N7 Billion Naira Fraud: FBI Captures Nigerian/American Scammer On Most Wanted List

A notorious US born Nigerian fraudster who was placed on the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ‘Most Wanted list’ has been captured after eluding authorities for over four years.

Mr. Tobechukwu Enyinna Onwuhara, 33, described as ‘a criminal mind’ by the FBI for stealing $44 million dollars from US banks using sophisticated methods, including stealing bank customers' personal information, Home Equity Lines of Credit details and account numbers, was nabbed in far away Australia.

THEWILL had previously reported how the conman escaped arrest in the state of Florida and went underground afterwards.

The FBI did not say how and when Onwuhara was captured but a mug shot of the scammer on its website http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/cyber/image/onwuhara-captured/view listed him as ‘captured.’

FBI agents say Onwuhara was born in Houston and sent to live with his wealthy Nigerian father, Prince Doris Onwuhara who the Bureau say is a 'well-known con man who made a fortune from the notorious Nigerian 419 scheme' before returning to the United States when he reached his teenage years in 1999.

Having settled in the southern state of Texas, he got a job with US lender, Capital One Financial Corporation where authorities believe he gained insider knowledge on how to work the US financial system.

His first brush with the law happened in April 2002 when he was arrested by Lewisville city police in Lewisville, Texas after police got a tipoff that he may be using stolen identification to steal money from credit card accounts. When police raided his apartment, they found stolen credit card account numbers, fake driver's licenses and materials used to forge identification.

Same year in December in the western state of Seattle, FBI said 'Onwuhara walked into a local bank and tried to max out the cash withdrawal limit on a stolen credit card' but fled the bank when he sensed trouble. He was said to have jumped into a waiting car driven by a friend of his, Abel Nnabue and they led Seattle police on a high-speed chase but were eventually caught when they tried to flee on foot.

Both men were charged, convicted and sentenced to two years in a Seattle prison but spent only eight months of their sentence for good behaviour.

After their release, they relocated to Texas and went low for a while until sometime in 2005 when the real estate market was at an all time high and Home Equity Lines Of Credit loans became available. Though it was harder to steal from Home Equity Lines of Credit, Onwuhara and his co-conspirators found a way around it.

FBI say Onwuhara painstakingly researched home owners credit reports to see if they opened home lines of credit accounts and how much they had available. At this time in the real estate market, it was very common to find homeowners with $300, 000 - $ 400, 000 in home equity.

Onwuhara impersonated such homeowners after learning their passwords and home phone numbers through extensive research.

The Nigerian acquired multiple prepaid phone lines and wireless internet cards to prevent anyone from successfully tracing their numbers. He then also signed up to a spoofing service which allowed a home owner's number appear on the bank representative's caller ID when he called a bank to request a wire transfer from the account to a home owner's regular checking account before the funds are eventually wired to accounts in Asia and then the monies would go to a Hawala in Africa.

'Hawalas' are funds transfer systems that are not regulated instead, they operate on trust. 'Brokers or Hawalanders would take a cut and then transfer the money to an African Bank, eventually returning to a US bank,' according to America's Most Wanted.

Most of the funds returning to the United States came through accounts belonging to Precious Matthews or one of the other conspirators.

Investigators say Onwuhara made most of the calls himself but when an account belonged to a female, he would get his girlfriend, Precious Matthews to make the call while other co-conspirators would be delegated other duties including finding new home owners with equity in their homes.

According to FBI records, Onwuhara and his crew had stolen more than $20 million dollars before the bureau were notified of the scam and by the time the FBI penetrated their well-organized syndicate and learned their identity, they had stolen an additional $20 million dollars.

To learn their identity, the FBI contacted Verizon Wireless, a prepaid wireless company after it learned they were using prepaid internet services provided by the company to log into bank accounts and were able to obtain surveillance videos of three men paying for the service at one of the provider's stores.

