Welcome to Rity Onyi's Blog: April 2015

Saturday, 18 April 2015

Gobe!! Pastor In Court For Allegedly Defiling Friend’s Daughter

A pastor at Tungan-Maje, an Abuja suburb was on Wednesday arraigned before an Abuja Upper Area Court sitting at Zuba for allegedly defiling his friend’s 11-year-old daughter.

The police prosecutor, Momoh Ibrahim, told the court that the 45-year-old pastor committed the offence of gross indecency contrary to Section 285 of the Penal Code.

He said a neighbour of the accused, who happens to be his friend, had reported at the Zuba Police Station on March 23 that the accused took his daughter into his room on two occasions between 2014 and 2015, where he had carnal knowledge of her. Continue...

Came across this lovely pics of our President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari trust me i didnt know he is this handsome

He looks so good in this President Jonathan Inspired costume…LOL

Atiku Sits Down On The Rug At Emir Sanusi's Palace As A Mark Of Respect (LOOK)

Here is Atiku sitting down on the rug as a mark of respect for the monarch, Emir Sanusi...

One Bad Turn: You won't believe why neighbours refused to help this woman after she fainted

Bukky had been tormenting her neighbours and stopping them from fetching water from an uncompleted building they reside in at Jakande Estate, Isolo Church street.

The water reserve had been provided by a good Samaritan, but she decided to create a monopoly on the water because she had been living there before the new neighbors came.

Neighbours had repeatedly tried to make her see reason but she always locked the tap. They even went as far as reporting her to the police but no action had been taken. Continue...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said he is ready for dialogue with his opponents to bring peace to the state.

He also asked for forgiveness from those he might have offended, saying “nobody is perfect.”

Fayose spoke on Friday at a special prayer session organised for him by the Ansar-udeen Mosque, Atikankan in Ado-Ekiti to celebrate his recent electoral victory at the Supreme Court.

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have issued a notice of impeachment to the governor, citing eight impeachable offences. Continue...

At least four persons have been injured while many others are being trapped as a building within Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi collapsed Saturday morning.

The building according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is located at HFB way Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi.

NEMA spokesman, Ibrahim Farinloye said the incident occurred following an explosion from the building.

He said the explosion may have been caused by gas, adding that three persons were inside the building when the explosion occurred.

Farinloye said the trio and a another person outside the building have been evacuated to St Maria Hospital Yaba.

Men of the Police disaster management are presently guarding the scene.

PHOTO: Nigerian car dealership shop burnt down in South Africa’s xenophobic attack

Foreign-owned shops in South Africa have been attacked and looted in east Johannesburg, the latest in a series of xenophobic attacks.

One of the shops burnt is an auto shop owned by Nigerians. The entire shop full of cars, was destroyed on Thursday night.

A standoff developed in the city, with police forming a barrier between an angry crowd and foreign-owned shops. Continue...

Ongoing Massive Election Protest Near INEC Office In Umuahia Abia (Photos)

Ongoing Massive Election Protest Near INEC Office In Umuahia Abia.

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Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, one of the eleven successor distributioncompanies of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), is currently recruiting.

The company is to create about 15,000 direct and indirect jobs starting May, the company’sManaging Director has said.

Interested applicants should visit: Kadunaelectric.recruiterbox.com. Submission of applications close 23/4/2015. Continue...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Imo State and incumbent Governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has faulted the independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for declaring last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state inconclusive and announcing supplementary elections in some wards across the state.

Okorocha, who expressed his disappointment to reporters at the Government House in Imo State on Monday, said the supplementary election would have been unnecessary if INEC had considered the number of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, distributed in the affected areas instead of the number of registered voters. Continue...

Nigeria’s vice president-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, singer Tony Tetuila and other PDP members were spotted at Bola Tinubu’s residential home on Sunday as they celebrate APC Senatorial and Governorship victories across Nigeria.

Find pictures below:

Another house help palaver. A newly employed male house help in Omole, Ogba- Ikeja has stolen his Boss’ Toyota SUV. According to the twitter user who alerted Lagosians online, the said man drove it away yesterday.

