Nigerians joined the Guinness Worldwide 250 Anniversary celebrations at the Oceanview Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday September 24th, 2009.
The show had M.I, D'banj, Wande Coal and the Mo'Hits Allstars perform most of their hit tracks to a lively and appreciative audience before P-Square came on stage.
The track four of the new P-Square Danger album 'Possibility' features 2face and they obviously wanted to perform it with him. But the organisers wouldn't let 2face on stage to join P-Square. At about 10pm, Guinness had planned to transmit the performances round the world live and wanted Sean Paul to be on the Nigerian stage at that precise moment, but P-Square would have none of it. They went backstage and after a few minutes ran back onto the stage screaming “These organisers are f**ked, they don't want 2face to perform”. Paul then threw his microphone into the crowd and all hell broke loose.
The crowd immediately began throwing things on to the stage while at the same time shouting off the roof “2face, 2face, 2face!”. In order to safeguard their musical instrument, the ban packed up and left the stage and the rain of objects ranging from plastic bottles, drink cans and every other available object continued to drop on the stage.
Basketmouth, who was the MC and DJ Jimmy Jatt who was also part of the concert team tried all they could to pacify the crowd, but had little success. They promised that 2face would perform after Sean Paul, but the crowd would have none of that. The show simply stopped for about an hour while the issue was sorted out backstage.
P-Square later came back on stage to complete their performance inviting 2face to join them, but they performed to their CD because the band didn't come back. P-Square afterwards apologised for their action. They said that one must always be their brother's keeper adding that something like that should never happen again. They ended their performance by introducing Sean Paul to the stage.
All the ugly incident notwithstanding, the Nigerian version of the Guinness 250 concert celebration was a huge success.
What do you guys think of P-Square's behavior?
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Female Corper Raped To Death
National Youth Corps members serving in Borno State have been thrown into mourning following the gruesome killing of their colleague, Miss Grace Adie Ushang by unknown persons.
Adie was allegedly raped to death last weekend and her body dumped beside a river at the Customs Area, Maiduguri.
The late Batch B 2009 corps member reportedly left her room at the Corpers’ Lodge of the El-Kanemi College of Business Administration (ECOBA), Customs area where she was serving around 6.30 p.m in search of food. Sadly, the sudden windstorm, which made many people in Maiduguri scurry home last Saturday evening allegedly provided a cover for Grace’s assailants as she was allegedly assaulted and murdered in cold blood.
The principal of El-Kanemi College, the deceased, employer, Mr Alfred Adikwe confirmed the alleged rape and death of the corper in an interview with Daily Sun. He added that the doctor’s first post mortem report revealed that she was assaulted and raped to death.
“The doctor who examined her body confirmed she was assaulted and raped by unknown persons. In fact, there was a cut on her fore head and blood was discovered on her nose and mouth as at the time she was picked up at the place where her body was discovered,” he disclosed.
Explaining further, he said “Grace told her colleagues at the college quarters that she was going out to buy food around 6.30 p.m on Saturday but did not return on time and that made her colleagues to get worried. Few hours later, they were informed that a lady’s body was lying near a river at the customs area. It was discovered that the trouser she wore when she went out was no longer with her. She was almost naked.”
The doctor also said that the deceased’s body was discovered by some people few hours after she left the lodge in search of food. Her colleagues who spoke to Newsmen on condition of anonymity claimed she must have struggled to free herself from her assailants.
Grace, 25 a graduate of Education Administration from the University of Calabar was posted to Borno in July in the wake of the Boko Haram crisis. She was later posted to the Business Administration College on August 4.
When contacted, the Borno State NYSC coordinator, Mr Moshood Adebayo declined comment on the matter, adding that only the national directorate of the scheme has the authority to comment on such. Daily Sun gathered that the NYSC Director General, Brig Gen Tsiga was expected to visit the state in respect of the matter.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Isah Azare, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, could not confirm the report in a telephone conversation as his line suddenly went off while subsequent efforts to get him proved abortive.
Adie was allegedly raped to death last weekend and her body dumped beside a river at the Customs Area, Maiduguri.
The late Batch B 2009 corps member reportedly left her room at the Corpers’ Lodge of the El-Kanemi College of Business Administration (ECOBA), Customs area where she was serving around 6.30 p.m in search of food. Sadly, the sudden windstorm, which made many people in Maiduguri scurry home last Saturday evening allegedly provided a cover for Grace’s assailants as she was allegedly assaulted and murdered in cold blood.
