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  • Go and get a boyfriend, son tells Tonto Dikeh [Watch]

    Go and get a boyfriend, son tells Tonto Dikeh [Watch]

    Controversial Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh’s son may have just hinted on wanting a father figure in his life.

    King Andre, whom the actress had with her ex Olakunle Churchill, in a new video shared on his mum’s instastories, urged her to get a boyfriend.

    King Andre was seen playfully telling his mum that she has his support in getting a lover.

    Tonto before now, had hinted the world on moving on after the end of her marriage, having a new man in her life.

    Watch video:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8BG-_ZB-eY/

     

  • Photo: Court sentences mother, son to 12 years for duping American of $82,570

    Photo: Court sentences mother, son to 12 years for duping American of $82,570

    The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced Mrs Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and her son, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, to 12 years’ imprisonment each for duping an American of $82,570.

    Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke convicted the duo following their plea of guilty to four counts of “fraudulent trick business email compromise” during their arraignment on Tuesday.

    He sentenced each defendant to three years’ imprisonment on each of the four counts filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    The judge said the sentences would run concurrently.

    This means Mrs Adeyeri and her son will spend a maximum of only three years in correctional services custody.

    EFCC counsel Bilikisu Buhari told the court that mother and son conspired with one Kareem Russell, still at large, to defraud the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American Cranes Manufacturing Company.

    She said they committed the offence in June 2017 and were arrested on September 6, 2019.

    The prosecutor said Mrs Adeyeri and her son carried out the fraud by “dishonestly representing yourselves as the CEO of American Cranes Manufacturing Company and thereafter you sent an email from personal@managements-securemail-office-portal.online with intent to gain advantage to yourselves.”

    She the convicts acted contrary to Sections 27(1)(a) and 23(3) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and were liable to be punished under Section 22(1) of the same Act.

    The offences were also said to have been contrary to sections 421 and 422 of the Criminal Code Act Cap C38.

    Buhari also called an EFCC investigator, Idi Musa as witness.

    Musa testified that sometime in April 2019, the commission received a petition from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of America, stating that the official email address of American Cranes Manufacturing Company was hacked and the sum of $82, 570. 00 was lost to the fraudsters.

    He told the court that the FBI reported that there was a syndicate of fraudsters who defraud companies through business e-mail compromise and obtain millions of dollars from American citizens.

    Idi said Damilola was arrested on September 6, 2019, after which his mother was apprehended when she went to withdraw money from the bank upon hearing that EFCC was investigating her son.

    She purchased properties in the name of her son with the money made from the fraud.

    The court heard that the monies stolen by the convicts were used to acquire properties in choice areas of Lagos, and some cash was also found in their bank accounts.

    Before sentencing, the prosecutor pushed for the judge to apply the maximum sentence possible on the convicts to serve as a deterrent.

    Responding, Justice Aneke agreed that although the convicts immediately admitted guilt and showed remorse, he had a duty to apply punishment in accordance with the law to serve as a deterrent to others.

    But he said he would temper justice with mercy because the convicts, by pleading guilty immediately, had saved the court’s time.

    “Consequently, I hereby sentence each of the convicts to three years on counts one, two, three and four. The sentences are to run concurrently,” Justice Aneke held.

    The judge further ordered that all the properties and monies recovered from the convicts be forfeited to the Federal Government and upon applications by the victims, be restituted to them.

  • Tragic! Son kills 62-year-old mother in Imo

    Tragic! Son kills 62-year-old mother in Imo

    Disaster struck at Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State as a certain Sunday Agwim allegedly murdered his mother, Mrs Christiana Agwim.

    The police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said that the 47-year-old suspect had been detained for killing his mother.

    He said, “We received intelligence from one Jude Mbionwu, a security coordinator at Umuobom, who revealed that one Sunday Agwim, 47, killed his mother, one Christiana Agwim, 62, hitting a hammer and a machete on her head and completely grounded the head into powder beyond recognition with the hammer.

    “The scene was immediately visited and the suspect was arrested and exhibits recovered. The corpse was not taken to the mortuary because of the damage to the head; rather, coroners’ forms were completed and a doctor from the UTH Nnewi, Anambra State, conducted an autopsy on the corpse to enable the burial to take place.

    “In his statement, the suspect stated that he never knew what came upon him.”

    The police representative added that the suspect would be charged at the end of the investigation.

     

  • Police rescue kidnapped 6-yr-old son of Bayelsa Commissioner

    Police rescue kidnapped 6-yr-old son of Bayelsa Commissioner

    The police in Bayelsa State have rescued a kidnapped victim, Master Antonio, the six-year-old son of the State Commissioner for Water Resources Nengi Talbot.

    The little boy was abducted on December 22 by four gunmen, who stormed the commissioner’s residence at the New Commissioners’ Quarters in Yenagoa.

    The gunmen broke into the house of Talbot at the quarters located in Opolo and demanded money from the commissioner.

