Nigerian Billionaire: Our children are more important than £37m divorce

A multi-millionaire oil trader accused of forcing his wife to live on £150-a-week in a bitterly contested divorce battle today said today he is only thinking of his children.

Michael Prest spoke out with the Supreme Court due to return a potential landmark judgment on the legal wrangle with his ex-wife Yasmin Prest.

He claimed he was “disappointed” rather than angered by his wife’s actions and his biggest concern has always been the impact of the coverage of the case on the couple’s four children.

He adds that he could never be angry with his wife as she has given him the biggest treasure in his life - his four children.

“The part that upsets me is what my children read in the newspapers about their father,” said Mr Prest, who was born in Nigeria but brought up in the UK and educated at leading independent school Downside.

EVIL: Man baths lover with acid

An Ikpoba-Okha Area Customary Court sitting at Idogbo, Benin City has remanded a  22-year-old man, Cyril Okosun, in prison for allegedly bathing his girlfriend with acid.

The accused was alleged to have on April 19, 2013 at Dumez Road in the state metropolis poured acid on the face and body of the girl after she decided to quit their relationship.

When the case came up for mention, yesterday, counsel to the accused, Fidelis Oriafo, pleaded for his bail which was opposed by Police  prosecutor, Inspector Victor Ehiorobo, on the ground that the victim, Blessing Ikhumuhi, was still in a critical condition at the UBTH.

President of the court, Princess Esther Eweka, adjourned the case to July 23, 2013 for hearing.

Ghanaian actress Brenda Osei Bonsu joins cast of Nigerian TV series Tarima

Ghanaian actress Brenda Osei Bonsu is the latest addition to the cast of Nigerian TV series, TARIMA (Tangled Web).

Tarima is described as one of the award winning series currently showing on Dstv Channel 251 on Sunday 2:30pm and on Nigerian Television (NTA).

Alongside Brenda in the series is famous and award winning Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei.

Before starring in the series, Brenda went off the scenes following her sojourn to the UK. On her return she went to Nigeria to shoot Tarima sometime February, this year.

TARIMA (Tangled Web) is directed by Peter Armand Boyo.

Ghanaian Soccer Star, John Antwi Denies 'midnight Facebook surf'

Ismaili and Ghana youngster John Antwi insists that he does not spend most of his night time surfing the Facebook.

The 20-year-old, who is expected to be with Ghana at the U-20 World Cup this month, has been accused to staying online for a long time after midnight.

“I am looking forward to the World Cup in Turkey and I am hoping to win something with Ismaili so that I can play for the Ghana first team,” Antwi told FilGoal.com.

“Why would a player with these ambitions waste his time and stay on Facebook all night. This would affect my performance.

“I always sleep early. I just leave my account online all night.”

Man walks 40km through forest with pregnant wife on shoulder

In an effort to save his pregnant wife and their child, a man walked through forest for about 40km in heavy rains carrying the ailing woman on his shoulders to get her to a hospital, but failed to save the baby.

The tribal youth, Ayyappan, carrying his seven-month pregnant wife, Sudha set off for the hospital from the Konni forests on Tuesday last by about 6am in heavy rains.

Ayappan walked to Kokkathod, said to be about 40km from the place he was staying in the forest, and then managed to get a jeep to take his wife to Pathnamthitta district hospital by 6pm from where she was referred to Kottayam medical college hospital as she had convulsions.

"The woman's life had been saved since she was carried all the way, but the baby could not be saved. Labour was induced for the delivery of the dead foetus," Dr Kunjamma Roy, head of the

Rapper 2Shotz Denies Dating Beverly Osu

2Shotz has issued a disclaimer refuting reports that Nigeria BBA8 representative, Beverly Osu was formerly engaged to him.

Here is his tweet.

Chanchangi Airline’s workers protest unpaid salaries

About 53 staff members of Chanchangi Airlines have dragged the airline to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over their unpaid salary arrears of about 36 months.

The workers who alleged that the unpaid salaries have accrued since 2010, when the carrier advised them to embark on compulsory leave, yesterday took the matter to the regulatory authority after staging peaceful protests at the airline’s counter at MMA2 Terminal and then to the headquarters of the authority.

The workers said they were asked to stay off work since 2010, when the airline started having operational challenges.

The Director of Human Resources, Mr. Austin Amadi Ifeanyi, and Director of Consumer Protection, Alhaji Adamu Abdulahi, who received the aggrieved workers on behalf of the authority, assured them that the NCAA would look into their grievances and ensure that the airline did the right by paying them the arrears of their salaries.

JAMB clears doubt on 2013 UTME results

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday reacted to the 192 complaints received from candidates, who sat for the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, at a meeting in Abuja with some of the candidates, who filed the complaints, said it was imperative to clear the doubt of the public about the UTME.

Ojerinde said there was an open complaint from the media, which amounted to a threat to the integrity of the organisation.

He said of the 192 candidates, who filed their complaints, 132 requested that their examination scripts be remarked, while 63 requested to see their examination scripts.

