Photos: Buhari receives Turkish President

President Buhari this morning received the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the State House in Abuja. The visiting Turkish president was also received by some Ministers. Continue to see more photos...

PDP Faction Breaks Out, Sets Up New Party

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday set up a new political party in Abuja. The party, which has yet to be registered, is known as the Peoples Mega Party.

The faction is led by Perry Opara, an aide to Goodluck Jonathan’s Political Adviser, Ahmed Gulak.

Recalled that only recently, Gukak declared himself as the national chairman of the PDP.
But many members of the party rejected his leadership. The new party is believed to have been formed by persons working for aggrieved members of the PDP.

At the NC/national retreat held by the promoters of the new party, its Acting National Chairman, Opara told the delegates that the party’s mission was to provide a focused and patriotic body.

He said the crisis over the resignation of the former National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu also led to the setting up of the new party.

Opara flayed the national leadership of the party for its refusal to allow someone from the North-East replace Mu’azu after the former governor of Bauchi State resigned after the 2015 general elections.

He said, “We tried to examine why the party lost, how to rebrand it and all that but unfortunately, all efforts were rebuffed. We went through the country to see who would represent us. We went to Alex Ekwueme and Sen. Ken Nnamani to lead us.

“At a stage, Ekwueme led a delegation to the national headquarters of the party to allow the North-East have a new chairman.

“For four hours, we couldn’t get any word from the NWC as words of commitment. We all left in anger and in dejection... That is impunity."

Tonto Dikeh Gets Expensive Diamond Watch, Necklace from Husband as Push Present

A Push present is the gift a woman gets from her partner after she's given birth.

The new mother shared her present and wrote: "Thanks to my Olowo Ori Mi (MRX), Love you so much. And my Beautiful Aunty Nike(Aka woman with a golden heart) for helping with the pick out of my PushPresent.."

Arsenal signs Nigerian youth player Kelechi Nwakali for £2million

Kelechi Nwakakli has been in London for over a month trying to sort out a deal with Arsene Wenger's team. He has now put pen to paper after passing a club organized trial, with his academy Diamond Football Academy, set to receive over £2m as training and development fee.

His representative has confirmed the transfer of the 17 year old Under 17 World Cup star is a done deal and that the London club has agreed a 5-year contract with the Nigerian boy who was nominated for the 2015 CAF Youth player of the year.

‘Kelechi has signed a five-year deal with Arsenal,’ his agent Klay Ekeocha told Sports Day. ‘I won’t be able to mention the exact transfer fee but it is above £2m.’

Photos: Billionaire Chima Anyaso and wife dedicate daughter

Billionaire businessman, Chima Anyaso and his wife, Ada, dedicated their daughter, Princess Chimazala Joan-Chinyere Anyaso, in Lagos on Sunday Feb. 28th. They threw a party to celebrate their bundle of joy. See more photos after the cut...

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This Naija Ladies Were Caught In The Mess of Prostitution

Two Naija ladies saved from a prosti-tution group narrate their ordeal:
The girls who were approached by a suspected unidentified female trafficker at Ekpoma in Edo state to seek greener pastures as workers in a restaurant in Ivory Coast ended up in Togo to work as prosti-tutes. The girls were to pay the woman who never told them her real names but was called “Madam Excellent" the sum of 800,000 cefas in their prosti-tution business.

These girls, 25yrs old Franca Akhimen and 23yrs old Ehinon Onofua, were lucky enough to summon courage and escaped from what would have been the beginning of life on the wild and dangerous side which they might never have been able to come out of. Below are the full details...

In an interview with Encomium, Franca and Ehinon, who disclosed they have learnt their lessons in a hard way, gave a graphic account of how they were deceived and almost ended up as prostitutes…

Can you tell us what happened and how you ended up in Togo to prosti-tute?
Franca: It was in Epkoma in Edo state where I met one lady... I was actually going to church when I met her and she approached me and said she was looking for girls that can work in her restaurant in Ivory Coast. So, when I got home I told Ehinon and we arranged to meet her and she told us what the plan was and when we will be leaving Nigeria for Ivory Coast. 

So, on February 2, we left Edo for Lagos, had a stop at Mile 2, and she told us that was where the car that will take us to Ivory Coast will pick us. So, at exactly 9.30pm, the car came for us and we all boarded that evening. When we got to Togo, I noticed that we were not going to proceed with our journey, so I asked the woman 'why are we here, you said we were going to Ivory Coast not Togo?' and she told me to keep quiet, that whatever she asked me to do I should just do it without complaining. 