The principal of El-Kanemi College, the deceased, employer, Mr Alfred Adikwe confirmed the alleged rape and death of the corper in an interview with Daily Sun. He added that the doctor’s first post mortem report revealed that she was assaulted and raped to death.
“The doctor who examined her body confirmed she was assaulted and raped by unknown persons. In fact, there was a cut on her fore head and blood was discovered on her nose and mouth as at the time she was picked up at the place where her body was discovered,” he disclosed.
Explaining further, he said “Grace told her colleagues at the college quarters that she was going out to buy food around 6.30 p.m on Saturday but did not return on time and that made her colleagues to get worried. Few hours later, they were informed that a lady’s body was lying near a river at the customs area. It was discovered that the trouser she wore when she went out was no longer with her. She was almost naked.”
The doctor also said that the deceased’s body was discovered by some people few hours after she left the lodge in search of food. Her colleagues who spoke to Newsmen on condition of anonymity claimed she must have struggled to free herself from her assailants.
Grace, 25 a graduate of Education Administration from the University of Calabar was posted to Borno in July in the wake of the Boko Haram crisis. She was later posted to the Business Administration College on August 4.
When contacted, the Borno State NYSC coordinator, Mr Moshood Adebayo declined comment on the matter, adding that only the national directorate of the scheme has the authority to comment on such. Daily Sun gathered that the NYSC Director General, Brig Gen Tsiga was expected to visit the state in respect of the matter.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Isah Azare, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, could not confirm the report in a telephone conversation as his line suddenly went off while subsequent efforts to get him proved abortive.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Woman Forced To Live With Daughter’s Corpse For 14 Months
For a year and two months, an 80-year-old woman was made to sleep in the same room with the corpse of her 48-year old daughter who died mysteriously in Akwa Ibom State.
The octogenarian, Madam Akon Etta, who hails from Osu Udesi, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was accused of witchcraft and alleged to have killed her daughter, Dorcas Affiong Etim, who until her death, was trading in neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Trouble reportedly began for the aged woman, who is now taking refuge at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos, after she mysteriously lost four of her 12 children to various illnesses.
P.M. News learnt from Mrs. Cherish Otoyo, Madam Akon’s 34-year-old daughter, who came to testify to the incident at the Synagogue Church, that the late Dorcas had come from Cotonou, her base, for the burial of one of their late siblings.
Dorcas, according to Cherish, arrived the village a day after the internment of their late brother and left after the burial activities were over.
She further said that on returning to Cotonou, Dorcas became ill and was rushed back home where she died barely three weeks after the death of her brother.
This incident, coupled with the declaration of a so-called prophet, who was later exposed as a fake, prompted the rumour that the old woman was a witch and had a hand in the successive death of her four children.
Mrs. Otoyo, who resides in Ghana with her husband, Jere Otoyo, as missionaries, said the prophet told them that if they buried her late sister (Dorcas), one other person would die almost immediately.
This proclamation reportedly scared the Etim family members and their community, forcing them to put Dorcas’ burial on hold indefinitely.
“Since the prophet said another person would die if we bury our sister, everyone was scared. None of us wanted to die and my brothers and sisters ran away from home.
“The prophet also told them that there is the ghost of our late sister hovering around the house and they actually complained that they heard movements at night around the house. That was why they ran away,” she told P.M. News.
The old woman was said to have faced persecution and ridicule from the villagers.
When asked how she felt during the 14 month period the corpse of her daughter remained in her room, she lamented in tears that it was agonising.
“It was a painful experience, I was always going into the room to light the lantern at night.
“I also slept in the room at night with the embalmed corpse on the bed,” she recalled, adding that her relationship with the villagers became strained and she was also accused of inflicting some persons with barenness.
“After the incident, they would attribute any death in the village to my purpoted witchcraft,” she said.
Her ordeal was made known by her son-in-law and husband of Cherish (Mrs Otoyo) who visited the Synagogue Church for a prayer session.
It was learnt that the church’s head, Prophet T.B. Joshua, who exonerated Madam Akon of the allegation, also assisted the family with the burial of the late Dorcas recently.
The church purchased the casket in which the corpse, which had become decomposed, was buried, as well as donated the sum of N150,000 and some bags of rice to the family.
