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Years after their separation, former Nollywood couple Saidi and Fathia Balogun are at war again. This is not the first time the duo will engage in legal battle, few years ago Saidi Balogun vows to force Fathia to stop using his last name. "She is my ex. As for my name that she is still answering, the deed will be done soon. The Nigerian law says that after three or four years, you can do something about it. If somebody wants to keep my name, what of the new person coming in? This has nothing to do with grudges." –said Saheed Balogun in an interview In 2012, his estranged wife Fathia Balogun also said this in an interview: "I laugh, my name is Fathia Balogun and it's going to remain Balogun; nobody can ever change that and nobody can stop me from answering that name." As we speak, Nollywood insiders claim the 2012 interview Fathia granted  infuriated her ex-husband. Saheed Balogun has filed a law suit that will force the star actress from using his la...

By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters wishes to retract a story republished earlier from PM News claiming that the cooling system of a Delta Airline plane into Lagos had failed, forcing passengers coming out of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) to take off their clothes, some of them appearing in semi-nude condition. read more [Read more on Sahara Reporters]

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a suspected rapist, Solomon Adetunji, 30, in prison custody over alleged rape of a nine-year-old girl. Police prosecutor, Emmanuel David, told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 14, 2013 at about 3p.m. in Ifaki-Ekiti of Ido-Osi Local Government Area. He alleged that the accused had on the fateful day raped the minor and this led to her being hospitalised. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the offence contravened Section 31(2) of the Child Rights Act, Laws of Ekiti State, 2007. The prosecutor added that he had sent the case file to the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice. The plea of the accused was not taken due to the nature of the offence. However, the defence counsel, Mr. Chris Omokhafe, prayed the court to grant bail to his client as the two parties were trying to settle the matter amicably. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Simeon Ojo, expressed concern at the increasing ...

Two teenagers have been dragged before an Abule-Egba magistrate’s court over an allegation that they raped a 14-year-old girl. 19-year-old, Tunde Fatunbi, and 16-year-old schoolboy, whose name was not disclosed, were dragged before the court on Wednesday. They were arraigned on a two-count charge of rape and conspiracy along with the 16-year-old student. Fatunbi, an artisan, lives at No: 19 Saidu Toriola Street, Aboru, Lagos. Police prosecutor, Inspector Rachael Williams, said the student, a neighbour to the minor, collected N50 from her and told her to come to Fatunbi residence to collect it. Williams submitted that both accused raped the minor when she went to the residence to collect the money. “Unknowingly, she went to the house, and as soon as she entered the room, the first accused (Fatunbi), who hid himself in a room, shut the door, and they raped her. “The accused covered the girl’s mouth with a cloth so that her screaming will not be heard,” she said. Williams said that the cr...

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a fisherman, Aminu Musa, 43, to three months in prison without an option of fine for attempting to smuggle Indian hemp to a suspect being held by the police. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs. Idayat Akanni, convicted Musa of no fixed address after he pleaded guilty to the one-count charge against him. Akanni said, “I hereby sentence Musa without an option to pay a fine because he was arrested many times by the police on this kind of offence. “It seems he has not desisted from such crimes. He will, therefore, be punished to serve as deterrent to people of such character.’’ Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Audu Bitrus, had told the court that Inspector Rufai Sule, a Charge Room Officer attached to Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, arrested the convict on November 21, 2013. He said that on the said date at about 4 p.m., the convict unlawfully packed food with cigarettes and dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in a food flask. Bitrus ...

A 60-year-old driver, Felix Alele, has been remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Apapa, by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday. Alele, who resides in Delta State, is facing a three-count charge of manslaughter and reckless driving. The Magistrate, Miss A.O. Akinde, ordered that the accused should be detained pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions. “Based on the sensitivity of the case, it is difficult to grant bail. Bail will be at the discretion of the court. Case file should be documented and sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice,” she said. The Prosecutor, Inspector Chinalu Uwadione, had earlier told the court that the accused committed the offences at 8:30 a.m. on November 12, 2013 along Ogunnusi Road, opposite Babs Fafunwa Millennium Grammar School, Ojodu, Ikeja. Uwadione said that the accused drove a Mack articulated lorry with number-plate, KSF 507 XB, dangerously and caused the death of one Collins Afe, 29...

