the Regional Commissionerof the Eastern Cape"

In 2009, the controversial king was convicted of manslaughter, arson and assault charges for offenses committed more than two decades ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in 2009, but in October the Supreme Court dropped the manslaughter charge and reduced his sentence to 12 years on appeal.

This week he sought to further extend his bail, but a High Court judge in Mthatha threw out the request. The king's daughter, Yasmin Omar, stated that the judge had not given them reasons for his decision.

"No indication was given for when we can expect the reasons for the dismissal of the application and we will continue with the case," said Omar.

He is expected to serve his sentence in Wellington Prison, outside Mthatha.
The 51-year-old king, a self-confessed marijuana smoker, was found guilty of torching dwellings that housed some of his subjects and tenants who had resisted eviction.

He was also convicted of publicly assaulting three young men who had already been brutally beaten by his henchmen, and of kidnapping a wife and children of one of his subjects whom he considered a dissident.

The Supreme Court concluded that the king "ruled with fear and trepidation" and that "his behavior was all the more deplorable because the victims of his reign of terror were the vulnerable rural poor." It also accused him of "obstructive" action for changing his lawyers 11 times, causing 34 postponements of the case.

Dalindyebo became king of the Thembu, a Xhosa ethnic group that boasted Mandela as its most prominent clan member, in 1989. The royal family will meet next week to discuss whether a successor should be chosen due to their monarch's imprisonment.

Photo: It's easier to operate in Ghana than Nigeria-Robbery suspect confesses

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:51 AM PST

Read Statement from the Rapid Response Squad
A robbery suspect and ex–convict, Wasami Dennis, 32, was arrested by operatives of the RRS in his hideout in Agbole Orile in Lagos. He confessed that it was easier for him to operate in Ghana than Nigeria because Ghanaian are not security conscious like Nigerians. This trans-border robbery suspect hails from Abraka town, Delta State. He was released almost a year ago from Kirikiri prison after he was convicted for a break-in-and-run robbery incidence in Festac, Lagos, Nigeria.
"I was just released from prison about a year ago. I was caught in possession of a stolen laptop from Ghana along with three machetes hidden inside the walls of the hideout," he narrated.
In his statement, he said "I was an expert at break-in-robbery, I operated in Ghana, along west Africa Coast. I breaking into people's houses and making away with their properties and personal effects like mobile phones, laptops, jewelry and other personal effects.I used to bring the stolen items to Nigeria to sell. I have a ready market for them in Lome and Lagos." Wasami pointed out that he has repented from his old ways, emphasizing that he has turned new leaf shortly after he was released from the Kirikiri prison almost a year ago.
"Those two machetes found inside my apartment in Agbole Orile belonged to Area Boys operating in a garage near by. They kept them there for whenever there is crisis among them. These boys are called Spartacus. They are trouble makers. They are always at the junction. I don't know anything about it and I never knew they were there.
"For now, I work in Lagos Island where I help connect people who want to buy children clothing to sellers. I earn commission from this and that is how I earn my livelihood," he said.
The suspect explained how he found his ways to Lagos, "I was in Sapele Technical College before I dropped out of the school. I came back to Lagos to learn music at art PEFTI and Sound Engineering at Life-Line Studio, Alade Estate, Allen in Ikeja. After this, my father opened a shop for me, where I was managing before things were a bit difficult for me.
Shortly after this, I decided to go into house breaking and stealing to survive, and I was into this for about six years. I have operated in more than five houses in Lagos here. All the houses are in Festac area because I know much about the area very well.
He continued: "My major operations were in Ghana because Ghanaian are not security conscious unlike Nigeria where security is tight. In Ghana, nobody would challenge you. All the items that I stole are from Ghana. I did sell some at Lome and some in Lagos.I have a large number of people that buy the stolen goods from me in Lagos.
He later opened can of worms on those he sold the stolen valuables to in Lagos. "Amongst those I sold the items to one were Qudus, I.K, Hapier, Stanley and Kelvin", he said. "If I have a large quantities of items I want to dispose, Qudus was always the right man for me to call. He would come to me, collect the items, sell them and return the money," he reiterated.
The suspect continued that. "...another accomplice simply identified as I.K, buys stolen items in large quantity too from me. He once had a shop in Church Street junction, Oshodi, but presently, he has relocated to China.".
Amongst the items that I have stolen before, the laptop found with me was the only one that remained with me because it has been a long time I went for operation. My last operation was in Festac. It was the one that led to my arrest and consequently my imprisonment at Kirikiri, Since I came back, I have never gone into breaking in and stealing," he explained.
Meanwhile, operatives of the Police have begun a man-hunt for the suspect's stolen goods buyers. The operatives are on the trail of at least three buyers mentioned by the suspects. The suspect is currently helping the Police with information that could lead to the arrest of his accomplices.

