YBNL Leader,Olamide

CHARITY UZOECHINA TO REMAIN WITH ETSU NUPE TILL SEPT 17

MINNA-MISS Charity (Aisha) Uzoechina, the lady that was willingly convert to Islam and kept in the palace of Etsu Nupe,Alhaji Yahya Aubakar, for the past four months, will remain with the monarch untill September 17.

Charity cannot released by the Emir to either the parents or anybody until the case instituted by Charity is vacated by the Sharia court in Bida Niger State.

Aisha

 

A suit filed by father of the girl, Pastor Raymond Uzoechina before a High Court in Bida, seeking to stop the Sharia court from listening to his daughter's case, last week, has been adjourned to September 17 for hearing.

Iyanya and manager Ubi Franklin donate N1million to OJB

Iyanya and his manager/business partner Ubi Franklin this evening visited ailing super producer OJB Jezreel at his Gbaja, Surulere residence and donated N1million to him. I learnt that OJB produced 'Gbadun You', the first track on Iyanya's first album after he won Project Fame in 2008.

Iyanya and Ubi returned from London this evening and went straight to see OJB. God bless them.

What Eagles need – Chukwu

Former Super Eagles handler, Christian Chukwu has expressed hope in the present squad handled by Stephen Keshi despite the team’s ouster from the FIFA Confederations Cup by Spain on Sunday.

Christian Chukwu and Stephen Keshi

“We are out but our heads are not bowed,” Chukwu said, in a chat with Sports Vanguard, Monday.













“We played well. We used the matches to know our deficiencies in the team and the tournament served as a good preparatory ground for our remaining World Cup qualifiers. For now, we know what we need to fortify the team.”

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde finally makes her US TV debut

Omotola will make her US TV debut in a new drama series titled 'Hit The Floor' which will air 9pm tonight on VH1 (for those in the US). The series also stars Kimberly Elise and Akon.

Youths nab 31 suspected Boko Haram suspects in Borno

MAIDUGURI—Youths Vigilante group in Borno State, otherwise known as Civilian JTF, weekend, arrested 31 Boko Haram suspects in various locations in Maiduguri metropolis amidst ovations and commendations from residents and soldiers of the Joint Task Force, JTF.
The arrested sect members were immediately handed over to the various local sector commanders of JTF for further interrogation and investigation.
The suspects were believed to have been dislodged from their training camps at Sambisa Games Reserves Forests and Kirenowa, a border community with Chad, after troops attacked the camps following declaration of state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to the chairman of the vigilante group, Abubakar Mallum, the suspects were nabbed at NEPA Market junction, Anguwar Doki, Shuwari II and Gambouru market, among other areas of Maiduguri metropolis.

20 robbers strike in Ogun, kill six

 

Hell was let lose on Saturday in  Ifo community in Ifo local government area of Ogun State when  armed robbers, numbering about  20, invaded the area and  killed  six people including five operatives  of the Ogun  State Vigilante Service.
Sunday Vanguard learnt that the  robbers were  members  of  a  gang that  specialized  in robbing banks and  allied institutions.
The robbers, who allegedly  operated in an unmarked  lorry, entered a filling station  and  shot the five  men of the Vigilante Service guarding  the place.
One of the petrol station attendants was also said to be unlucky as the robbers bullets  hit him  and he died on the spot.
The robbers were reportedly  said to  have  engaged men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in a gun duel  before they escaped.
When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident but stressed that only two persons were killed.