Nigeria Elections 2015: INEC declares Imo polls inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the 2015 governorship elections in Imo State inconclusive.

The declaration was made on Sunday, April 12, 2015, by the INEC Returning Officer for the state, Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe.

Ibidapo-Obe said that the election, which held on Saturday, April 11, was inconclusive because the total number of votes in the areas where the election did not take place was higher than the margin between the two leading candidates. Continue...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend swept to victory in the governorship and House of Assembly elections conducted across the country. LEADERSHIP reports that governorship election was conducted in 29 states while House of Assembly elections held in the 36 states of the federation.

According to the results released by INEC, APC have so far won in 20 states while the PDP won in 9. Continue...

Without been told, the pictures explain Anita Joseph has worked on herself. Nice to see her look this good. See more photos after the cut.

Despite calls for the cancellation of polls in Rivers,PDP candidate Nyesom Wike has been declared winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Rivers state.

He polled a total of 1,029,102 to beat Dr Dakuku Peterside of the , APC who had 124,896 votes

The Returning Officer, Prof Faraday Oruwense announced the results in Port Harcourt in the early hours of Monday.

Beyoncé: Diva's mother gets married again

Tina Knolwes and Richard Lawson tie the knot in an all-white wedding

Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles ties the knot for the second time.

The 61-year-old Knowles martriach and fiance,Richard Lawson, 67, got married on Sunday, April 12 on a private yacht, worth 300 guests, outside of Newport Berach, California.

According to TMZ, Beyonce, Jay Z, Solange, Alan Ferguson and Blue Ivy were on board for the all-white ceremony.

Tina and her beau Richard were first rumored to had tied the knot back in October last year. See photo of her with Beyonce's dad after the cut...

President elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari says all political office holders, governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and others, will be declaring their assets before a law court on assumption of their appointment and at the end of their appointment.

According to him, this would ensure accountability amongst public servants. He said this in an interview with Sahara TV yesterday April 12th

“All those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and definitely with the courts. Continue...

Rity Onyi brings you front page stories from Nigeria’s leading newspapers on a day-to-day basis.

Find out what is making headlines all over the country from the covers of The Punch, Vanguard, The Guardian and more.

For today, Friday, April 13, 2015:

THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

APC wins in 13 states, PDP victorious in four

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded a mass victory in the recently concluded governorship elections as it won in 13 states out of the 17 for which official results have been announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Go to tribunal, INEC tells aggrieved candidates, parties

The Commission cautioned politicians and their followers not make careless statement that could incite violence and sabotage the ongoing peaceful collation of results. Continue...

Governor Rochas Okorocha Wins The 2015 Imo State Governorship Elections

Incumbent governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has won the gubernatorial election in the state to hold power again for another four years. The APC leader won his PDP counterpart with a margin of about 54,000votes as reported by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).. Out of the 26 LGA's collated by the electoral body: APC 378,632 and PDP 324,486. Difference: 54,146. Pictured below are some Imo citizens who took to the streets to express their happiness with the news. Continue....

The boy’s mother had to battle Australia's Supreme Court to get permission to ‘harvest’ her late husband’s sperm after he was killed in a motorbike accident.

Doctors were not certain it would be successful because it took the courts two days to decide whether the mother should be allowed to use his sperm to conceive.

It isn’t the first time that sperm has been taken from a dead man to create a baby, but it is 18 hours longer than has been done in the past. Continue...

While his colleagues were seen supporting the out-going Nigerian President, gentleman and one of Nollywood’s finest, Desmond Elliot quietly plotted how to take his act as an accomplished actor to the floor of the Lagos State House of Assembly, via the All Progressive Congress,( APC). Desmond is today, an elected member of the popular Lagos State House of Assembly. With this election, he joins the ranks of Hon Tony Oneweek Muonagor , to make it to a legislative branch of government. The sky appears to be his limit. Continue...

The nollywood Diva who does not seem to shy away from the media storm has made yet another eyebrow raising confession.