In the spring of 2008, the FBI got a break when they also found out that Onwuhara was using a spoofing service and they contacted the provider who made more than 1500 audio recordings available to them. As expected, most of the recordings were conversations between Onwuhara and various bank representatives, but unfortunately for Onwuhara someone from his crew had also used the phone to call a pharmacy pretending to be a doctor and ordered a prescription for Tobechi Onwuhara. This was a huge lead for the FBI. When they ran Onwuhara's name, there was a match in their database where they found out he had been arrested before for bank fraud.

When they matched his photo with the surveillance videos obtained from the telecommunications company, they believed they had their man.

Gradually, they started their investigations and tried to learn the identity of his co-conspirators. This was when they discovered that Onwuhara had left Miami for Nigeria with a brief stopover in New York.

The FBI waited for Onwuhara and his travelling companions to return to the country and decided to stop him at the airport after he had rerouted his ticket several times.

The Bureau said they wanted him to believe he was being questioned as a possible terrorist and he fell for it by giving them information that eventually linked him to the fraud.

Before August 1, 2008, FBI agents already knew Onwuhara and his girlfriend, Matthews lived in their $5000 a month mansion near Miami in Florida. As they were making their way to a Florida casino with their crew on that day, agents and local police decided they had enough evidence to take them in. While they were effecting their arrest, agents realized that Onwuhara had entered the casino and believed Matthews sent a text message to him that they were being arrested and he managed to get away.

FBI said before they took the gang down, Onwuhara would spend about $50, 000 a night in a strip club up to three times in a week and usually stayed at various five star hotels whenever he made his frequent travels.

Onwuhara according to the Bureau has stashed cash abroad and also shipped many luxury cars to Nigeria- all paid for in cash.

They believe he is hiding in either Canada; Miami, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; or New Jersey.

His co-conspirators have since been sentenced to various jail terms:

Henry 'Uche' Obilo, 30, Miami: Sentenced to 88 months in prison.

Abel Nnabule, 34, Dallas: Sentenced to 54 months on Jan. 30, 2009.

Precious Matthews (Onwuhara's girlfriend): Sentenced to 51 months on Feb. 13, 2009.

Brandy Anderson, 31, Dallas, Sentenced to two years of supervised probation and 40 days of community confinement on Feb. 20, 2009.

Ezenwa Onyedebelu, 21, Dallas, Sentenced to 37 months on Feb. 27, 2009.

Daniel Orjinta, 43, Nigeria: Sentenced to 42 months on March 06, 2009.

Paula Gipson, 34, Dallas, Sentenced to 15 months on September 04, 2009.

Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail in Murder Case

Oscar Pistorius was granted bail today in a South African court, meaning he can be released from jail for the six to eight months before his trial for the allegedly premeditated killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Magistrate Desmond Nair, in reading his lengthy decision, said, "The issue before me is whether this accused, being who is and the assets he has [here], would seek to duck and dive all over the world."He concluded,"I cannot find that he is a flight risk."Nair said, "The accused has made a case to be released on bail."

The judge also said he had to weigh whether Pistorius would be a danger to others. He noted that Pistorius has been accused of using foul language against people in arguments and once threatened to break someone's legs, but he said that was different from someone with an arrest record of violence."I appreciate that a person is dead, but I don't think that is enough," he said. Nair also said he could not be influenced by the public's "shock and outrage" if Pistorius is released.

The judge's ruling came on the fourth and final day of the bail hearing for Pistorius, the Olympian accused of murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. Pistorius, who gained global acclaim for racing at the 2012 London Olympics, shot his model-girlfriend through a closed bathroom. He says he killed Reeva Steenkamp accidentally, but prosecutors alleged that he took a moment to put on his prosthetic legs, indicating that he thought out and planned to kill Steenkamp when he shot her three times through the bathroom door.

