Taiye & Kehinde Balogun Arrested For Robbery, Burglary

According to Punch: The Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos has arrested a set of identical twins for robbing a factory belonging to Reckitt Benckiser, producers of Dettol. Police authorities told PUNCH Metro that the duo, Taiye and Kehinde Balogun, were welders and were hired by a robbery gang to break into the firm’s warehouse in May last year.

The robbery gang, it was learnt, robbed the company of soap noodles and chemicals worth N17m. It was learnt that after the robbery, SARS detectives launched an investigation into the case and the prime suspects were arrested in February. The suspects were said to have implicated the twins who were subsequently arrested.

Yinka Ayefele’s Ibadan House Gutted By Fire

Popular Nigeria Gospel Singer Yinka Ayefele's mansion worth millions of Naira around Felele area of Ibadan, Oyo, was gutted by fire in the wee hours of the morning. The cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained, and all efforts to put off the fire has been made. However, the gospel artiste has assured his fans that he is in a very safe condition.

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Baby number 2 for Naeto C

 

Naeto C and his wife Nicole Chikwe are reportedly expecting their second child.

NET reports that a family source said, "They are really excited. It is something you can't hide."
Naeto C and Nicole married in July 2012 and their first child (a boy) was born in March 2013.
The rapper recently announced that he will be releasing a new album this year but doesn't have a title yet.

2face addresses cheating rumours

2face Idibia has reportedly finally tackled the infidelity rumours.

According to reports, the muso did so when he was a guest at the second season premiere of The Juice on Ndani TV.
Speaking to the show's host, Toolz, 2face allegedly denied rumours that he's expecting a child with another woman.
NET says 2face said, "The whole world will know the truth. There's nothing hidden under the sun.
"I think it's unfair. If I was single…I don't care but I'm married now and it's unfair for someone to just wake up and say stuff like that and try to paint a picture of me on that level," said 2face.

Abuja bomb blast: PDP accuses APC of culpability

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the opposition All Progressives Party of culpability in the bomb blast which killed over 70 people in Nyanya, Abuja, on Monday.

While condemning the act which it described as barbaric, monstrous and extremely wicked, the PDP said the attacks were politically motivated.

National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said this in a statement, in Abuja.

The statement partly read, “The PDP weeps. We are indeed grief-stricken. Our hearts go out to the bereaved, especially those who have been orphaned and widowed and those now deprived of their bread winners by this evil act. We share in their pain, their anguish and their loss and pray that those behind their grief must not escape justice.”

Metuh said the attacks could not be justified under any guise adding that it was the handiwork of an opposition desperate to undermine and discredit the present administration and make the nation ungovernable for President Goodluck Jonathan.

B’Haram crisis temporary, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan,  who cancelled his planned trip to Ibadan, Oyo State, visited the scene of the explosion amidst tight security.

Jonathan was initially billed to attend the centenary birthday service of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Odulana Odugade.

He  arrived the scene at 12.20am with the President of the Senate, David Mark, and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’Azu.

Security chiefs, led by the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), who arrived ahead, briefed the President  and showed him the spot, where the bomb was detonated.

While speaking with journalists, Jonathan described the attacks by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as temporary.

He said his administration and security agencies would continue to work hard to get over it.

The President commended security agents for what he called their prompt response to   the blast.

He said, “You can see that I am here with the Senate President  and the Chairman of  the PDP,  ministers, Chief of Defence Staff   and service chiefs, and all other very senior government functionaries.

“Let us collectively express our condolences to the families of those who suffered directly  as a result of the incident.

Sorrow, tears as Abuja blast kills 89

(1) Mother of a victim (2) Some of the burnt buses (3) President Goodluck Jonathan at the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja...on Monday.
| credits: Sam Adeko and State House

A bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram members on a crowded motor park in Nyanya on Monday threw the Federal Capital Territory    into confusion.

Although security agencies put the number of the dead and the injured at 71 and 124 respectively, independent findings by our correspondents showed that at least 89 people, including three bombers died.

Two hundred and fifty seven others sustained various degrees of injury.

It was gathered that five luxury buses in the park were fully loaded when the blast occurred.

The park which is located in the heart of Nyanya, a satellite settlement bordering the FCT and Nasarawa State, is always crowded with commuters mostly civil servants and private sector workers jostling to board Abuja Mass Transit vehicles, known as El Rufai buses, because they cost less.

The explosion shattered windscreens of vehicles on the busy Nyanya highway and resulted in multiple accidents as drivers lost control of their vehicles in a bid to escape from the area.

Gunmen abduct 200 girls from school

At least 200 girls have reportedly been abducted from a school in Chibok.

Reuters reports that gunmen arrived at the schoolon Monday evening and ordered the girls living in the school's hostels to board trucks.
The attackers are suspected to be Boko Haram members.
The attack follows another suspected Boko Haram attack at a bus station in Abuja.
It has not yet been decided whether the state of emergency imposed on northern parts of the country to battle to Boko Haram insurgency will be extended.