VeryDarkMan is ordered by the court to remove "defamatory" posts about Falana.

 

Justice M.O Dawodu of an Ikeja high court has issued an interim order restraining social critic, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, from further circulating or publishing any defamatory video or comments against legal expert, Femi Falana.

Ruling on an ex parte application on Monday, October 14, the presiding judge ordered VeryDarkMan to delete “defamatory comments and videos” concerning Falana from all his social media pages.

While giving the ruling on Monday, the judge also ruled that the Falanas can serve VDM court papers through his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. The court also held that Falana has 14 days to file the pre-action bundle on VDM's lawyer and gave the order for VDM to delete any defamatory post against Falana on his page within 14 days from when this order was given.

Recall that on Tuesday September 24th, VDM released a purported audio conversation between Bobrisky and a male friend in which Bob claimed he spoke with Falz while he was in prison and that Falz and his dad, Femi Falana, SAN, tried to get him a presidential pardon for an exchange of N10 million.  

VDM, in his reaction, expressed disgust at Falz and his father for associating with Bobrisky and even asked if Falz ‘dey do'', a comment some have interpreted to him questioning Falz's sexuality.

The Falanas have since denied helping Bobrisky to facilitate any presidential pardon. Falz in a statement from his father’s chambers on September 25, confirmed that Bobrisky reached out to him on May 4 to ask for N3 million to secure a VIP section in the prison. He said he refused to give Bobrisky any money. Falz stated that VDM’s comment portrayed him to be a homos£xual, one to pervert the cause of justice and a complicit in the upturning of justice for financial gains.The rapper also argued that VDM also portrayed him as a fake human rights activist without contacting him to hear his side of the story. 

Femi Falana denied ever speaking to Bobrisky or having any dealings with him. He has also stated that his chambers never charge a dime to secure a presidential pardon.

Both men demanded a retraction and an apology from VDM, which he refused, insisting he never defamed them and has said he will be meeting them in court.

 

''This recurring disaster is a national sh@me and a glaring testament to the failure of leadership” - Peter Obi reacts to collapse of national grid twice in 24 hours

Peter Obi says the recurring collapse of the country's national grid is a ‘’national shame' and a glaring testament to the failure of leadership in Nigeria. 

Obi said this in a statement he released on social media today October 15. He argued that this latest power grid collapse is emblematic of a leadership and government that have ‘’consistently failed to prioritize the welfare and economic well-being of the people.'' 

His post reads;

‘’For the umpteenth time, the national grid has collapsed, plunging a huge part of the nation into darkness and exposing the fragility of Nigeria’s power infrastructure.

This recurring disaster is a national shame and a glaring testament to the failure of leadership and policy implementation at the highest levels.

How long must Nigerians endure a system that fails to provide one of the critical necessities for a productive society?

This latest power grid collapse is emblematic of a leadership and government that have consistently failed to prioritize the welfare and economic well-being of the people.

We all know the immense importance of power supply to the transformation of our economy. Its support to SMEs, which are the engine of job creation and a major contributor to our GDP, is immeasurable.

Today, we are the fourth largest economy in Africa, having fallen from the number one position due to leadership failure over the years, including the persistent power crisis, which is critical when compared to smaller economies.

South Africa, which is now the largest economy in Africa with a GDP of about $400 billion and 30% of our population, generates and distributes over 40,000 megawatts of electricity.

Secondly, Egypt, the second largest economy with a GDP of about $350 billion and half of our population, generates and distributes over 40,000 megawatts.

Algeria, the third largest economy, with about 300B GDP and 20% of our population, generates and distributes over 50,000 megawatts of electricity.

Nigeria, with less GDP but with more population than the 3 countries combined, generates and distributes less than 10,000 megawatts, and even that is riddled with frequent collapses and crises of failure.

This disparity in power generation is a reflection of the deep-rooted governance deficit  that continue to hold back our growth and potential.

It is time for urgent, comprehensive reform. Nigerians deserve a government that prioritizes measurable indices of development.

A new Nigeria is POssible. PO.''

Men who ask women what they bring to the table are manipulators - South African pastor says

A South African pastor and businessman, Kamwenda Mukala, has said that his responsibility as a husband (according to the Bible) is to make money while that of his wife is to enjoy his money.

Mukala, who stated this in a Facebook post on Monday, October 14, also said men who ask women what they bring to the table are “l0sers and manipulators.”

 

This is what I personally believe the husband’s responsibility in Marriage according to the bible:

1. My responsibility as a Husband is to make money 

2. ⁠My wife’s responsibility as a Wife is to eat my money 

NB: All she need to do is to give me Respect and Peace that’s all and very simple.

I can’t understand men who ask women what are you bringing on the table, such men I call them “ LOOSERS AND MANIPULATORS “ and they don’t even qualify to be called “ MEN “.