When news of him fathering a child hit the airwaves, everyone waited for Ice Prince to either accept or deny it. And, he denied it. Then much more later, we started seeing him posing with his kid, and telling whoever cared to listen that he's actually a daddy. He recently granted an interview with Showbiz Plus where Ice explains why he had to deny paternity of his son. According to him, he wasn't sure as at the time the news hit the air and had to make findings to be sure the pregnancy was truly his. Now, he's sure and has accepted his son. "It was complicated back then, I didn’t really know what was happening and I wasn’t sure of certain things. So the best I had to do then was deny it and sort out things first. Now I know he is my child and I have done everything as a father ever since. But Ice isn't dating his baby mama, Bimbo Babatunde and we're not sure he'll marry her either. According to him, although he still communicates...

The FG of Nigeria has debunked the rumour going round town that it gave ASUU members an Ultimatum to resume work or loose their jobs. responding to reporters query concerning the statement, the President in Balyesa denied ever issuing such a statement. The Supervising Minister of Education only passed on the decision of the Committee of Vice Chancellors. “We didn’t give them ultimatum; it was the Committee of Vice Chancellors that took that decision. The Supervising Minister of Education only passed on the decision.” Jonathan also said the strike embarked upon by the ASUU was no longer a trade dispute , but a subversive action. He said, “What ASUU is doing is no longer trade union. I have intervened in other labour issues before now, once I invite them they respond and after the meeting they take decision and call off the strike. “At times we don’t even give them a long notice,unlike, in the case of ASUU that was given four days notice before the meeting. As you are meeti...

Eight people have been confirmed dead and 14 are seriously injured in hospital after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow city centre. Air accident investigators were examining the wreckage of the helicopter on Saturday to discover why it lost power and plummeted into the Clutha Vaults pub on Stockwell Street, a short distance north of the river Clyde, on Friday night. Sir Stephen House, the chief constable of Police Scotland, confirmed the deaths on Saturday afternoon. Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, said: "This is a black day for Glasgow and for Scotland. Our condolences go to those who will be bereaved, our solidarity with those who have been injured. "But it's also St Andrew's Day and it's a day we can take pride and courage in how we respond to adversity and tragedy, and the response from our emergency services and ordinary citizens has been exemplary." The Eurocopter EC135 T2 was piloted by a civilian and...

An Abuja Federal High Court has sentenced a Lebanese Businessman in Nigeria to life imprisonment for being in possession of prohibited fire arms. The accused was arrested with two other Lebanese nationals Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Thahini in May after the discovery of an arms cache in a residence in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. While the other two were released, The court, however, sentenced the third accused person, Talal Ahmad Roda, to life imprisonment having been found guilty of conspiracy. Federal High Court Judge Adeniyi Adetokunbo Ademola said Hezbollah "is not an international terrorist organisation in Nigeria" and therefore membership is not criminal. He said there was "no evidence" that the group was planning an attack or had received "terrorism training" as the prosecution alleged. All three men were also acquitted of money laundering charges. But Roda was found guilty of conspiracy to import weapons into the country and sentenced to lif...

The old rumor that O.J. Simpson is Khloe Kardashian's biological father has reared its ugly head again, as the former professional football player's manager, Norman Pardo, has come forward, effectively telling In Touch, it's possible . "It’s all going to come out sooner or later. Khloé could be O.J.’s kid," Pardo told the magazine , though it should be noted he said could be -- not is -- his daughter. Pardo says that whenever he brings up the subject to Simpson, who is currently serving a 9- to 33-year sentence in a Nevada prison for kidnapping and armed robbery, he just giggles. Simpson, who famously was acquitted of the murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, has never denied the rumor that he and Kris Jenner had an affair, wherein she became pregnant with Khloe. Before the 1994 murders, Jenner and Robert Kardashian were very close with Simpson and his wife , whom Jenner said she considered one of her best friends . “They a...

