19yr-Old Boy for Rapes Nursing Mother in Edo State

THE Police in Edo State has arrested 19-year old Peter Braimoh who allegedly raped a 24 year-old nursing mother at Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Council of Edo State.

The suspect was said to have gained entrance into the victim’s residence through the window at about 4am, knowing that the husband was not around.  On gaining entrance into the house, he ordered the woman to undress and allow him make love to her or her little baby will be shot dead.

But while the victim was pleading to the suspect to take whatever valuable in the room and leave her alone, the suspect was said to have gone for the little baby and turned him upside down, forcing the mother to her kneels as she begged the suspect to spare the life of the baby.

Omawumi Asks For Release Of Ebola Experimental Drugs

With the recent outbreak of Ebola virus that has caused tongue to wag, the disease is starting to spread like a gentle wind. Reports have it that, two carrier of the virus is dead and 137 people are presently being quarantined, some hospitals have been shut down and Nigerians are not finding it funny.

It was reported that the Nigerian Minister of Health has requested for the drugs which has been said to work on the virus, called ZMapp and has had an experimental treatment of two American aid workers. The two American aid workers were given the drug after being stricken with Ebola in Liberia. Both patients, who are being cared for at Emory University Hospital, are improving, an outcome that has governments in Nigeria and other affected African countries as well as three highly regarded Ebola experts clamoring to have the serum released to the hundreds of people who are infected in West Africa.

Lagos Sets up Ebola Isolation Ward

As the number of suspected and confirmed cases of the deadly Ebola Virus continues to soar, the Lagos State Government on Friday set up an isolation centre for patients who have shown symptoms of the Ebola virus. The Isolation Ward is situated behind the Lagos Mainland Hospital at Yaba Lagos and is made up of tents that are fenced with planks.

This is coming shortly after the World Health Organisation, WHO, recommended the establishment of Ebola Treatment Centres and an enforcement of outbreak preventive measures, such as isolation and quarantine, be adopted as a matter of necessity in the handling of the Ebola virus in all countries affected. Commissioning the hospital on Friday was the governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, the state commissioner of Health, Jide Idris, among others.

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Girl Finds Family 10 Years After Tsunami

A girl given up for dead after the 2004 tsunami has been returned to her family almost 10 years after being swept away by surging waters.

Ranudhatul Jannah was four years old when huge waves struck her family's home in West Aceh, Indonesia, on December 26, 2004.

She and her seven-year-old brother were carried off by the waves, and after a month-long search her parents gave up hope of ever finding the children alive.

But the girl's mother Jamaliah has now described her joy at the "miracle" return of her daughter.

"God has given us a miracle," Jamaliah said.

Fresh Ebola Cases Discovered, 139 Persons Placed On Surveillance – FG

The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu yesterday confirmed two new cases of  Ebola infection in Lagos, which now brings to nine, the number of cases recorded in Nigeria so far, Nigerian Tribune reports.

He also announced that 139 people were currently under surveillance. Professor Onyebuchi made these known while addressing newsmen in Lagos to give an update on the country’s situation as regards the disease which spread panic across the nation between Thursday and Friday morning.

According to the minister, aside the two fresh cases, there were also six suspected cases which had not been confirmed.

After Ebola What Next? Etcetera Writes

Ebolaphobia is the new term in town as panic has swept through Nigeria and beyond in the wake of the lethal virus. The campaign has seen so much twists and turns such that the fear of the disease is causing more harm than the disease itself. But from all we have heard and seen in the past few weeks, to doubt the existence of ebola will be the height of stupidity. It is real and it kills and everyone should take all precautionary measures suggested by health organisations.

Reggie Bush Says Kim Kardashian’s Lifestyle Made His NFL Career Difficult

Lions baller Reggie Bush was a star entering the league as one of the top picks in the draft but also with something more. Bush, like hot new NFL baller Manziel does now, had an aura of celebrity around him that is not often seen around NFL players, period, let alone rookies.

ESPN reports:

“It reminds me of what I went through, you know. For him, he’s going to have to learn how to say no and that’s going to be extremely hard because it’s going to be the people closest to you who you’re going to have to learn to say no to. And then you’re going to have to keep your circle small so that you can be allowed to focus on football, because without football, nothing else is going to [matter].

