Gov. Ambode donates 5 million naira to widow of killed kidnap victim

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has donated N5million to the widow and children of Osaze Omorogbe, a community leader killed and burnt by kidnappers for leading security agents to foil their operation.
Presenting the cheque to the widow and children on behalf of the Governor at a solemn ceremony at the family’s residence in Isawo, Ikorodu, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Community & Communications, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan praised the late Omoregbe for his heroic role.
Bamigbetan was received by the Chairman of the Community Development Association, Mr. Ahmed Yusuf.
Reading the condolence message personally signed by the Governor, the Special Adviser said the late Omoregbe paid the supreme sacrifice while responding to the Government’s charge to community development associations to support its effort to rid the state of kidnappers.
Part of the condolence message read, “It is with deep grief that I share your sorrow on the unfortunate death of your father, husband and breadwinner, Mr. Osaze Omoregbe.
“At a time our administration is consolidating partnership with our communities and their courageous and committed leaders, your benefactor stood up to be counted. He supported the forces of light seeking to crush the notorious kidnappers who had turned your neighbourhood into a jungle of death. In that patriotic response to our call to join hands and collectively secure our communities, he paid the supreme price.”
Receiving the cheque, the widow, Mrs. Omodunni Omoregbe who was short of words, broke into tears.
Speaking on behalf of the LCDA, the chairperson, Mrs. Jumoke Ademehin-Jumbo thanked the Lagos State Government for coming to the rescue of the family.
Bamigbetan, who led a delegation including the Senior Special Assistant on Community Affairs, Alhaji Tajudeen Quadri; the chairperson of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area, Mrs. Jumoke Ademehin-Jumbo; the chairperson of the Community Development Committee, Alhaja K.A. Damole and their teams, prayed at the graveside of the deceased.
The deceased is survived by his wife, and two children, Adesuwa and Osaze.
The late Omoregbe, who led the security committee of the Olorunsogo Community Development Association, had alerted the police on hearing heavy bullet shots of kidnappers seeking to capture a victim.
On arrival, the police and soldiers asked him to lead them to the area. All of them were ambushed by the kidnappers and killed

16 people die as residential building collapses in Mumbai, India

At least 16 people have died and 24 others have been rescued after a residential building collapsed in Mumbai, India this morning making it the third building collapse in Mumbai in less than a month.

Rescue officials on site say at least 10 people are still trapped in the six-storey building located in the densely populated Bhendi Bazaar area which is believed to be about 100 years old.

Ambulances, fire engines and members of the disaster relief force are still working at the site.

16 people die as residential building collapses in Mumbai, India

At least 16 people have died and 24 others have been rescued after a residential building collapsed in Mumbai, India this morning making it the third building collapse in Mumbai in less than a month.

Rescue officials on site say at least 10 people are still trapped in the six-storey building located in the densely populated Bhendi Bazaar area which is believed to be about 100 years old.

Ambulances, fire engines and members of the disaster relief force are still working at the site.

Beautiful new photos of Pastor Tunde Bakare and his wife, Olayide

Nigerian Pastor and former Vice Presidential candidate Tunde Bakare and his beautiful wife stepped out for an event in Lagos recently and they looked really good.

They've been married for 32 years!

Beyonce and Blue Ivy steal the show with their dance moves at a friend's wedding

Beyoncé and Blue Ivy added color to a wedding which held over the weekend. It was the wedding of Bey's creative director, Todd Tourso, and his bride, Christina Tang, in Aspen, Colorado and the singer took her 5-year-old daughter with her.
Needless to say, the mother and daughter tore up the dance floor and it was captured on video. Another video also shows Blue Ivy leading wedding guests in a dance routine.

See the videos below

Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, joins his workers on the street to celebrate President Buhari's return

Governor Yahaya Bello declared yesterday Monday, August 21st a public holiday to celebrate the safe return of President Buhari from the UK. The state governor, his commissioners, and civil servants took to the street to dance and express their joy at President Buhari's return. See more photos below

Ohio judge is shot by the father of a rapist who was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl

An Ohio judge was shot and wounded by the father of a Steubenville High school football player who was convicted of raping a girl during an alcohol-fueled party in 2012.
Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr, 65, was ambushed and shot outside a Steubenville, Ohio courthouse by Nathaniel Richmond, who was later killed by a probation officer.
The judge, who was armed at that time of the incident, reportedly returned fire 5 times during the exchange of gunshots with Nathaniel Richmond. Fortunately for the judge, Richmond was shot dead by a probation officer who was walking between buildings and heard the gunfire, according to officials.

