A SARS officer identified as Idowu Sars, reportedly known for his brutal attacks on Oyo residents, has been violating the rights of people.
Recently, a woman and her three-month-old baby were allegedly beaten
up by the officer in Ibadan, according to reports on social media.
This was made know by Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary to the
National Human Rights Commission, NHRC. Tony Ojukwu tweeted pictures
showing the injuries sustained by the woman and her baby as inflicted on
them by Idowu SARS.
He tweeted that the act by Idowu “who pulled up a gun and beat up a woman and her 3-month-old baby in Ibadan is disheartening”.
He added that “Immediate action needs to be taken towards justice” and that “the Oyo State government and the Nigerian Police should not allow this to go unpunished.
“This kind of lawlessness costs lives and makes people lose faith in the force”, he said.
The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde responded to the demand for justice for the mother and baby. In his response, Seyi Makinde tweeted: “Thank you for reaching out, @TonyOjukwuO. We are already following up on this issue.”
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday ruled against the Kaduna State Government for unlawful arrest and detention of Chocolate City Boss, Audu Maikori, and directed the state government to pay the victim sum of N10.5 million as damages.
The news was shared by human rights activist, Chidi Odinkalu. He tweeted:
"#Breaking: In a judgment just delivered in Abuja,
#Nigeria’s Court of Appeal affirms that @contactkdsg egregiously
violated the rights of @Audu when they abducted him from Lagos to Kaduna
in 2017. The Court assessed damages at N10.5m in favour of @AuduMaikori
was arrested in Lagos in 2017 by a team of Policemen and was
transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja for misinforming the
public via his tweets on happenings in Southern Kaduna."
In 2017, Maikori slammed a violation of human rights suit against Governor Nasir El-Rufai, on the grounds of fundamental rights violation, undue harassment and intimidation by the Kaduna State government, the State Governor and the Nigeria Police, of which he demanded N10 billion as damages.
The tweet had to do with the purported killing of five College of Education students in Gidan-Waya, Kaduna State,
killed on their way to school by armed Fulani herdsmen. He later
apologised for the tweet, adding that his driver narrated the story to
him, and his (driver) brother was among the victims.
He was subsequently transferred to Force Headquarters in Abuja for
interrogations and was eventually released on bail and cleared of any
complicity by the police.
Maikori was later rearrested and taken to Kaduna where he was
detained for four days before he was charged to court. He was granted
bail on health grounds.
Nigerian music video director and CEO of HG2 film works, Akorede,
celebrated 10 years remembrance of his father death and explained the
scene behind his father death.
10 years ago… On this day June 06 2010, I received a call that my Dad
had drown & died on the spot at Alesh hotel Ajah. It was like my
whole world came crashing down.
They buried my Dad before any autopsy could be carried out, I and
reat of my siblings where not told what precisely killed him, and am yet
to know what went down on that terrible day. It was too much for me to
handle and comprehend, the only thing the owner of the hotel did was
that, he called the family, and he gave us #100,000. Is not enough for a
life of my Dad?
This life is so unfair! He Used his wealthy position to slap us in the face.
Further, I was forced to a life of uncertainty and hopelessness but
God in his infinite mercy showed me how wonderful He’s. After several
years my life did turned to better, but not a single day goes by without
remembering my Dad… I love you but God loved you best… Continually rest
in the bossom of Almighty Allah… Mr Olabode.
Nollywood actress, Uche Elendu has showed off the brand new Lexus SUV she just bought for herself.
Uche shared photos of herself laughing while posing by her new
whip, a Lexus SUV on Instagram, and her colleagues took to her comment
section to congratulate her.
Glee Hotel has debunked the rape allegation against popular Nigerian musician known as Dbanj.
Glee Hotel issued a statement after a talent/model scout, Benjamin Ese, alleged that Dbanj raped his friend two years ago. Not disclosing the friend’s name, Ese wrote that his friend had
attended a party in Lagos and was sighted by Dbanj who wanted her. He went on to reveal how she was allegedly raped by the musician.
The allegation came a day after Dbanj strongly condemned rape on his Instagram page. The Koko Master joined the campaign against sexual violence and demanded justice for rape victims in an Instagram post.
Ese challenged the singer and said he had no right to speak against rape having performed the act in the past. He said Dbanj offered his friend in question money in exchange for sex, and she refused.
According to him, the incident happened at the Glee hotel in Victoria Island. He said Dbanj collected the spare key of the girl’s hotel room from the receptionist and allegedly raped her there.
