Native doctor kills two brothers seeking bullet-proof protection(Photo)

A NATIVE doctor in Kogi State has butchered his own customers and close acquaintances for years. Mallam Ibrahim Muhammed Dabasabe, who also claimed to be a Muslim cleric, discreetly murdered two brothers, Tanko Abubakar and Muhammed Kudu Abubakar, who both came for spiritual guidance. The two brothers from Niger State were killed by their host and their bodies buried behind Dabasabe compound.

They had visited based on their familiarity with the herbalist when he lived in their family house in Bida some years back. Though not the first time the brothers would be visiting, they had come to complain that the last consultation, which was a charm to make someone impervious to bullets and gunshots, had failed.

But they met their death after Dabasabe gave them poison, which he told the brothers would make the bulletproof charm effective. The concoction had an immediate effect on the brothers, who began to writhe in pain. When death delayed in coming, the native doctor hastened it by using a pestle to smash their skull after which he buried them in his compound.

Confessing to the murder, Dabasabe said he was confused on what next to do after collecting huge sums of money for the native bulletproof protection. “So, I decided to poison the two and used pestle to break their heads when the poison did not kill them instantly.”

Former Borno Governor, Ali Modu-Sheriff named PDP Chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday named onetime Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff as its new chairman.

Addressing newsmen at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, spokesman of the party, Olisa Metuh said all organs of the party, including, the national caucus, PDP Governors’ Forum and the National Assembly caucuses agreed on the selection of Sheriff.

Metuh noted that the decision would be communicated to the Board of Trustees and subsequently, the National Executive Committee, NEC, for ratification before a formal announcement would be made.

Sheriff was picked at the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting held in Abuja.

Sheriff is replacing former Chairman, Ahmadu Mu’azu, who resigned shortly after the party lost the last Presidential election.

The former Senator from Borno State, prior to being named the new Chairman of Nigeria’s largest opposition party, has been a controversial figure amid allegation that he funded and sponsored the Boko Haram insurgent group, an allegation he has since refuted.

Biafra: IPOB threatens to shutdown Nigeria over claims that Kanu is starved in prison

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday threatened to embark on the kind of protest that will shut down the country if anything happens to its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

Spokesperson of the pro-Biafra group, Emma Powerful issued the threat while speaking with journalists in Nnewi, Anambra State.

The group’s spokesman alleged that its detained leader was being denied access to food and toiletries and had been subjected to serious intimidation and harassment by some prison officials in Kuje Prison.

He alleged that the inhuman treatment Kanu was subjected to was meant to demoralise him “as directed by the Federal Government’s agents, who are now convinced that he will be set free by the court at the end of the day and they now resorted to denying him access to food in order to starve him to death.”

Taylor Swift Wins Album Of The Year, Slams Kanye West At The Grammys

Taylor Swift won the award for Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammys, and she slammed Kanye West (without actually saying his name, natch) in her acceptance speech. Taylor first thanked her collaborators and producers, and then she got into it:

“And as the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to the young woman out there, there are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you’re going, you will look around and you will know it was you and the people who love you who put you there, and that will be the greatest feeling in the world."

As you know, Kanye came under MAJOR fire earlier this month when lyrics from "Famous," off his new album, The Life of Pablo, surfaced online. "I feel like me and Taylor [Swift] might still have sex / I made that bitch famous," he rapped, referencing their MTV VMAs drama from back in the day. We already knew T. Swizz was pissed, but we love that she publicly called him out for it. Someone had to!

Grammys 2016 :The Complete List of Winners

The GRAMMYs, arguably the most prestigious award ceremony in the music industry held Monday in Los Angeles, USA, with Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar emerging the biggest winners of the night, winning “Album of the Year” and “Best Rap Album” respectively.

While Lady Gaga paid an epic tribute to  David Bowie, Kendrick Lamar delivered a stellar performance which can easily be described as the most intense performance the Grammys have seen.

Best New Artist: Meghan Trainor

Best Rock Performance: Alabama Shakes, ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’

Best Musical Theater Album: Hamilton

Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran, ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Best Country Album: Chris Stapleton, Traveller

Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, ‘Uptown Funk’

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat, ‘These Walls’

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern

Best Pop Solo Performance: Ed Sheeran, ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, ‘Alright’

Best Alternative Music Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color

Best Rock Album: Muse, Drones

Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar, ‘Alright’

Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes, ‘Don’t Wanna Fight’

Best R&B Album: D’Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah

Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness

Best R&B Performance: The Weeknd, ‘Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)’

Best R&B Song: D’Angelo and The Vanguard, ‘Really Love’

Best Traditional R&B Performance: Lalah Hathaway, ‘Little Ghetto Boy’

Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü

Best Dance Recording: Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, ‘Where Are Ü Now’