Bruzzese who was shot and wounded was airlifted to a Pittsburgh-area hospital and taken into surgery, where he is listed to be in a stable condition.
Richmond, 51, was identified as the father of Ma’Lik Richmond who was one of the boys convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl who was passed out at an alcohol-fueled party. Ma'Lik was also 16 at the time of the rape incident.
The victim was photographed in compromising positions and the photos were shared by members of the football team.

Ma’lik Richmond, then 16, and teammate Trent Mays, 17, found guilty for raping an intoxicated 16-year-old West Virginia girl. Bruzzese’s son Frank worked in the prosecutor’s office and is said to have aided on the case but was not a lead attorney or a presence during the trial." data-reactid="46" type="text">Bruzzese did not preside over the closely watched 2013 trial that saw Ma’lik Richmond and teammate Trent Mays, 17, found guilty for raping the intoxicated 16-year-old West Virginia girl.

Ma’lik Richmond, then 16, and teammate Trent Mays, 17, found guilty for raping an intoxicated 16-year-old West Virginia girl. Bruzzese’s son Frank worked in the prosecutor’s office and is said to have aided on the case but was not a lead attorney or a presence during the trial." data-reactid="46" type="text">Bruzzese’s son Frank worked in the prosecutor’s office and is said to have aided on the case but was not a lead attorney or a presence during the trial.

Ma’lik Richmond, then 16, and teammate Trent Mays, 17, found guilty for raping an intoxicated 16-year-old West Virginia girl. Bruzzese’s son Frank worked in the prosecutor’s office and is said to have aided on the case but was not a lead attorney or a presence during the trial." data-reactid="46" type="text">Because it was a high profile case then, a visiting judge from Hamilton County, where Cincinnati is located, handled the vast majority of the rape case. 

Both boys were high-profile players for the local Steubenville Big Red football team, a point of pride in the fading city.

Nathaniel Richmond was present for every day of his son’s trial. At sentencing, he apologized for Ma’lik’s actions and said his own troubled life was a reason that this occurred in the first place. Ma’lik also tearfully addressed the court, the victim and her family.

“Everyone knows I wasn’t there for my son,” Nathaniel said in 2013. “I feel responsibility for his actions. I feel highly responsible for his actions.”

Ma’lik, himself, was recently in the news when Youngstown State football coach Bo Pelini discovered he was attending classes at the school and invited him to walk on the team.

Richmond was a promising running back for the Big Red as a high school sophomore. After serving a year in juvenile in 2014, Richmond had returned to Steubenville and played as a linebacker as a senior before graduating. He attended two other schools before enrolling at YSU in August of 2016. He has had no other incidents with law enforcement.

Pelini told the Youngstown Vindicator that because Richmond had already shown his maturity by attending the university, he didn’t think inviting him onto the team in a non-scholarship role should be a problem. He promised extra, although unspecified restrictions, and constant monitoring. Richmond officially walked on in January. But this decision didn't go down well with everyone. 

Recently after a student launched a petition that called for his removal from their college football team, citing his rape conviction. The Youngstown State University was forced to announce on August 10 that Ma'Lik would not be playing football this season but would remain part of the football program and participate in practice.
According to Jefferson County Prosecutor Jane Hanlin, investigators say they are still looking for a motive in the shooting and haven't found a connection to the rape case.

The courthouse will now be guarded by heavily armed securities, while the FBI will be helping out in the shooting investigation.

Court orders interim forfeiture of $16m assets linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of assets valued at $16,441,906 linked to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told Justice Abdulaziz Anka that the assets are suspected to be proceeds of corruption. Among the newly forfeited assets are properties located in Abuja. See photos of the properties below

Senegalese Football club banned for seven years after violence that left eight people dead last month

The Senegalese Professional Football League (LSFP) has handed a seven-year ban to US Ouakam football club following the crowd violence which left eight people dead during the League Cup final against Stade de Mbour last month.