Said he: “We are sure of what they scored, we are sure of the situation and we are sure of the true position of things, even with those who claimed that we did not release their results.

“But in the final analysis, you can see that they did not shade their subjects correctly. How can we release a result that is not known to us?

“That was why we told the candidates to come on June 10 to see their papers and here we are, together with the complainants.

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Pregnant mother died after Trainee Surgeons took out her ovary instead of her appendix

The devastated husband of a young mother who died weeks after two trainee surgeons mistakenly took out an ovary instead of her appendix said today he had been “revolted” by their NHS experience.

Maria De Jesus, from Dagenham, was heavily pregnant when she developed pains in her stomach and was admitted to Queen’s Hospital, Romford.

Today her husband, Adelino De Jesus, 53, described the “litany of errors” which lead to her tragic death less than four weeks later on 11 November 2011.

He said: “She went to hospital with stomach pains and we were told she needed to have her appendix out. She had the operation, and left hospital eight days later, but the pain continued. We wouldn’t have ever imagined what they had done.”

Last week an inquest heard that tests carried out on the removed tissue revealed that it was one of her ovaries, not her appendix, on October 31.

But doctors at the hospital only realised the mistake on November 9, two days after when Mrs De Jesus, 32, was readmitted to the hospital and the day she miscarried.

Nigerian/Ghanaian actress Christabel Ekeh strike hot poses in recently released photos

The last you probably heard of her was when she stated she will not mind acting nude. In case you don’t know, Christabel Ekeh was born to a Nigerian father and Ghanaian Mum; she is is best known for playing Afia in College Girls, was also the first runner up of Miss Malaika 2008.

Check out her hot photos.

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Unilag students protest high cost of living

Students of the University of Lagos are protesting the high cost of living on campus.

According to reports the peaceful protest started yesterday, as the students bemoaned the high cost of food and other basic items on campus, saying it is disheartening that students are paying higher for food and other consumables than their prices outside campus. The cost of making photocopies is also said to be too expensive for an academic environment.

According to a citizen reporter who seeks anonymity,”Imagine, we students  are buying sachet water at N10 per sachet, Indomie super pack sold for N60 in town is N70 here, same as Indomie hungry man size, which is N100 everywhere except in my school where it goes for N110. Also soft drinks in plastic bottles such as Viju,Fanta,Pepsi are sold for N120 per bottle instead of its supposed retail price of N100.

Abacha’s Daughter, Gumsu Causes Twitter Debate

Daughter of the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, Gumsu, took to twitter at 3:16am two days ago to pay tribute to her father, saying, “I miss you so much.”

“May Allah grant my father Aljanna Firdaus. I miss you so much. Fifteen years already.Allah ya jikan ka da rhama ‘Baba,’” she stated in a tweet.

A few hours after Gumsu posted the tweet, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, replied her, saying, “Ameen.” Gumsu replied his tweet, saying, “Thank you,’’ while Fani-Kayode responded, “My pleasure, dear.’’

Fani-Kayode’s gesture confused his followers causing them to question if he benefited from the Abacha regime. Once it his tweets began to raise questions, Fani-Kayode swiftly dissociated himself from the Abacha regime. He said, “Of course not. I was not pro-Abacha government. I was one of those who fought his government.”

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Check out photos from Kanye West’s 36th birthday celebration

Kanye West celebrated his 36th birthday during the weekend with his famous friends over dinner in New York. Though Kim was absent from the festivities, however Jay-Z, Beyonce and Nas were there to represent.

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Four Teenagers Rape Girl, Threaten to Kill Her

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four boys for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the Mile 12 area of the state.

Punch Metro learnt that the suspects, Wale Badejo, Jubril Yusuf, Olusanya Remi and Wale Oluwafemi, who are between the ages 18 and 19, allegedly abducted the victim on her way to school and took turns raping her.

According to the police, the suspects held the victim for over seven hours and threatened to kill her if she told anybody about what happened to her.

A member of the victim’s family, who craved anonymity, said the incident occurred on May 30, 2013.

She said, “She (the victim) told us that one of the suspects, who also lived in the area, had been making sexual advances to her for sometime but she always rebuffed him. The boy (Oluwafemi) and her friends then vowed to deal with her, calling her a proud person.

“She schools at Maryland and because of the distance of the school from home, she leaves home around 6:30am every day.

“On the day of the incident, the boys came on two motorcycles, grabbed her and took her to Oluwafemi’s house at Agiliti.

“The boys blindfolded her and stuffed her mouth with cloth. The boys then took pictures of the barbaric act and made a video recording which they said they would upload on Facebook. The boys further threatened to kill her if she told anybody about what had happened.”

Punch Metro learnt that when the victim returned home, she did not inform her parents about what had transpired for fear of being killed.

PDP compels employees to take oath of secrecy

The Peoples Democratic Party has administered an oath of secrecy to its members of staff as part of its efforts to control the flow of information in and outside the party.

The compulsory oath, which took many of the workers by surprise, was supervised on Thursday by the Acting National Secretary of the party, Chief Solomon Onwe.