Best Music Video: Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, ‘Bad Blood’

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town, ‘Girl Crush’

Best Country Song: Little Big Town, ‘Girl Crush’

Best Music Film: Amy Winehouse, Amy

Best Rap/Song Collaboration: Common & John Legend, ‘Glory’

Best Pop Vocal Album: Taylor Swift, 1989

Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton, ‘Traveller’

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Tobymac, This Is Not a Test

Best Roots Gospel Album: The Fairfield Four, Still Rockin’ My Soul

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Pitbull, Dale

Best Latin Pop Album: Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)

Best Comedy Album: Louis C.K., Live at Madison Square Garden

Best Spoken Word Album: Jimmy Carter, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Birdman

Best Gospel Album: Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)

Best Gospel Performance/Song: Kirk Franklin, ‘Wanna Be Happy?’

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Francesca Battistelli, ‘Holy Spirit’

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Stephen Paulus, Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Augustin Hadelich, ‘Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes’

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Eighth Blackbird, ‘Filament’

Best Choral Performance: Charles Bruffy, ‘Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil’

Best Opera Recording: Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus, ‘Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade’

Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Regional Roots Music Album: Jon Cleary, Go Go Juice

Best Folk Album: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Best Blues Album: Buddy Guy, Born to Play Guitar

Best Bluegrass Album: The Steeldrivers, The Muscle Shoals Recordings

Best Americana Album: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free

Best American Roots Song: Jason Isbell, ‘24 Frames’

Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples, ‘See That My Grave Is Kept Clean’

Best Tropical Latin Album: Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra, Son De Panamá

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Los Tigres Del Norte,Realidades – Deluxe Edition

Best Children’s Album: Tim Kubart, Home

Best World Album: Angélique Kidjo, Sings

Best Reggae Album: Morgan Heritage, Strictly Roots

Best Latin Jazz Album: Eliane Elias, Made in Brazil

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Past Present

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Cécile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love

Best Surround Sound Album: James Guthrie and Joel Plante, Amused To Death

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, ‘Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)’

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color

Best Historical Album: Various artists; The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Various Artists, The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)

Best Album Notes: Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced

Best Recording Package: Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves; Asleep at the Wheel, Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Maria Schneider, ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O. Olusola; ‘Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy’

Best Instrumental Composition: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, ‘The Afro Latin Jazz Suite’

MusiCares Person of the Year: Lionel Richie

Buhari appoints Abike Dabiri Senior Special Assistant(Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a former member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Channels TV is reporting.

Ms. Dabiri-Erewa was chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Publicity between 2003 and 2007 and later chaired the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs between 2007 and 2015.

The new presidential aide was born in Jos, Plateau State and attended Maryland Private School, Maryland, Ikeja and St. Teresa’s College, Ibadan, for her primary and secondary education respectively.

She obtained her first degree in English Language from the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, before proceeding to the University of Lagos where she obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma, PGD, in Mass Communication. She also obtained a master’s degree in Mass Communication from the same university.

Mrs.Abike-Erewa also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Olajumoke Orisaguna Signs Deal As The New Face of Payporte 2016 Campaign (photos)

The most amazing story of 2016 so far, the story ofOlajumoke Orisaguna, added another chapter as she signed with Payporte.

Orisaguna, who was thrust into the spotlight after stumbling upon a TY Bello photoshoot for Tinie Tempah, has been enjoying a stream of good news ever since.

She has signed a modelling contract and has been given a luxury apartment, and has featured on some of the world’s biggest media platforms from CNN to Huffington Post.

In her new deal with Payporte, Jumoke will be the online store’s face, and she will appear on all of their billboards.

Payporte will also be sponsoring her education, which she stopped years ago to be able to cater for her family. Check her out below!

Olajumoke Orisaguna signs with Payporte

Kanye West Says He's In Debt, Wants Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg to Invest $1 Billion Into His Ideas

Kanye West wants Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to put $1 billion into funding his ideas.

The rapper, who recently released his new The Life of Pablo, made his informal request to the billionaire in a tweet on Sunday. “Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas,” Yeezy wrote on Twitter. “After realizing he is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time,” he said in a follow-up tweet.

He also used the social media platform to clear up a controversial lyric in a new song in which he says: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? Because I made that bitch famous.” “I did not diss Taylor Swift and I’ve never dissed her,” West tweeted.

Red Carpet Style From The 2016 BAFTA Awards

Forget fashion week for a minute as style just decamped to London’s Royal Opera House for one of the film industry’s biggest events—the 2016 BAFTA Awards.

The awards show which happens to be the 69th saw some of the world’s biggest film stars like Emilia Clarke, Kate Winslet, Alicia Vikander and more grace the red carpet in stylish ensembles.

