Prophet Okikijesu reveals how Osinbajo may take over Buhari’s position in 2021

Apostle Paul Okikijesu of the Christ Apostolic Miracle Ministry, has prophesied that President Muhammadu Buhari may not continue in power till the end of 2021.

He said that Buhari needs prayers, else Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will suddenly take over from him like the case of Musa Ya’Radua and Goodluck Jonathan in May, 2010.

“Thus saith the Lord: People should pray seriously for him [Buhari], so that when the looming crisis bursts, it will not be out of his control, and harm this man,” he said in a series of prophecies to Daily Post on Saturday.

“People should still pray for him because he is their President, so that the crown will not be taken away from him and given to his neighbor who is better than him.

Man cuts off his father's head then wears his intestines round his neck [photos]

A blood-soaked n*ked man spotted by neighbours 'wrapped in intestines carrying his father's severed head' while walking the streets has been arrested in Ukraine.  

The witnesses claim they saw Dmitry Ponomarenko, 30, leave his flat covered in blood and carrying the head of his 53-year-old father Igor Ponomarenko.

As he watched in horror, one neighbour said the n*ked man calmly sat down on a bench in the town of Odessa, southern Ukraine, and lit a cigarette. 

'Covered with blood and wrapped in guts man, holding a severed head, came out of the entrance, sat down on a bench and lit a cigarette', a resident of the apartment block said on Wednesday.

NIN brouhaha: The Shehu Sani angle

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Man throws girlfriend down from five-storey building

A 37 years old man on Saturday in Awada, a densely populated part of Onitsha, Anambra State allegedly threw his girlfriend down a five-floor building after a disagreement.

DailyPost gathered that the incident happened at about 3am in a residential building where the suspect whose name was given as Nonso Eze is also a tenant.

CSP Haruna Mohammed, spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command who disclosed this to dailypost correspondent said, “On 23/1/2021 at about 6:30am, there was a report at the Awada Police Station that on the same day at about 3:am a girl of about 23years old, whose name and address is yet unknown fell down from the 5th floor of a five-storey building at N0.6 Orakwe close, fizzle Awada Obosi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State.”

Dele 'omo woli' releases new photos as he turns a year older

Olamide oladimeji popularly known as Dele Omo Woli is a year older today.

To celebrate his special day, he released photos of himself on his Instagram page to the delight of his fans. Captioning one of the photos, he wrote;

''Thank God for the journey of life, been coming from a great place, clocked another year today, moving to greater place, I am blessed to witness this year , I wish myself a very happy birthday 🎊🎉''

IGP orders arrest of Sunday Igboho over eviction notice

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, over an eviction order on Fulanis in Oyo State.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa.

He told BBC Hausa the IGP told him on the phone order had been given to the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho immediately and transfer him to Abuja.

Igboho had ordered herdsmen in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days, attributing the spate of banditry and killings in the area to them.

Lagos Waste Management Authority worker falls, dies on duty

An official of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, Mr. Nasiru Saheed, on Saturday, fell from the machine he was operating and died on the spot.

The Punch gathered that the LAWMA employee died accidentally on duty on Alexander Road in Ikoyi, Lagos State.

A video showing Saheed in a pool of his blood had surfaced on social media before LAWMA confirmed the incident.

The waste management agency in a series of tweets lamented its worker’s death, saying, “LAWMA with a deep sense of regret, announces the death in an accident of one of our waste handlers (Mr. Nasiru Saheed) this morning.

Calabar: Hotel harbouring suspected kidnappers demolished

A hotel that allegedly served as a hideout for suspected kidnappers has been demolished by the Cross River State Government security outfit ‘Operation Akpakwu’.

The ‘Save side hotel’ located at 8 Miles area in Calabar Municipality was allegedly harbouring suspected kidnappers terrorising the state.

Speaking after the demolition at the weekend, the State Security Adviser, South, to Governor Ben Ayade, Mr Henry Okokon, alleged that most of the kidnap cases carried out in Calabar were planned and coordinated from the hotel.

He said the Homeland Security bill which was signed into law by Governor Ayade clearly stated that “anybody who aids, abets and harbours a criminal is also guilty of the crime.”

