Driver of a hotel in VI arrested

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the driver of a hotel operator on Victoria Island, William Olowoloju, for allegedly kidnapping his boss’ younger brother and the victim’s girlfriend.

Olowoloju and three others –Ayo Akinola, Segun Teluwo and one Akindamola – reportedly kidnapped the victims, Dumebi Azuka and Rebecca Omokoro, on Elegba Festival Drive, Oniru Private Estate, Victoria Island, at about 11.30pm on Saturday, October 21.

The lovers were driving out of the estate in a Ford Jeep when the abductors reportedly waylaid them at gunpoint and tied them up.

They were said to have driven the victims to their hideout in Agodo Alara village, Ogijo, Ogun State, and demanded N20m ransom from the hotelier, Edwin Azuka.

PUNCH Metro learnt that after the case was reported to the police, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad trailed the suspects to the den.

The Acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, who paraded the suspects on Tuesday, said the victims were rescued unhurt.

He said, “Apart from the Jeep with number plate, LND 995 ES, one locally-made gun, a battle knife and four Automated Teller Machine cards, among others, were recovered from them.

“The suspects will soon be charged to court on completion of investigation.”

Also paraded were 50 suspected cult members, armed robbers, and drug peddlers arrested in the Ikorodu, Oshodi and Lagos Island areas of the state.

“The command once again appeals to the people of Lagos to be vigilant to make the state safe and secure. Whenever you see something, say something,” Imohimi added.

Speaking with our correspondent, Olowoloju, who hails from Ekiti State, said he had approached his boss to give him a N100,000 loan sometime in September, but the boss turned down his request.

The 37-year-old driver, who said he wanted to use the money for his in-law’s burial, explained that he felt disappointed and met with a friend, Akindamola, who advised him to kidnap Dumebi.

He said, “Akindamola said I would get the money if I kidnap my boss’ younger brother, Dumebi. I agreed with him, but I did not know how to go about it. He said he knew somebody who could make it work. He discussed with Segun and Ayo and they said there was no problem.

“We did not hurt him and his girlfriend. I was not around when they (the gang members) demanded N20m. I went to buy drinks for the victims.”

Olowoloju added that Akindamola was released by the police on Monday.

The command, however, denied that Akindamola was released, saying he was a “soft target” the police trailed to arrest the gang members, adding that he was still at large.

Akinola, 22, an indigene of Akure, Ondo State, said the gang members spent a night with Williams on the estate to perfect their plan.

He said, “Williams invited us. He promised to give us money. We stopped the man’s car and pointed a gun at him. We drove him and the woman to Ogijo. We did not plan to kidnap the woman.

“We demanded N20m but he said he did not have money. He said he just invested his money in a business. In the night of the following day, we looked for a motorcycle and took them to a place where they could find their way back home.”

Teluwo, who owned the gun used for the operation, said, “I found the gun in an Ogun shrine on a construction site in Ikorodu. This is the first time I would participate in kidnapping.

Tiwa Savage reveals how she overcame the crisis that Rocked her Marriage in 2016

Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has revealed how she overcame the crisis that rocked her marriage with her husband Tunji Balogun aka Teebillz in 2016 who accused her of sleeping around with men.

Speaking in a recent interview with Sunday Guardian, Tiwa Savage said she relied on God for help.

She said:
“My mother has always told me that, in this life, God only gives you what you can handle. It was a very trying time but God in his infinite mercies gave me the grace to see it through. It only made me stronger.”
In recent times, the couple have rekindled their love again as the husband does not miss any opportunity to praise her on social media. The duo have been pictured smiling happily on outings and also seen attending church events together with their son Jamil.
The singer’s fans have urged them on to continue in this light.

Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri Mosque

At least five people were killed this morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Maiduguri, a militia member assisting the military against Boko Haram jihadists said.

The leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Ajiri Yala, some 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Maiduguri, said the attack happened at about 4:30 am.

“A male suicide bomber disguised as a worshipper entered the mosque while people were gathering for the morning prayers,” he told AFP by telephone.
“He detonated his explosives. He killed five people and injured several others.”

