Daytime horror in Lagos: Robbers invade Lekki bank, kill three policemen, girl

Robbery scenes (One of the bandits (circled))

Three policemen and a fish seller were killed on Thursday by a gang of robbers who stormed the First City Monument Bank on Admiralty Way in Lekki, Lagos State.

It was learnt that the robbers, numbering 13 arrived the bank wearing military uniform and shooting sporadically for about 30 minutes.

Eyewitnesses claimed that the robbers, who were armed with   Ak-47 guns   gained entrance into the bank after overpowering the security men.

One of the witnesses claimed that before entering the bank, the gunmen shot at a police van stationed close to the bank.

The policemen, according to him,   engaged them in a crossfire and in the process three

Police rescue NACCIMA boss from kidnappers, arrest seven

The suspects

The Oyo State Police Command has rescued 78-year-old owner of Bond Chemicals and National Life Vice President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Mines and Agriculture, Chief Adebowale Omotoso.

Omotoso was rescued in Ajia, a remote village in the Egbeda Local Government Area of Ibadan.

The police said $1m was demanded from Omotoso’s family.

Those arrested on Monday in connection with the crime are a mother of three,

If I hear! Is this how all public Pry schools look like in Rivers state?

If I hear! Is this how all public Pry schools look like in Rivers state?

APC released these photos of Buhari and other chieftains visiting a primary school in Rivers state today and claimed that this is how all public primary school in the state look like. A member of the APC Presidential team, Lola Shoneyin shared the photos and wrote "All primary schools in Rivers State look like this. Happy pupils thrilled to meet 'President Buhari!'

Biko, Rivers state residents, is this what all your primary schools look like? See more pics after this...

Card readers and electoral system

Nigerian permanent voters card

The development and use of technology in achieving a special task in an efficient and effective manner to produce a verifiable result is taking a central stage of discourse and implementation in every aspect of human endeavour. The introduction of a smartcard reader machine by the Independent National Electoral Commission to determine the validity of the Permanent Voter Cards and their owners’ identity for elections in the forthcoming 2015 elections is considered a step forward by many. However, some believe that Nigeria is not yet ripe for a technology of this nature and magnitude in our electoral system.

The introduction of the card reader machine has generated wide ranging discussions on the tendencies either

Photos: Man allegedly beaten to a pulp by police officers in Lekki

Photos: Man allegedly beaten to a pulp by police officers in Lekki

According to eye-witnesses, mobile policemen attached to Zenith Bank branch at Elf Bus stop in Lekki Phase 1 beat this unidentified man to a pulp yesterday March 11th. Don't know exactly what he did to warrant such brutal assault. The man fell unconscious and was rushed to the hospital by the police and other passers-by who got involved. 

Hopefully, someone in higher authority will caution these officers. See more photos after this...

Five injured as fire guts Finecoat Paints

 

No fewer than five people have been injured after fire gutted the factory of popular Lagos-based Company, Chemstar Paints Industries Nigeria Limited, producers of Finecoat Paints.

Our correspondent learnt that Chemstar Paints, which is located on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Alagbado, Lagos State, has a three storey building office at the front, while its warehouse and factory are at the back.

The fire was said to have started from the factory section of the company.

There were, however, two accounts of what led to the fire.

A worker in the company, who craved anonymity, said it was during the uploading of fuel that the fire erupted, while another source said it was during the production of some paints.

But the company had yet to give an official cause of the incident.

Firemen from the Lagos State Fire Service, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the Lagos State Ambulance Service, were said to be on ground as of press time.

Charley Boy releases new photos

           Charley Boy releases new photos

This Guy has turn to another thing. more pix......

Finally! Former Minister Musiliu Obanikoro confirmed by the Senate

Finally! Former Minister Musiliu Obanikoro confirmed by the Senate

Former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has been confirmed as a minister by the Senate. At its plenary sitting today, members of the senate asked him to take a bow and go since he was a former senator, an action that infuriated APC Senators who then staged a walkout in protest.