Larry King, legendary CNN interviewer is dead

Former CNN presenter, Larry King, who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers has died at 87.

Recall that King was earlier hospitalized after testing positive for the dreaded coronavirus disease.

A statement released by his family said the 87-year-old was hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

However, his son Chance in a statement released on Saturday morning confirmed that his father has passed away.

Woman who stole a month-old baby and lied to husband she’d been pregnant arrested

Police have finally caught up with a woman who allegedly stole a baby from her mother at a salon in Rodi Kopany in Homa Bay County and lied to her husband that she had been pregnant and given birth.

In a report by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), the suspect, Ms. Bella Achieng Ogolla, had met the mother of the baby days before she gave birth.

“Detectives are still trying to figure out how she managed to convince her 42-year-old husband identified as Benard Akello that she was pregnant all along and had finally bore him a son,” the statement read in part.

The woman was nabbed by detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau and officers from the Child Protection Unit.

Woman arrested after boyfriend dies in lodging while with her

A middle-aged man from Mwanza in Tanzania died on Monday, January 18 while spending time with his longtime lover in a lodging facility, Mwanza Regional Police Commander Jumanne Muliro says.

The incident happened at Fimbo Lodge in Ilemela in Mwanza Region.

The owner of the lodging facility, Christopher Lyang’ombe, confirmed the incident to Mwananchi Newspaper, directing the publication to seek more information from authorities in Mwanza Region.

Mwanza Regional police boss, Jumanne, said law enforcement officers are holding in custody the woman who was with the now-deceased in the guest room.

Angry youths allegedly set Seriki Fulani’s house ablaze after Sunday Igboho’s visit in Oyo [photos]

Some angry youths have set ablaze the house of the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir.

Daily Post gathered that the house was set ablaze in Igangan town in Ibarapa North Local government area of the State on Friday.

It was learnt that about eleven cars were also set ablaze during the incident.

It was gathered that the house was set ablaze few hours after the visit of Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho to the town.

Nairobi: Man ties girlfriend to bed, sets her body on fire in gruesome murder

Police in Nairobi have launched a hunt for a middle-aged man who on Thursday morning killed his girlfriend and set her body on fire.

Margaret Muchemi, a resident of Njiru in Kasarani Sub-County, Kenya had invited her estranged boyfriend to her home to “iron out their differences”.

Muchemi, who had medical training, operated a private clinic in Mwiki, Kasarani.

The suspect, who was carrying a backpack, arrived at the deceased’s home at around 8am Thursday, Muchemi’s two house-helps, Damaris Nyamusi and Zainab Naila, told K24 Digital.

Several feared dead in Delta gas plant explosion

Yet to be ascertained number of persons were feared dead with many others injured from the explosion at a gas plant in Agbor, the headquarters of Ika South local government area of Delta state late Friday.

The tragic incident reportedly occurred at the popular Osadebe Gas plant along the Lagos-Asaba Expressway.

While the cause of the explosion was yet to be ascertained, eyewitnesses said it resulted in huge destruction in the environment.

According to eyewitnesses, several houses near the gas plant were reduced to ashes by the fire from the explosion.

Sunday Igboho is a hero for daring Fulani herdsmen – FFK

Femi Fani-Kayode has described Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho and some others as heroes that have emerged from the Southwest to stop invasion of the zone by Fulani herdsmen.

Igboho singlehandedly issued seven-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa, Oyo State to leave the area.

At the expiration of the ultimatum on Friday, he went to Ibarapa to address thousands of supporters and insisted that Fulani herdsmen must leave.

Fani-Kayode has described such boldness and bravery from Igboho as the making of a champion.

Donald Trump's bizarre new life where staff must call him 'King' as he plots comeback

Rejected by America, Donald Trump’s enforced abdication as the world’s most powerful man was too much for his ego to take.

With his pride bruised, Nancy Pelosi claiming he could be an “accessory to murder” and aides and supporters deserting him in their droves, he was desperate to find the adoration he once commanded.

His post-presidential options will be defined by the fallout over his incendiary US Capitol speech on January 6 that spurred his supporters to riot, killing five and led to his historic second impeachment.