Boko Haram typically never claims responsibility but has used suicide bombing as a frequent tactic in its eight-year insurgency to establish a hard line Islamic state. Their end is closer than they think.

UNN Graduate Ozibo Ekele Breaks 69-Year-Old Academic Record In UI

What appears to be, perhaps the longest elusive academic jinx in Nigeria was recently broken by Ozibo Ekele, a 2016 graduate of the famed Ibadan School of History (Department of History), Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, where he finished top of the Faculty and Department with a B.A. (First Class Honours) and a CGPA of 6.6 out of a possible 7.0.
By this feat, he became the first person to graduate with First Class Honours in the 69-year-old Department. Ozibo who is also a 2013 Mass Communication graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, is therefore expected to cart away several academic Prizes in the forthcoming 2017 Convocation ceremony of the University of Ibadan.
These include, Best Graduating Student of both Faculty of Arts and Department of History; Dr. Robert Bradbury Memorial Prize; Irving and Bonar Prize; Oba Lipede Prize; CUSO Nigeria Limited Prize; J.A. Atanda Memorial Prize; and Omoyisola Atanda Memorial Prize in History. We say big congrats to him. These people that read books, eh, they are trying o. lool.

22-Year Old Girl Kills Uncle While Defending Herself From Rape

A 22-year-old lady, identified as Tina Rebecca Sunday, is being held by the police in Enugu for killing her uncle, one Friday Mathew.

The incident occurred in the Independence Layout area of Enugu on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
It was gathered that the lady, Tina, a native of Ikot Udobang Ukanafon, in Akwa Ibom State, lived with the now deceased uncle in Ezilo Street, Independence Layout, Enugu.
It was further gathered that Tina was arrested by operatives of the New Haven police station, Enugu, while attempting to escape, after committing the crime.

But the lady, in her confessional statement, has described the killing as accidental.
Tina disclosed that she killed Mathew, a 48-year-old man, while struggling to escape his attempt to have forceful carnal knowledge of her.
She said her uncle has been trying to sleep with her for a very long time.
Rebecca said she has been resisting Mathew’s amorous advances, but the uncle never gave up, until the matter took a tragic turn around 8:30 pm on October 26.
According to Tina’s account, on that fateful night, she had sent Thank-God, her uncle’s 10-year-old son on an errand to buy sugar for her, and was lying down in the room, waiting for the boy to return, when Mathew, thinking she was asleep, snuck up to her bed and tried to force himself on her.
Tina said she gave Mathew a kick on his genitals in a bid to stop him from raping her.
She added that Mathew got enraged, and both of them struggled as he moved to have his way.
The girl then got hold of stone, which she smashed on Mathew’s head.
The uncle fell down and gave up the ghost.
“Really, it was not my intention to kill him as I never intended to do so although he has been disturbing me sexually,” Tina said.
Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the development, said minutes later, Mathew’s son, Thank-God, returned from the errand, only to meet his father’s lifeless body.
Amaraizu explained that Tina allegedly told the boy to keep quiet, to avoid attracting attention.
She was said to have promised the boy that she will take adequate care of him, after which she locked up the house and took Thank-God to the home of a relative.
After dropping the boy with the said relative, Tina ran away.
Amaraizu added that the 22-year-old lady was apprehended before she could leave Enugu.
“When the child of the deceased came back and met the lifeless body of his father, he was allegedly warned by the suspect not to shout in order not to attract attention which would lead to her arrest.
“She (Tina) promised the young boy that she would take care of him, then she immediately locked up the house and went away with the boy and dropped him at one of their aunt’s place and disappeared.
“When operatives of the New Haven Division of the Enugu State Command got the report, they swung into action swiftly and were able to arrest the escaping Tina Rebecca Sunday who is now helping the operatives in their investigations,” Amaraizu said.
According to him, “The suspect is now regretting her action and begging for forgiveness as she never intended to kill the uncle.”

