The UK Government has deported 23 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.
The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos at about 6AM on Friday.
The deportees,who are all males, were brought back in a chartered aircraft.
DSP Joseph Alabi, the Spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, confirmed the development to NAN.
The deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), and the Police.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
The deportees were profiled by immigration authorities and given stipends to facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
The Italian Government on March 8, deported 37 Nigerians from the country for similar reasons.
Forbes, a website renowned for ranking of richest people in the world, has made available the list of richest people in Nigeria in 2017. In the latest release, 9 Nigerians made the billionaires club cut with some, just few million dollars away from reaching the benchmark.
Below are top 10 richest men in Nigeria according to Forbes ranking 2017, ranging from the least to the top. 10. Oba Otudeke: Oba Otudeke is the Chairman and founder of the honey well group. He is also the chairman of FBN Holdings Plc. His operations spread across oil and gas, flour minning, real estate, and marine transportation. Net Worth: $650 million. 9. Jim Oviah: Jim Oviah is the founder of Zenith Bank. He is the chairman and the largest shareholder with a stake of almost 10%.
He also manages a mobile telecom Visafone which has over 3 million subscribers. Net Worth: $1 billion. 8. Orji Uzor Kalu: The former governor of Abia State. He is the founder and chairman of Slok Holding. A conglomerate with interest in shipping, banking, oil, trading, manufacturing and the media. He became a real business man at the age of 19 after being expelled from a Nigerian University for allegedly spearheading a series of student riots. Net Worth: $1.1 billion. 7. Tony Elumelu: A philanthropist and founder of the Transcorp and Heirs Holdings. He was the chairman of United Bank for Africa and was estimated to worth $1.4 billion. 6. Abdusalam Rabiu: Abdusalam is the founder of the famous BUA Group. A conglomerate active in sugar refining, cement production, real estate and port operations. In September 2015, his Group signed a $600 million deal with a chinease cement equipment service provider Sinoma Internation Engineering to construct a second production line located in Edo State Niger Delta, Nigeria. Net Worth: $1.5 billion.
5. Theophilus Danjuma: Former Nigerian Chief of Army staff between 1975 to 1979. He is the current chairman of Athlantic Petroleum. Net Worth: $1.7 billion. 4. Folorunsho Alakija: Folorunsho is a business tycoon who has interest in fashion,oil and printing industries. She is the richest Woman in Nigeria and the richest woman of the African descent in the world. Net Worth: $2.1 billion. 3. Femi Otedola: He is the CEO of Zenon Oil and Gas and Forte Oil Plc. He has interest in real estates amongst other sectors. Net Worth: $2.3 billion. 2. Mike Adenuga: Mike Adenuga is the second richest man in Nigeria with interest in Oil and Gas and telecoms. He is the owner of Globacom, Nigeria’s second biggest telecom operators and the chairman of Conoil. Net Worth: $10.5 billion. 1. Aliko Dangote: Aliko Dangote is the richest man in Nigeria, Africa and of course the richest black man in the world. In 2014, he ranked as the 24th richest man in the world but has since then fallen to positions below 100 due to Nigeria’s poor Naira. Net Worth: $12.5 billion.
A young lady and an Uber driver took to her Twitter handle on Tuesday, March 28, to reveal how she caught her boyfriend cheating on her. The Uber driver posted several comments describing how she picked up the lady and what happened afterwards. She said: “So I drive for uber why I just pick this girl up and drop her off to a d**k appointment and the d**k appointment was my man’s house.” She went on saying: “The person I’ve been asking to stand up for me for years had a chance to stand up for me but defended someone else. You start noticing little things you should’ve picked up on earlier after an incident occurs.”