This can best be described as the most shocking remark ever made by a State Governor to a poor woman. The heart of a man who can say such things, especially in front of a huge crowd and cameras is desperately wicked. This video shows Governor Adams Oshiomhole ostensibly leading officials of the state to sanitize the city of Benin, the Edo State capital. In the course of his tour of duty, he came across a widow roadside hawker. The poor widow knelt before the imperial governor , a former labour leader, begging for her little means of livelihood to be saved. She pleaded that she’s a widow. But her pleas fell on the governor’s deaf ear. In what could be regarded as the most unkind cut of all, the governor said the widowed woman should “ go and die ”! Afterwards he stood for some seconds looking indifferently on how the officials took the women’s belongings away, and he left the scene of the drama. The huge crowd which witnessed all these was too shocked to say, or to do...

A holidaymaker was killed on a motorway after getting out of a car on the  way to the airport following a row with his wife over their credit card. Nahinmu Nicholas had stormed out of the Ford Focus with his suitcases, saying he was going to hitch-hike to Heathrow, but was knocked down by a lorry in the morning darkness. His wife had pulled over on what they both thought was the hard shoulder of the M25, not realising that it was a live lane because of roadworks. A coroner was told that lorry driver Martin Hook was unable to avoid Mr Nicholas as he suddenly caught sight of him. (File picture) An inquest has heard Nahinmu Nicholas died after his wife pulled over on what they both thought was the hard shoulder on the M25. He was then hit by a lorry.  ________________________________________________________________________________ His 13-tonne bread lorry also struck the couple’s car in the accident just six minutes after they had stopped on the clockwise carriageway of the ...

North's first Thanksgiving! New mom Kim Kardashian shared what she's thankful for this Thanksgiving in a sweet message on her blog Thursday, Nov. 28. PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian's sweetest moments with Kanye West In her special holiday post, Kardashian, 33, included photos of siblings Kourtney , Khloe and Rob with their late father, Robert Kardashian . "Thanksgiving was the holiday that I always spent with my dad skiing every year in Vail, Colorado since I was 2 years old to 22," she wrote of her dad, who died of esophageal cancer in 2003. "This time of year always brings back such amazing memories. I am thankful I had them. I am so thankful for my family being close and always so supportive." PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian's post-baby body The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star also included a special note of thanks to fiance Kanye West and their 5-month-old daughter North West . "I am extra thankful this year for my baby girl and am s...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped by three steps from 33 rd to 36 th in the official FIFA world ranking. The ranking table on the world football body’s Website on Thursday showed that Nigeria has 710 points, as against the 724 points it had with the last ranking in October. The latest ranking places Nigeria fourth in Africa, behind Algeria, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, who have 800, 849 and 918 points, respectively. Spain maintained the first spot ahead of Germany, Argentina and Colombia who also maintained the second, third and fourth spots respectively.

  Police enforcing Islamic law in Kano State on Wednesday destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer,  the latest move in a wider crackdown on behaviour deemed “immoral” in the area. The bottles had been confiscated from trucks coming into the city in recent weeks, said officials from the Hisbah , the patrol team which enforces the strict Islamic law, known as Sharia. AFP reports that Sharia enforcers called Hisbah destroyed over 240,000 bottles of beer along with over 8,000 litres of local brew called burukutu . Kano’s Hisbah chief, Aminu Daurawa, said at the bottle-breaking ceremony, he had “the ardent hope this will bring an end to the consumption of such prohibited substances.” A large bulldozer smashed the bottles to shouts of  “ Allahu Ahkbar ” (God is great) from supporters outside the Hisbah headquarters in Kano. Kegs containing more than 8,000 litres of a local alcoholic brew called burukutu and 320,000 cigarettes were also destroyed. “We hope...