Deadly counterfeit alcoholic drinks flood UK shops ahead of new year festivities

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:48 AM PST

Trading Standards, UK, is warning party goers about counterfeit alcohol containing lethal chemicals that can cause vomiting and in some cases, death. Drinks containing toxins including chloroform, anti-freeze and ethyl acetate have been found in counterfeit bottles of alcohol across the country, Trading Standards has warned.


The drinks often mimic branded products and other tell tale signs include spelling errors, a key warning sign of fake vodka is that it smells like nail varnish. Hundreds of thousands of litres of counterfeit products were seized in the run-up to Christmas in a battle to quash the billion-pound bootleg alcohol industry.

Now, councils are warning New Year partygoers about the severe health implications of drinking fake drinks - and to be vigilant. Lauren Platts was unable to get out of bed for two days after drinking what she thought was legitimate vodka while Liz Goldsborough blacked out after drinking counterfeit vodka.

Some of the products seized have been found to contain lethal chemicals such as chloroform, which can induce comas, and isopropanol, commonly found in car screenwash and anti-freeze.

Other contain ethyl acetate, which is used in glues, nail polish removers and cigarettes and can lead to organ damage.

Drinking fake alcoholic drinks can cause vomiting, permanent blindness, kidney or liver problems and, in extreme cases, death.

D'banj gets his 2015 Porsche car from Slot endorsement (photos)

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:44 AM PST

Nice ride. More photos after the cut...



Photo: Rwandan pastor sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide crimes

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:37 AM PST

A Rwandan pastor accused of leading and coordinating attacks on minority Tutsis during Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been jailed for life, Rwanda's high court said on Wednesday, December 30.

An estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by dominant Hutu forces in the genocide in 100 days.

Jean Uwinkindi,64, who once led the Kayenzi Pentecostal church in the rural outskirts of the capital Kigali, was convicted of crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the slaughter.
"The court finds that there were killings of the Tutsi at Rwankeri and Kanzenze hills and that the attacks were led by Uwinkindi," said Judge Kanyegeri Timothee.
Uwinkindi was arrested in Uganda in 2010 and the following year his case was referred from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in Tanzania, to the Rwandan national court system. It was the first such referral. The pastor said he plans to appeal.

Source: Reuters

LoudNProudLive Series: #LuxuryEdition happening today at Maison Fahrenheit

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:34 AM PST

NMO Management in association with Maison Fahrenheit presents; LoudNProudLive Series:  #LuxuryEdition. Frank Oshodi + Friends NYE Fashion & Beauty Live Music Edition'

Date: Thursday 31st December‎ 2015. Venue: Maison Fahrenheit; 80 Adetokunbo Ademola St, VI, Lagos. Fashion meets Live Music meets the New Year at Maison Fahrenheit.
Legendary Iconic Nigerian Designer FRANK OSHODI  + Award winning international Designer DAVID TLALE, newly crowned Miss Nigeria 2015 + International Supermodel MILLEN MAGESE (Endometriosis Ambassador)
Host: Millen Magese - 
         Millen Magese Foundation‎ ‎
Time: 6PM
Music: LoudNProudLive 'One sound' band with surprise guest artists performing live
 There's no better way to see in the new year
Luxury + Music+ Fashion + beauty personified‎ at Maison Fahrenheit
By Invitation RSVP: 070 633 3308

Davido opens up more on his fight with his babymama, apologizes to Dele Momodu

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:33 AM PST

Davido tweeted an apology to Dele Momodu few minutes ago and also opened up more on his fight with his babymama Sophia Momodu. Continue...


