IBB Seriously Sick, Emaciated, Unable To Walk Unaided

According to Thisday, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), is seriously ill, a source close to his hilltop mansion in Minna, the Niger State capital, has revealed.

The source said the former military president has been ill for a while, resulting in his inability to attend most public functions. We could not ascertain the real cause of his illness, but the source apart from saying that it was age-related, added that the former military president might be suffering from a relapse of the radiculopathy disease which has troubled him since he was head of state.

According to the source, General Babangida most times is unable to walk unaided without a walking stick or the assistance of his security personnel.

The illness of the former military president became public last week when he attended the valedictory dinner for the former Niger State Chief Judge, Justice Fati Lami Abubakar and was aided out of the venue before the end of the event.

It was said that Babangida now travels to Abuja frequently where he receives medical attention and has cut down on receiving visitors at his home.

The source also said he has emaciated a lot and also looks pale.

Photos: Saraki's supporters stage protest outside CCT

A group of men, women and children are staging a protest around the Code of Conduct Tribunal CCT premises on Jabi district road in Abuja, to declare their support for Senate President, Bukola Saraki, whose corruption trial resumes today April 18th. Saraki's trial for alleged false declaration of assets comes up today. More photos after the cut.

Photo: Nigerian man arrested in India for duping on the pretext of coverting black dollar into original dollar with chemical

A 38-year-old Nigerian man from Edo State, Morgan Harry Osayanda was arrested in India for cheating under the pretext of coverting quoted black dollars into original dollars with the help of chemical.

With his arrest, a team of Police Station Connaught Place, New Delhi District Police comprising of SI Kuldeep Yadav, Ct. Bijender No. 2405/ND and Ct. Ajeet 601/ND led by Inspr. Pankaj Malik, SHO Connaught Place, in the close supervision of Sh. Dhirendra Pratap Singh, ACP/Connaught Place, New Delhi busted a racket which cheated the persons on the pretext of converting quoted black dollars into original dollars with the help of a chemical.

The team recovered 26 black paper/black dollar padding, one locker, plastic bottle containing chemical/liquid, 2 laptops, 8 mobile phones, 7 dongals, 23 SIMs, 1 pen drive along with memory card and a  number of incriminating documents/articles.

Below is the statement by Delhi Police (PR Cell) dated March 27, 2016:

One Ms. Priya R/o Delhi lodged a complaint of cheating  against a South African national and alleged that she  has been  cheated  of a sum of USD 10,000/- by him for converting quoted black dollars into original dollars with the help of a chemical. A case vide FIR NO. 115/16, Dated 20.03.2016, U/S 420 IPC & 14 Foreigners Act, was registered at PS Connaught Place, New Delhi on  her complaint and the accused was arrested, whose identity was disclosed as:- Morgan @ Harry S/o Johnson @ Osayande R/o  H. No. 6, Efosa, Street off Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Age 38 year.
 

MODUS OPERANDI 

Accused first contact his prey and share their mobile numbers and E-mail IDs and then contact with them by giving them allurement of converting quoted black dollars into original dollars with the help of a chemical. He allured people to invest huge quoted black dollars with him into real estate business and sought original dollars from them for the purpose of converting the quoted dollars into original dollars. He would give a demo to his preys for the same. When his client/prey started trusting him, he would demand original dollars from them. Once, the cheated person gives him dollars, he never returned US dollars and rather would demand more on one pretext or the other. After a long persuasion, his preys agreed to come to see the demo as to how quoted black dollars are converted into original dollars. He convince them with the demo. In the matter, the complainant gave him USD 10,000 on the false assurance of the accused that the black dollars will be converted into original dollars with the help of a chemical and he showed her a chemical bottle. Thereafter, he pretended that the chemical has been freezed and the same will be defreeze at UK Embassy. After that, he called her and told her that the UK Embassy officials are demanding Rs. 5,10,000/- to unfreeze the chemical and requested her  to transfer the  amount in an account but she denied and instead  planned to meet him in Connaught Place area of New Delhi where from he was apprehended.

Profile of the accused

1.Morgan @ Harry Osayanda R/o , Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria   Age -38 years

 The accused passed polytechnic degree in electric engineering from his native country Nigeria in 1998. He had worked as an electrician in Nigeria before coming to India. His target in India was to cheat/deceive people by showing fake demos of converting  quoted black dollars into  genuine dollars with the help of a chemical.

The accused along with his associates was residing in a rented house at 104/9, Upper Ground Floor, Gaushala Road, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi for the last two months. They keep on changing their rented accommodation in Delhi or nearby areas so as to avoid their identities. He was residing there with a fake name in the name of Terry Lawson as a Mali National. He prepared his forged passport and visa with the help of a laptop and printer in his rented accommodation.

During prolonged and sustained interrogation and systematic investigation, a team of the police station Connaught Place comprising of SI Kuldeep Yadav, Ct. Bijender No. 2405/ND and Ct. Ajeet No. 601/ND led by Inspr. Pankaj Malik, SHO Connaught Place under overall supervision of ACP/Connaught Place Sh. Dhirender Pratap Singh recovered 26 black paper/black dollar paddings, one locker/safe, plasic bottle containing chemical, 2 laptops, 8 mobile phones, 7 dongals, 23 SIMs, 1 pen drive along with memory card and a number of incriminating documents.

 RECOVERY  AFFECTED:-

1.26 black paper/black dollar padding,

2.One Locker/Safe,

3.Plastic bottle containing liquid/chemical,

 Mobiles (8)

•Nokia, Black Colour having Airtel SIM

•Nokia, Black Colour, having Vodafone SIM .