Later, she went out to buy clothes and came back with some skimpy and short dresses and gave them to us to wear. I asked why such dresses, because they don’t look like clothes that are worn by a waitress or a person selling food. Again she told me to keep quiet and just do whatever she asked me to do, adding that we were brought to Togo for prosti-tution and in return we get to pay her 800,000 cefas each. 

So, I told my sister, we can’t do this kind of job, we have to find a way to escape from her than to stay here. So, we left without even carrying our bags in order not to arouse any suspicion of us running away. And as we were trying to escape, we met a guy, after listening to our story, he told us he doesn’t know anybody in Togo, because he is from Ghana and can help us get there so that we can get the help we needed. When we got to Ghana, he took us to Christ Embassy Church where we met with two guys and one of them gave us some money which is worth like N7,000 each and we left with the guy that brought us from Togo to lodge in a hotel, because it was getting late and there was nowhere to sleep. He, however, promised us that in the morning he will take us to some pastors so they can help us with transport fare back to Nigeria. 

But to our surprise in the morning while I was taking my bath, the guy took off with the money we were given at the Christ Embassy Church. So, we approached the manager of the hotel and told him our predicament, and he called a taxi, paid the driver and asked him to take us to the Nigerian Embassy and also gave us some money. But unfortunately, when we got to Nigeria Embassy we were told that there was no money to give to us to return to Nigeria. But God so good one of the workers there, asked us to come with him to his house since it was on a Friday and we had no where to stay, but told us that if the embassy does not help us by Monday, he won’t take us back to his house and we have to find help somewhere else...

And did he take advantage of you girls while you were in his house?
Franca: Not at all, he really took care of us and only God can repay him for his kindness. And when we got to the embassy on Monday, there was still no hope for us until we met Mr. Moses Owaro, President of the All Nigerian Community Ghana, who took us back to the embassy with a letter explaining our situation to them, and still no help was forth coming due to financial constrain, and eventually had to fund our trip back to Nigeria with the help of Chief Christopher Obareki, a member of the board of trustees of ANC-GH with the sum of 800ghc to buy our tickets back to Lagos and also gave us N6,000 for our trip from Lagos to Edo state.

Did your families know you were embarking on such mission?
Ehinon: Hmmmm, we didn’t tell our parents because we wanted to surprise them by going to Ivory Coast to work and come back home with lots of money to help us start our businesses, because we just finished learning fashion and design, so we were hoping when we make money, we can come back to Nigeria and buy sewing machines and open our own place and that was a big mistake on our part. But Mr Moses Owaro spoke with my brother in Nigeria to explain the situation of things. So, currently our families are aware that we are in Ghana and will be returning home soon.

How were you able to cross the boarder without the authorities suspecting any foul play?
Ehinon: Anytime we got to the boarder, we were told to come down from the car and cross over to the other side on foot. And what the woman kept telling the immigration officers and other security personnel was that we were going to the next country to buy goods to sell. They told us not to show any sign of fear or fidget in front of the officers.

So, how did you feel when you realized that you are being tricked into prosti-tution instead of working in a restaurant?
Franca: We felt bad, and we just wanted to leave that place even when we had no place to go, rather than sleeping with different men while she takes all the money.

So, what is your advice for young girls like you who are looking for fast means to get rich?
Ehinon: My advice is that, if anybody approaches them and promises to take them somewhere for greener pastures, they should not go, find out if indeed its legitimate. Please confirm before you travel with any stranger that offers you job in foreign land, please don’t go, especially the girls. I’m appealing to you, because you will end up in prostitution and that was the mistake we made. We need to be patient, though there can be delay in reaching our goals but with God it will surely happen.

Franca: You know it is not everybody that tells their parents their plans, especially when it is this kind of travel. They should please not hide anything from their parents.

Gerard Piqué to consider playing in Colombia for Shakira's sake

Footballer Gerard Pique says he might play in Colombia towards the end point of his career because of his partner Shakira, who's from Colombia. It is common among football stars to play in lower leagues towards the end of their career but Pique's decision to consider plying his trade in Colombia is a real sign of love.

Photo: Omotola meets Beyonce's mum, Tina Knowles and her husband

Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde pictured with Beyonce's mother, Tina Knowles and her husband, Richard Lawson at the 5th Gospel Goes to Hollywood Luncheon held in Los Angeles last week Friday February 26th.

Photos From President Buhari's Return To Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived from Qatar and Saudi Arabi on Monday. He landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International airport in Abuja and was received with full honours. More photos...

Dino Melaye Causing Commotion with His Expensive 3-Wheel Machine In Abuja

The way Dino is pending is giving some cause for concern as they don't know what business he's in to. Lol!