Straight From LasGidi : July 2016

Saturday, 30 July 2016

New Video: Tiwa Savage feat. Wizkid- Bad

The video was directed by Sesan. Check on it!

Enugu Police Arraign 7-year-old for Murder after He Accidentally Shot and Killed Neighbour

7-year-old Chibuike has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Enugu for alleged murder.

BN brought you Chibuike’s story about two weeks ago. According to the report, he accidentally shot and killed a 12-year-old boy, Oluebube Boniface with the gun he found when he and his brother, Ifeanyichukwu were cleaning a room in the house where their mum worked as a housekeeper.

6 Nigerians Set To Be Executed In Indonesia Over Drug Trafficking Offenses

Families were granted last visits on Thursday as executions loomed for 14 people on death row for drug trafficking in Indonesia, a lawyer said.

The lawyer, Antonius Karwayu, who represented two of the convicts, said that the convicts could face a firing squad at the Nusa Kambangan prison complex off the coast of Java.

“The families have been notified that there would be executions and the convicts had been asked for their last wishes. Their families were given until 3PM today (about 9AM Nigerian time on Thursday) to visit them so it is likely that the executions would be carried out tonight,” Karwayu said.

New Video: D’Prince – Worldwide

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Saturday, 23 July 2016

Teenagers Arrested in Akwa Ibom for Possession of Human Skull

Three teenagers and a 20-year-old were on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Akwa Ibom state police command for being in possession of a human skull.

According to Vanguard, the suspects Emmanuel Edet Ikot, 17; Ubong Udong, 18; Bright Effiong Okon, 19 and Okon Ita, 20, said that were looking for a buyer.

Unbelievable! The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued a boy, Taiwo, 9 who was chained for weeks at the Key of Joy Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ in Ajiwo, Ogun state.

Police Parade Woman Who Allegedly Uses Schoolgirls as Sex Slaves

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old woman, Chinoso Okonkwo, for allegedly using students of some secondary schools in the Ikate, Surulere area, as commercial sex workers, PUNCH reports.

Fatai Owoseni, the Commissioner of Police in the state who paraded the suspect said that investigations are ongoing.

“Detectives arrested her on Wednesday. Her mode of operation is to target some secondary schools in the area. She, together with her cohorts, would go to the schools and get the girls to a hotel. The hotel is located in Ikate, Surulere. She would change their clothes and use them as sex slaves.

Eid al-Fitr: FG Extends Public Holiday to July 7

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, July 6, and Thursday, July 7, as public holiday to mark the Eid al-Fitr celebration following the non-sighting of the moon on Monday.

The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), made the declaration on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Bassey Akpanyung.

South African Olympic sprinter, Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced in a fresh hearing to 6 years in prison for “culpable homicide” of his 2013 live-in girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

He may be eligible for parole and may not have to serve the full term in prison.

Veteran Nollywood Actress Bukky Ajayi Dies at 82

Beloved Nollywood actress Bukky Ajayi passed away today, many sources are reporting.

Punch Newspaper reported a source confirmed her passing via telephone but has not given more details at this time.

The eloquent actress touched many hearts this year at the AMVCA after she got a standing ovation for her Industry Merit Award.

She will surely be missed by all.