Disclaimer: Your wife can help if she can temporarily for a season of dryness you might be going through but it’s not her responsibility. ( NEVER EVER EVER GET COMFORTABLE IN THAT SEASON, WORK HARD & PUSH AND GET BACK YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE )

“Women by their nature were not designed by God to be working and providing but to be receiving from us and multiply  it”

OUR VILLA HOME SWEET VILLA HOME. 

 

 

Suspected kidnappers k!ll DPO during rescue operation in Delta

 

Suspected kidnappers have k!lled a Divisional Police Officer attached to Agbarho police division in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe said the gunmen also shot at the DPO of Ororoekpe Division who sustained injury and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Edafe said the two DPOs were on a rescue operation with some officers at about 1am on Monday, October 14, when the assailants laid ambush and shot at them. 

In the exchange of fire, the new DPO and some policemen were k!lled while the Orerokpe DPO missed de@th by the whiskers and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where doctors are presently battling to save his life.

He said efforts are being made to apprehend the culprits.

Man abducts and k!lls female trader to avoid repaying N40,000 debt in Nasarawa

Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two men, Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba, for the abduction, m8rder of a petty trader, Felicia Namkywa, in Obi Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, October 13, said the prime suspect, Abubakar, was owing the deceased the sum of N40,000. 

According to the PPRO, Abubakar lured Felicia to a Fulani settlement under the guise to purchase grains. 

The suspect conspired with Isah, abducted the victim, took her deep into the forest where she was strangled to d@ath and her remains dumped in a swamp.

The suspects also took away the sum of five hundred and fifty-five thousand Naira that was found on the victim. 

 "The duo of Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba both males of Shember village of Agwatashi, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state have been arrested by Police detectives attached to Obi Division investigation for the abduction and subsequent k!lling of one Felicia Namkywa, a petty trader following a painstaking investigation.  

"The arrest was sequel to a complaint lodged at Obi Divisional Police Headquarters that the trader has been missing for days and all efforts to trace her whereabouts proved abortive. 

"Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was lured via phone call by one of the suspect (Abubakar Ibrahim) who was owing her the sum of Fourty Thousand Naira (#40,000) and beckoned on her to come and purchase grains in one of the Fulani settlements (Ruga) of the area.

"Unknown to her that there was a sinister plan to take her life and dispossess her of her business capital. 

"The suspects upon interrogation confessed to having lured and abducted the victim, took her deep into the forest where she was straggled to death and her remains dumped in a swamp, and took away the sum of five hundred and fifty-five thousand Naira that was found on the victim. 

"The suspects subsequently led the police operatives to the scene where the decayed remains of the victim were recovered. 

"The commissioner of police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department to swiftly conclude the investigation and charge the suspects to court for immediate prosecution. 

“He further extended his condolences to the family of the victim and urged them to be calm while assuring them that justice would be served.”

4 Israeli soldiers k!lled and more than 60 people injured by Hezbollah drone attacks on army base

 

Four Israeli soldiers have been k!lled and more than 60 people injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central-northern Israel, according to first responders and the Israeli military.

The incident which occurred late Sunday night, October 13, is one of the bloodiest attacks on Israel since the beginning of the war last October.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, launched by Hezbollah hit an army base adjacent to Binyamina, a town north of Tel Aviv that lies some 40 miles from the Lebanese border.

In addition to the four soldiers killed, seven soldiers suffered severe injuries, the IDF said.

According to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service, a total of 61 people were wounded in the attack.

The news comes after Hezbollah said Sunday it had fired a swarm of attack drones on an Israeli infantry training camp in Binyamina.

The Lebanon-based militant group said the attack was in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon Thursday that killed 22 people and injured 117, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Hezbollah said it had targeted the Golani Brigade, an infantry unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that has been deployed in southern Lebanon. The claim of responsibility for the attack came shortly after the militant group released an audio message from its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah calling on its members to “defend your people, your family, your nation, your values and your dignity.”

Earlier on Sunday, the IDF said it had intercepted a Lebanon-launched UAV without specifying where. It was not immediately clear whether this was the same incident that led to the injuries.

Hezbollah said it had fired dozens of rockets toward the northern Israeli towns of Nahariya and Acre to engage Israel’s air defense systems, while simultaneously launching the drone swarm.

“These drones broke through the Israel defense radars without detection and reached its target at the training camp of the elite Golani Brigade in Binyamina,” Hezbollah said.

The IDF’s top spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the military would investigate how the drone got through without raising an alarm at the base.

“We will learn from and investigate the incident,” he said in a video statement from the base. “The threat of UAVs is a threat we are dealing with since the beginning of the war. We need an improvement to our defense,” he added.

The Binyamina attack comes almost two weeks after Israel launched a ground operation in southern Lebanon. 
 

Husband kept wife and 7 children captive for 20 years, r@ped them, and forced them to have ab0rtions, with bodies found in garden

 A man who kept his wife and seven children prisoner for 20 years has been arrested after one of them managed to escape. 