On the eve of the inauguration, House of Congress speaker Pelosi took aim at Trump. She said: “[The] President’s words are important, they weigh a ton. And if you’re Donald Trump talking to these people, they believe it and they used his words...

I dare you to arrest me - Sunday Igboho tells Makinde

Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo -Sunday Igboho has dared Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde to arrest him for ordering Fulani herdsmen to leave Ibarapa.

Igboho had last Friday issued seven-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa North LG to leave the area over incessant killings of Yoruba people.

Makinde had countered him in a broadcast, saying everyone has the right to live anywhere in Oyo State.

Igboho, on Friday, after the expiration of the ultimatum addressed thousands of supporters in Igangan and again ordered Fulani herdsmen to leave.

Toyin Lawani cries out after finding her bra with a house maid

Toyin Lawani has reacted after she found out that one of her house maids stole her bra.

She took to her Instagram page to share a video where she asked her fans about what to do with her maid since she found her bra with her.

In the video she said: ''Listen in, this is very important make sure you check your maids regularly, thank God for CCTV and securities. I found out one of my staff was sharing with me. It is like sharing bra with someone. When they want to kill someone they say go and bring her bra. What do you think that I should do to her?''

Tipper driver crushes cyclist to death in Anambra

A commercial motorcyclist was on Friday crushed to death by an articulated truck in Umuazu Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra state.

The crash which occurred around 11.10am involved a Mercedes Benz tipper and the motorcycle.

The Nation gathered that the deceased was knocked down while crossing the road.

The State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Andrew Kumapayi confirmed the incident, warning drivers to avoid speeding and to use maximum speed limit of 50km/hr especially in built up areas.

Erica slams troll who described her as a beggar who started her career with GoFundMe

Ex-BBNaija housemate Erica has blasted a fan who called her a beggar who started her career with GoFundMe.

According to the fan, Erica is a tactical beggar who started her career with GoFundMe, the tweet apparently caught the reality TV star’s attention, and she did not let it slide.

She replied;

“The ignorance! First of all I started my acting career 2015, google me. Secondly, even a dumb person knows I had no access to my phone when the go fund me was set up, Celebrities get gifts all the time and mine won’t stop, ask yourself why you’re not rated enough to be gifted any”

10-year-old chokes to death during TikTok Challenge

A 10-year-old girl, Antonella Sicomero, has accidentally choked herself to death in Italy.

According to reports in Italy, the incident happened while she was taking part in a terrifying TikTok challenge.

The Sun UK reports that Antonella was found lifeless on the bathroom floor by her four-year-old sister in Palermo, Sicily.

She told her family she was going for a shower – but investigators are said to believe she was really filming herself for the online craze.

Nigerians detained in Saudi Arabia cry out, FG reacts [video]

Some Nigerians detained in Saudi Arabia over expired visas and inability to renew their residency, have appealed for help.

In a video seen online, one of them urged the Nigerian government to intervene.

“We all here are Nigerians. We have been more than 3, 6, 7 months without any action or information on transportation back to Nigeria.

“According to the rules and regulations of this location, you should be here for 2 weeks. But we have been here for more than 5, 6, 7 months. Others have flown back to their country.

Trump breaks silence as impeachment trial delayed

Former U.S. President President Donald Trump has spoken 48 hours after he left office, hinting that he’ll be back on the political scene soon.

In a brief interview with the conservative Washington Examiner, Trump said ” ‘We’ll do something, but not just yet’.

It was his first public comment since President Joe Biden was sworn in on Wednesday.

Blocked by Twitter and Facebook, Trump has been limited in speaking his mind, without inhibitions.

I can cope with a cheating man — Actress Queeneth Agbor

Actress, Queeneth Agbor, says she can cope with a cheating partner but not a stingy one.

The Microbiology graduate of the University of Calabar told Saturday Beats, “I can cope with a cheating man, provided he ‘cheats responsibly’. He could cheat then make it up to me by spoiling me. 

A man who cheats would eventually get tired of doing that, the same way King Solomon in the Bible got tired. History never fails to repeat itself. He would definitely get tired and change but a stingy man would remain like that for life. Stinginess is not permitted around me.”