Osinbajo, Tinubu, Lai Mohammed, Oyegun, Others Attend Saraki's Daughter Wedding Ceremony

The wedding ceremony took place today in Lagos and was well attended by political office holders as well as top APC chieftains. More photos below....

Mase's TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME Was Released 20 Years Ago Today

Hello oldies, lol. Diddy just posted this video of Mase, saying it was released 20 years ago. No, i am not that old but duh, i heard this song, how can it even be 20 years, excuse me? Okay, may be most of us should admit we heard it years after it was released cus we sure danced this. While posting the video, Diddy wrote;
'20 years ago today, Mase release the classic album HARLEM WORLD!! What was your favorite song on the album?'

🔥🔥🔥

20 years ago today, Mase release the classic album HARLEM WORLD!!

What was your favorite song on the album? pic.twitter.com/0ieLc7qJCs

— Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) October 28, 2017

1st To Leave ICC is Burundi

Burundi is becoming the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. An ICC spokesperson confirmed that the pullout takes effect on Friday, a year after the East African nation notified the United Nations secretary-general of its intention to leave the court that prosecutes the world's worst atrocities.

Burundi is the only one of three African nations to go ahead with its withdrawal after making moves last year to leave amid accusations that the court focuses too much on the continent.

The First & Only Nigerian Woman To Serve In Israel’s Army......Meet Lieutenant Toby Cohen

The 21-year-old was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and an Israeli father. Cohen was living with her parents and sister in Kano, before she migrated to Israel.

Cohen said: “I always wanted to come to Israel, ever since I was a small child, I wanted a deeper connection, to understand what ‘Israel’ is, and not just through stories.”

Despite the fact that moving to Israel was dream come true for the woman, it was still hard to adjust to the life in another country.

She said: “New immigrants are often embarrassed and ashamed to speak, because they may say something wrong and I was one of them but at some point I realised that I couldn’t go on like this.

I made a lot of mistakes along the way, and it was hard, but it was worth it.”

The young lady learnt Hebrew and her friends helped her to adjust into the Israeli society.

According to Cohen, her father was happy about her decision to become an officer in the Israeli army.

The soldier’s father was also an officer in the Israeli army.

7 Important Social Media Breaking News Writing Skills

Most people are today using social media to help pass news updates. This is attributed to the high number of people using various social media platforms. According to 2015 statistics, 70% of Nigerian population are said to be on various social media platforms.
Do people always ready your social media updates on breaking news? Social media writing is known to be a new art for and it is important for one to master it in order to get readers pay attention to social media updates across all the platforms. This guide will provide you with killer tips in writing social media breaking news that will ensure they are easily noticed and ensures that your contents go viral.
1. Ensure you Abide by the Social Networking Rules
Are you tweeting into thin air or losing followers just because you are not following the social media networking rules? Though social media writing seems to be like your personal soapbox, there are five things you need to consider in order to build audience and ensure you are known in the industry.
2. Try Developing a Social Media Strategy
Your social media accounts are up and running and you are ready to send your first updates and tweets. However, you need to ask yourself if you have any social media strategy. In case you are thinking that your strategy is to just start writing tweets of the latest Nigerian breaking news today, you can consider this, in every 2-3 days a total of one billion tweets are being sent. Without having a proper social media strategy, there are chances you might be talkin
g to yourself instead of connecting with the readers.
3. Ensure you Dig In order to strengthen Your Social Media Writing Skills
The social media will present media pros with a new idea and opportunity that will help find story sources, ideas, quotes and much more. The digging of these golden nuggets will take your skills of writing breaking news on social media to a completely new level. You will be crippling your updates and tweets by ignoring this basic research. It is also advisable that you start tapping into the pool of content in order to catapult yourself when compared to those people who just post in order to be heard.
4. Ensure you learn the Social Media Writing tricks for Twitter
It seems very easy and simple to write something that can engage your readers in 140 characters or even less. You might start wondering if writing a novel can be easier especially if you are trying to condense a 170 character tweet.
News writing for twitter is considered to be the fast paces and ultimate social media writing form. It is important that you always produce tweets which will stand out or you can easily get lost in the timelines of your followers.
5. Ensure you give proper attribution
Do you have the original content that you want to share via the different social media outlets? Part of mastering your social media writing skills should be being in a position to contribute your online sources well. Attribution will not only protect you but it can also be a great way to help build a network with your sources and trust.
6. Try Going beyond the Social Media Writing
Are you trying to change the world using your social media breaking new writing skills? Most of the people who refer to themselves as social media experts are always known to ignore the work “social”. They usually hop to the microphone without knowing the power that social media has. Social media breaking news writing should never be one sided.
7. Consider Using Social Media Writing to Help Build your Brand
It is important that you always use social media writing skills to help build your brand whether it is on Google+, Twitter of Facebook. Most of the quick thinking social media breaking news writers will always be writing about what is taking place and the social media will help strengthen the brand with each status update or tweet