The unnamed suspect, 54, r@ped them before forcing them to have ab0rtions in Novo Oriente, Brazil. 

The seven children are aged between 3 and 22 and investigators say the suspect’s mother-in-law was also s£xually abused. 

He also drilled holes in the walls of the house so that he could see his daughters getting dressed.

 

 

It was only when one of them gave him a sleeping pill so she could escape and report him to the police that he was exposed. 

Authorities carried out a month-long investigation before they carried out a raid at the home. 

Three foetuses were found buried in the garden and the man’s wife, 40, said she had been held captive since she was 17. 

One of the foetuses found buried was eight months old and the wife was reportedly forced to have three ab0rtions by her husband. 

Another daughter was forced to endure an unsuccessful ab0rtion of a six-month-old foetus but the baby survived and was rescued by a midwife. 

The girl was in poor health at the time but her dad did not let her receive any medical help. 

The mum and children have now been moved to another state in Brazil for their protection and the man is being held in preventative custody. 

He has been charged with false imprisonment, r@pe of a vulnerable person, psychological violence, abortion and concealment of a corpse. 

Police spokesperson Herika Ribeiro Sena said: "The victim only left home to receive benefits and, many times, was accompanied by him. None of the neighbours knew her, not even relatives had access to her." 

The investigation is ongoing.

No plan to transfer northern IDPs to South East, FG

The federal government has said it is not planning to transfer Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the northern part of the country to the South East. 

Tijani Aliyu Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), disclosed this in a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday,  October 9. 

There has been tension in Imo State following the visit of the NCFRMI team to the premises of the National Open University Centre in Nsu Ehime Mbano Local Government Area, for the establishment of a skills acquisition centre aimed at training persons of concern and youth from the five southeastern states. 

Subsequently, several homes were burnt by angry youths, including the home of Senator Frank Ibezim, who facilitated the visit and accompanied the team. 

Speaking about the situation, Ahmed said: “We want to categorically state that the NCFRMI’s intervention in Imo State and the entire southeast has no political motives and it does not in any way intend to bring IDPs from the northern part of Nigeria to reside in the South East. 

“The commission equally wants to state that no money was given to any person or persons for the purpose of utilizing the facility as it belongs to the government. 

“The proposed establishment of the skills acquisition centre is purely a humanitarian initiative designed to serve as a critical resource and provide training in areas such as vocational skills, entrepreneurship, and capacity building. 

“These programmes will benefit displaced persons, returnee migrants, refugees, and other vulnerable groups, irrespective of their political affiliation, ethnicity, or religious inclination within the southeast region. 

“We deeply regret the misrepresentation of information by the media that led to the unwarranted unrest and the destruction of properties by some unscrupulous elements.” 

He noted that out of the over six million people facing displacement in Nigeria, a significant number reside in the South East, where entire communities have been displaced due to ecological challenges such as erosion, landslides, and other forms of environmental degradation. 

The federal commissioner said in 2024 alone, the commission facilitated the return of 4,550 stranded migrants, with no fewer than 30 per cent of them originating from the South East. 

“Additionally, the region hosts approximately 500 non-Nigerian nationals currently seeking asylum as refugees in Nigeria. This group belongs to the subset of the population referred to as persons of concern to the commission,” he said.

Nigerians to pay more for number plates and driver’s license from November 1

The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has approved new rates for the issuance of national driver’s licenses and vehicle number plates, set to take effect from November 1, 2024. 

The revised rates aim to enhance the quality and security features of these identification documents, in line with international standards.

Under the new pricing structure, Nigerians will now pay N15,000 for a three-year motor vehicle driver’s licensee, while a five-year license will cost N21,000. Motorcycle and tricycle drivers will face an increase as well, with a three-year license priced at N7,000 and a five-year license at N11,000.

For vehicle number plates, the new rates start at N30,000 for both standard private and commercial vehicle plates. Fancy number plates will cost N400,000, while motorcycle plates are priced at N12,000. Dealer vehicle number plates will be issued for N100,000.

The JTB has also adjusted prices for government-issued number plates. Government fancy vehicle plates will now cost N120,000, and standard plates will be N80,000. Motorcycle number plates for government vehicles are set at N50,000 for fancy options and N20,000 for standard.

According to the JTB, these adjustments will introduce improved security features, aiding in the identification process for both drivers and vehicles across the country.

Olusegun Adesokan, Secretary of the JTB, emphasized the importance of public awareness and education regarding the new rates. In a circular obtained by BusinessDay, Adesokan stated, “The secretariat has requested that the FRSC [Federal Road Safety Corps] notify the JTB of its public engagement and sensitization plans. We believe that a robust engagement will ensure a seamless implementation of the revised rates.”

The FRSC is expected to spearhead the public sensitization campaign ahead of the November implementation.