US Based Nigerian Model, Nneoma Anosike Drags Wema Bank To Court Over Unauthorized Use Of Her Photo

A Nigerian model based in the United States of America, Nneoma Anosike, has filed an action against Wema Bank PLC before a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court for allegedly using her photos for commercial purposes without authorization.

Ms. Anosike, 22, sued the bank through her father, Frank Anosike, who doubles as her lawyer, claiming N97 million as damages.

According to the plaintiff, the bank on April 11, 2016, used her photo for a commercial on social network platform, Instagram, without her consent or authorization from Ford Models Inc, her American management company.

Among her prayers, the plaintiff is seeking an order directing the defendant to pay N75 million for allegedly passing off her services.

She is also seeking an injunction restraining the defendant from passing off or causing others to pass off her professional services and a declaration that she is entitled to her privacy of her correspondence under Section 37 of the Nigerian Constitution.

The plaintiff is also seeking an order directing the bank to pay her N20 million for the breach of her privacy by advertising her private correspondence; an order to publish a written apology in two national dailies in Nigeria and in the U.S.; and N2 million as cost of filing the suit.

According to the statement of claims attached to the suit, the plaintiff claimed that she is a reputable international model who had won many laurels within and outside the country, including the ‘Elite Model Look’ 2013 in Nigeria.

Ms. Anosike said based on her reputation, Pepsi-Cola Nigeria made her its brand ambassador for Aquafina water.

The plaintiff further averred that her contract with Ford Models Inc took her to the U.S. and that prior to the defendant’s advert of her, she was in negotiations with the company for a renewal of her contract.

But on April 11 last year, according to Ms. Anosike, the management of Ford Models summoned her to a meeting on April 12 wherein she was presented with her photo advert procured from the Instagram account of the defendant.

She alleged that the defendant mutilated and edited her professional photo for the said advert uploaded on the internet, adding that based on that action, her contract renewal with the American company has been jeopardized.

But in its statement of defence, the defendant averred that the bank was not a party to the alleged modelling contract between the plaintiff and the American company and was not privy to it.

The bank also stated that the photo in question was sourced from social media for its weekly online motivational and educational series, intended to inspire going online users.

The bank denied using the plaintiff’s photo for any advertisement purposes or for any commercial gain but for purely free educational purpose under its Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

Justice Ibrahim Buba adjourned the matter till June 15 for further hearing.

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Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade Releases Over 30 Prisoners

Ben Ayade the governor of Cross River State Governor has granted clemency to over 30 prisoners who are currently serving jail term for various crimes.

The governor explained that their release was in the spirit of the celebration of the state’s 50th anniversary which coincides with the Children’s Day celebration.

A breakdown of the figure of the pardoned prisoners shows that five prisoners were on death row, 16 on life sentences, four inmates above 60 years, while nine others were terminally ill.

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RCCG Lagos Province Renovates Four Police Stations (Photos)

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos Province 44, has renovated four police stations in Surulere area of the state as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR).

The church said the CSR initiative and investment was a way of positively impacting the quality of lives in the communities the parish is located.

According to the Pastor in Charge of Province 44, Amos Emovon, the renovation of the stations is sequel to the implementation of various interventions in education, medical care, poverty alleviation, youth development, food for all initiatives and empowerment by the church.

“Having done all these, our next CSR intervention will be on security and safety in alignment with our CSR philosophy. This will enable us to contribute our quota towards ensuring safety, protection of lives and properties, and to also create a conducive environment for social economic growth and development,” he stated.

He said the latest intervention included the renovation of the reception area, the entire lobby, the station officer’s office, front fence and painting of the Ijesha Police Station, and that the station also received some security equipment such as walkie-talkies and handcuffs; while Itire Police Station also received some security equipment as well as refurbishment of patrol vans and painting of the building.

Aguda and Bode Thomas Police stations, he added, also received walkie-talkies and handcuffs.

The DPO Itire Police Division, CSP Bunmi Ogedengbe, who spoke on behalf of others, said the intervention would go a long way to assist the police in the effective discharge of their duties.