•Samsung, Blue Colour  having Airtel SIM

•Nokia, Black Colour, Airtel 4G SIM.

•Nokia, Black Colour, having Airtel SIM

•Nokia, Black Colour, having SIM.

•Nokia, Black Colour,  having Airtel SIM

• Nokia, Black Colour, having Airtel SIM

Dongles(7) 
Reliance, MTS and Micromax
SIMs (23)
Reliance, Vodafone, MTN of India and  Estisate, Glo, Lyca etc. of African Country .
Laptops(2)
•One Laptop Asus, Black Colour,
•One Laptop HP, Black Colour
•A Coloured printout Instruction Manual regarding Fabric Quick Automatic Solution.
•One Forged Passport with Indian Visa,
•A fake Swaziland High Commission Card,

Source: New Delhi Police

Lovely photos of Senator Ita-Giwa and her daughter at Adaeze Yobo's birthday party

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa graced the birthday party of Adaeze Yobo and her sons over the weekend in this elegant piece by Toyin Lawani of Tiannah Styiling. The 70-year-old attended the party with her daughter Betty. More photos after the cut.

Freeze writes about poverty mentality in Nigeria

OAP Freeze shared his thoughts on poverty mentality in the country. Please read:

 N150 million 2016 #LAMBORGHINI #Huracan driving out of LEKKI phase 1 gate! And they say there is no money! read more after the cut...

In Nigeria it's not everyone that's having financial woes, it looks like it's only the poor that have gotten poorer!!!!! Same day, same venue, lekki. In the morning I saw the 2016 #LAMBORGHINI #Huracan and now only a few hours later I am seeing right in front of me the #latest #Ferrari 488 GTB. This car is so new it has a 2 year waiting list meaning that there is a long queue to get one! It costs almost $400,000 + another 70% ($280,000)to clear, bringing the total to about $680,000 x 323 for a dollar it's about N218,000,000.
While we are there reading and quoting the bible, these guys are living the life of the biblical Isaac who sowed in a land of famine and reaped a hundredfold. My question to you all now is; do I join other poor Nigerians and cry and bemoan Nigeria's woes, abuse our leaders, get angry at the presidents frequent trips, cry about the dollar rates or simply stop these guys when next I see them in traffic and ask them HOW DID YOU DO IT???

Blac Chyna steps out in sexy dress with fiancé Rob Kardashian in Georgia club

Blac Chyna and her fiance Rob Kardashian were seen having a great time in a club in Georgia over the weekend.  The couple seemed to have eyes for just each other. More photos after the cut..

John Legend's Wife, Chrissy, Delivers A Baby Girl

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen just welcomed their first child- it's a baby girl. Congrats to the couple!

PDP Takes Over Senate; Ike Ekweremadu Will Be Presiding As Saraki Faces Trial Daily

When APC chairman National Chairman, John Oyegun said recently that if they have to sacrifice the office of the Senate President to have the desired change for Nigeria, many did not understand what he was driving at. But latest developments from the Code of Conduct Tribunal are clear indication.

Starting from Monday, April 18, Saraki will be spending his days at the CCT until his trial is concluded, no more room to go to the Senate chamber. He's technically out until the case is over.

He disrespected the leadership and leaders of APC to become senate president by force. Hopefully, he was well prepared for the consequences. The case has finally commenced. We are watching the epic battle!

I’m Not Seeking To Inherit Audu’s Votes – Idris Wada

Captain Idris Wada, immediate past governor of Kogi State, has said that he is not seeking to inherit the votes of Prince Abubakar Audu, the late All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 21, 2015 governorship election.

Wada said rather he is contesting the results of the gubernatorial election because of gross irregularities, noting that it was unfortunate that the APC flag-bearer, Audu, died.

Wada made the assertion while adopting his petition before the Kogi Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja.

Under cross examination by counsel to INEC, Governor Yahaya Bello and APC, Captain Wada said that even though he was deeply saddened by the death of his long time friend, Abubakar Audu, he was of the opinion that Audu’s votes were voided by his death and could not be inherited by anyone.

In a related development, a forensic analyst, Mr. Samuel Oduntan, also testified before the tribunal.

Mr. Oduntan said that he was the leader of the team that carried out forensic examination of the election documents and that they discovered various irregularities.

He affirmed that he was an experienced hand in the field and had cause to work with many lawyers including one of the APC lawyers in the Kogi case on several occasions.

It would be recalled that counsel to Wada, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), presented a report before the tribunal which contains information about gross irregularities in the gubernatorial poll.

According to the report, when the invalid votes are subtracted from the votes declared by INEC, PDP has a lead of over 25,000 votes, making Wada the rightful winner of the election.

Thousands take to the streets in Zimbabwe in massive anti-Mugabe protests

The nonagenarian has ruled the South African country with an iron fist for 28 years and it seems the people want him gone. Thousands took to the street in the capital Harare demanding he step down in a protest organised by main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change. Estimates put the crowd at between 2000 and 10000 protesters.


Speaking before the crowd, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai made clear that the protesters were not calling for revolution, but merely fair elections. “We are not demanding an overthrow of the government… We are demanding a dignified exit for the tired Mugabe,” Tsvangirai said, adding, “It’s time Mugabe listens to the voice of the people. The people shall liberate themselves.”

Tsvangirai ran against Mugabe in 2002, 2008, 2013. In what can only be described as a bastardisation of the democratic process, he got more votes than Mugabe in 2008 but “not enough to win,” according to the Mugabe government’s electoral oversight officials.

The protest suffered a hitch when organisers were initially denied the licence to match but the nation's high court gave the go-ahead.