Gbenro Ajibade Celebrates Wife As She Turns A Year Older

Nollywood actress, Osas Ighodaro is a year older today and her husband,Gbenro Ajibade took to IG to celebrate her. He wrote;

"All hail the Queen!!!  Am the Only species on this planet that got you the most asides God,and since he is the Alpha and Omega and does the most,I'd pray to him every hour to bless you for us from now,till eternity!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY    "

Ne-Yo & Wife Expecting Their 2nd Child

R&B star Ne-Yo and wife Crystal Smith are expecting their second child. The couple - who already have one-year-old son Shaffer Jr. - announced the exciting news on Instagram on Wednesday, each posting a cute photo of themselves cuddling up.

The caption read: 'Guess who's having another baby?' in big white text.  'We didn't plan for you but you are Gods plan and I thank you for choosing us to be your parents! Impatiently awaiting our newest addition' Crystal wrote alongside the image.

Human Ken Doll Shows Off Surgically Enhanced Stomach

Most people spend countless hours in the gym to get abs of steel. But Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves took great pleasure in flaunting his surgically enhanced midsection as he went makeup shopping in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The macho man looked as proud as punch as he showed off his $29,000 abs of plastic as he minced around the upmarket Calabasas area.
Plastics Of Hollywood personality Rodrigo has spent a whopping £400,000 on surgery over the years, earning himself the nickname The Human Ken Doll.

Jeremy Meeks & Chloe At Princess Grace Awards

He has already met her mother, Tina Green, on board a lavish yacht off the coast of Monaco. And 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks turned the Princess Grace Awards into another family affair as he attended the soiree alongside his girlfriend Chloe Green and her billionaire mother.
The model, 33, looked extremely dapper in a slick black suit as he posed alongside Tina and Chloe, 26, who was oozing glamour in a plunging gown that clung to her curves as she attended the Beverly Hills event on Wednesday.
Tina was the picture of elegance in an off-the-shoulder black gown, diamond necklace, and perfectly styled hairdo of loose waves.

And her daughter took things up a notch in her style department with her long-sleeve black dress, platform heels, clutch, and a similar hairstyle of flowing waves.
On the red carpet, Chloe and Jeremy could hardly keep their hands off of each other.
The affectionate couple gazed lovingly into each others eyes as they posed up a storm at the swanky event.

Guatemala's Hector Trujillo Sentenced To Eight Months In Prison

A former judge who led Guatemala's football federation has become the first person sentenced in the U.S. in the FIFA world football corruption scandal, getting eight months in prison.
Hector Trujillo, 63, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn. He had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy in June.
Trujillo admitted accepting nearly $200,000 in bribes from a company trying to secure sports marketing contracts.
Prosecutors said the former general secretary of Guatemala's football federation should serve more than three years in prison and pay $415,000 in restitution. Defense lawyers asked for no prison time for crimes between 2009 and 2016.

According to Trujillo's plea agreement, he would not contest any sentence less than four years and nine months in prison. Trujillo also agreed to forfeit $175,000. Free on $4 million bail, he has been staying in Miami.
He was arrested in December 2015 in Port Canaveral, Florida, during a Disney cruise with his family.