BH attacks: Borno govt restricts movement from Dec 31st till Jan 2nd

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:26 AM PST

In a bid to stop any possible attack by Boko Haram members during the New Year celebration, the Borno state government has announced the restriction of vehicular movement as from 5.00pm Thursday 31st December 2015, to 6.00am on Saturday 2nd January 2016.

Borno State Commissioner of Information, Mohammed Bulama, made this known to newsmen today December 31st
"The measure becomes necessary in order to further safeguard lives and property of law abiding citizens in the state. While wishing you a hitch free new year, members of the public are please requested to be more vigilant and security conscious throughout the period and report any suspicious person or movement to the nearest security agency. We wish to assure the good people of Borno state and indeed all law abiding citizens that every step is being taken by government and military authorities to root out terrorists causing mayhem in the society," Bulama had told KSM News.

Buhari’s presidency a misadventure for Nigerians, he remains a dictator – Fayose

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:23 AM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the return to power of President Mohammadu Buhari as a misadventure for Nigerians, calling on the international community, especially organisations like the United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) to focus their attention on human rights abuses and contempt for the rule of law in Nigeria in 2016."

Governor Fayose, who said he was not disappointed by the President's response during his media chat, to question on the disobedient of court orders by the Department of State Security (DSS), added that he had said it several times that once a dictator will always be a dictator and that those who helped him to power will end up in his gaol of dictatorship.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said he was aware of plot to muzzle him and others considered as non-conformists because of their opinion and critical stance on the President and his government, adding that; "such plot will definitely be counterproductive."

He described the way and manner the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) was being treated by the federal government as the hallmark of a dictator. "I said it earlier that Buhari is a dictator and I warned several times that those that were promoting this lion will end up in its belly.

"Having heard from the President himself declaring Col Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu guilty even before trial, Nigerians should be prepared for a return of the 1984 experience in which Buhari's Military tribunal sentenced people to jail terms ranging from 21 to 300 years, such that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) had to boycott the tribunal. Even when former Ondo state Governor, late Chief Michael Ajasin was twice cleared of any wrongdoing by Buhari's military tribunals; he was made to remain in prison.

"Those who witnesses Buhari's regime in 1984-1985 will still remember how the National Security Organisation (NSO) – now DSS broke up a press conference of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); detaining four of its officers, banned the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and other associations and arrested their leaders. Even those who were not arrested were watched and warned by the NSO.

"As it was in 1984 when an accused was presumed as guilty and must have to prove his innocence, Nigerians are now being told by Buhari, a democratically elected President that those he accused of corruption are already guilty and they do not have rights to enjoy bail granted them by the courts even after meeting all the bail conditions.

"That is enough a signal on what is to come in 2016 and the international community and lovers of democracy in Nigeria must be watchful of the level of human rights abuses that will be perpetrated by President Buhari. "However, I want to assure Buhari that democratic time will surely catch up with him because no dictator has ever succeeded in muzzling the rule of law, which is the basic ingredient of democracy," the governor said.

While calling on Nigerians to brace up for more hardships to be occasioned by the federal government's strange economic policies, Governor Fayose said; "With the President referring to Deutschmark and French Franc as still being in use in Germany and France, it is obvious that 1984 economic solutions will still be applied to Nigeria's economic problems in 2016."

Cat owner shocked after straying pet cat returns home with touching note on it's collar

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 05:01 AM PST

A cat owner shared a story on Reddit of how her friend's pet cat came back home with a touching note attached to it's collar. When pets go wandering, no one knows what they get up to, but one cat owner has had a window into her feline's daily travels. Read the story after the cut...

The story was posted by Reddit user GoldenState and titled 'My girlfriend's cat came home with this note today''. The cat, Nala, was carrying a handwritten message which read:
"I don't know who this cat belongs to, but she comes [and] visits us every few weeks. "She'll meow outside our back door until we let her in."
Nala, the note says, would wind herself around their legs and walk around the house like it was her own, waiting at the fridge to be fed baloney by the writer or her husband because "she doesn't like our cat food very much"."We look forward to her visits - we lost our 21-year-old cat this year."

