Lawmakers Applaud Demolition Of Oshodi

Some lawmakers of the Lagos House of Representatives have reacted to the demolition exercise carried out by the state government in the Owonifari area of the Oshodi market.

The demolition was carried out on Wednesday, January 6. The state said it issued a notice before the demolition although some market owners claimed they were not informed. They were moved to the Isopakodowo market in Oshodi.

In a statement issued by Aruna Habib, the chief press secretary to Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday, January 8, the lawmakers said they were in support of the move of the government.Hon. 

Taofiq Adaranijo representing Agege federal consistency said the plan the government has for Oshodi is a way of achieving its mega city project.

He said: “When you go round other parts of the world, you will hardly see a market in such a place and constructing a bus terminal there will beautify the place and change that environment for good. It will add colour to the megacity that will are dreaming for Lagos and this is bold step towards achieving the transformation plan.

“Those are the things we want the Governor to continue to do. Although it is going to be hard and it will be a difficult decision to take, at the end of the day, people will appreciate it. They may not see it at the beginning but at the end of the day, they will appreciate it and that is a good step in the right direction.”

Another lawmaker, Segun Olulade said the demolition was not done due to any bad intention but to salvage the state from criminal activities.

He said: “Some people are claiming that the traders were not given enough notice to quit the market before the demolition exercise took place as required by law, but when situations like this arise, nobody will say they were adequately notified. There is no reason for anyone to be mischievous about the demolition. The Governor means well for the State and that was why the leadership of the market was severally engaged before the government went on to demolish the market.

“Once again, the people should understand that the administration of Governor Ambode has good intentions. I believe that once government comes on board with its plans for the market, we will all commend government for a job well done and appreciate the action taken.”

Dayo Fafunmi representing Ifako/Ijaiye constituency 1 said the plan of the government was to make Oshodi a place safe for everyone.

“I am very much aware that the government gave the traders enough notice. The duty of regulating and maintaining the environment for the overriding public interest is paramount in the State.

“I just want to implore our people to cooperate with the government because the administration of Ambode has good plans for the people.”

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At 191 years old, Mama Esifiho may be Nigeria’s Oldest Woman Alive (See Photos)

 We came across the pictures of a woman named Mama Efisho, who is 191 years old according a great great grandson of the woman, Mr. Avuefeyen.

According to him, the woman who is about two centuries old ‘lives in Ellu (Edhemoko, Akaluba Street, Ellu in INLG) in Delta State.’


While questioned on the veracity of this claim, Mr. Avufeyen claimed that that she witnessed the birth of his grandfather.

If his claims are true then, Mama Efisho is most likely Nigeria’s oldest woman alive that we know of.
See another picture of the woman below:

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Dede One Day To Be Buried On Febuary 13, 2016.

R.I.P (One Day) Late Nollywood actor, singer and comedian Dede One Day is to be buried on February 13, 2016.

Dede whose real name is Onwuzurike Ogubie will be laid to rest in his hometown – Umuagwuru Mbieri, Imo State, Nigeria.

The actor died in the early hours of Monday, December 14, 2015 after he had reportedly collapsed while anchoring an event.

An account of how he died says:

One Day anchored a program for One Mr Charles Esonu on Sunday in Aba, from there he went to Ugwunagbo for another event he was paid to anchor as Master of ceremony, but he couldn’t conclude that event as he fell sick and was rushed to hospital over blood pressure related issue and he died late in the night.

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Boy severely disfigured after he was attacked by chimpanzees (Photos)

Help is on the way for a Congolese boy that was left disfigured after a brutal attack by chimpanzees Dunia Sibomana. 

 

Daily Mail reports that he was considered the lucky one when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him and two other boys as they played near a preserve in their native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dunia, unlike the others, survived. 
But he was severely disfigured: His lips ripped off and one cheek torn apart, leaving him with muscle damage that make it hard for him to eat, swallow and communicate. 

 

Now, eight-year-old Dunia is set to undergo a rare and complicated surgery at a Long Island hospital that will use tissue and muscle from his forearm to recreate both lips. The hope is that he will once again be able to open and close his mouth, and eat and talk normally.

Dr. Leon Klempner, an associate professor of dentistry at Stony Brook Children's Hospital, where Dunia will undergo the operation, said:

 'As you can imagine, not having any lips, the food can just come right out.'He drools all the time and can't pronounce different words.'We're feeling very optimistic. We're hoping after the surgery he'll reintegrate into society and perhaps go back to school or have some semblance of a normal life.'

 Since the attack two years ago, which killed Dunia's four-year-old brother and a young cousin, Dunia has been the target of bullies and become shy and withdrawn.