Pistorius sobbed today in court. Barry Roux, his defense attorney, said the prosecution misinterpreted the assigning of intent, meaning that the runner's intent to shoot at a supposed intruder in his home cannot be transferred to someone else who was shot -- in this case, Steenkamp."He did not want to kill Reeva," Roux told the court.

When Magistrate Nair, who overheard the bail hearing, asked Roux what the charges should be if Pistorius intended to kill an intruder, the defense attorney responded that he should be charged with culpable homicide. Culpable homicide is defined in South Africa as "the unlawful negligent killing of a human being." Roux also made light of the prosecution's argument that Pistorius is a flight risk, saying that every time the double-amputee goes through airport security, it causes a commotion. He said that Pistorius' legs need constant maintenance and he needs medical attention for his stumps.

The prosecution argued today that the onus was on Pistorius to provide his version of events, and his version was improbable. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel also spoke of Pistorius' fame and his disability, even relating him to Wikipedia founder Julian Assange, who is now confined to Ecuador's London Embassy, where he has been granted political asylum. "[Assange's] facial features are as well known as Mr. Pistorius' prostheses," Nel said.
Nel argued that Pistorius' prostheses do not set him apart, stating that it's no different to any other feature, and the court cannot be seen to treat people with disabilities accused of a crime, or famous people accused of crime, any differently.

Pistorius has said that in the early hours of Feb. 14 he was closing his balcony doors when he heard a noise from the bathroom. Fearing an intruder, and without his prosthetic legs on, he grabbed a gun from under his bed and fired through the closed bathroom door, he told the court. But prosecutors say that's implausible, that the gun's holster was found under the side of the bed where Steenkamp slept, and that Pistorius would have seen she wasn't there. Prosecutors also say the angle at which the shots were fired shows Pistorius was already wearing his prosthetics when he fired.

Brockton Boy Calls 911 Trying To Avoid Bedtime

BROCKTON (CBS) – A 10-year-old boy got a visit from Brockton Police after he called 911 because he didn’t want to go to bed. Shay Rosario said she was trying to put her young sons to bed Wednesday night, but one of them refused. “My 10-year-old said to me ‘Mommy I’m not going to bed’ and I said ‘Yes, you are going to bed’,” Rosario told WBZ NewsRadio 1030.“He walked away and said “I’m going to call the cops on you!” The boy, Dan, picked up the phone, dialed 911 and hung up. He then walked to his room.

Police called back immediately and Rosario spoke to the dispatcher and explained what happened. She tried to get her son on the phone, but he refused. “If he’s monopolizing time by calling 911 when there’s no emergency, what could happen to the next person who really needs that officer there,” said Shay. “That’s the point I want him to know.”
Officers were sent, as is policy, to the home to check things out. Shay wanted to teach her son a lesson so she sent the police officer into his room.  After realizing the boy was fine they lectured him on when it’s appropriate to call 911. Dan now says, “You only use the phone for an emergency, like a car crash, somebody hurting you, a fire.”Rosario said her son has been grounded for two weeks.

Boston Firefighter Accused Of Threat Claiming ‘Dorner Will Be Child’s Play’

Kenneth Veiga

BOSTON (CBS) – A Boston firefighter will be in court next month after police say he made threats against the department, including a reference to ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner

Kenneth Veiga became angry Tuesday when he was told he had to see a department physician before returning to work.It is unknown why Veiga was off the job in the first place, but in order to return, he had to see a physician of the department’s choosing. Veiga, a 24-year veteran of the department, allegedly wanted to see his own doctor.

He then told his commander he was thinking about smashing a fire truck into a wall, police said. “I am Army trained and have weapons and ammunitions (sic) in a storage locker. Dorner will be child’s play,” Veiga said, according to police.“Dorner” is a reference to former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner who killed several people, went on the run and forced a standoff with police before killing himself earlier this month.
Boston Police say Veiga also said he was “upset with City Hall, Fire Department Headquarters, and the Firefighters Union Hall.”As a result of the police report filed Tuesday, Veiga has been summoned to West Roxbury District Court for a clerk’s hearing on March 4. Veiga is currently on paid leave from Boston Fire.