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Unidentified Man Got Strike To Death By Lightning In Lagos

The corpse of a yet to be identified man, who was allegedly "struck dead by lightning", has been abandoned at the Berger area of Lagos.

The corpse was abandoned at the Berger lay-by, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
According to eyewitnesses, the man was struck by lightning during a heavy rainfall on Saturday.

A man, who identified himself only as Akeem, told The Punch that the incident happened when the man was trying to cross the expressway.

He said, “The man was struck by lightning on Saturday. When the rain was falling, there was a lightning which was followed by a thunder clap. Later, I heard some people shouting. I went there to see what happened; and this man was lying there. He was dead.”

Another eyewitness, Olamide Niyi, said he was not sure of what led to the man’s death, but the residents of the area had alerted the police.

Lagos Police PRO, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said he had drawn the attention of the Divisional Police Officer, Isheri Police Division, to the corpse.

“The police will remove the corpse and investigation will be carried out,” he added.

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Nigeria Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, Ambode, Tinubu, Many More Spotted at Lagos @50 Gala Night (See Photos)

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (2nd right); former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (right) and Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I (left) during the Lagos @ 50 Gala Night at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Saturday, May 27, 2017.
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Local Government's Marriage Certificates Been Declared Illegal By Lagos High Court

A Lagos High Court has barred local government areas from conducting marriages henceforth. The court, in a judgment, declared that Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate was unknown to law and therefore unconstitutional, null and void.

A Certified True Copy of the judgment by Justice I. O. Harrison of Court 37, General Civil Division of Lagos Judicial Division, was dated May 15, 2017.

The plaintiff, Olamide Babalola, representing himself and other recipients of modified marriage certificates from the local governments, had dragged the Ikeja Local Government and Registered Trustees of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria before the court over the modified marriage certificate issued by the first and second defendants.

The plaintiff had sought a declaration that the first defendant did not have the powers to issue modified or customised marriage certificates different from the one provided in Form E under Section 24 of the Marriage Act Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 1990.

Babalola also prayed for a declaration that the second defendant’ s Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate was unknown to law and unconstitutional.

He equally wanted a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, officers, employees and representatives from further issuing modified or altered marriage certificates apart from the form as provided under Form E (1 st schedule) and Section 24 of the Marriage Act, LFN, 1990.

Harrison, in her judgment, declared that the first defendant did not have the powers to issue modified or customised marriage certificates different from the one provided in Form E under section 24 of the Marriage Act.

She said, “The court thus orders as follows: declaration that the second defendant’s ‘Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate’ is unknown to our law, unconstitutional, null and void.

“A perpetual injunction, restraining the defendants their agents, officers, employees and representatives from further issuing modified or altered marriage certificates apart from the form as provided under Form E (1st schedule) and Section 24 of the Marriage Act, LFN, 1990.

“A perpetual injunction, restraining the second defendant, their agents , officers, employees and representatives from further issuing Modified Local Government Unified Marriage Certificates."

Citing Imunze vs Federal Republic of Nigeria , 2014 LPELR 22354 (SC) and Onochie vs Odogwu , 2006 Nigeria Weekly Law Report, (Part 975) 65, Harrison stated that while registration of marriage is regulated by local government being under the concurrent list, formation of marriage is under the exclusive list within the domain of the Federal Government regulated by the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs - item 6 of 2 nd schedule of 1999 constitution.

The judge pointed out that a marriage had been declared invalid by the Supreme Court on the grounds that it was not in line with Form E as provided by the Marriage Act.

“ It is thus trite that the local and state government cannot make separate arrangements outside that provided for in the Marriage Act, that is Form E,” Harrison ruled.

The court however added that the marriages conducted by local governments and issued with the certificates, which are not in conformity with Form E, “ will by virtue of Section 34 of the Marriage Act be regarded as good and valid in law to all intents and purposes.”

It “believes that there should be a re - issuance of the proper certificate to all persons in possession of the ‘invalid' certificates.”

The judgment read in part;
“The court will further consequentially order that all such modified marriage certificates issued by the first and second defendants be surrendered to the appropriate local government where the marriage was conducted and appropriate certificate , in line with Form E, should be reissued to the claimants herein and all other concerned persons.”