Check out photos from the red carpet below;

Alicia Vikander

Angela Bassett

Cate Blanchett

Emilie Clarke

Idris Elba

Julianne Moore

Kate Winslet

Laura Whitmore

Saoirse Ronan

Dakota Johnson

Bel Powley

Gemma Chan

Gwendoline Christie

Hannah Bagshawe & Eddie Redmayne

John Boyega

Olga Kurylenko

Leonardo Di Carprio

Heida Reed

Dree Hemingway

Kate Winslet & Michael Fassbender

Poppy Jamie

Sacha Baron Cohen & Isla Fisher

Lily Donaldson

Luciana Barroso & Matt Damon

Rooney Mara

Sunrise Coigney & Mark Ruffalo

FG sacks DGs of NTA, NBC, 4 others

The Federal Government has sacked the heads of the six information parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture.

The disengagement was announced on Monday, by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a meeting with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA).

A statement was made available to this effect by Segun Adeyemi, SA to Hon Minister of Information and Culture

“The Minister directed the disengaged Chief Executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments. He thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.”

“The affected Chief Executives are the Director-Generals of NTA, Mr. Sola Omole, FRCN (Mr. Ladan Salihu), VON (Mr Sam Worlu), NOA (Mr. Mike Omeri), NBC (Mr. Emeka Mba) and the Managing Director of NAN (Mr. Ima Niboro).”

Their replacements are yet to be announced by the federal government.

CAN wants ex-President Jonathan prosecuted for corruption

The Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, has called for the prosecution of former President Goodluck Jonathan for corruption.

The Chairman of Lagos CAN, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, spoke in Lagos on Saturday on the sideline of an interdenominational service.

While fielding questions from journalists, Bamgbola applauded the ongoing war against corruption in the country, adding that nobody should be spared.

When asked about the stance of the group on the call for the prosecution of Jonathan, he said, “What is wrong with it? A former President of Peru (Alberto Fujimori) was jailed. Also, a popular prime minister of Israel (Ehud Olmert) was jailed. If a nation puts you in a position of trust and you betray that trust, you should go to jail no matter who you are. I have no sympathy for anybody. Just make sure you get it right, and we get the facts right as well.”

He lamented the corruption in the country, urging the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to go after the looters and “put them where they belong, so that we may have peace in this nation.”

Lagos police arrest ‘mad man’ with bank tellers, 22 ATM cards

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command attached to the Victoria Island area of Lagos State, have arrested a suspected mad man, one Lanrewaju Jaiyeola, with two mobile phones, 22 Automated Teller Machine, ATM cards, several bank tellers of recent bank transactions and a power bank.
The 39-year-old suspect, who according to the police had been on their watch-list for about two weeks, was arrested by the RRS operatives with a knapsack on Ozumba Mbadiwe Road.

The police said they were not convinced that Jaiyeola was actually mad, because initially, he was well-spoken, later on, he started talking unreasonably. They however, took him to their base in Alausa, Ikeja.

The police discovered that eight of the credit cards which had different names and banks, were still valid.

One of the officials who didn’t want his name mentioned, told The Punch that when they noticed him, he appeared like a mentally unstable person.

“When we invited him for interrogation, he responded normal to all our enquiries and a few minutes into the interrogation, he started straying from the normal course of our enquiries and was not making sense at all,” he disclosed.

The official added that his behaviour raised further suspicion and they decided to search the knapsack he was arrested with.

He said, “Inside the backpack, we found several bank tellers of recent bank transactions, 22 ATM cards, a power bank, lots of invoices hidden in pieces of papers, one Nokia phone and a BlackBerry.”

A policeman at their base in Alausa, Ikeja, said, “The suspect made statements suggestive of somebody disguising as a mad man to perpetrate crime.

According to the unidentified police officer, “Initially, we noticed that he was mentally balanced because he was answering the questions posed to him adequately. But all of a sudden, he started sounding incoherent and illogical again.

“While interrogating him, he threatened the Investigating Police Officer, IPO, saying, ‘I will make life unbearable for you if you don’t let me go. So it was at this point we realised that possibly he might be enjoying the patronage of some highly-placed people whom we believe he was working for.”

Confirming the arrest, the RRS Commander, Olatunji Disu, said, “Jaiyeola has been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja for detention and further investigation.”

British/Nigerian actor John Boyega wins first Bafta award

23-year-old Nigerian-British actorJohn Boyega has won the EE Rising Star award at the 69thBritish Academy Film Awards (BAFTAS) .

At the awards ceremony which held on Sunday night at the Royal Opera House in London, Boyega was honoured for his major breakout role in the 2015 film –Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Born to Nigerian parents, Boyega played Ugwu, the houseboy in historical fiction drama film –Half of a Yellow Sun (2013).

Boyega has also appeared in four episodes of the television series24: Live Another Day amongst others.