Empire star, Terrence Howard, 48, has revealed that marrying his third wife has made him a better man and better father. He thinks he will be with his new wife for the rest of their lives. In an exclusive interview with People magazine, the private actor said: “See what we have, two strapping young men,” he tells PEOPLE while watching his sons Quirin, 22 months, and Hero, 7 months, play poolside in a Southern California backyard. Becoming a dad to Quirin and Hero — his sons with third wife, Mira, whom he married in 2013.
Laura Ikeji Kanu is expecting her first child with her husband, Ogbonna Kanu. The expecting couple had their court wedding at the Ikoyi registry, Lagos on January 19, 2017. Ogbonna is the brother to famous footballer Kanu Nwankwo and a retired footballer himself. Like his brother, he previously played for football teams such as Inter Milan and Ajax as well as for Nigeria's national teams.
Below are the first photos of her baby bump. Congrats Laura!
Oladunni Churchill, estranged husband of actress Tonto Dikeh has said 95 per cent of all the actress has been saying against him were lies.
He disclosed this in a recent interview, where he revealed that she acts extremely temperamental anytime she’s under the influence of alcohol and marijuana.
Here are eighteen things we learnt from the interview:
1. He met Tonto Dikeh two and a half years ago at Club Escape in Lagos
Churchill revealed that his first encounter with the actress was two and a half years ago at his brother’s birthday party at Escape night club in Lagos.
2. Churchill has been into real estate since he was 22
He dismissed reports credited to Tonto that she watched him make his money after they met.
He said that was impossible as he met her barely two and a half years ago, and he has been on real estate since he was 22 years old.
3. She got pregnant for him six months into the relationship
Churchill revealed that he went to pay the actress’ bride price after she got pregnant for him six months after they met.
4. He had four companies before he met Tonto Dikeh
The philanthropist said he was already running four companies of his own before he and Tonto’s path crossed. He added that the companies increased to six after they met.
5. Tonto Dikeh gets extremely temperamental for up to two hours at a stretch whenever she’s under the influence of ‘negative intakes’
He revealed that she is uncontrollable when she takes drugs, alcohol and marijuana and not even six men can hold her down during such spells.
6. He denied sponsoring Ghanaian police to speak against Tonto
Speaking on the incident that happened in Ghana, Churchill dismissed reports that he sponsored the Ghanaian police.
He said the police officer merely read from the statement of the incident.
He said in her fits of rage, Tonto spat on one of the officers at the police station.
7. He bailed her after she was locked up for destroying his properties
Still speaking on the Ghana incident, Churchill said the police locked her up for destroying his properties.
He said he had to draft a withdrawal letter to the police to secure her bail even though he wanted her to replace his properties.
8. She destroyed his properties worth N66 million
He alleged that Tonto Dikeh has damaged his properties worth over N66m till date. He said he has evidence about some of the properties she has destroyed.
9. He has someone monitoring Tonto Dikeh
He revealed that he has someone around Tonto who monitors her and gives him update on everything she does.
He said he is updated even when Tonto decides to write bloggers to publish false stories about him.
10. Tonto said he was an angel if he forgived her
He said after securing her bail, Tonto promised never to return to drugs and other negative intakes, saying he was an angel if he forgived her.
11. He has never hit his son, King
On the allegation by Tonto that he hit their son, King, Churchill, who expressed shock said how could he hit a boy who is barely one and couldn’t speak.
12. He has never raised his hand against any woman
Churchill revealed that he had never beating any woman, saying he was against domestic violence. He showed a video clip of properties destroyed by Tonto in his mother’s house.
13. Tonto made up all the scars on her body
Churchill revealed that all the scars on Tonto’s body were made up by her. He said this was disclosed to him by the person he has who monitors her.
14. 95% of what Tonto said in her interview were lies
Churchill said everything he watched during Tonto’s interview were 95 per cent lies.
He stated that Tonto had planned everything as an actresses.
15. The last time he had STD was in Secondary school
On the allegations by Tonto that he infected a with a Sexually Transmitted Disease, Churchill dismissed it as false, saying he last had STD in secondary school.