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If You Are Serving in Kwara State, Pls Read This

All corpers serving in Ifelodun local government area in Kwara State should not travel down to Kwara State yet because the fight between the Nupe and the Yoruba indigene there have aggravated and have gone more bloody too.



They are to hear from their CLO before returning to their LG.
Please rebroadcast and inform others.

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Check Out the N5.6m Wristwatch Senator's Daughter Got from her Mum as Gift

Deola Smart  is Senator Smart Adeyemi's daughter. He was elected Senator for the Kogi West constituency of Kogi State back in 2007. Deola Smart is also dating Tonto Dikeh's ex-boyfriend, king of diamonds, Malivelihood.

Check out the $19,000 Rolex wristwatch her mum recently gifted her.

 Deola shared the pic and said:

    When your ggifts you a £19k Rolly

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WOW! See What This Guy Is Doing On This Lady

Mehn...this Oyinbo people just have a way of finding out and bringing out ability in disability. Kudos!

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Photos Of Mikel Obi Leaving Hospital With His Newborn Twins

Photos were shared online by Mikel Obi's longtime girlfriend, Olga.

 So adorable. See more below:

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OMG!! See Grave Of The Richest Man In Kuwait

See the grave of the richest man in Kuwait...he owned 34 oil wells, several hotels and properties




This is supposedly the grave of late Kuwaiti businessman Nasser Al-Kharafi who was considered the 77th richest man in the world. His business spread across engineering, construction, oil, hospitality, power, energy, food,Telecom, Banking,etc. Al-Kharafi died on 17 April 2011 from a cardiac arrest at the age of 67. After all said and done...

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SHOCKING!!!- Lady Murdered By Guys For Rituals In Port-Harcourt

One needs to be careful of whom he or she visits especially the ladies who travel to meet guys they barely know anything about. This pretty girl was reportedly murdered by desperate guys for ritual on Wednesday (Dec 23, 2015) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. May her soul rest in peace. Photo below

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Photos- The Horror Carried Out By Boko Haram Insurgents In Borno

Here, photos of the havoc which insurgents rendered at Jiddari polo on Sunday 27th December , 2015. Jiddari polo is one of the well known area in Maiduguri which is just 3km away from the Government house. Boko Haram militants reportedly attacked Jiddari community -killed about 27 citizens, burnt down houses, cars and other properties. See photos below

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What was found inside this dead Whale's stomach when it was cut open will leave you laughing (photos)

A dead whale's stomach contents has shocked observers after it was torn open after it beached on paradise sands in South Africa. The Whale, named Orca was discovered washed up at Plettenberg Bay on South Africa's Western Cape the week before Christmas. When its stomach was opened, it's content surprised everyone. It will surprise you too....lol. Continue to see it...

The animal recovered on December 21 spent it's last few days of desperate life forced to eat nothing but rubbish.

This is what was found in its stomach
1.Used yoghurt pots
2.Old shoe soles
3.Ripped 'Maggi' wrappers.

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Ritual killer's den discovered in Lagos after girl escaped with slashed throat (Photo)

Residents of Big Daddy Street in the Atinplome, Bagadry area of Lagos State on Tuesday stormed an uncompleted building in the area, which they suspected to be a ritual killer’s den, after a female victim raised the alarm.

PUNCH Metro learnt that at about 12am, while a carnival went on in the area, a woman in her late 20s, whose name had yet to be known, had run into the party with her throat partly cut, while blood was streaming out of her body.

It was gathered that the girl, who later became unconscious and was rushed to a private hospital in the area, told the partying crowd that an alfa, identified as Mallam Sheu, had tricked her into the uncompleted structure before slitting her throat with a knife.
The matter was said to have been reported at the Morogbo Police Division, and some policemen came to the scene, but the alfa was said to have fled the uncompleted apartment.

It was learnt that in the morning, more residents thronged the area and they were said to have found bloodstains, old clothes, charms and ladies’ clothes inside the structure.

Speaking with PUNCH Metro, a resident who identified herself as Mummy Eso, said youths in the area attempted to burn the den in the afternoon, thinking that the girl had died as a result of her injuries.

Mummy Eso added that the alfa did not stay in the area and nobody suspected that he used the place for evil purpose.

She said, “There was commotion in our area in the midnight when boys holding a street party saw the girl bleeding from the throat. The girl, who just managed to speak, pointed to the structure and said an alfa had attempted to kill her, but she managed to escape.

“One of her hands had also been tampered with. So, the youths became furious and headed for the uncompleted building. Some policemen, who were also on guard duties at the carnival were informed about the incident and they went too. But information had got to the man, and he escaped before they could arrest him.

“Since morning, people have been coming to the area to check the building. They attempted to burn it in the afternoon.”

Another resident, identified as Akeem Ajao, who visited the building, said the youths found old bloodstains, clothes and charms.