The LSFP's disciplinary committee said it holds US Ouakam "exclusively responsible" for the tragedy at the Stade Demba Diop on July 15, 2017.  They were further punished with a demotion to the lowest tier of Senegalese football at the end of their seven-year suspension.

The 2011 Senegalese League Champions have also been issued with a fine of 10 million francs (CFA) with Stade de Mbour being awarded the trophy as winners.

The club has however said they will appeal the decision.  "We are going to appeal this penalty, which seems to us to be heavy and disproportionate, the Commission has been too heavy handed. We are not sure that these kinds of sanctions will put an end to the violence in our country," Club President Abdou Aziz Guèye said

Ongoing construction of engineered sanitary landfill in Epe

Jakande backs Ambode on new waste management initiative …Says Governor Has Lived Up To Expectations.
First civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande has urged residents of the State to cooperate with the present administration under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in its bid to transform the solid waste management sector in line with global best practices.


Governor Ambode, through a new policy termed Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), is seeking to revolutionize waste collection and management in the State with the aim of promoting public health and bequeathing the State with functional, livable and cleaner environment.



Under the initiative, which is billed to commence next month, 27,500 sanitation workers would be employed and deployed to all the political wards in the State to keep the inner streets clean 24/7, while mechanized sweeping equipment would be deployed to the highways.



Also, a consortium of reputable firms specializing in waste management led by Visionscape, has been assembled to collect waste in the residential areas, while the existing licensed Private Sector Participation waste managers, otherwise known as PSP operators, would collect commercial waste.




Speaking on the development, Jakande said any initiative geared towards bringing about clean environment should be supported by the people, just as he urged residents to cooperate with the State Government.



“Anything that is meant to clear refuse in any part of the State is welcomed. No State wants refuse and Lagos State cannot be an exception but I know that they have agencies in charge of keeping Lagos State as clean as it should and there is no reason why every citizen of Lagos State whether indigene or not should not support the government.



“So far, I have not seen any strong opposition to it but I believe that this present administration in Lagos State is doing very well and I want all of us in Lagos State to support the Governor. He has lived up to expectations. Lagos State will benefit in every sense from his activities and I must say we are lucky to have him,” Jakande said.



In an earlier statement, Governor Ambode had announced that the Olusosun dumpsite and others which had been major eyesores located within living neighborhood would be closed for engineered sanitary landfills, while the three transfer loading stations/material recovery facilities at Agege, Oshodi and Simpson and three waste depots at Mushin, Ogudu and Simpson are being rehabilitated and retrofitted to world class standard with the view to facilitating efficient waste collection and disposal operations.

He said that with the construction of sanitary landfills in place, issues of dumping of waste in drainage channels and on roadsides would finally be eliminated in the state.

Speaking at a sensitization workshop on 2017 Water Technology and Environmental Control Conference and Exhibition WATEC, held at Ikeja, Governor Ambode said the overall objective of the new environmental policy of his administration as encapsulated in the Cleaner Lagos Initiative, is basically to capitalize on the vantage position of Lagos as the world’s highest producer of waste by adopting a waste-to-wealth programme with the view to tackling environmental challenges and growing the state’s Gross Domestic Product GDP. “You see, I live in Ikeja and each time I have to pass through Motorways, I don’t like what I see. That is not a land fill site in Olusosun, it is a dump site. The place is an eyesore and it is the first thing you see when you are coming into Lagos and that is not what you should see in a city that is globally competitive. “The impression that has been given is that Olusosun is a land fill site but the answer is no. It is not scientifically treated. You only allow compactors to go and drop waste in a living neighborhood. Who does that? It has been there for almost 30 years and nobody looked at it, but we are now looking at it. The truth is this, with the CLI, we have to shut down Olusosun dump site and part of the contract is that Visionscape will give us new land fill sites that are scientifically treated”, Ambode said. He revealed that the integrated waste management services contract recently sealed by the State Government with a leading environmental utility group, Visionscape, is targeted at ending the perennial flooding confronting the state, and ensuring a clean and livable environment.