Commenting on the incident, Prophet Joshua, who called it ‘a spiritual battle and one of the greatest deliverances in the history of mankind’, added that activities of false prophets have caused a lot of damage to the world.
“I have told her to forgive everyone who offended her and that she should also count on me, as I am now one of her children.
“If this old woman had died innocently like that, there would have been a generational curse on the entire family and village because she is innocent and would have died in pains,” Joshua said.
The octogenarian, Madam Akon Etta, who hails from Osu Udesi, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was accused of witchcraft and alleged to have killed her daughter, Dorcas Affiong Etim, who until her death, was trading in neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Trouble reportedly began for the aged woman, who is now taking refuge at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos, after she mysteriously lost four of her 12 children to various illnesses.
P.M. News learnt from Mrs. Cherish Otoyo, Madam Akon’s 34-year-old daughter, who came to testify to the incident at the Synagogue Church, that the late Dorcas had come from Cotonou, her base, for the burial of one of their late siblings.
Dorcas, according to Cherish, arrived the village a day after the internment of their late brother and left after the burial activities were over.
She further said that on returning to Cotonou, Dorcas became ill and was rushed back home where she died barely three weeks after the death of her brother.
This incident, coupled with the declaration of a so-called prophet, who was later exposed as a fake, prompted the rumour that the old woman was a witch and had a hand in the successive death of her four children.
Mrs. Otoyo, who resides in Ghana with her husband, Jere Otoyo, as missionaries, said the prophet told them that if they buried her late sister (Dorcas), one other person would die almost immediately.
This proclamation reportedly scared the Etim family members and their community, forcing them to put Dorcas’ burial on hold indefinitely.
“Since the prophet said another person would die if we bury our sister, everyone was scared. None of us wanted to die and my brothers and sisters ran away from home.
“The prophet also told them that there is the ghost of our late sister hovering around the house and they actually complained that they heard movements at night around the house. That was why they ran away,” she told P.M. News.
The old woman was said to have faced persecution and ridicule from the villagers.
When asked how she felt during the 14 month period the corpse of her daughter remained in her room, she lamented in tears that it was agonising.
“It was a painful experience, I was always going into the room to light the lantern at night.
“I also slept in the room at night with the embalmed corpse on the bed,” she recalled, adding that her relationship with the villagers became strained and she was also accused of inflicting some persons with barenness.
“After the incident, they would attribute any death in the village to my purpoted witchcraft,” she said.
Her ordeal was made known by her son-in-law and husband of Cherish (Mrs Otoyo) who visited the Synagogue Church for a prayer session.
It was learnt that the church’s head, Prophet T.B. Joshua, who exonerated Madam Akon of the allegation, also assisted the family with the burial of the late Dorcas recently.
The church purchased the casket in which the corpse, which had become decomposed, was buried, as well as donated the sum of N150,000 and some bags of rice to the family.
Commenting on the incident, Prophet Joshua, who called it ‘a spiritual battle and one of the greatest deliverances in the history of mankind’, added that activities of false prophets have caused a lot of damage to the world.
“I have told her to forgive everyone who offended her and that she should also count on me, as I am now one of her children.
“If this old woman had died innocently like that, there would have been a generational curse on the entire family and village because she is innocent and would have died in pains,” Joshua said.
Jealous Lover Stabs Rival To Death
An incensed lover, Solomon Cyril Effiom, has stabbed his kinsman, Ernest Ikpi, to death, for allegedly plotting to snatch his girlfriend, Eno, from him.
The tragic incident happened in Anineje, Akamkpa Local Government Area, on the outskirts of Calabar, Cross River State, at the weekend, when Effiom accosted Ernest for daring to give his lover, Eno, a ride.
“I caught him riding with my girlfriend on his motorcycle; he wanted to snatch her from me,” Effiom told the police at Diamond Hill, Calabar.
The suspect narrated to the anti-homicide detectives how the late Ernest provoked him to anger.
Effiom said he could not stand seeing Ernest snatch his girlfriend, whom he had spent a fortune on, so as to prevent her from being enticed by another man.
“I was the first person to ask her (Eno) out, and she fell in love with me. Since then, I have been giving her money, and buying her many gifts.
“I was doing all these to keep her happy so that no other man can take her from me.
“I have not even had sex with her for once but, Ernest was bent on snatching her from me” Effiom said.