Very grpahic photos: Woman cuts off husband's penis, kills him for allegedly cheating on her

Very grpahic photos: Woman cuts off husband's penis, kills him for allegedly cheating on her

The photos accompanying this story are very graphic, very gruesome, very gory! Unbelievably so! Allegedly, this Zimbabwean woman (pictured above) attacked her husband for allegedly constantly cheating on her and cut of his penis. I'm going to share the photos but if you guys complain too much, I will take it down...because it's quite gory! How anyone can do this to someone else is beyond me, especially someone you once loved and is the father of your children. See the pics after the cut...but brace yourselves..it's not pleasant.

Top Model, Aisha Bello hot in new photos as she adds a year

Top Model, Aisha Bello hot in new photos as she adds a year

2009 winner of the Nigerian Next Super Model and 2014 Africa Female Model, Aisha Bello is one of the most sought after young Nigerian models around the world modelling on some of the biggest run ways in places like New York, London, Paris and many other fashion hotspots of the earth. Edo state born Aisha who is also the 2013 winner of the Future Awards in Fashion and Style is a year older today and shares these hot and sexy pics to celebrate. See the pics after the cut..

I wasn’t trying to seduce the President –Seyi Shay

Most entertainers have been having fun with President Goodluck Jonathan in recent times and earlier in the week, the President was in Lagos and hanged out with some of these celebrities.

Singer, Seyi Shay was among the entertainers and the pretty diva ‘broke’ the internet with the dress she wore to meet the president at the event.

The picture where the singer, wearing an incredibly short dress, while sitting beside the president, went viral and so many fans and foes have expressed their feelings concerning Seyi’s outfit.

Many people, including celebrities and notable figures such as comedian Wale Gates; social analyst, Omojuwa, took to their social media accounts to express their feelings over her choice of outfit.

However, when Saturday Beats contacted the singer, she explained that she had two outfits for the event and the outfit that caused the stir was what she wore to perform.

How some men treat their women

What Useless woman, I will kill you today; why is my food not ready?” The man was livid with rage as he chased his wife round the compound for several minutes. The horrified woman, long used to her husband’s rage, bolted as he lashed out with a huge rod but she quickly ducked into the room of a neighbour. The watching crowd intervened and dragged the man away as the woman, subdued, looked on in horror from an open window of the neighbour’s room. She was too terrified to speak. As neighbours prodded her to tell them what had prompted her husband to violently demand his food, she explained that the delay was not her fault. She had had to take care of their six children which prevented her from going to the market on time.

Vehicles & weapons captured from Boko Haram yesterday

Vehicles & weapons captured from Boko Haram yesterday

Here are exclusive photos of vehicles and weapons captured from the encounter with Boko Haram members yesterday March 9th at Gombi LGA of Adamawa state. The militants attacked the community early yesterday but were repelled by Nigerian troops. See more photos after the cut...

Singer Asa and those boobs that got people talking

The boobs on Asa as she performed on stage a few days ago got some folks talking. Biko which one is fukefuke again? Lol. That's the work of a good bra...I know, I'm a veteran..lol

Annie Idibia, Emmanuel Ikubuese,Ini Edo, others walk against rape

Actress Ini Edo, Annie Idibia, singer Lami Phillips, Mr Nigeria Emmanuel Ikubese joined others to participate in the Walk against Rape initiative in Nigeria. The walk kicked off from the Archbishop Vinning Memorial Church Ground GRA Ikeja. Continue to see more photos...

PDP Governors storm Lagos

Many PDP governors are currently in Lagos. They came into Lagos yesterday and are all staying at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island! Those in Lagos include; Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, Ondo state governor Segun Mimiko, Niger state governor Babangida Aliyu,

Electricity meters now sell for N60,000

The cost of acquiring pre-paid electricity meters by consumers in the country has risen due to the fall in the value of the naira following the currency’s recent devaluation by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

A single-phase meter, according to findings by our correspondent, can now be obtained for N39,375, while the three-phase meter now goes for N60,909.

Before now, the single-phase and three-phase meters were selling for N25,000 and N50,000.

However, with the latest development, the cost of the single-phase meter has risen by 56 per cent, while that of the three-phase meter has jumped by 20 per cent.