Women talk more than men - Do you agree?

Women talk more than men due to higher levels of Foxp2 protein according to US researchers.

WOMEN, the next time the man in your life complains you talk too much, silence him with science.

Tell him - at length, of course - it is all because of the Foxp2 protein. It has been claimed previously that women speak about 20,000 words a day - some 13,000 more than the average man. But now scientists at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, US, have found the key to explaining why women are the more talkative sex. A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that higher levels of the protein are found in the female brain.

US researchers found that those with more Foxp2, known as the "language protein", in their brains were the chattier. Among humans that was women, but in rats it was the males. The researchers set out to determine what might make male rats more vocal than their female cage mates. They separated four-day-old pups from their mothers and counted the number of times they cried out.

Both male and female pups emitted hundreds of cries, but the males called out twice as often. As a result, when the pups were put back in the same cage as their mother, she fussed over her sons first. Tests on the parts of the brain known to be involved in vocal calls showed the male pups to have up to twice as much Foxp2 protein as the females.
The researchers then ramped up its production in the brains of female pups and reduced it in males. This led to the female rats crying out more often and their mothers showing more interest to them.

The males in contrast, became less "talkative". Next, the researchers tested samples from ten boys and girls aged between three and five. This showed the girls to have 30 per cent more of the Foxp2 protein than the boys, in a brain area key to language in humans. Researcher Margaret McCarthy said: "Based on our observations, we postulate higher levels of Foxp2 in girls and higher levels of Foxp2 in male rats is an indication that Foxp2 protein levels are associated with the more communicative sex."

Studies have shown that the female love of chit-chat begins at a young age. Girls learn to speak earlier and more quickly than boys. They produce their first words and sentences earlier, have larger vocabularies and use a greater variety of sentence types than boys of the same age. However, Simon Fisher, one of the Oxford team who first pinpointed the protein, cautioned against drawing big conclusions from a study of such a small number of children.

Taylor Swift Channels Beyoncé at Brit Awards

Does Sasha Fierce have a pop-country cousin?

During a sassy performance of "I Knew You Were Trouble" at Wednesday's Brit Awards, Taylor Swift shed a white wedding dress to reveal a black embellished jumpsuit, sexy boots – and some familiar moves.

Striking a pose, tossing her hair and even falling to her knees to belt out the hit song, Swift, 23, resembled Beyoncé in her highly buzzed-about Super Bowl halftime performance on Feb. 3. Flip through a carousel of photos from the performance above.

At the awards ceremony at London's O2 arena, Swift handed out the best British female prize to soulful Scottish singer and songwriter Emeli Sandé, who also took home the best album prize for her debut, Our Version of Events.

A nominee for international female solo artist, Swift lost in that category to another American, Lana Del Rey.

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Gaga Undergoing Surgery Right Now

The singer admitted last week that she ignored the warning signs that something was terribly wrong with her hip. "I barely know what to say. I've been hiding a show injury and chronic pain for sometime now, over the past month it has worsened," the singer explained in a statement. "I've been praying it would heal. I hid it from my staff, I didn't want to disappoint my amazing fans.” Gaga's kept her sense of humor throughout the ordeal—she even named the wheelchair she's been using Emma.

Nollywood Veteran Actor Justus Esiri Is Dead!

 

Another day another sad news from Nollywood. Legendary Actor Justus Esiri passed on last night.The Member of the Order of the Niger (MON), famous for his role as the Village Headmaster in popular 80's sitcom of the same name, and also featured in several Nollywood movies. There's no details yet on the cause of death. as soon as I get more information I will update you guys.

Justus Esiri is also the father of Mavin artist, Dr Sid. May his soul rest in peace...amen

What is going on in the Entertainment Industry in Nigeria and the month of February?. 