NCDC confirms 1,483 new Covid-19 cases, total now 118,138

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,964 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 118,138.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday.

“On the 22nd of January 2021, 1483 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

Till date, 118138 cases have been confirmed, 94150 cases have been discharged and 1490 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1483 new cases are reported from 23 states- Kaduna (545), FCT (235), Plateau (127), Nasarawa (80), Oyo (72), Delta (65), Rivers (64), Kano (46), Ogun (46), Bayelsa (30), Gombe (30), Abia (28), Osun (27), Edo (25), Ondo (14), Sokoto (12), Zamfara (10), Bauchi (8), Imo (5), Jigawa (4), Ekiti (4), Borno (4) and Niger (2),” the NCDC said.

Dangote maintains 1st position in Africa billionaires’ list

Aliko Dangote of Nigeria has maintained his position as Africa’s richest person for 10 consecutive years, according to the 2021 Forbes’ Africa Billionaires List released on Friday.

Also, the Chairman of telecommunications giant Globacom Mike Adenuga has been placed fifth position, while Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group ranked sixth richest person in Africa.

Nigeria had three persons on the list while South Africa and Egypt each had five billionaires, followed by Morocco with two.

Forbes stated that the continent’s 18 billionaires were worth an average $4.1bn, 12 per cent more than a year ago, driven in part by Nigeria’s surging stock market.

Man found dead in his car in Lagos [photos]

A lone driver was found dead behind the wheels in his car along CMD Road, Magodo, in Lagos on Friday.

The Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency ( LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure at the scene of the incident in Lagos.

Oke-Osanyintolu said that the agency’s paramedic team responded to a distress call and upon arrival, met a lone driver slumped at the wheel.

He said that when the patient’s vital signs were checked, pulse was absent, pupils were fixed and dilated, the patient was dead already.

Young man takes his own life in Kaduna state

A 22-year-old man, Abdullahi Musa resident in Aboro, Sanga local government of Kaduna state has allegedly committed suicide. 

His lifeless body was discovered dangling on high tension electric pole by passersby in the early hours of Friday. He was believed to have died Thursday night.

The Chairman, Sanga Local Government Council, Mr Charles Danladi who confirmed the report to Daily Trust said the Councillor representing the area, Mallam Dahiru Yunusa Aboro briefed him about the sad incident.

Mysterious fire raze down 18 houses in Otukpo community

No fewer than 18 buildings and property worth millions of Naira were on Friday razed in a mysterious fire outbreak at Akwete community in Alan Akpa ward of Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. 

The disaster which also left several families homeless and in dire need of support and assistance razed several food barns and farms in the community. 

Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that the fire which started morning was reportedly ignited by unknown persons who set grasses on fire in the community probably to catch grasscutters. 

“We do not know the people who ignited the fire but they probably set fire on the bushes in order to catch grasscutters because this is the season but the fire went out of control and they ran away. 

Breaking: Makinde orders arrest of Sunday Igboho, others over Fulani quit notice

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the Police to arrest Sunday Igboho and others over their quit notice to fulanis.

On Friday, Igboho went to Igangan to retstae his ultimatum to Fulanis to leave.

Igangan is a community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area.

The activist had accused the Fulani of perpetrating murders and kidnappings.

Makinde declared that his government would not allow anyone hiding under the guise of protecting Yoruba interests to cause ethnic tension and perpetrate crisis.

Bill Gates takes covid-19 vaccine, ''says I feel great''

Bill Gates has gotten his first dose of covid-19 vaccine.

He made a photo fo him taking the vaccine public saying ''I feel great'', while also thanking everyone that got us to where we are, without mentioning himself.

Masked up with his sleeve up while taking the vaccine, the billionaire tweeted;

''One of the benefits of being 65 is that I’m eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. I got my first dose this week, and I feel great. Thank you to all of the scientists, trial participants, regulators, and frontline healthcare workers who got us to this point.''

Nigerians lash out at Nigerian who tried to correct Elon Musk in his $100m donation tweet

Nigerians have blasted a Nigerian who tried to correct the SECOND richest man in the world ELON MUSK. As a matter of fact, he unseated Jeff Bezos earlier this month to become Number one, but Jeff took it back.