16. He has no idea where Tonto Dikeh lives
He said Tonto planned her exit from his house perfectly. He revealed he was away when she moved everything she owned from the house.
He added that he doesn’t know her current whereabouts and has been repeatedly denied access to his son.
17. Both families have tried to reconcile them nine times
He revealed that both families had made nine attempts to reconcile them, the last one was made just ten days ago prior to the interview.
He said anytime the efforts were made Tonto acts all cool, but immediately blocks him afterwards.
18. I don’t have kids outside wedlock
On Tonto’s allegation that she recently found out that he was married, Churchill said the actress lied.
He said the news about his previous marriage and him having kids were lies.
He queried why those spreading the information were contacting Tonto and not him or his mother.
Recently a woman’s headphones exploded while on her way flight from Beijing to Melbourne. The woman who wished to remain anonymous was listening to music on her headphones on her plane. Two hours later she was fast asleep and was woken up by a literally deafening explosion and a sudden burning sensation on her face.
“I continued to feel burning so I grabbed them off and threw them on the floor. They were sparking and had small amounts of fire,” she added. The woman recalled: “As I went to stamp my foot on them the flight attendants were already there with a bucket of water to pour on them. They put them into the bucket at the rear of the plane.”
Customs officers arrested a 24-year-old man Tuesday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry at the Mexico-California border after they discovered four Chinese immigrants crammed in the trunk of his car.
The driver, a U.S. citizen, was crossing to the U.S. from Tijuana at about 5:45 p.m. in a white 2014 Chrysler 200 sedan, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. While the car was at the inspection booth, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection canine team circled the vehicle. The dog, which is trained to detect drugs and smuggled humans, alerted at the trunk.
When officers opened the trunk, they found three women and a man, all Chinese citizens, packed into the cramped compartment. All four were taken into custody after officers determined that they did not have legal authorization to enter the U.S.
“Concealing persons in vehicles is dangerous and could have severe consequences,” said Peter Flores, director of field operations for CBP in San Diego. “San Ysidro CBP officers stopped a violation of our immigration law and were able to resolve the incident safely.”
The driver was arrested and faces federal immigrant smuggling charges. Federal officials seized the man’s car.
The four immigrants are being held pending the conclusion of the criminal case before their “removal” from the United States.
The woman who police believe abandoned her 2-year-old daughter on Sunday at a Riverside supermarket in California– and said “Oh, just leave her,” when a bystander tried to reunite them – has outraged the local community and drawn national attention. The woman, 31 year old Chiengkham Vilaysane has been identified and arrested. The intense scrutiny following the Riverside Police Department’s release of surveillance video from the store helped generate tips that led police to identify and then locate the suspect. Vilaysane was taken in for questioning, then booked into jail about 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Television news trucks, both English- and Spanish-language, spent much of Tuesday camped outside the supermarket, talking to customers, and a nearby police station, hoping to catch her as she was arrested.
On Facebook, social media users who found accounts under the suspect’s name filled the pages with vitriolic comments. Many of them are unprintable. Many did not assume, as the legal system does, innocence until guilt is proved. The kinder comments hoped the woman would get mental-health assistance if she did what she is accused of. Police released surveillance video Monday from the Food 4 Less at 4250 Van Buren Blvd., where the girl was left Sunday evening.
Officer Ryan Railsback said tips from the public helped them identify Vilaysane by Tuesday morning.
“We are 100 percent confident that this girl is the one who was on the video,” he said. Later, someone spotted Vilaysane at a Chase bank and alerted police, who took her into custody, Railsback said.
Vilaysane was cooperating with the investigation and was expected to be booked on felony charges of child endangerment and child abandonment, Riverside police Detective Paul Miranda said. Police released her photo and name in an effort to find her several hours before she was detained.
Miranda said family members told investigators Vilaysane was recently kicked out of her home because she had problems with drugs and alcohol abuse, as well as mental issues.