The judge said the second defendant and its branches issued their own form known as the Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate, which was also issued to the claimant by the first defendant.

Following the judgment, the Federal Government has written to the various embassies in the country not to recognise marriages conducted by local governments.
Director of Press, Ministry of Interior, Willy Bassey said the judgment is a welcome development.

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A Suspected Dealer of Expired Products Been Arrested In Lagos By Nigeria Police and SON (Photos)

The Standard Organization of Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force on Saturday arrested a man suspected of dealing in expired household items.

The arrest followed a tip-off which led the agency to discover a twin three-storey building in Kirikiri, both of them stocked with imported items long expired and the expiry dates post dated to enable sale.

The buildings reportedly belong to Julf Ventures Nigeria Ltd and was first discovered in March 2017 before arrest was made this Saturday.


The Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma, who was represented by the Director of Inspectorate and Compliance, Bede Obayi, briefed reporters following the arrest.

Channels reports that Aboloma promised that the agency would ensure they trace the substandard products that had already left the warehouse and commended the Lagos State Government for its prompt response in sealing up the building.

“We acted on the intelligence we received from well-meaning Nigerians. You can see the volume of expired products here and imagine their implications on our society in terms of health issues. When somebody buys expired cream, what does it show? You are applying cream that the active ingredient had gone and that may cause reactions on the skin.

“We promise Nigerians that we will carry out investigation and ensure that the products that have left the warehouse to different shops all over the country are properly traced and withdrawn from circulation. Due to the support of other regulatory agencies and the Nigeria Police Force, we were able to discover two other warehouses belonging to the same company based on a tip-off,” Aboloma said.


NAFDAC'S Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Mr Kingsley Ejiofor, condemned the act of churning out substandard product to the public and described it as an “illicit trade by unscrupulous Nigerian importers”. He continued to praise SON and the Police for arresting the importer and asked for increased support in tackling the importation of fake and substandard goods into the country.

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Nigerian Football Star and Chelsea FC Player, Victor Moses Reportedly Weds His Long Time Girlfriend In London (See Photo)

Nigerian forward and Chelsea star Victor Moses on Sunday married his long time girlfriend and mother of his two kids.The wedding held in London.

The marriage came a week after winning the Premier League and just a day after receiving a red card in Chelsea’s FA Cup final 2-1 loss to Arsenal.

The pair exchanged marital vows in front of few family members, friends and colleagues.
Moses has a five-year-old son, Brentley and a two-year-old daughter, Nyah.

Moses has managed to keep this family very private, and not much is known about his wife but it is reported that his bride is an British woman of Nigerian descent.

Congregations to him. Happy married life.

Source: Dailypost.

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Police Arrested Teachers For Allegedly Using Human Parts For Ritual

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two teachers identified as Blessing Omowera and Sola Kalejaye for allegedly using human parts for ritual purpose.

According to police, the duo allegedly collected the fingernails and blood of the pupils of Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Ondo town, Ondo State.

While Omowera works at the nursery and primary school, Kalajaye, is said to be a teacher in a secondary school in the town.

It was gathered that when one of the pupils got home, she informed her father what the teacher did to her in the school, and the parents reported the matter at the Ondo Area Command, Ondo.

The victims are both three-year-old.

The Police PRO for the state police command, Mr. Femi Joseph, explained that Omowera called the two pupils and cut their fingernails under the pretence of cleaning them up.

The PRO also said as the suspect was cutting the finger nails of the pupils, she intentionally cut the hands of the victims to bring out blood. She then cleaned the bloodstained hand with a cloth.

Joseph said, “We were informed that after the suspect (Omowera) had cut the hands of the pupils, she cleaned up the blood with a cloth and took both the blood and fingernails away.

“After she was arrested, she confessed that she was sent by somebody who wanted to use the blood and fingernails for ritual purposes; that was why we arrested the sender (Kalejaye).”

The police spokesman noted that Omowera had already been charged to court, while Kalejaye was still in custody undergoing interrogation.