    The assailants seized the boy and whisked him away to an unknown place when the commissioner insisted he had no money.

    It was, however, gathered that following investigation by the special police crack team, Operation Puff Adder, the boy was freed from the kidnappers’ den.

    The Commissioner of Police, Uche Anozia, received the abducted victim at the command’s headquarters in Yenagoa.

    He said the boy regained his freedom following sustained efforts of the police, who were on the trail of the kidnappers.

    Anozia said the kidnappers were moving the victim from one creek to another adding that the police adopted high level of intelligence and professionalism to free the boy unhurt.

    He said all the suspects involved in the crime were arrested and would undergo further investigations for prosecution.

    Talbot, the father of the victim, thanked the police for their efforts adding that the police demanded no money from him throughout the operation.

    Talbot, who beamed with smiles, said through the efforts of the police he paid no ransom to get his son back.

    Describing the experience as traumatic he said the kidnappers initially demanded N50m but the police ensured no ransom was paid.

  • Political bigwigs storm Kano for wedding of Senate President’s son

    The bigwigs in Nigeria’s politics, top brass in government and captains of industry converged on the ancient city of Kano on Friday for the Wedding Fatiah of the first son of Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President of the Senate and his bride Amani.

    Amani is the daughter of a business man, Alhaji Bala Umar, a Kano indigene.

    The marriage ceremony began on Wednesday with the bridal shower or Kamu in Hausa, followed by a dinner on Thursday. Both events held at Meena Event Centre in Kano.

    The climax of the event was the Wedding Fatiah which held on Friday at the popular Al Furquan Mosque, GRA, Kano.

    It was like a parade of who is who in Nigeria’s politics at the wedding Fatiah which was conducted by the Chief Imam of the mosque, Dr Bashir Aliyu Omar Sadaki.

    Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, at the ceremony, gave out in marriage Amani while the Yobe State Governor, Mai Bala Buni received the bride.

    Members of the red chamber led by the Senate Leader, Dr Yahaya Abdullahi and the green Chamber, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as expected, registered their presence in large number apparently as a show of solidarity to the Senate President who is chairman of the National Assembly.

    The roll call includes both former and serving governors, ministers and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar.

  • Maina, son to remain in Kuje prison till January 20

    Maina, son to remain in Kuje prison till January 20

    Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), and his son, Faisal, are to remain in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, till January 2020.

    Justice Okon Abang, who gave the order yesterday, adjourned hearing on Abdulrasheed’s bail variation application till January 13, 2020, while Faisal’s trial continuation was adjourned till January 20, 2020.

    Earlier yesterday, Justice Abang had noted that though it would not be convenient for the court to take trial, bail variation arguments would be taken.

    EFCC’s lawyer Mohammed Abubakar said he was ready for trial continuation and that the next witness was in court.

    Abdulrasheed’s lawyer Mohammed Monguno reminded the court of the pending application filed on December 6, 2019, for bail variation.

    Abubakar urged the court to adjourn hearing on the bail variation application because the defence had just served on him its further affidavit the same day.

    “We apply that the hearing be adjourned to enable us react to their further affidavit,” he said.

    Monguno, who described the motion as “simple application,” said the call for the adjournment was to delay proceeding.

    “We were the ones who filed further affidavit in response to their counter-affidavit. We urge your lordship not to grant their prayer because it is an attempt to delay this matter,” he said.

    Deborah Apete, counsel to Maina’s company, Common Input Investment Limited, adopted the submission of Monguno, saying: “The motion is ripe for hearing.”

    Abubakar, in his argument, said that Maina’s application was brought relevant to provision of ACJA and 1999 constitution.

    He said there was no provision in ACJA or the constitution that precludes ones from filing further counter-affidavit in reaction to further affidavit filed by the applicant.

    “What the first defendant filed was a further and better affidavit.

    “Section 36 of 1999 Constitution affords us the right to file further counter-affidavit,” he said.

    Abubakar said Maina’s application was filed on December 17 but they deliberately served him December 18 in order to deny EFCC the right to fair hearing by way of responding to the further and better affidavit.

  • Police arrest man, son with AK 47 rifles

    A Katsina State Police Command on Sunday announced the arrest of a 65-year-old man, Alhaji Sani Harisu and his son, Anas, 23, for allegedly being in possession of two AK 47 rifles.

    Others detained for the alleged crime were Ibrahim Rabi’u, 54 and Alhaji Abdulrahaman Harisu, 40, all of Dallawa Magaji Wando and Arawa Tumburkai villages in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.

    Addressing newsmen, command spokesman Superintendent Gambo Isa, who represented Police Commissioner CP Sani Buba, said the men were arrested for being in possession of two AK 47 rifles.

    He said: “Our unwavering commitment to the protection of lives and property is yielding positive result. This feat was achieved as a result of robust community policing engagement through the process of dialogue, visibility policing, unrelenting and aggressive counter-crime strategies.