This means that household electricity consumers, who are majorly the users of single-phase meters, will pay more for the devices in relative terms compared to the users of the three-phase meters.

Our correspondent gathered that the price increase was because most of the meters in the Nigerian electricity market were imported and that the rising exchange rate of the naira to the United States dollar was posing a huge problem to importers of the product.

Certain habits appear healthy, but they harm

Ours is an age of information overload. And the deluge of information comes under various issues that relate to our existence, especially when it comes to our health and how to live disease-free.

Whether you’re reading newspapers or magazines, listening to radio or television, or surfing the Internet, you will come across many discussions, postings and write-ups about the dos and don’ts of living healthy. Many are helpful, quite a lot border on half-truth, while a lot more may be dangerous, outright.

Here are two supposedly healthy habits that we engage in but which physicians have warned against.

Vagina douching

When you walk through the aisles of upscale supermarkets that abound all over these days, a visit to the feminine section will greet you with array of feminine hygiene products that promise you clean, fresh feeling below the belt.

Beware of Boko Haram sympathisers, Olukolade warns media

Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has condemned what he considered to be a campaign of calumny aimed at discrediting the ongoing anti-terrorism war.

He said the “unpatriotic posture” was capable of undermining the country’s external reputation, while demoralising the troops who are involved in the current campaign to rid Nigeria of insurgents.

Olukolade, who noted this on Monday in a series of tweets, said some media had mischievously attributed the recorded gains against Boko Haram to the efforts of Cameroon, Chad and Niger to the detriment of Nigerian soldiers.

While he acknowledged the supportive role played by troops from the neighbouring countries, he stressed that the war was “comprehensively driven” by the Nigerian Armed Forces.

I still want to get married –Moji Olaiya

 

Moji Olaiya

A popular cliché says life begins at 40 and for actress Moji Olaiya who clocked 40 earlier in the week, her life just began.

Granted Moji, in a chat with Saturday Beats, said she is grateful to reach this milestone, the actress believes that she still has a lot to achieve.

Even with her marriage that crashed some time ago, the actress said she has not ruled out getting married again in the nearest future. However, she said she wouldn’t even mind if she didn’t get married eventually.

“What went through my mind during my birthday was giving thanks to God that my family was there for me and my friends really supported me. My colleagues were also there to celebrate with me, so there was no time to think about a man that was not there by my side.

“Seeing my daughter and my mother beside me made me so happy.

First solar-powered plane begins flight

 

The plane in the air

A Swiss solar-powered plane has taken off from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel, Al Jazeera reports.

The Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Andre Borschberg of Switzerland, took off at 7.12am local time (0412 GMT) on Monday from the UAE’s Al-Bateen airport and headed to Muscat, the capital of Oman, where it is expected to land later after the first leg of the journey.

The developers said the aim was to create awareness about replacing “old polluting technologies with clean and efficient technologies”.

Ambode, Agbaje battle for non-indigenes’ votes

Agbaje and Ambode

We looks at the moves by the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to woo non-indigene voters of Lagos

Some facts seem to be sacred in this election season. Both the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party concede that the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will garner most of the votes in the North-West where the Katsina-born candidate hails from.

Similarly, it is believed that most of the voters in the South-East will vote for President Goodluck Jonathan.

However, one question in the minds of politicians is how will the people of Nigeria’s most populous state, Lagos, vote?

I hate violence – Patience Jonathan

Mrs. Patience Jonathan
| credits: news.naij.com

The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday told the presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress that “she is a woman of peace that can never be identified with electoral violence.”

She said there was no way somebody like her who occupies the exalted office of the President of the African First Ladies Mission would be promoting violence under any guise.

Mrs. Jonathan who spoke with Us. her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, was reacting to the decision of the APC to report her to the International Criminal Court for allegedly asking supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party to stone anyone canvassing for change, the APC slogan, during a campaign rally in Calabar, Cross River State.