The Nollywood diva, singer and bosom -toting cossy orjiakor, is sure going to make her long list of suitors and and men thinking to marry her have a quick rethink about whats in stock for him and possible their unborn children.

Cossy orjiakor who took to her her Facebook page to disclose to her fans some troubling decisions.

In the write up she said to her fans how much she cherishes her bosom by heaping praises on God for bestowing her with such gift of life. Continue...

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, John Oyegun yesterday has said he expects politicians now defecting to APC because it has all of a sudden become the winning party to stay in their parties for the good development of democracy in the country.

Oyegun says the only reason why politicians are defecting to APC is because their party has lost, and it is still not a good reason for them to defect. Oyegun spoke to journalists shortly after casting his vote yesterday in Benin City, Edo State, where he expressed his self on the defection issue. Here’s what he said; Continue...

All Progressive Congress governorship candidate and Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal is leading in 18 out of the 23 local government areas in Sokoto state.

APC defeated the PDP in all the 18 local government areas declared so far by INEC at the State Collation Centre of the governorship election at the Sultan Maccido Institute of Quran and General Studies, Sokoto. Continue...

AHIAZU MBAISE
APC 10,080
PDP 25,063

IDEATO NORTH
APC 21,997
PDP 4,961

IDEATO SOUTH
APC 32,708
PDP 2,317

ISU
APC 13,374
PDP 4,293

ABOH MBAISE
APC 4,883
PDP 55,516
Continue...

Three Dead As Soldiers Chase Ballot Box Snatchers In Imo

No fewer than three persons were feared dead and scores wounded in a ghastly motor accident in Imo State Saturday as elections were going on across the state.

The incident which happened at Okwele in Onuimo Council Area of the State, according to an eyewitness account, occurred when a take-off bus conveying hoodlums who were snatching ballot boxes in the area, somersaulted while trying to escape from Soldiers who gave them a hot chase. Continue...

Some of our celebrities are not just talking on social media,but actually stepping out to vote..Banky W ,Segun and Tunde Demurun,Mercy Aigbe,Omoni Oboli,Susan Peters,Ayo Adesanya,and a stylish Toke Makinwa are a few of those who are making their votes count..

The Nollywood actor cum politician shared the photo on Twitter with the caption: ‘Just back from my polling unit with granny.’
Desmond Elliot is seeking a seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly in today’s election under the All Progressives Congress.

Meanwhile, the actor turned politician has denied sharing money to voters as earlier reported online.

Police woman collapses at a polling unit in Ogun (PHOTO-SPEAKS)

We hear this police woman reportedly collapsed because of excessive heat at a polling unit in Ogun State.

Photos of people attacked in Rivers state today

Politics shouldn't be a do-or-die thing na, why the mayhem? There were quite a number of political clashes in Rivers state (and other parts of Nigeria) today. Here are some pics of some of the casualty in Rivers. Continue to see more photos...

The legal voting age in Nigeria is 18 years old. But in Nigeria, miracles can happen.

There were several cases of underage voting reported, particularly in Northern Nigeria during the Presidential elections.

This Saturday at the polls is no different.

This underage voter was spotted somewhere in Northern Nigeria. See more photos after the cut...

Two persons were reportedly shot dead in the early hours of Saturday by unknown gunmen in the state.

The victims include a middle aged man, Mr. Mike Ojor in Ikwo Nnoyo in Ikwo local government area and the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ishielu LGA of the state, Mr. Emeka Nworie.

The mastermind of the dastardly act are said to be thugs allegedly loyal to an opposition political party in the state. A source close to Vanguard revealed that the late PDP chairman was attacked in his house in Ezzagu in Ishielu LGA and shot several times by his assailants. Continue...

You Can’t D@te This Girl And Cheat On Her | See Photo

Take a good look at this picture, she's a lady or you can say 1st lady, lol. You can't have this lady as your g!rlfriend or w!fe and che@t around because if you do and she catches you! that is comfam Gobe

Photos: Nigerian man stabs fiancee to death at their home in the US

A Nigerian man named Osa Alohaneke, 56, (pictured) has been arrested and is now facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his 52 year old Cameroonian fiancee, Evelyne Ebane Epiepang, to death at their home in Fort Bend County, Texas on Wednesday April 8th.

