UPDATE: Female Gospel Singer who Died in Hotel Lodge in Same Room with The Pastor

It's really sad when some of these ladies think that they are too wise, playing games on their husband...

Now the controversy is getting messy. Husband of the gospel singer who was found dead in a private hotel in Benin, Edo State, Mr. Odion Omoarebokhae, has accused the senior pastor of a Pentecostal church, identified as Apostle Psalm Okpe, of allegedly killing his wife, Yvonne Omoarebokhae.

Mr. Odion, a businessman who dismissed speculation that his wife died of cardiac arrest, insisted that her drink could have been laced with an overdose of a 'drug' in the hotel room leading to her death.

The married lady with a three-year-old child had on April 8, 2016, been reportedly found dead in a private hotel ‎located in GRA, Benin city, a day after performing at a church programme in Warri.

The 30-year-old lady was said to have been invited by the Lagos based pastor, whom she had reportedly met on Facebook, to perform at a church programme in Warri, Asaba and Benin.

She was said to have been confirmed dead at the Central Hospital, Benin, while her corpse was deposited in a mortuary.

Efforts to reach Pastor Okpe for comments ‎were unsuccessful as he was said to be in police custody.

But the husband of the deceased, who told Punch that he did not know the pastor, said, “‎At about 9pm, I was called to come to the Airport road police station. Initially, I thought she had an issue with the taxi she took on her way back.

“But later that night, the police, after tossing me here and there, told me that she was dead. It was later that I discovered that the pastor that invited her to the programme, Psalm Okpe, had killed my wife.”

Mr Odion also said the CCTV footage obtained from the hotel revealed that both his wife and the Pastor lodged in the same room and ‎showed the suspicious movements of the pastor, which according to him indicated his complicity in the death of his wife.

The husband said, “I have watched the CCTV footage. Initially, the pastor said that they came back together and she went her way and he went his own way. But we have been to that place (hotel) and watched the CCTV footage and discovered that, contrary to what he (Pastor Okpe) wrote, she (his late wife) actually slept there.

“Immediately they entered, she was just following like a dumb (and) went up upstairs. The police told me that they met my wife dressed like somebody ready to go out. The police snapped her (took her photograph) like somebody taking a nap.

“I have seen my wife’s body; there is no mark on her. From what I observed, I think she was given an overdose of a substance I do not know. Probably, her system could not take it.

“She communicated with me that day she died, at about 10am, that they have finished performing; she could not return the day before; that she is already in Benin (and) in the next one hour, she will be in the house.”

‎The husband of the lady, who claimed to have received calls from some persons to withdraw the matter, urged the Police to conduct a thorough investigation in the interest of justice for the aggrieved family.

“One or two person have been calling me that I should try and bury my wife that they will talk to them for settlement. I have told them (that) I didn’t sell her and I am not collecting any money from anybody.

“I want the police to follow this case because I know that pastor Psalm Okpe killed my wife. So, I want the law to make sure he does not go unpunished,”‎ the husband insisted.

Saraki's Hidden Assets in UK, Lagos and Abuja Revealed

The trial of embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki resumed with the first prosecution witness revealing how  he failed to declare houses in UK, as well as the upscale areas of Ikoyi, Lagos and Abuja.

The witness, Mr. Michael Wetkas, an operative of the EFCC, ended his three-day testimony on Monday in the trial of Saraki on 13 counts of false and anticipatory asset declaration before the CCT.

The witness, who was led in evidence by the lead prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), reeled off the names of various companies operated by Saraki.

He allegedly used the companies while he was the governor of Kwara State between 2003 and 2011.

Wetkas revealed to the CCT alleged falsehood in the details of the assets Saraki had declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau when he was the governor.

He said Saraki bought 3 assets from the Presidential Implementation Committee on Sale of Federal Government Properties, which he did not declare in the forms submitted to the CCB.

He stated that the defendant acquired the three landed assets from the presidential committee against the policy that no one should acquire more than one.

He said, “We invited the members of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Sale of Federal Government Properties. From our findings, one person is only allowed to acquire one property under the scheme. But the first defendant got three properties using his personal name and the name of his company.

“No.15 Mcdonald Street, Ikoyi, was got in the name of the defendant’s company, Tiny Tee Limited and 17, 17A and 17B were got in his personal name.