He said she decided to keep quiet after the incident because of the stigma. Dbanj was yet to respond to the allegation, but Glee Hotel didn’t let the accusation slide.
Glee Hotel stated that the rape accusation was false and could never happen within its premises.
Cristiano Ronaldo
earned $105 million after taxes and fees in the past year despite
taking a pay-cut at Juventus, landing him at No. 4 on the 2020 Forbes
Celebrity 100, one spot above his top rival in the sport, Lionel Messi,
and making him the first soccer player in history to earn $1 billion in
salary across his playing career.
The 35-year-old striker is only the third athlete to hit the mark
while still playing, following Tiger Woods, who did it in 2009 on the
back of his long-term endorsement deal with Nike and Floyd Mayweather,
who did it in 2017 and has made most of his income from a cut of
pay-per-view sales for his boxing matches.
Ronaldo, the first to reach the earnings milestone in a team sport,
has made $650 million on the pitch during his 17 years as a pro and is
expected to reach $765 million in career salary with his current
contract, which ends in June 2022. Messi, who began playing at the
senior level three years after Ronaldo, has earned a total of $605
million in salary since 2005.
The only team athlete to even come within striking distance of those
figures was former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, who retired
in 2016 after 22 years in Major League Baseball having earned $450
million in salary. Not even soccer legend David Beckham came close,
ending his career with total earnings of $500 million, half of which
came from off-the-pitch endorsements.
“Cristiano Ronaldo
is one of the greatest players of all time, in the world’s most popular
sport, in an era when football has never been so rich,” said Sporting
Intelligence’s Nick Harris, whose Global Sports Salaries Survey ranks
teams worldwide based on total salary expense. “He’s box office.”
Ronaldo and Messi’s head-to-heads heated up in 2009 in Spain’s La
Liga, where Ronaldo played for Real Madrid and Messi for Barcelona.
Their faceoffs on the pitch ignited a nine-year battle for bragging
rights as the best—and top-paid—in the sport, a highly personal
tit-for-tat that had them re-negotiating contracts in lockstep and
monopolizing the game’s highlight reel.
The rivalry was as entertaining as it was profitable, coming just as
clubs around the world were seeing soaring attendance and an influx of
television money. The two were perfectly matched for battle, on and off
the pitch: Ronaldo perfected a shirtless, stylized showmanship while
Messi played the quiet game, always a tad unkempt and as prolific a
scorer as he was a wingman. Ronaldo strutted after every goal. Messi was
a master at thanking his teammates.
Both backed it up. Barcelona won La Liga’s title six times and two
Champions Leagues trophies with Messi on the squad. Real Madrid won the
Spanish title twice and the Champions League four times with Ronaldo.
During their years in the league, each player nabbed the Ballon d’Or
(soccer’s MVP award) four times, and El Clásico, the nickname for their
clubs’ fierce clashes, was a record-setting television event worldwide.
But when it comes to leveraging celebrity, it has been no contest.
Guided by Jorge Mendes of Gestifute, one of the world’s most powerful
agents, Ronaldo has amassed an ever-growing following of fans and
consumers drawn to his poster-boy good looks, his trend-setting hair
styles, his impeccable fashion sense and, lately, his softer side as a
family man whose toddlers pop up on his social media posts.
In January, he became the first person with 200 million followers on
Instagram, part of a social media army of 427 million across Facebook,
Instagram and Twitter that makes him the most popular athlete on the
planet.
Nike pays him upwards of $20 million annually and signed him to a
lifetime deal in 2016, making him just the third athlete, after Michael
Jordan and LeBron James, hitched to the Swoosh for eternity.
In May, the footwear maker announced the release of a
ten-year-anniversary edition of his first signature Mercurial Superfly
and a child’s version to celebrate his son’s 10th birthday, complete
with his famous celebration stance, signature and logo.
Pitches for Clear shampoo, Herbalife and pharmaceutical maker Abbott help raise his endorsement tally to $45 million.
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, says he does not believe President Buhari is the one in charge of the affairs of the nation. Soyinka who has never hidden his displeasure about the Buhari-led government, said this when he spoke in a fresh interview with PlusTV Africa.
While reacting to the open letter the former military administrator to Kano state, Umar Dangiwa, wrote to the president in which he accused him of appointing only persons from his region into his government, Soyinka said;
“First of all, I was appalled by the silence that followed this revelation. I think those who are responsible for this criminal lopsidedness should be punished. It is not sufficient just to discuss it. It’s criminal.