According to the contract spanning 10 years, Visionscape which specializes in providing turnkey solutions in areas of sanitation, energy and waste water treatment, will be responsible for door-to-door waste collection services to households in the state. While clarifying issues raised by some of the participants at the workshop, Ambode expressed excitement at the decision of Visionscape to key into the vision of his administration to revolutionize waste management in the state, pointing out that Lagos is generating the highest waste per day in the world more than New York.

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi's fashion sense is so onpoint!

Peep the shoes?.....See a clearer photo below

Mark Zuckerberg aims for YouTube's audience by launching a new video service on Facebook called 'Watch'

Everyone in the tech industry and beyond knows that Mark Zuckerberg is not here to play and he has just proved it yet again by announcing the launch of a new video platform called "Watch" that will feature live and recorded show episodes which clearly strays into YouTube's territory.

The new service will feature some live events that Facebook has acquired streaming rights for, including a weekly Major League Baseball game. Other shows will be produced by video partners including National Geographic, Time Inc., NASA and the NBA.

The shows that have been announced suggest that Facebook is primarily taking its cues from YouTube. A blog post about the new Facebook service stressed that it is organized around "friends and communities."

Users will be able to personalize their feeds and follow shows they like, much like YouTube's channel subscription model. They will also be able to comment in real time, and a tab will show what their friends are watching.

Facebook will initially make the platform available on its desktop and app versions to a "limited group of people" in the United States, before rolling it out globally.

Buhari must stay rally holds in Abuja

To counter the Resign or Resume rally being organized by a group of Nigerians led by musician Charly Boy, some Nigerians under the aegis, Coalition of Good Governance and Change Initiative, today held another rally in the FCT where they declared their support for President Buhari. See more photos below

One-year-old daughter of The Voice star died after being crushed by runaway Range Rover with brake fully applied

The one-year-old daughter of Paul Black, a former contestant on The Voice, has died after getting crushed by an unattended Range Rover that rolled down a driveway and into a wall.
Paul Black had taken his daughter Pearl Black to a local park on Sunday and they were on their way home when an unoccupied car rolled down a hill at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, and demolished a wall which fell on Pearl. The toddler was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil by air ambulance after the incident at 1.39pm on Sunday but died a short time later. Pearl's brother also suffered minor injuries in the accident.

An inquest heard that the car had its handbrake "fully applied". The automatic transmission of the Range Rover was believed to be in park at the time it rolled downhill.
Coroner's officer Gareth Heatley said: "The vehicle had been left parked with the automatic transmission in park and the handbrake fully applied. As the vehicle gained momentum down the driveway it has travelled across the road and on to the footpath opposite, demolishing the boundary wall. That same wall has collapsed. Tragically it fell on to one-year-old Pearl who has been walking on the footpath, causing crush injuries, I am told."

Her parents Paul and Gemma Black paid tribute to the youngster on Monday, saying "she was the reason we all lived".
In a statement released by South Wales Police, they said: "Pearl was every single star in every single sky, she was as bright as the stars, when she looked at you with those eyes and she would melt your heart. She was the reddest pearl in the ocean and the sweetest melody ever written. She was the greatest dancer and she has left a massive hole in our hearts, the world will be a darker place without her."
Paul Black later took to Facebook to write: "My life is on hold. Indefinitely. Thank you to all wishers. I'm a broken man."

Before Marriage never put any woman before your mother" Davido's brother says as he returns from a trip with his mom

Davido's brother, Adewale Adeleke shared this photo with his mom and urged young men to treat their mothers right. He advised them not to put any other woman above their mother before marriage. He wrote;
"Had an amazing Trip wanna share a small message to all the young men out there. Love your mother!?? It's really that simple, we easily spend money on trips, bags, shoes on our lady friends, girlfriends, Etc...but we seem to forget our mothers! Young men cherish your mothers treat them well, after carrying you for 9 months it's the least you can do, & no forget you only get 1! Before Marriage never put anyone women before you mother"

Thank you for All The adventures" Annie Idibia says as she shares this throwback loved up photo with her husband, Tuface

Annie Idibia shared this adorable throwback photo with her husband, Tuface and captioned it; "Thank you for All The Adventures... All the magic.. and my constant Smile." See full photo below...