He said, “The lady ran into the carnival with blood streaming out of her body. One of those at the carnival saw her and came to her rescue. She said a man was in the house trying to slaughter her.

“We rushed the girl to a hospital, where she is now receiving treatment. We did not know that the alfa used the house to do evil works. The girl’s clothes were bloodstained. The police have also come to the area this morning.

“When I entered the house, I saw bloodstains, charms and a human bone was also in the man’s car – a Gulf 4 vehicle. It was the boys holding the carnival who noticed the girl.

“The girl’s neck was cut. Nobody knows the family of the girl involved. The man has run away from the area.”

Our correspondent gathered that the alfa had been having an affair with the lady, before he took her to the uncompleted building on the evening of the carnival.

The lady was said to have come from the Igando area to Atinplome.

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BETTER!! Petrol to sell for N86 per litre from January,1 2016 – FG

The Federal Government, yesterday, stated that effective January 1, 2016, petrol, would be sold at N86 per litre by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Retail stations.All other oil marketers would sell at N86.50 per litre.The new stance was made known in Abuja during a news conference by the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed.
He said the revised template,would be reviewed on quarterly basis and which would soon be presented to oil marketers.He said

“Since 2007, while crude oil price had been moving up and down, the template remained the same. This had made it necessary for us to introduce a mechanism whereby the template would be sensitive to the price of crude oil.
“However, the template is not static, as there would be a quarterly review and if there is any major shift, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources would be expected to call for a review, either upward or downward, depending on the market condition.

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Miracle-See How Frank Edwards got his car back after robbers snatched it at Lekki(Photo)

 Award winning gospel singer,Frank Edwards narrated his miraculous story .He says his car was snatched by robbers at Lekki 2nd round about last night and they ran out of fuel before they got to Ajah ..That's about 11 kilometers drive..
See more below

 

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See what flood waters did to this man's shop (photos)

43-year-old Jan Dickinson, a menswear store owner was confronted with a sight any shop owner will dread. His village of Barrowford in Lancashire suffered severe flooding and his store was badly affected. He waded through the cold filthy waist-high water to save as much stock as he could but he still lost a sizeable quantity.

‘When I arrived to open up, it was already under three feet of water and it was still rising. I had to make the decision about what to do before the water got too deep so I went in. I spent about an hour-and-a-half in the water trying to save as much as I could. The water was absolutely freezing and I now realise how people develop hypothermia so quickly when trapped in water. It was a bit of a panic, really.’ he said

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Shock as Policeman kills twin brothers,friend and himself in Lagos(Photos)

A drunk policeman, Stephen James, on Saturday shot dead three male customers at a hotel in the Ketu area of Lagos State.

According to SUNDAY PUNCH, among the deceased were twin brothers identified as Taiwo and Kehinde Oyesunle and their friend known simply as Jeje. The twins were the only children of their mother.

The tragic incident; which happened outside the premises of Paulson Hotel on Anibaba Street around 4:20pm, threw the entire neighbourhood and its environs into chaos with passers-by and residents scampering in different directions.

According to eyewitnesses, trouble started when the police sergeant with Force number 217884, threatened to shoot customers if they failed to buy him an alcoholic drink. The policeman, who was said to be a habitual smoker of marijuana, however, felt offended after the victims – Taiwo, Kehinde and Jeje – cautioned him to comport himself as an adult and a responsible policeman.

The eyewitnesses said the policeman ambushed and killed the three young men, who were in their early 30s, as they stepped outside the hotel premises where they had gone to celebrate Jeje’s birthday.

When the gravity of his act dawned on him, the policeman reportedly shot himself in the chest.

A guest at the hotel, who witnessed the killings, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the policeman had boasted about wanting to kill people hours before the incident happened.

The customer, who identified himself only as Femi, said all efforts to pacify the policeman proved abortive as he kept fomenting trouble and harassing visitors with his gun all afternoon.

“I was in the bar when the policeman first came in and threatened to shoot customers if they failed to buy him drinks. He boasted that he felt like killing someone today, but other customers and I pleaded with him.

“When the three guys walked in and sat, he went to them and threatened them too. But the guys told him to calm down that they would take care of him but he should comport himself as a responsible police officer.

“Nobody knew he took offence with their statement. The police officer shot the three guys one after the other as they stepped outside the hotel before killing himself. The whole thing happened like a movie,” he said.

Another resident Ladipo Idowu told our correspondents that the policeman was known to foment trouble in the area.

He said James usually fired his gun indiscriminately and the residents had warned the hotel authorities to caution him but nothing was done about it.

Another eyewitness, Dada Salawu, said, he was passing by when he saw the policeman and the three friends exchanging words. He said hardly had he left the area when the policeman opened fire on the victims.