On the day he snuffed life out of Ernest, Effiom, on sighting him and Eno cruising together on the bike, reportedly gave the duo a hot chase down the bumpy Anineje village road and forced them to a halt.
Effiom then confronted Ernest on why he had the guts to want to snatch Eno from him, as he had been hearing stories of his secret plot.
But in her own version of the story to the police, the bone of contention, Eno, described Effiom as unnecessarily jealous, as she denied ever having any love affair with the late Ernest.
The deceased, she claimed, was only an innocent commercial motorcycle rider, who carries her sometimes.
“Solomon (Effiom) has been giving me money, and asking me for friendship, but I told him to wait and let me think over it.
“And when he saw us coming that day (when Effiom was killed), he started chasing us until he stopped the motorcycle. “As the bike stopped, he started beating me, insisting that I must come to his house to sleep with him before I could go anywhere. He said meant it, or I must give him N2,000 before he would allow me to go.
“But I refused that he cannot just ask me to go and sleep with him like a prostitute; and I had no money there to give him, so he started beating me up, and kicked me severally.”
As the beating continued, Ernest allegedly attempted to stop Effiom from battering Eno, and this further enraged the jealous lover.
Suddenly, he allegedly jumped on his motorcycle and headed to his house.
He then reached for a machete which he concealed in the sleeve of his shirt, and returned to the scene of the fight .
“Before anyone knew what he came back to do, he brought out the cutlass and hit Ernest,” Eno narrated to the police.
Ernest later bled to death, as he was not immediately given medical help.
Commenting on the matter, Police Public Relations Officer for the Cross River Command, ASP Dickson Essien, informed that the suspects, Effiom and Eno, would soon be charged to court. “ This is after due investigations have been carried out,” he said.
The tragic incident happened in Anineje, Akamkpa Local Government Area, on the outskirts of Calabar, Cross River State, at the weekend, when Effiom accosted Ernest for daring to give his lover, Eno, a ride.
“I caught him riding with my girlfriend on his motorcycle; he wanted to snatch her from me,” Effiom told the police at Diamond Hill, Calabar.
The suspect narrated to the anti-homicide detectives how the late Ernest provoked him to anger.
Effiom said he could not stand seeing Ernest snatch his girlfriend, whom he had spent a fortune on, so as to prevent her from being enticed by another man.
“I was the first person to ask her (Eno) out, and she fell in love with me. Since then, I have been giving her money, and buying her many gifts.
“I was doing all these to keep her happy so that no other man can take her from me.
“I have not even had sex with her for once but, Ernest was bent on snatching her from me” Effiom said.
On the day he snuffed life out of Ernest, Effiom, on sighting him and Eno cruising together on the bike, reportedly gave the duo a hot chase down the bumpy Anineje village road and forced them to a halt.
Effiom then confronted Ernest on why he had the guts to want to snatch Eno from him, as he had been hearing stories of his secret plot.
But in her own version of the story to the police, the bone of contention, Eno, described Effiom as unnecessarily jealous, as she denied ever having any love affair with the late Ernest.
The deceased, she claimed, was only an innocent commercial motorcycle rider, who carries her sometimes.
“Solomon (Effiom) has been giving me money, and asking me for friendship, but I told him to wait and let me think over it.
“And when he saw us coming that day (when Effiom was killed), he started chasing us until he stopped the motorcycle. “As the bike stopped, he started beating me, insisting that I must come to his house to sleep with him before I could go anywhere. He said meant it, or I must give him N2,000 before he would allow me to go.
“But I refused that he cannot just ask me to go and sleep with him like a prostitute; and I had no money there to give him, so he started beating me up, and kicked me severally.”
As the beating continued, Ernest allegedly attempted to stop Effiom from battering Eno, and this further enraged the jealous lover.
Suddenly, he allegedly jumped on his motorcycle and headed to his house.
He then reached for a machete which he concealed in the sleeve of his shirt, and returned to the scene of the fight .
“Before anyone knew what he came back to do, he brought out the cutlass and hit Ernest,” Eno narrated to the police.
Ernest later bled to death, as he was not immediately given medical help.
Commenting on the matter, Police Public Relations Officer for the Cross River Command, ASP Dickson Essien, informed that the suspects, Effiom and Eno, would soon be charged to court. “ This is after due investigations have been carried out,” he said.
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