Jeff has been occupying this position since 2017.

Elon had written on twitter that he would be donating the sum of $100m towards a prize for best carbon capture technology. He used the word ''Am'' instead of ''I'm'' and a Nigerian decided to correct him.

These angered many Nigerians who called him out saying, a poor man does not talk when a rich man speaks. Some even asked him not to make Elon upset because he might decide to buy his own ENGLISH! Their hilarious reactions below...

Non-academic workers at Nigerian universities begin indefinite strike February 5

The non-academic workers at Nigerian universities have announced plans to commence an indefinite strike on February 5, 2021.

The Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU made this known in a communique on Friday.

Part of the communique read, “It is in line with the resolution of our members nationwide, that the leadership of the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU hereby resolve as follows:

“That members of NASU and SSANU shall embark on an indefinite, comprehensive and total strike with effect from midnight of Friday, 5th February 2021.

Juliet Ibrahim, Victoria Kimani call out MTVBaseAfrica over plans to hold MTVMama2021 in Uganda despite Bobi Wine's house arrest

Juliet Ibrahim and Victoria Kimani have called out MTVBaseAfrica for planning to hold MTVMama2021 in Uganda despite all that is happening there.

They called out the entertainment outfit saying Bobi Wine who is a musician remains under arrest coupled with a lot more happening in Uganda and so, the award shouldn't be held in that country. They made the call out on their twitter pages. 

Update: MTVBaseAfrica says the award is 100% virtual.

It’s reckless to insist on NIN enrollment despite Covid-19 surge - Banky W hits at FG

Banky W, a Nigerian singer cum politician, says the insistence on enrollment for national identity number (NIN) despite the Covid-19 surge shows the “irresponsibility and recklessness” of the federal government.

Commenting on the development in a Twitter thread on Friday, Banky W accused the federal government of being “inconsiderate.”

The 39-year-old said it is unfortunate that the government would encourage crowded queues at the various enrollment centres thereby putting the citizens at the risk of contracting the deadly virus.

Much ado about corpse of man allegedly killed by Army

The Police in Benue State on Friday told the Judicial Panel investigating human rights violations by the defunct SARS operatives of Nigeria Police Force that it had no power to release the corpse of one late James Ianna kept under its custody.

Police prosecutor had told the panel sitting in Makurdi that, it lacks the power to release the deceased’s body for burial to its family because a special military squad handed police the corpse for safe keep and was yet to give further directive.

The panel also heard from the police prosecution counsel and O/C legal, F.N Agwu (Esq.) that the corpse currently deposited at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) Makurdi remained the responsibility of the Nigeria Army and not Benue State Police Command.

Mama Rainbow remembers late husband 37 years after

Veteran Nollywood actress, Idowu Phillips -Mama Rainbow has remembered her late husband who died 37 years ago.

She revealed she misses him every second.  Sharing his photo, the elderly actress wrote;

''37 YEARS AGO JUST STILL LIKE YESTERDAY MY DEAREST HUSBAND. 

lost my husband some years ago We celebrated our 10-year anniversary in 70s and we were looking forward to many more years to come, but God had a different plan. I miss him every second.

Woman commits suicide after spreading Covid-19 to her daughter and husband

A Japanese mother who tested positive for the coronavirus has killed herself at her home after she felt sorry for causing trouble for her family, reports say.

The woman, aged in her 30s, was found dead last Friday in her Tokyo apartment where she was self-isolating after contracting Covid-19.

In a note she left behind, the parent wrote that ‘it is inexcusable that I have become a nuisance,’ and blamed herself for her daughter catching the virus.

The Japanese woman lived with her husband and daughter who have both tested positive for the disease, according to local media citing sources.

Event planner, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe and husband celebrate 14th wedding anniversary

Event planner, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe and her husband are celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary.

Taking to her Instagram page to celebrate their special day, Funke wrote;

 ''14 years ago , we both took that leap and said I do on the 20th of January . He won’t admit it but he cried that day oh lollll as soon as he saw me walking down the aisle .

How I walked slowly that day I don’t even know but i my dad held me down lollll .