"Burna Boy Did Not Fire Me" - His Mum Speaks

Nigerian music sensation Burna Boy took to Twitter to announce that his mum, Bose Ogulu was no longer his manager. Speaking for the first time about it, his mum insists she wasn't fired by her son and she still manages most of his business affairs.
Mrs Ogulu tells Punch

“I was not in the country when the story broke and I have said I would not make any comment on it because it is totally unimportant. Whether I am his manager or not, he is my child and there is no role bigger than that. I am so shocked about how people made a big deal of the issue. I am not a musician or an entertainer, so I don’t owe anyone an explanation but he has done enough." More after the cut....

Government Confirms Two Fresh Ebola Cases In Lagos As Officials Reveal Family Of Late Nurse Who Contracted The Virus Are On The Run

The Federal Goverment has on Friday said that two new cases of Ebola infection have been confirmed in Lagos. This brings to 9 people confirmed positive, including late Patrick Sawyer and his nurse.

139 people are now under surveillance for Ebola in Nigeria. The number has jumped up from 70, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu has said.

"Fatality rate of Ebola in Nigeria is estimated at about 30%, compared with 55% across West Africa.

The 55% fatality rate means “half people infected survive Ebola. It is not a death sentence,” Chukwu added.

Suspects Sell N11.5m Worth of Goods to Policeman for N3m

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly diverting goods worth N11.5m and attempting to sell it for N3m.

The Police Public Relations Officer for Ogun State, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi , said the suspects ─ Idowu Jimoh,42, and Emeka Godwin,21 ─ agreed to sell the goods for N3m to a policeman who worked undercover in order to catch the suspects red-handed.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the goods, said to be Nestle PLC products worth N11m, were loaded on a truck marked, LAGOS, LND 182 XB, which was headed for Abuja.

The police said the duo had made plans to divert and sell the goods before a police informant alerted the command.

INEC Officials Caught Moving Sensitive Materials in Osun

Two officials of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Obokun LGA of Osun state have been arrested for diverting sensitive voting materials ahead of tomorrow's governorship election.

 

When interrogated, one of the men who is the Electoral Officer for the LGA confessed to the act but refused to name those who sent him as he pleaded for Mercy. A check on his phone log and text messages later showed he had been communicating with a chieftain in the Local Government Area.

I Will Curse Anyone That Insults Ibinabo Fiberesima - Toyin Aimakhu Warns

Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu johnson, has hipped praises on the Actors Guild of Nigeria’s (AGN) President, Ibinabo Fiberesima, for kindness towards her.

Although, when contacted her on what the kindness was all about, the actress refused disclosing it but explained that the AGN President has been so wonderful woman.

“She's my mummy. I won't say it but is a big and huge thing. Whenever you call her once, she will always answer, so if anyone curses her again, I will curse the person,” she stated.

Wizkid & Davido Should Grow Up - Charles Novia

Nollywood director, Charles Novia, always known for having an opinion on every trending issue, has aired his opinion on the recent rift between music artistes, Davido and Wizkid. He said the both of them should start acting like their real ages and expects them to be matured.

According to him “Isn’t it about time Davido and Wizkid start acting their real ages? There is a level of maturity expected from guys above 21 years”. The movie director pointed out that idle distraction only help in destroying their careers “when they start beefing as much as they do, the focus of their artistry gets lost. Idle distractions only help in destroying their careers” he said.

US Rejects Nigeria’s Request for Ebola Trial Drug

The United States of America, yesterday, dashed the hope of an early cure for Ebola Virus victims in Nigeria when it refused to share the trial drug with Nigeria. US President Barak Obama says it would be premature to share the experimental drug with Africa.

The Federal Government had earlier reached out to the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, in Atlanta, to request for the drug for treatment of EVD affected persons in Nigeria, but President Obama turned down the request, saying it would be far more beneficial to focus on prevention instead.

Nigeria recorded its first Ebola Virus disease fatality on Tuesday when one of the nurses who was one of the primary contacts of the American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, passed on. The doctor who treated Sawyer, who died in the country after flying into Lagos, is now ill with Ebola and six other primary contacts are currently ill with the disease in a Lagos hospital where they are quarantined.