Gabrielle Union Goes In On Alleged Jumpoff Who Wrote Open Letter

Gabrielle Union is not just going to lie down and let the alleged jumpoff who wrote her an open letter detailing her supposed sexcapade with boyfriend Dwyane Wade. Just hours after the letter hit the net, Gabby took to Twitter to slam homegirl and let it be known that she was on to her games.

California Gunman Kills Three in Carjacking Spree

Tustin, Calif. police reported a carjacking with shots fired in the area of Red Hill and Nisson, Feb. 19, 2013. The suspect was reported to be armed with two long guns

Three people were killed and another wounded by a California gunman who went an on early morning spree of shooting and carjackings before he killed himself when confronted by police. Police in Tustin, Calif., have yet to identify the shooter as they work several crime scenes where the gunman stole cars and shot at people using two rifles.
Police received a call about an initial carjacking and shots fired by a suspect carrying "two long guns" at 5:30 am PT, Tustin police said in a statement.  "During this carjacking a bystander was struck by gunfire from the suspect," police spokesman Paul Garaven said in the statement.

The gunman is believed to have soon after stolen another car, killing the driver in that carjacking, police said. When police received a third call from a carjacking several miles away, they found two victims, one who had died from his wounds and another in critical condition. "Officers located the suspect in the stolen vehicle and followed him to the city of Orange. When a stop was initiated, the suspect shot and killed himself," cops said.

'Black Presidents': 6 United States Commanders In Chief Before Obama

Barack Obama is widely known as the United States' first black president. But is he really the country's first African-American commander-in-chief? Of course author Toni Morrison famously declared that former president Bill Clinton was really the nation's first black head of state, however, rumor has it there are six other former presidents who had African-American ancestry. Several scholars have discussed the genealogy of these presidents in the past, and the debate was reignited after Obama was elected in 2008.

Check out the pictures below for a list of former heads of state who allegedly were descendants of African-Americans.

Thomas Jefferson 

In his 19-page pamphlet 'The Five Negro Presidents,' Joel A. Rogers wrote that the country's third president was described by a political opponent as the "son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father."

It is no secret that Jefferson fathered children with his slave Sally Hemmings from his Monticello residence. However, any evidence of African ancestry remains unconfirmed. Jefferson allegedly destroyed all papers, portraits and personal effects of his mother when she died.

 Andrew Jackson

 

In his 2001 book, 'Black People And Their Place in History,' Dr. Leroy Vaughn cites an article written in the Virginia Magazine of History that the country's seventh president was the son of an Irish woman who married a black man. The magazine also stated that Jackson's oldest brother had been sold as a slave.

This assertion remains unconfirmed. 

 

 

 

 

 

Warren Harding

 

The country's 29th president, never denied his black heritage. According to Rogers, "Harding had black ancestors between both sets of parents. William Chancellor, a white professor of economics and politics at Wooster College in Ohio, wrote a book on the Harding family genealogy and identified Black ancestors among both parents of President Harding. Justice Department agents allegedly bought and destroyed all copies of this book. Chancellor also said that Harding's only academic credentials included education at Iberia College, which was founded in order to educate fugitive slaves."

 Abraham Lincoln 

The country's 16th president is widely known as "The Great Emancipator," but in his book, Rogers wrote that Lincoln was in fact the illegitimate son of an African man, and that his mother was said to have admitted that he was the progeny of a black man.

This assertion has yet to be confirmed.

 Calvin Coolidge

 

In his book, Dr. Vaughn claimed that the nation's 30th president also had black ancestry, writing Coolidge "claimed his mother was dark because of mixed Indian ancestry. Coolidge's mother's maiden name was ‘Moor’, in Europe the name was given to all blacks. Dr. Auset Bakhufu says that by 1800 the New England Indian was hardly any longer pure Indian, because they had mixed so often with Blacks."

 Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

Dr. Auset Bakhufu includes the 34th president in his book 'Six Black Presidents: Black Blood : White Masks USA,' saying Eisenhower's mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower, an anti-war advocate, was part black.

Lil Wayne claims he slept with Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh’s wife

During an on-stage rant at a performance for NBA’s All-Star Weekend in Houston Sunday, the rapper took verbal shots at Heat players who he feels were behind throwing him out of a game in Miami last week.

Lil Wayne (left) claims he slept with Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh's wife, Adrienne Williams Bosh, in a All-Star Weekend tirade.

Lil Wayne claims to know the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh’s wife on a very personal level.
During a performance in Houston Sunday night, the rapper explicitly said: “I slept with Chris Bosh’s wife.” In town for NBA’s All-Star Weekend, Wayne was obviously still upset about getting the boot from a Heat game in Miami last week for cheering the visiting Los Angeles Lakers.

“The NBA banned me from all NBA events,” he told a packed H-Town venue, “because the Miami Heat told them to ban me.”

Chris Bosh and wife Adrienne Bosh at The Two Kings Dinner in Houston on Feb. 16.

Although reports stated he was thrown out for making a gun gesture at another fan during the game, the rapper was visibly still irate about getting tossed and fully blamed the Heat for it. “So I’m @ da Heat game right, rottin 4 da Lakers kuz dats my team & would u believe they got police 2 make me leave?!” Wayne Tweeted the night of the game. “Wow! F*** da heat.”

His rant continued Sunday as he led the crowd in chanting “F--- the Miami Heat” and named Heat players LeBron James and Dwayne Wade before claiming to have slept with Bosh's wife, Adrienne Williams Bosh. Neither Bosh’s rep nor the Miami Heat have commented on Wayne’s remarks, but it’s a lucky guess to say this is far from over.

Porn Star Kim Kardashian Was Paid $500,000 For Appearance in Nigeria

Whosoever was behind the idea of inviting Kim K. and paid her $500,000 for basically doing nothing is the biggest fool I have ever come across. When did a religious country like Nigeria patronize a porn star like Kim K., who became famous for showing the whole world her goodies through her sex tape. In fact this shows that Nigeria has a long way to go. I can't believe Nigeria can pay a porn star $500,000 for an appearance with no talent other than what she knows how to do best...(f**king)  when we have poor and needy people in the country that need the money more than she will.

Kim K. is hated here in the United States she has no value whatsoever and for a country like Nigeria to be fooled by what they see on the TV especially her reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians" tells a lot about the mental state of the country. Even if the person responsible for paying her that kind of money felt like spending that much why couldn't they bring a reputable person they are plenty here in the United States or better still give the money to charity.

First of all I am not pissed at Kim K. she's is making her money kudos to her, I am pissed at Nigeria for wasting $500,000 on Kim K. that has no talent whatsoever and to even make it worse she reportedly said "I can't wait to go back to the United States" really????? SMDH

BREAKING NEWS: EXPLOSION UNDER FESTAC NEW BRIDGE. 1 Dead, Heavy Police Presence around the scene.

The Nigerian police said the man who died was the leader of a sand dredgers association.

The Police have confirmed the death of one person in an explosion that occurred under the Festac link bridge, linking Festac Town to Amuwo Odofin Housing Estate. The Area Commander of Area E Festac Command of the Lagos State Police Command, Dan Okoro, confirmed the death in a telephone conversation with PREMIUM TIMES. Mr. Okoro said the dead was a leader of the sand dredgers under the bridge. Another source confirmed the dead to be the chairman of the association, who operate in the water under the bridge.

The police boss also said one person was injured in the blast. Our source said the injured is a policeman whose leg was damaged in the blast. The police bomb squad are already at the scene of the explosion, although it is not clear what the cause of the explosion is, Mr. Okoro explained.

Details later.