“He (Kalejaye) too will soon be charged to court,” Joseph said.

The father of one of the pupils, Ambrose Akinnodi, called on the state government and human rights activists in the country to assist his family in ensuring that justice is served.

It was gathered that the two pupils had been withdrawn from the school.

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Famous Actress Monalisa, and Veteran Nigeria Leader Been Nominated For The Garden City Advancement Awards (Photo)

First Military Governor of Rivers State has been nominated for the 2017 edition of the prestigious Garden City Advancement Awards (GCAA).

Mr Robinson Koyoyo, the Project Director of the GCAA, told newsmen that foremost Nigerian Actress, Monalisa Chinda and the current SSG of Rivers State, Kenneth Kobani, were also nominated for the award.

Other nominees for the award, which would hold this October, included Rivers State Waste Management Agency, traditional rulers, as well as industrialists, veteran entertainers and leaders from the region.

Mr Koyoyo said the names were among the list of nominees made available by organisers of the award — Heritage Plus, an NGO that celebrates productivity, excellence and good governance.

He said the nominees would be honoured because of their contributions to the peace and development of the Region.

He added that “we believe that this recognition will always be the push for them to achieve more in their various fields.

“After looking critically at the various achievements of these sons and daughters of this region, there is no better way to appreciate them than giving them a boost.’’

The Garden City Advancement Awards is an annual award that honours Nigerians, especially those from the Garden City who contributed meaningfully to the development of the region.

The awards cuts across over 20 categories, with recipients picked from various fields and backgrounds.

This Year Edition will be a very special edition which features Rivers at 50 Golden Jubilee, some of the past awardees includes His Excellency Barr. Ezenwo Nyesome Wike, His Royal Majesty Eze Morgan Nweneda Amadi, Bro Felix Obuah, Mrs Titi Horsfall, Chief Joseph Penawou,Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs,Chief Nabil Saleh, Sam Dede, Godwin Obla (SAN), Adano Engineering limited,Asphalt Unity Construction limited.

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"APC Has Nothing To Celebrate About After 2 Years" - PDP

The People’s Democratic Party has attacked the ruling All Progressives Congress, saying the party has nothing to celebrate two years after took over the mantle of leadership.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Working Committee, Dayo Adeyeye, in a statement on Sunday claimed that the APC-led Government was marked by highhandedness, crass ineptitude and lack of tolerance for the opposition.

He said the APC had endangered democratic foundation laid by the PDP which enabled the opposition to win elections.

Adeyeye said that the activities of the ruling APC were suggestive of a bleak democratic outing for the country in the 2019 elections.

He lamented that Nigerians had nothing to celebrate as the APC “has plunged the vast majority of the people into this two years of despondency, ambiguity, repressed and depressed condition.”

He said, “Beginning with the issue of corruption in this discussion is critical in line with the APC/President Buhari’s ‘Change Agenda’ and ‘hype in corruption chase’ which has left sour taste given the dishonesty and charade that have characterised the actions of this government so far.

“For the record, ‘corruption’ is endemic in our system since the military era and using it to whip up citizens’ sentiments is absurd while playing ignorant of honest achievements made by the PDP government to combat this alarming menace.

“The question is what has the APC done to fight corruption? Nothing! Yes indeed nothing except noise, hounding, torturing, flouting of court orders and vilification of opposition leaders and members in and out of courts; incarcerations without proving anything; harassments, intimidation, indiscriminate arrests and detention of judges in order to cow them to desecrate the judiciary and deny the people justice; promote gestapo state and by extension, kill democracy.”

He added that Nigerians and the international community had lost confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission as the APC allegedly prevented it from performing its electoral responsibilities without interference.

On the economy, Adeyeye said that President Buhari’s utterances during his visits to foreign nations scared away investors who had withdrawn their money from the country which had earlier attracted $20bn worth of investors in three years.

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Popular Comedian and Actor, Kevin Hart Shares Beautiful Photo of Him and His Family (See Photos)

The actor and comedian shared this beautiful family photo with his wife, Eniko Parrish, and children, Hendrix and Heaven.

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