I have said this before. I don’t believe there is really anybody in charge in Aso Rock. I’m sorry to say this. I’ve been studying the trend over the past year and a half and I believe this president is not in charge of this nation, in so many aspects and directions. I’m convinced he’s not really and totally with it.
It’s so serious. It is not the fact alone, we know the history of this. We know what it has caused the nation and we know it isn’t over yet. And you say are launching an enquiry. That’s not enough. This man is not in charge.”
Peruzzi have apologize for his very implicating tweet he made in 2012, that emerged after a lady accused him of rape, even though he denied the allegations those tweets really make it hard for fans to believe his innocence.
In light of recent allegations, accusing me of rape in 2012, I want to say that I, Tobechukwu Victor Okoh, strongly refute such claim. I have never and will never rape or sexually assault anybody.
The claim is false and has also been refuted by a witness who was present at the time of the allegation. Rape is a heinous and cowardly act, which I do not condone.
I’m ashamed and deeply apologetic for a series of tweets posted on social media 8 years ago.
Those tweets were irresponsible and ill-informed. I was younger and didn’t fully grasp the implications of making such statements. They are neither a reflection of who I am then, or now.
I sympathise & stand with all victims and survivors of rape. I do not take your trauma lightly. My heart goes out to the families of Uwazila, Ada, Farishina, and all other survivors who have courageously spoken about their abuse in recent times, may the Almighty heal your hearts.
It is my earnest prayer that the perpetrators be brought to book.
Once again, I sincerely apologise for those tweets, containing really stupid and insensitive statements; I take full responsibility, as I should have known better.
I can’t forgive myself for those dumb tweets. I am sorry. That’s not me! Rose
Timaya has taken to social media to share a picture of himself that would give you a reason not to give up.
The singer started from somewhere, he did not entirely have an easy path, and today, he has shared a picture that has done more than telling his success story.
Nigeria has recorded 350 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 deaths on Thursday, June 4th, 2020.
Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 20 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 102 cases.
The states with the new cases are Lagos (102), Ogun (34), FCT (29), Borno (26), Kaduna (23), Rivers (21), Kwara (16), Ebonyi (17), Katsina (14), Edo (10), Delta (10), Kano (10), Bauchi (10), Bayelsa (9), Imo (8), Plateau (4), Ondo (3), Nasarawa (2), Gombe (1), Oyo (1).
NCDC also announced that as of 11:40 pm on 4th June, there are 11, 516 total COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Nigeria.
Three thousand, five hundred and thirty-five (3535) patients have been discharged with three hundred and twenty-three (323) deaths across the country.
Tolulope Oniru-Demuren sat with Betty Irabor on the latest episode of Life Lessons and she shared details about losing her child that she had kept private.
The new season of Life Lessons with Betty Irabor kicks off with the popular OAP who was recently appointed Programs Director for Beat FM. In this episode, Toolz shared her tragic experience. She also spoke about the disbelief and agony she endured as well as her journey to recovery.
The mum-of-one disclosed that she got pregnant a few months after her wedding and she began looking forward to having a baby. However, as the pregnancy approached 6 months, she noticed she had never felt any movement.
She said the hospital here in Nigeria missed a few things and didn’t pick up on the problem in time.
She eventually travelled to the UK and a scan showed that her baby was too small and may not survive.
“I never once thought that the health of my child would be an issue,” Toolz said.
The doctors kept conducting more scans and tried what they could but a final scan showed the baby was no longer moving and she was told she’ll have to push the baby out.
At the final scan, she said she had some sort of “spiritual awakening”.
She said:
“I heard a voice saying ‘this isn’t going to work out but you’re going to be OK’.”
“That was horrible, the day that I did the scan and there was just like nothing. When we did the last scan, there was nothing, like, no movement, nothing.
Oh my gosh, it was horrible, it was absolutely horrible.”
She said she was told that she’ll be given some medications and will come back after three days to push the baby out. The medications were given to her on Thursday and she was told to come back on Sunday. However, she went into labour on Saturday.
She recalled preparing breakfast on that fateful Saturday when she felt pain and went to the bathroom.
She said:
“From there, the pain went from two to twelve. And I remember screaming… I was in so much pain and that’s when I realized that gosh, I’m in labour.
I was in labour for about 6 or 7 hours…
It was very very traumatic. I try not to think about it too much.