New music: Yung6ix - For Example - featuring Stoneboy

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:52 AM PST

KKTBM hip-hop titan Yung6ix enlists BET "Best African Act" winner Stonebwoy for his new single titled 'For Example". The E-Kelly produced banger follows-up Yung6ix's smash hit, 'Blessings' featuring Oritse Femi, which is currently anthem across Africa.


Yung6ix is currently putting final touches on the "Billionaire Ambitions" extended play slated for a 2016 release; and it will features a number of star collaborations.
Listen, share and enjoy the GH-Naija collaboration.

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Photos: NEMA welcomes 2 newborn babies in Adamawa IDP camps

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:42 AM PST

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) welcomed newborn babies during the holidays. The babies were born on December 27 and 30th.


Photos: Car burst into flames on 3rd mainland bridge

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:42 AM PST

A car suddenly burst into flames while it was being driven on Third mainland bridge. Passersby tried but couldn't put out the fire. See what happened to the car after the cut.
 

“Media Chat Exposed Buhari’s Undemocratic Character”- PDP

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:34 AM PST

Read the press statement from PDP below... 
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari's responses at the Wednesday Presidential Media Chat were not only embarrassing but also further exposed his undemocratic character as an unrepentant tyrant who has no regard for the rule of law and the self-worth of Nigerian citizens.
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Thursday also said the President confirmed his partisanship in the much-vaunted war against corruption by openly absolving his ministers and party members of corrupt practices.

 "Whilst we restate our respect for the person and office of the President, we note that President Buhari bared his true colours to the world as an unrepentant tyrant. Today, the world is no longer in doubt as to who is behind the prevailing recklessness, abuse of rights of citizens and outright flouting of judicial pronouncements by security agencies.

"A situation where the President openly pronounced persons facing trial guilty and sanctioned their continued incarceration despite being granted bail by the courts, presents a dangerous fascist practice obtainable only in totalitarian societies like Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, Idi Amin's Uganda and General Than Shwe's Burma.

"This extremely shocking dictatorial tendency being brazenly exhibited by the President in total disdain for our laws and judicial institutions portends great danger for our democracy and constitutionally-guaranteed rights of the people, and should be resisted by the citizens before it festers. 

"The scorn for the principle of separation of powers, especially the independence of the legislature, is further manifested in the declared craving to regulate the funding and running of the National Assembly, a matter constitutionally vested outside the jurisdiction of the executive.  We are most uncomfortable about his attempt at trying to whip up public sentiments against an independent arm of government, especially the one vested with the constitutional power of appropriation.

"Following from the foregoing, therefore, it may be necessary to suspend the application of our Constitution and allow the President to operate as maximum ruler for four years after which the nation can return to a democracy.

 "On the issue of the Chibok girls, President Buhari's embarrassing declaration of seeking information on the whereabouts and state of the girls betrays an obvious insincerity which is in total conflict with his campaign promises in that regard.  Thus by this declaration, our dear President has accepted failure on this issue and should therefore apologise to Nigerians for all the insults, abuse and aspersions cast on the past administration by himself and the leadership of his political party.

 "On the issue of devaluation of the naira, there is an obvious conflict between the budget speech wherein the president stated that the government is assessing the foreign exchange rate with a view to attracting foreign investments and his categorical pronouncement during the media chat that the naira would not be devalued.  We invite Nigerians to note that the president obviously does not understand the currency that applies in the devaluation of the naira (laugh out loud).

"Furthermore, Nigerians were shocked by the President's labeling Nigerians as 'very difficult lot' while responding to questions on the strategy to be adopted in implementing his promised N5,000 social welfare package.

"This unhealthy portrayal of the citizens by the very father of the nation, who has remained unrelenting in de-marketing his country through unguarded statements, is indeed a great disservice to Nigeria and its international image. Consequently, we reject this negative labeling of our citizens and reiterate our confidence in them, especially the millions who remain honest, hardworking and credible.