Some of the workers, who spoke with our correspondent on Sunday, complained about the oath, which they said was aimed at victimising perceived enemies by some leaders of the party.

They said that some members of the National Working Committee of the PDP were not happy with them and had been doing everything possible to replace them with their loyalists.

The workers claimed that Onwe told them that anyone suspected to be fraternising with journalists might be summarily dismissed if the party found out that a piece of information was leaked by any of them.

One of the workers said, “On Thursday, we swore to an oath of secrecy which the party said was meant to control the flow of information at its secretariat.

Justin Bieber’s Bodyguard Under Investigation for Battery

Yet another member of Justin Bieber's entourage has landed in hot water again.

One of the pop singer's bodyguards is under investigation for misdemeanor battery against a person who was trying to take a picture of Bieber, 19, at a Hollywood hookah lounge, TMZ reports.

According to the website, when the photographer (not a professional or paparazzo) attempted to snap Bieber's picture, one of the singer's bodyguards stepped in, and a dust-up ensued. Police were called to the scene, but by the time they arrived, Bieber and his group had left.

 Bieber is not a target in this investigation, but it's just the latest in a series of recent incidents involving him or his entourage bristling at unauthorized photographs taken of the singer. In April, the singer and his crew were banned from a Vienna nightclub after managers claim that his bodyguards smashed cameras, destroyed cell phones and groped some of the young female fans present.

Wedding Cancelled in Ekiti as Bride refuses to show up

A bride refused to show up at her wedding at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel, Okesa, Ado-Ekiti, on Saturday resulting in the cancellation of the wedding.

Our correspondent learnt that the groom, who is from Ifaki-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of the state, was already in the church but waited in vain for the arrival of his bride.

Her whereabouts were unknown hours after the service had started.

The failure of the bride to show up, it was gathered, forced the clerics to cancel the wedding and invited guests reportedly left one after the other, when it dawned on them that the ceremony would no longer hold.

The Dean of the Cathedral, Very Reverend, F.O Bankole, when contacted on the telephone confirmed the incident to our correspondent.

He said, “It is true that a wedding which was planned to hold in the church today was cancelled. The bride did not show up.”

Bankole said he did not know why the bride failed to showed up, but added that the couple had been “having some issues since they started courting.”

Photos: Rapper Iceprince and The Real Oga @ the Top

Panshak Zamani popularly called Iceprince is being presented with the ‏Rhythm and Play ambassador plaque by President Goodluck Jonathan.

WAHALA DEY: Pregnant Thief attacks Mall Employee

A pregnant woman wearing a True Religion baseball cap and an accomplice assaulted an employee at Stones River Mall after they were observed shoplifting $300 worth of merchandise, according to a Murfreesboro Police Department incident report.

The victim alleged the two women were “concealing items in their bags and she went to confront them,” Officer Sean Leiser reported.

When she approached the suspects, the pregnant woman attacked her.

“The suspect grabbed her by the throat and pushed her back,” Leiser reported. “The suspect then ran at (the victim) and grabbed her throat again and pushed her.”

The suspect also grabbed the victim by the hair and threw her on the ground before hitting the victim multiple times in the face.

The suspects fled the scene in a black Chevrolet Impala with tinted windows.

The victim was treated at Middle Tennessee Medical Center and released. The suspects have not been apprehended.

Source: Murfreesboropost

Don Jazzy sends D’banj a birthday message – ‘Shout out to Eja nla himself’

Peter Okoye in a Photo Session as he preps to rock the stage at Star Trek, Festac Town

The singer had a photo shoot today with photographer Kelechi Amadi. 

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Photos of Ufuoma Ejenobor at the Wise Women Awards 2013

The event, which held in the weekend was organised by Wisdom For Women International a UK based organisation in collaboration with Connecting Hearts Initiative. The goal was to pay tribute to the Achievement of Christian Women in Nigeria

Obiwon drops New Single ‘Testify’ On His Birthday

The singer who announced some years back that he was going into Gospel music chose no other day but his birthday to drop his latest effort ‘Testify’.

Obiwon featured Mike Abdul of Midnight crew in this single.

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I’m getting married soon — Benita Okojie

In the 90s, Benita Okojie, at the tender age of 12, was a sensation as a gospel music child artiste.  Now 24, the multiple award winner relives the experience of stardom and adulthood

Child stars face a lot of pressures while growing up, did you experience such?

I did but the winning factor for me was the close relationship I had with God and my family.  I did not shut my loved ones out of my life. They are the ones who can tell me the truth about anything, no matter how big it is. I have a good relationship with my parents and I talk to them about everything. My mother, especially, was a pillar of strength for me and I was able to tell her a lot of things and she helped me through all the changes. I am a very spiritual being and I pray a lot.

How did you handle the superstar treatment in school?

The early stages of the job were very harsh on me. I had friends who just had issues with my person, not necessarily because I did anything wrong but because they felt that I was going around with a larger than life image. I do not think that was the situation but because I am out there, everybody wants to judge me based on what they don’t even know.  I thank God for my parents and my siblings who helped and supported me all the way. I made very good friends