    “I must as well commend the collective effort, support and cooperation of well-meaning people in the state with the police.’’

    Buba added that men of Operation Puff Adder, led by O/C SARS Katsina, swung into action following a tip-off, mobilised to the location and arrested the suspects.

    He said: “During investigation, the suspects confessed to the crime and led policemen to the scene where two AK 47 rifles with breech numbers 406071 and 1413174 D60 were recovered.

    “The suspects confessed to have seized the firearms from suspected bandits who attacked their villages last December, but refused to hand over the seized weapons to the police. Investigation is on.”

    The gang leader, Harisu, said they were ignorant of the law concerning firearms and pleaded for forgiveness.

    He said they kept the guns, though without bullets, for self-protection.

     

  • Excitement as D’Banj welcomes son with wife

    Excitement as D’Banj welcomes son with wife

    Self-proclaimed ‘Koko master’ D’banj has welcomed a son with his wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow in the United States of America barely a month after revealing that he’s expecting a child.
    According to reports reaching TheNewsGuru ,D’Banj welcomed his son on Thursday, September 19, 2019.
    The hospital or state where Lineo Didi Kilgrow delivered the couple’s son was not disclosed but the mother and child are said to be in good shape.
    D’Banj’s welcomes his son a day after the legendary singer, 2Baba celebrated his 44th birthday.
    Back in August, In an interview D’Banj announced that he’s expecting another son when he was asked about how he coped with the difficulty of losing a child.
    The Koko master said he never thought about losing a child, saying it’s not a thing anyone should wish their worst enemy.
    He also thanked everyone who stood by him and his family during trying time. He added that it was the grace and mercy of God that kept him and his wife till today.
    He said: “If I told you I thought about it unlike other things you asked me and I told you I am focused and I go in, this was one that broke me. This was just the that it just took the grace of God and a bit of therapy. I think I went for therapy once and I said this no be my style because it was bringing out so many things. I am happy that over time I have been able to channel that into my music, which is more important for me. You haven’t heard any of them yet but very soon…because the most important thing that I believe and pray for is restoration. I know that no matter how many time I tell my wife that everything is okay, God has to give us restoration. I am proud to say that in a few months, I’m going to be a father again”

     

     

  • I lost my my only child but I am happy-Eucharia Anunobi

    Delectable actress, Eucharia Anunobi, has said that despite losing her son, Raymond, it hasn’t affected her mental health.

    Anunobi made this known during an interview on TV Contential.

    She said: “I have to be happy, because God tells me that, in all things, we should give Him thanks. And I cannot be saddened because when you grow in God…Growing in God is knowing God’s word and as you know God’s word, His spirit builds you up to the point where you understand that everything on the face of the earth is vanity.

    “So, I would actually say, ‘Don’t empathise with me.” Rather, just like the Bible would say, prepare yourself, for calamity will surely befall all of us. So, when it does befall you. Would you be prepared…to carry it?

    “For me, I rejoice. I’m happy. I lost my only child. I’m single and it looks like menopause is around the corner and people are like, ‘Oh my God, but she’s happy.’ I’m happy because God says, ‘I will do a new thing.’ God says ‘Restoration is in my hand.”

    TheNewsGuru recalls that on August 22nd 2017, Anunobi lost her only child to complications arising from sickle cell anemia.

  • Trump confirms killing of Osama Bin Laden’s son

    Trump confirms killing of Osama Bin Laden’s son

    Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden has been killed in a US Operation, President Donald Trump confirmed today.

    Trump said in a statement released by the White House that bin Laden was killed in a counter-terrorism operation near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, though did not provide an exact date for the death.

    Hamza last made a public statement in 2018.

    In February, there was a report suggesting his death.

    Then Defense Secretary Mark Esper in late August spoke about Hamza’s possible death in an interview with Fox News.

    “I don’t have the details on that. And if I did, I’m not sure how much I could share with you,” he added when asked if the U.S. had any role in his death.

    “The loss of Hamza bin Ladin not only deprives al-Qa’ida of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father, but undermines important operational activities of the group. Hamza bin Ladin was responsible for planning and dealing with various terrorist groups,” Trump said in the statement.

    Bin Laden, buoyed by the fame of his father, was given a prominent role in the terrorist group that masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    The State Department earlier this year offered a $1 million reward for information leading to his capture and labeled him an “emerging” leader in al-Qaeda.

    Hamza bin Laden had married the daughter of a senior leader in al-Qaeda who was charged by a federal grand jury for his role in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, and intelligence seized from Osama bin Laden’s hiding place in Pakistan after the raid that killed him suggested his son was being groomed to eventually head the terrorist group.

    Bin Laden included threats to Saudi Arabia and a call to revolution in his last public statement made in a video in 2018, according to the United Nations.

    He was believed to have been in his early 30s.