“Exhibit P21 relates to Plot 2481 and 2482, Cadastrial Zone A06, Maitama, Abuja, otherwise known as 1 and 3 Targus Street, Maitama, Abuja. From Exhibit 21, they were acquired in 1993.

“From Exhibit 1, under Appendix 3 (details of landed property in Nigeria), I did not see the property.

“The defendant did not declare Plot 2481 and 2482, Cadastrial Zone A06, Maitama, Abuja, on assumption of office in 2003. Neither did I see No 1 and 3 Targus Street, Maitama, Abuja, in the asset declaration form.

“Exhibit 3 is the asset declaration form in 2007. In 2007, the defendant declared 1 Targus Street, Maitama, Abuja. Number 3 was not declared.

“In the asset declaration form of 2011, No. 1 Targus, Musa Yar’Adua was declared. He did not declare No 3 Targus Street, Maitama.

Wetkas also revealed how Saraki obtained N375m loan from the Guaranty Trust Bank on February 11, 2010, which he allegedly used to purchase a property in London.

The Senate President was said to have failed to declare the London property.

He said, “Sometimes in February 11, 2010, a loan of N375m was availed to the defendant by GTB.

“Exhibit 7 is the offer letter for the loan for him to borrow N375m. The offer letter was dated February 10, 2010, but was disbursed to the account on February 11, 2010 for the purchase of the property in London. I did not see anywhere it was declared in the asset declaration form dated June 3, 2011.”

Wetkas also listed some landed assets, which his investigative team discovered to be owned by Saraki but were allegedly not declared by him.

The witness added, “Exhibit 19 is the search warrant executed on the premises of Carlie Limited in Lagos.

“A list of some of the properties belonging to the defendant was obtained from the office of Carlie Properties in Lagos. On the list we have:

“Ruston Garden, Ikoyi, Lagos, divided into nine sub-units of properties. Each of them is yielding a total of N14m. The total income from that property alone is N126m per annum.

“The property at 37 Glover Road, by the record, was yielding N5,500,000 per annum.

“Exhibit 4 (asset declaration form made in July, 2015) there is column for farm, ranches, orchards, factory. But nothing was declared.

“In exhibit Exhibit 5, he said, ‘I do not have’.”

Prosecuting counsel, Jacobs, through the witness, tendered cheques drawn from Saraki’s personal account and the account of his firm, Carlie Properties and Investments Limited, for payment for the property.

The various tranches totalled N522,060,000.

Wetkas said the property was bought in the name of Tiny Tee Limited from the Presidential Implementation Committee on the Sale of Federal Government Properties between 2006 and 2007.

He said, “The part payment was from GTB account of Carlie Properties and Investment Ltd.

“There is a draft before me for N256,300,000, which was a part payment for 17, Mcdonald Street, Ikoyi, Lagos.

“There is another draft before me of N12,815,000, which was a part payment for 17, Mcdonald, Ikoyi.

“There is another draft of a total of N24,090,000. That total is broken down into. – N20m from Zenith Bank and N4,090,000 from GTB. The total of the two are part payments for 17 Mcdonald, Ikoyi.”

He said Saraki featured the name of his wife, Oluwatoyin, as a director in two of the companies – Carlie Properties and Investments Limited and Sky View Limited.

But on inviting the Senate President’s wife, she denied participating in the running of the companies.

He said, “From our findings, the Managing Director of Carlie Properties Investments Limited, Mr. Kenedy Sule Izuabe, managed the company on behalf of the defendant.

“The defendant is the beneficiary of the rent paid for these properties. From Exhibit 25, our findings, one company, Babs Trading and Manufacturing Limited, and Ojora Oluwatoyin were directors in Carlie Properties and Investments Limited and later on Mr. Keneth Izuabe was also added as a director in the company. The people mentioned are both directors and shareholders.

“Babs Trading and Manufacturing Limited is also linked to the defendant.

“Ojora Oluwatoyin is the wife of the defendant. We invited her in the course of the investigation. The reason was because, from the statement of account of Carlie Properties and Investments Limited, and Sky View, her name featured as a signatory to the accounts of the companies. We called her to clarify some transactions and she said she did not participate in the activities and disbursements from the accounts of Carlie and Sky View.”

Wetkas had, in his testimony of March 18, 2016, revealed that Saraki declared that he acquired the property in 2003, whereas, he only purchased it from the Presidential Implementation Committee on Sale of Federal Government Property in 2006.

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..

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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!