The Angola government on Tuesday debunk claims that it had banned Islam and close mosques in the country, after speculation that sparked outrage among Muslims worldwide. "There is no war in Angola against Islam or any other religion," said Manuel Fernando, director of the National Institute for Religious Affairs, part of the ministry of culture. "There is no official position that targets the destruction or closure of places of worship, whichever they are," Fernando told Agence France Presse. Reports that Angola, a traditionally devout Catholic nation, would crack down on Muslims had drawn condemnation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and others. In Egypt, mufti Shawqi Allam said such a move would be "a provocation not only to Angolan Muslims but to more than 1.5 billion Muslims all over the world". The oil-rich southern African nation has a population of about 18 million people, several hundred thousand of whom are Muslim. Religious organisa...

The baby-goat supposedly had a human face. The sleepy town of Ogotun-Ekiti in Ekiti SouthWest local Government Area of Ekiti State was on Tuesday thrown into confusion when news went round town that a goat had delivered a human-like baby goat. It was reported that the incidence, which occurred in Lori Oke town, a town that is about 10 kilometres from Ogotun village, drew the attention of hundreds of inhabitants and travellers. The spokesperson of the community, Sunday Ogunmeji, who spoke with a correspondent on behalf of the Baale (community head), Ganiyu Adetoun, said a pastor, Daniel Odedele, helped to deliver the goat of the baby. “After watching the goat labour for several hours, the pastor took pity on it and courageously pulled the baby out, only for it to turn out to be human-like. “The `baby’ had all the features of a human being such as human face, head, hair, female genitals, two legs and two arms with hoofs. “However, the human-like baby died at about noon as a result of la...

Nov 23, 2013 – Photos: Tiwa Savage’s Traditional Wedding Look  Here are the first set of photos of Mavin’s songstress Tiwa Savage on her traditional wedding date. As earlier reported, the talented singer is getting married to her manager in Lagos today. As we speak, the wedding is rocking the Arc event center in Lekki, Lagos with hundreds of celebrities in attendance. I hear Tiwa Savage and her husband have barred guests from taking pictures. Still unsure why they made the decision but in the next few hours we should have the official photos from Tiwa Savage’s traditional wedding ceremony. Congrats to them. Courtesy: naijagists.com

Onyii Alex, who is one of Nollywood sexiest and hottest babe, is heavily pregnant and expecting a love child with her multi-millionaire Igbo lover who already has a wife, Mr Promise, whom she allegedly snatched from controversial actress, Tonto Dikeh. Apart from the pregnancy wahala, another challenge facing Onyii is the fact that she’s been living in hiding since her pregnancy came into the open. A reliable insider told Showbizplus that Mr Promise's wife is looking for the actress who got pregnant for her husband and has threatened to deal ruthlessly with Onyii whenever or wherever their paths crossed, no matter her condition... In order to avoid the impending wrath of the enraged and betrayed house wife, Onyii’s lover boy who always spoils her silly with money, has flown her abroad for safety and safe delivery, pending when frayed nerves are calmed, from his wife and Tonto Dikeh's side. Surprisingly, Tonto, whom Onyii snatched Mr Promise from, is also threatening f...

Upper Sharia court in Bauchi has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Umar Mohammed Kandahar to death by stoning, for impregnating his younger sister.   The court records, made available to journalists on Wednesday in Bauchi , showed that Umar was arraigned before Upper Sharia Court Unguwar Jaki, by the Bauchi State Shari’ah Commission, where he was accused of impregnating his younger  sister from the same father. Counsel to the Shariah Commission, Barrister Dayyabu Ayuba, told the court that the suspect is married with three wives, but forcefully had sex  with his younger sister. According to Ayuba, the younger sister was brought to his house by their father to help take her to school, but instead, he forced her and had sexual intercourse with her, when she was 16 years old. The act resulted in pregnancy and she has already delivered a baby, contrary to section 136(1) of the Bauchi State Penal code law 2001. When asked by the presiding Shariah court judge, t...