Police said Vilaysane has an older child who lives with her father, who is also the father of the toddler. Vilaysane may have had past contact with county child protective services and police at her last known address in Riverside, according to Riverside police spokesman Officer Ryan Railsback.
oni Sledge of the musical group Sister Sledge best known for their 1979 hit song “We Are Family” has passed on aged 60.
The cause of her death is not yet known.
The Sister Sledge group posted her photo on their Instagram page confirming their loss:
Important Announcement:
Yesterday, numbness fell upon our family. We are saddened to inform you that our dear sister, mother, aunt and cousin, Joni passed away yesterday. Please pray for us as we weep for this loss. We do know that she is now eternally with Our Lord.
We thank you in advance for allowing us the privacy to mourn quietly as a family. We miss her and hurt for her presence, her radiance, and the sincerity with which she loved & embraced life.
US Citizen Juan Carlos Galan Luperon must have thought he had discovered the ultimate smuggler's trick when he decided to sneak ten pounds of cocaine into the country disguised as part of his clothing. Luperon who was returning to the US from the Dominican Republic via John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York wrapped the drugs worth $164,000 around his legs and wore his trousers over them. US Customs and Border Protection said Luperon was nervous and 'bursting out of his pants,' which 'appeared to be rather snug.' He was taken to a private search room where the packages taped to his body almost looked like leg casts. Luperon could be charged on the federal level with smuggling charges and will be prosecuted by New York's US Attorney office.
Homeland Security chief John Kelly announced that 40 percent fewer illegal immigrants entered the U.S. from Mexico in February than from the previous month. Kelly claimed that the "change in trends" resulted from President Trump’s immigration policies. He stated that the number of “inadmissible persons” at the southern border dropped to 18,762 persons in February from 31,578 in January. He added:
"Since the administration's implementation of executive orders to enforce immigration laws, apprehensions and inadmissible activity is trending toward the lowest monthly total in at least the last five years.”
Kelly said the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency usually sees a 10 to 20 percent increase in apprehensions of illegal immigrants from January to February.
On January 25, Trump signed two executive orders. One ordered a wall to be built along the roughly 2,000-mile U.S-Mexico border.
It also provided additional resources to DHS to stop people intending to “illegally enter the United States without inspection or admission,” and called for an additional 5,000 border agents.
Shocking new details about Tonto Dikeh's marital crisis has just hit the internet.
The news coming from Ghana police this time, says Tonto Dikeh, during a very violent fight at her husband, Churchill’s Trasaaco estate in Ghana, destroyed $15,000 worth of property and waved a gun at one of Churchill’s bodyguards who tried to stop her from breaking the properties.
This was because she claimed her husband was cheating on her.
You recall, Tonto had just a few days ago, revealed in a tell-all interview that her baby's father and estranged husband Olakunle Churchill cheated and abused her while they were still together.
Asempa News in Ghana has released a video which shows a man identified as Supt. Joseph Oppong, Crime Officer at the Madina. Oppong says they received a call to Churchill’s Trasaaco estate in Ghana where they went in to find Tonto Dikeh in a rage, destroying items in the house because she claimed her husband was cheating on her.
Oppong said before they arrived, she had destroyed $15,000 worth of items and they had to restrain her adding that she had even waved a gun at one of Churchill’s bodyguards who tried to stop her from breaking the properties.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to the country after spending 49 days on medical vacation in the United Kingdom, sparking celebrations in the Federal Capital Territory and some states in the North, including Katsina, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa and Kaduna. Many well-wishers slaughtered rams, chickens and celebrated on the streets. The Presidential Aircraft with registration number 001-5N-FGT, conveying Buhari and some of his aides, landed at the Nigerian Air Force 401 Flying Training School Aerodrome at exactly 7.47am. Buhari, who alighted from the aircraft at about 7.55am, after exchanging pleasantries with top government and military officials, went straight into a waiting helicopter that took him to Abuja.