Sexual harassment made me abandon acting for a while — Sotayo Sobola

At first glance, Sotayo Sobola looks like one of those girls who have eight packs of cigarettes in their purse, ready to smoke and party from dusk till dawn, getting into all sorts of trouble. On getting closer to her, you realise that she’s just the regular girl NEXT door. Sotayo is beautiful, eloquent and ready to take Nollywood by storm, starring in both Yoruba and English movies. Her movie Corper Jide is getting a lot of positive response and she is set to release her latest movie titled Bella very soon. In this exclusive interview with Potpourri she talks about her life, career and more.

How many movies have you done so far?

I can’t trace them because when I STARTED initially, it was just minor roles I was doing. If you’re talking about self produced movies, I would say, three.  My first movie production was Arewa Onijogbon, produced in 2010 or thereabout, then I did Corper Jide and now I have Bella that is yet to be released

Resignation: Presidency lambasts Tinubu

ABUJA —THE presidency, yesterday, took a swipe at former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for seeking the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan.

President Goodluck Jonathan

A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said it was clear that Tinubu and other leaders in the APC who made the statement were merely seeking to enthrone anarchy in the country.

Senate backs Tambuwal, vows to protect legislature

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal

The Senate abruptly adjourned sitting on Wednesday without taking decision on any issue, including the bills before it.

Before the adjournment which was protested by the All Progressives Congress Senators, its President, David Mark, lamented the withdrawal of the security aides of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and vowed to protect the Legislature.

He said, “We are not to interfere in the internal affairs of each house. However, as the Chairman of the National Assembly, I cannot fold my arms or pretend that all is well about the current crisis.

“I am therefore going to do all I can to resolve the current impasse. Furthermore, the matter is already in a court of law, we cannot therefore discuss the issues here. I want to assure all of you that I will do the needful to protect and defend the legislature at all costs.”

Signs that the Senate might not have a smooth sitting however started when Mark   read the prayers and an announcement by the Senate leader, Sena

N2,000 palaver: Policeman crushes wife, kills baby

Lucky, Dupe and their baby

Like a scene from a horror movie, a police corporal, Lucky Ikharia, on October 30, allegedly used a bus to crush the legs of his wife, Dupe. Having left her for dead, Lucky went home where he allegedly stabbed his baby, David, to death, ripping out the toddler’s intestines.

Still in a rage, the policeman turned the knife on himself in an attempt to take his own life.

however, learnt that Lucky and his wife survived but both were in critical conditions.

We learnt that the incident occurred at the family’s rented apartment in Kale Close, Mafoluku, Oshodi last week.

Our correspondent gathered that four days prior to the incident, 34-year-old Lucky, who hails from Sabon Gida Ora, Edo State, had a quarrel with his wife, Dupe over N2,000, after which he reportedly sent her packing.

The policeman, who is attached to the Makinde Police Division, Oshodi, Lagos had also ‘seized’ their only child from Dupe as a means of ‘punishing’ her.

We learnt that around 8pm on the day of the attack, Dupe, a 30-year-old indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State

Marrying more than one wife is no big deal — KWAM 1

Veteran Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, has shown times without number that he is a dynamic force to reckon with. Just when people are set to put lid on Fuji music as a dead genre, the king is ever in the horizon to fuse some sort of concoction with his Fuji music to produce something new, yet appealing to both the old and the new generation.

The NEXT big thing on the table of the maestro is the K 1 Live Music concert featuring 2Face, Ali Baba, Olamide and others. In this short chat with Potpourri, KWAM 1 talks about the concert, politics, matrimony, Fuji music and his Collabo with Olamide:

You are always on the road for ONE show or the other; can we say this has been the reason for your inability to produce an album until recently when you came up with ‘State of the Nation’?

The opportunity to travel with my band to many countries has given me the chance to interact with international musicians and also to tap from their experiences. Music is a global phenomenon just like football that brings everyone together. I have performed and attended many world class musical concerts and seminars in NIGERIA and even outside the shores of Africa in a spectacular way but this has not affected me from producing good albums. It has only opened my understanding and I also have to stress that I do not need to produce albums at this level of my music career every year to remain relevant in the NIGERIA and global music industry. I am a brand to reckon with.

Your latest single ‘State of the Nation’ celebrated the Awujale of Ijebu’s 80th birthday; was this because you are from Ijebu Ode in Ogun state or does it have a political undertone?