According to what police said in a statement, the victim had called police to their home around 5pm on Wednesday evening, telling the police that Osa had attacked and threatened to kill her. But when the police got there, Osa had already left. The police then left. About two hours later, Osa returned to the home to confront the victim who was home with her sister and another male family friend. Continue...

The director general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mrs Beatrice Jedy Agba, has warned that employment of children below the age of 12 as domestic helps is now a criminal offence which carries a minimum jail term of two years with no option of fine.

Speaking while presenting the new Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act in Abuja yesterday, the DG said “the Act has come into operation with effect from March 26th, 2015, which is the date that President Goodluck Jonathan assented to it.”

“The New Act prohibits the employment of a child below the age of 12 years as a domestic help, while the exploitation of a child under the age of 18 years who is employed as a domestic help is also prohibited.” Continue...

Barely 24 hours to the governorship elections, in Kaduna, nine candidates have stepped down for Nasir El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress.

The candidates, who spoke at a press conference in Kaduna Thursday, said their decision to step down for Mr. El-Rufai was informed by the former minister’s fortitude to make Kaduna stand out among other states in Nigeria.

The candidates include, Mohammed Ribadu of APA, Nayaya Lawal of PDC, Sani Abdulkadir of NNPP, Garba Suleiman of ACPN, Isa Abdullahi of NCP and Bala Mohammed Yunusa of ADC. Continue...

Amber Rose,Karrueche and Christina Milan are at Coachella where they are hosting a party....sexy ladies

Wonders shall never cease!. Over 100 naturists are expected to bare all to mark the opening of South Africa’s first official nud-ist beach on Saturday.

Mpenjati Beach in Trafalgar on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast was officially given the thumbs-up for bathers to dress down by the Hibiscus Coast Municipality (HCM) in October.

The controversial decision led to concerned residents beating their breasts in disapproval. Continue...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – A 27-year-old woman was pulled over early morning due to a speeding violation. When Natasha Brown acted in a very suspicious manner officers decided to search her vehicle where they discovered $60,000 in cash.
When officers asked her why she had such a large amount of money she replied: “I’m getting an abortion.” She was taken into custody for further questioning.

She told Baton Rouge investigators that the money was rightfully hers. Investigators asked her for employment information and she told investigators she had no job that she was a “self-employed entrepreneur” and then told investigators she had multiple boyfriends and that’s how she earned her money. Continue...

Lol, you do this when you are in love or when you are about to ‘taste’ the love. Well, when you are about to ‘taste’ the love most times. Lol

Photo Of The Day:- See Photo Of Obasanjo Using The Selfie Stick….

Baba won snap selfie Upload for Instagram

Guys! Keep your Babe well ooo, Obasanjo can Snatch ur Cute babe.

PHOTO: Patience Jonathan resurfaces, spotted at PDP rally in Rivers State

PIC.4. PDP WOMEN CAMPAIGN FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN RIVERS

First Lady Patience Jonathan who has not been seen in public since her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, lost the March 28 presidential elections, is back on the campaign trail.

She was spotted at the PDP women’s rally in Rivers State on Thursday.

Jonathan lost to opponent and President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari by over two million votes.

Interesting Facts About Sokoto Gubernatorial Election (You All Need To Know)

– Hon. Tanbuwal of APC is contesting against Ambassador Wali of the PDP

– Hon. Tanbuwal and Amb. Wali are from the same LGA in Sokoto

– Hon. Tanbuwal is married to the younger sister of Amb. Wali (same father, same mother)

– When Amb. Wali was made Senate Leader in 1999, he brought Tanbuwal to Abuja as his Special Legislative Assistant

– In 2003, Amb. Wali practically sponsored the election that brought Hon. Tanbuwal into the House of Rep

– When Hon. Tanbuwal became the Speaker of the HoR, he used his position to influence the appointment of Amb. Wali as Nigeria’s ambassador to Morrocco

My people, abeg who Mrs Tanbuwal go vote for Husband or Brother??

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