Beyoncé’s Longtime Bodyguard Julius May Be Replaced… Due To Jay Z’s Wishes

According to RadarOnline reports: Beyonce married Jay Z in 2008, but for almost as long there has been another man in her life — bodyguard Julius de Boer. Her close relationship to the hulking and handsome Dutch security guard has raised eyebrows since he started working with her around 2008, with reports earlier this summer claiming their relationship was at the heart of her marriage troubles with her husband. Now, as rumors of an imminent split swirl, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the security company who first assigned de Boer to the pop star has launched a search for a new “Fulltime Executive Protection Officer.” Could she be ready to fire de Boer to save her marriage?

Sunday night at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, de Boer was an awkward third wheel during Beyonce and Jay Z’s couples finale. “The two of them walked off the main stage to a stage at the fifty yard line together,” an eyewitness tells Radar. “But Jay Z walked five feet in front of Beyonce without looking behind, and it was Julius who carried her train and made sure she got to the stage OK. It was very bizarre.”

Houseboy Kills Boss’ 78-year-Old Mother in Lagos

The police have arrested an 18-year-old man, Hounvenou Yavine, a national of Republic of Benin, for slitting the throat of his boss’ mother, Mrs. Mariam Abiola.

The incident happened at Ijaiye Low Cost Housing Estate, Pen Cinema, Lagos.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Yavine, who had his primary education in Porto Novo, was brought to Lagos in April 2014, by his elder sister.

He was, however, taken to work with the Abiolas by his sister’s husband, who was also collecting his monthly salary of N8, 000.

Our correspondent learnt that the daily tasks of Hounvenou were to do the house chores and follow his boss to her shop, where he assisted in selling alcoholic drinks.

Chika Amalaha Tested Positive Because She Drank ‘Zobo’

Treasurer of Nigeria Weighlifting Coaches Association, Andrew Ekanem has revealed that Chika Amalaha, who was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive to a banned substance at the just concluded Commonwealth Games, might have got the prohibited substance from her consistent drinking of a local drink called ‘Zobo’.
Amalaha, 16, who won the women’s 53kg competition, provided positive “A” and “B” samples that contained prohibited diuretics and masking agents and had to be stripped of the medal she won. Ekanem believes she was the architect of her own misfortune by drinking ‘zobo’.
PMNews reports that Ekanem said on Brila FM early today that Amalaha had been warned several times against drinking ‘Zobo’, but all the entreaties fell on deaf ears. The weightlifting coach alleged further that even the medical team warned her against drinking the local drink at the Abuja camp before the Games,  but she always sneaked out of camp to have the drink.

LeBron James Beats Cristiano Ronaldo As His Named World’s Fittest Athlete In ‘Sports Illustrated’

LeBron James reigns supreme! The NBA player beat out soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo as the world’s fittest athlete in the special ‘Sports Illustrated’ issue. Soccer fans, avert your eyes! In the first-ever Sports Illustrated’s 50 Fittest athletes issue, Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James, 29, topped major athletes to take the magazine’s first place rank.

LeBron is making headlines yet again! The two-time NBA championship player, who recently announced he was returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers after he opted out of his contract with the Miami Heat, has secured the top spot in Sports Illustrated’s 50 Fittest athletes.

The athletes were ranked in four categories: speed, strength, agility and endurance. 

Man's Arm Amputated Over Tattoo Housemates Allegedly Tried to Remove

A man's arm has been amputated below the elbow after his housemates allegedly tried to remove his tattoo in an hours-long attack.

Zachary Swanson, 31, was "savagely beaten and nearly killed" by Paul Hurst, 33, and Carey Edwards, 35, at the house the trio shared in Hebron, Maryland, said Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis.

The suspects allegedly tried to "forcibly carve a unique tattoo" from Mr Swanson's right arm in the early hours of Monday.

After failing to remove the tattoo, the two men then doused the victim's arm in a flammable liquid and set it alight, the sheriff said.

Jay Z And Beyonce Stayed Together In $30K Suite As They Fight For Their Marriage

According to Daily Mail reports: It is rumored that they are planning to announce they are splitting up at the end of their On The Run tour.

But Beyonce and Jay Z looked like a very happy couple as they left a trendy San Francisco restaurant on Wednesday after a family lunch with daughter Blue.

The trio were seen stepping out of Boulevard restaurant after enjoying an hour long meal of seafood and steaks in a semi-private area which they had reserved.

They had been spotted leaving the luxury St. Regis hotel – where they spent the night together in the $30,000-a-night Presidential Suite – shortly after 1pm as they were chauffeured to the expensive diner.