I think one of the worst moments after that… of course this was in the UK, they had to do like an autopsy, I had to arrange a funeral. It was horrible.
That whole time, I was just like, ‘Yeah, God, I’m done’. I’m like ‘come and take me, I’m gone’.”
The OAP went on to speak about her journey to recovery and how she was blessed with a handsome son afterwards.
Life Lessons with Betty Irabor is brought to you by Linda Ikeji TV. The show was directed by Ruyi Irabor and produced by Toyosi Etim-Effiong.
New episodes will be released every Tuesday on Linda Ikeji TV and other select online platforms. Life Lessons is sponsored by Nescafé and Maggi.
Singer Burna Boy has called for justice for victims of police brutality and also rape across the world.
The singer stated this as the world took to social media with the hashtag #blacktuesday.
Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100 level student of Microbiology at the University of Benin was raped and bashed with a fire extinguisher in the head leading to her death.
This sparked outraged from Nigerians who demanded justice for the lady and others of her kind.
Lending his voice, Burna Boy wrote: “Rape and racial injustice are crimes against humanity, they are vicious, insidious and violent acts that no human should commit or commend.
“The stance on rape should be linear and final, there should be no grey areas, no “buts”, only that the perpetrator(s) of the act is to blame and the victim completely blameless.
From now on, men and women alike need to be educated. Men need to be taught the concept of consent, we need to teach them empathy and compassion. We need to teach men that a woman’s body is hers and hers alone. We need to end stigmatisation and victimization of rape victims, it must STOP.
Black people deserve and require more than we’re currently getting! I implore you all to get involved, no contribution is too small, no platform is too small #nojusticenopeace #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforuwa #stoprapeculture #justicefortina #stoppolicebrutality #blackouttuesday.”
Few hours ago, the news about Davido’s new apartment in Banana Island
Lagos shook the internet. The full video of the luxurious house has
finally surfaced on the internet and it is obviously enough to be
someone’s dream house.
Although it is not clear how much the new crib costs, but reports has
it that the value of properties in the extremely exclusive area in
Lagos cost multiple millions of Naira. The mansion is said to have an
elevator and it also has modern household utilities in it. According to
the father of 3, the house is his dream house.
Area Boi records artist, Trevboi
presents us with a hot and spanking new single and we’re excited for
this lovely new effort tagged “Who Dey”, and this is the remix as he featured Davido.
The brand new single serves us with a very sweet and interesting vibe
and we totally love the energy, rhythm and vibe this new single
presents to us.
Download and Enjoy Trevboi – Who Dey (Remix) Ft. Davido below;
Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, says lots of babies will be made as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown.
The clergyman said this in his sermon on Sunday morning while listing
some of the good things that will come out from the COVID-19 lockdown.
According to him, Pastors will be so busy early next year conducting
baby naming ceremonies.
Popular Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has reacted to the death of 16-year-old Tina who was murdered by a trigger-happy policeman.
Taking to her IG page, the mom of one shared a photo of the deceased
and slammed the many atrocities caused by the men in force in the
country.
”Over the seas and right on our doorstep, there is so much evil in
the World … kaduna killings, SARZ brutality, black lives matter, so many
of us dying. So many that we don’t even hear about because they don’t
have a hashtag. Today has been a horrible day.”
Special Adviser on Media to Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon Adebo Ogundoyin, Ojebola Matthew Opeoluwa publicly claimed that the administration benefits of the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde are not for the party (PDP) members alone.
Ojebola on a Tv program tagged "Political Match" by Ojoko Online Tv revealed this while talking about Governor Seyi Makinde's COVID-19 palliative activities, as he claimed that the palliative are not for the party members alone but for each and every citizens of the state.
According to Ojebola in his words while asked about the state government's efforts in reduction of the citizens sufferness from COVID-19, says;
"The effort of the government can be seen in the palliative activities that the government are doing, regardless of the soften of the lockdown, the Governor himself came to Ibarapa zone to launch a palliative activities for people where it was given to 120 poorest of the poor."
Speaking further, Ojebola made it clear that the COVID-19 palliative are not benefited by the ruling party members alone but are randomly distributed to the poor citizens of the state.
Read below;
"The most magnanimous and the act of generosity which beats everyone's imagination is when the governor declared that the palliatives are not meant for the PDP party members alone. And as we can all see that was what we did.
Imagine a palliative activities done by a government of the state where there was no PDP logo, no umbrella, no scarf, no broom etc. So, this is to show that everybody is an indigen of Oyo State."