A former girlfriend to one of the slain twins told SUNDAY PUNCH that they were the only children of their parents.

The lady, who was inconsolable as she spoke to one of our correspondents, said the twins were still mourning the death of their father who passed away in June 2014 when their lives were cut short.

Refusing to have her picture taken, she said, 

“I called them very early on Saturday morning not to go outside their compound after I dreamt of seeing blood. I called them again at about 2:00pm to warn them. The twins, however, decided to drive a vehicle a relation had just bought at about 3:00pm. They drove to Paulson Hotel.”

The Sports Utility Vehicle which the victims drove was still parked in front of the hotel by the time our correspondents left the scene.

An angry mob, which later gathered at the scene of the tragedy, attempted to burn down the hotel and destroy properties within its premises.

As irate youths threw bottles and stones at the hotel, lodgers ran out of their rooms with their luggage and fled the scene. As at the time of filing this report, the hotel had been completely deserted by staff and guests.

The youths also wanted to burn the corpse of the policeman, but policemen, who later got to the scene pleaded with them.

Policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of the Ketu Police Station arrived at the scene at about 5.30 pm to carry the corpses away.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joe Offor, confirmed the killings to our correspondents on the telephone. However, he said he had not yet received the full details of the incident.

DSP Joe Offor said, 

“The policeman was on duty at that hotel. He was attached to Mopol 22, Ikeja. He was drunk while on duty and he acted under the influence of alcohol.”

Efforts to speak with the management of the hotel on the incident proved abortive as it was deserted as of 6.30pm when one of our correspondents left the scene.

When one of our correspondents visited the home of the twins at No. 3, Dairo Street, Ketu, a sea of sympathisers were gathered, while friends of the victims vowed to revenge the killing. The entire neighbourhood was in tension with nearby hotels, drinking joints and shops closing for business earlier than usual.

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Woman not happy with her butt, worked out for everyday for 2 years and shares the results

This lady wasn't happy with her flat butt...and then worked out everyday for two years according to her! She's on instagram bragging about growing her booty naturally, through squats.

"We all start somewhere. Pancake flat Booty to actually having a booty! I built that with lots of #gluteworkout and #hardwork took me almost 2 years. Change doesn't happen overnight, keep working hard...it happens" she wrote. More photos after the cut...

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OMG!! Knockout Banger Amputates 10 Year Old Boy At Enugu (Very Gra phic Photo)

An unamed 10-year old boy’s right arm is positioned for full amputation at the National Orthopedic Hospital in Enugu State as a result of Xmas firework also knows as knockouts which exploded and shattered his hand as he was handling it on Christmas day.

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Meet Nigerian Girl who Failed WAEC 5 Times; Today She's A Graduate with First Class

I often people who are close to me; if you work hard rather than expecting miracle to marry a rich man or rich woman, soon you will overtake even those you are looking up to. That is Olu Famous for you!

Read the story of Alaboh Anthonia who sat for WAEC 6 times, today she's DELSU first class graduate:

27yrs old Anthonia is the second best graduate from Delta State University, Abraka, in the 2014/2015 academic session, and she graduated from the Department of Mathematics with 4.70 CGPA. She shares her experience with Punch's Tunde Ajaja.

How was your growing up?
My growing up wasn’t easy at all. I was nine years old when my parents divorced, so as the first of three children, I had to assume the role of a mother for my siblings. There were lots of challenges but I’m grateful to God for my dad and everyone who assisted in making us who we are today.

Coping with numerous house chores, balancing that with my academics and having to do the things I wasn’t used to before were all very stressful for me as a child but I thank God who saw me through. My dad was also very supportive, even though he lost his job about that time too, we managed. My teen pastor in church also used to counsel me.

Did it affect your performance in school?
Not really, even though I won’t rule out the psychological effect of seeing my parents separate. But overall, I didn’t do badly. In my secondary school, I was doing well but my position in the class was like 21 out of 50. I wasn’t so much an excellent student then.

How easy was it passing your WASSCE and UTME and how many sittings?
JAMB was not a challenge for me but when I first wrote the WAEC, I had just two credits; Mathematics and English while I failed the rest. I don’t know why it happened that way. I kept writing the exam until I had my papers in one sitting at the sixth attempt. I finished from secondary school in 2002, but I didn’t pass all my papers at once until 2008. I could have combined results but I didn’t want that, so, I kept trying till I had it all at one sitting.

That’s why I thank God for having someone like my father because he understood what I wanted and supported me. He has always been very supportive of our academics and I’ll always be grateful to him. He didn’t despise me because I didn’t have my papers at once. He encouraged me and stood by me. I later got admission in 2010.

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