Wild jubilation in Abuja, Katsina, others There was jubilation in the FCT following Buhari’s return to the country on Friday after a prolonged absence. Hundreds of youths in the FCT, particularly in the satellite towns, trooped out as early as 9am on hearing the news of the President’s return. In Maraba, a border town between Nasarawa State and the FCT, hundreds of youths were sighted along Abuja-Keffi Road, celebrating the President’s return.
Abuja-Nasarawa Road was also shut down as it had been taken over by some northerners celebrating Buhari’s arrival and chanting, ‘Sai Baba’. In Nyanya and Karu, youths, particularly from the northern part of the country, were jumping up and shouting “Baba oyoyo, baba yadawo (Baba welcome. Baba has returned). 2019, babu chanji (2019, no change).”
As of noon on Friday, the celebration was still going on along Abuja-Keffi Road, thus causing traffic congestion, particularly at the Nyanya axis. There was also jubilation by residents in Jos, Plateau State, particularly along Bauchi Road. It was learnt that there was reckless driving by youths and commercial tricycle operators in areas on Bauchi Road and Murtala Muhammed Way. In Buhari’s home state, Katsina, there was also festive mood for the better part of Friday as residents trooped to the streets to celebrate the President’s return.
Jubilant residents thronged major streets, including Sabo Line, Nagogo Road, IBB Road, Kofan Kaora and Kofa Waya, some riding on motorcycles and in private vehicles singing the President and Governor Aminu Masari’s praises. Some of the residents also displayed posters of the President and the state governor. One of the jubilant residents, Halheri Haladu, expressed happiness that the President was back in the country.
Also, in Daura, Buhari’s hometown, residents took to major streets to express their joy. The state governor, Masari, in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media, Abdul Labaran, described the President’s safe return to Nigeria as the best gift Nigerians had received this year and commended the people for their love and support for Buhari during the time he was away.
Meanwhile, when the 74 year old retired General was leaving, he was looking frail but a bit stronger. Adorning a dark brown kaftan, he had a vest which might be interpreted to mean that he was cold.
But on his return, he looked leaner and tired. Decked in dark kaftan, the index finger of his left hand was carefully extended, suggesting a sample of his blood was recently checked. He wore a thicker turtle neck vest which could mean he was feeling colder than when he left Nigeria (older people usually feel colder).
The President admitted he had never been this sick, and the before and after pictures tell the story better…
According toBreitbart.com, House
Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Healthcare Act carries even stiffer fines than former
President Obama’s disastrous Affordable Care Act.
High
income earners complained bitterly about Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty
which was enforced by the IRS. The penalty cost one blogger $1,500 in fines for
not having health insurance.
But Ryan’s proposal replaces Obama’s penalty with a 30 percent
surcharge of their monthly premium for failing to carry health insurance over
63 days.
Unlike Obamacare, Ryan’s penalty is not tied to income, making
the penalty costlier for the elderly and low-income Americans.
viaBreitbart— Avalere Health reports that “a 50
year old individual at 100% of the federal poverty level ($11,880 in income for
2016) could pay over $1,000 more in penalties under AHCA for not having
insurance in the prior year than what she would pay for not having insurance
under the current law.
Trump supporters are expected to loudly voice their disapproval
of Ryan’s plan at President Trump’s rally in Nashville, Tennessee next week.
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has bared it a tell all with Media Room Hub. The mother of one revealed that her estranged husband really humiliated her, and that the Nigerian Embassy in Ghana has nude photos/videos of her when she ran to them during one of their fights. The actress also showed evidence that her husband, Churchill always beat her up. She also denied having any issues with her mother in-law. She also said she is aware that Rosy Meurer is the reason Churchill abandoned her and his son, that she has been sleeping with her husband. She also revealed that her husband bought her birthday car gift for her. She also said two women have contacted her that they have kids for her husband.