"Finally, Nigerians must take copious note of the fact that the President gave no inspiring answers to questions pertaining to his campaign promises, the fight against insurgency and rescue of the Chibok girls, the poor state of the naira, sudden plunging of the economy under his watch, and the gradual loss of democratic rights and freedom."

Signed:
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary

Skeletal remains found in a shallow grave in Soweto confirmed as that of a girl who went missing three years ago

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 03:55 AM PST

South African police on December 17, uncovered a human skull and bones buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of a house in Phiri, Soweto where a missing University of Johannesburg student Palesa Madiba was last seen alive. A police officer at the Moroka police station said he received a call in the early hours of that day about a buried body in the house. There, they found a grave in the house and bricks that was laid on top of the body.

Yesterday, December 30, the police confirmed that the skeletal remains found in the grave were indeed Madiba's. Brigadier Mashadi Selepe said they could not divulge more information to the media until their investigation had been completed.

22-year-old Madiba disappeared in August 2013. She had spent the weekend at a friend's house and was expected back home in Diepkloof but didn't return. The family searched high and low but every tip on her whereabouts had turned out to be false.

NDLEA arrests female drug trafficker recruited via Facebook

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 03:58 AM PST

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 37-year-old Uju Gloria Ezeabata pictured left, with 1.325kg of methamphetamine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos. According to a report by The Nation, investigations by the anti-drug agency showed that Uju, who was recruited on facebook, was taking the drug to Malaysia. The cartel's suspected leader, Philip Maduabuchi Akpaka, 39, was also arrested.

When interrogated, Uju who works with an accounting firm in Lagos said: "I met a man on facebook some months ago who lives in Malaysia. He told me while chatting online that he is from my state, Anambra. After some months, he proposed to marry me and I requested that he comes to Nigeria to meet my parents as our custom demands. He promised to fulfil every marriage rite. Months later, he invited me to Malaysia, promising to pay all the travel expenses. After several appeals, I decided to visit him. The day I was to travel, he told me to take along a bag of foodstuff sent by his mother from the village. I was given the bag at the airport but in the process of checking it, drug was discovered inside packs of noodles in the bag and I was arrested."

NDLEA Lagos Airport Commander Ahmadu Garba while commenting on her arrest, said "Gloria was arrested during screening of passengers on an Ethiopian airline flight on her way to Malaysia at the departure hall. Substances that tested positive for methamphetamine weighing 1.325kg were detected in her luggage. The drug was concealed in 26 packs of Indomie noodles in a bag of foodstuff containing plantain, pepper, melon and other spices. Further investigation led to the arrest of Akpaka, who allegedly coordinated the travel arrangement for Gloria and gave her the bag containing the drugs".

Also commenting on the arrest, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Roli Bode-George urged the public to be wary of drug cartels. 

"Members of the public should be wary of these antics, ascertain a wholesome relationship and report suspicious cases to the agency. Some of the tricks to watch out for include marriage proposals to unsuspecting female victims, unsolicited generosity like cash and other gift items as well as offering all-expense paid trip to Asia, Europe, America and South Africa. The mode of recruitment is also instructive because of its mass appeal to youths. I expect lovers of social media to learn from this arrest."she said

The cartel's suspected leader Akpaka admitted preparing Uju's travel papers at the instance of his Malaysia-based friend.

"I am a transporter. My friend in Malaysia asked me to prepare travel documents for Ezeabata. He also asked me to give her a bag to take to Malaysia," he said.

Further investigation into the matter is ongoing

Win N300,000 in 'No Yawa' competition

Posted: 31 Dec 2015 03:57 AM PST

Win three hundred thousand naira
1 follow kamali _ojukwu_ on IG
2_upload a video of yourself singing the "no yawa" chorus .
3_the person with the most likes per week gets any recharge card of his or her choice network .
4 The person with the most likes on his video at the said date "Jan 30th " wins the cash sum of 300 thousand naira. Courtesy of K.O.J entertainment in partnership with j.o ojukwu and sons .

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