7 foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria

Seven foreign workers were kidnapped late Saturday from a construction company in northeastern Nigeria, police said. The workers include one Italian citizen, one Greek citizen and two Lebanese citizens, according to those governments. Nigerian police said a Briton was also kidnapped; British authorities said they were aware of such reports and were making inquiries. 

The workers were taken Saturday night from the offices of Setraco, a construction company in Jama'are, in Bauchi State, police said. The company is based in Abuja and is involved in many major road construction projects in northern Nigeria.

The gunmen first attacked a prison, burning two police trucks, public service broadcaster Voice of Nigeria reported, citing state police spokesman Hassan Muhammed.

They then killed a guard at the Setraco workers camp before kidnapping the workers, Muhammed told the broadcaster.

Nigeria has seen a rash of killings and kidnappings blamed on criminal groups or the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. A week ago, three North Korean doctors were killed at a hospital in northern Yobe state, the state police chief told CNN. Ten suspects were arrested. Earlier this month, nine people working for a government polio vaccination program were killed in the northern city of Kano, a police spokesman said.

Nigeria launched a military crackdown on Boko Haram on New Year's Day. Security forces have since captured one of the group's leaders and killed 17 suspected Boko Haram members in a two-day offensive.

Human Rights Watch says Boko Haram -- whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" -- has killed more than 2,800 people in an escalating campaign to impose strict Islamic law on largely Muslim northern Nigeria.

In the past, the group attacked other Muslims it felt were on an immoral path. But it has increasingly targeted Christians with numerous attacks on churches, as well as striking police stations.

Boko Haram and other Muslim groups say the north has been starved of resources and marginalized by the Nigerian government. But the U.S. State Department has accused its leaders of having ties to the al Qaeda terrorist network and of hoping to drive a wedge between Nigeria's Christian and Muslim communities.

South Korean Mass Wedding (20,000 People) Ceremony on Sunday

Thousands of couples take part in the Unification Church's International Mass Wedding Ceremony, also known as the Cosmic Blessing, at Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Sunday, February 17. More than 20,000 people were expected to participate, including 1,000 couples getting married for the first time, 2,500 previously married couples, and 13,000 guests. The ceremony signifies the transcending of race and religion by creating God-centered families, according to the church, which is known for mass weddings and arranged matches.

 

 

 

 I don't know what to say...I am speechless

First Lady Patience Jonathan Died For 7 Days

 

Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan Died For 7 Days, God Woke Me Up – Friends 

Sold My Properties Hoping I Won’t Return

Patience Jonathan herself made the confession today in Abuja that she actually died for more than a week during critical surgical operation in Germany.

According to the Premium Times report, the First Lady of Nigeria actually died physically for more than seven days.

Mrs. Jonathan, who spoke at a special thanksgiving service at the Aso Rock Chapel where the first family worships, said she underwent multiple surgical operations and at some point her doctors lost hope after she “passed out for more than a week.”

“It was not an easy experience for me,” Mrs. Jonathan told the congregation which included senior government officials. “I actually died. I passed out for more than a week. My intestine and tummy were opened.”

“I am not Lazarus but my experience was similar to his. My doctors said all hope was lost. It was God himself in His infinite mercy that said I will return to Nigeria. God woke me up after seven days,” she narrated.

Mrs. Jonathan’s remarks at the church service, was the first time the presidency would admit the First Lady was seriously sick as widely speculated in 2012.

Mrs. Jonathan was on admission at the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Germany for an undisclosed ailment although multiple reports suggested she was treated for lungs and abdominal problems.

While the news circulated, the presidency ensured an anxious public remained in the dark about her condition, repeatedly insisting Mrs. Jonathan traveled for a “deserved rest”.

The thanksgiving service was delayed for two months, after the initial schedule was moved due to the helicopter crash deaths of former governor of Kaduna state, Patrick Yakowa, and the former National Security Adviser, Owoeye Azazi.

President Goodluck Jonathan, ministers and top government functionaries attended the event on Sunday.

During a stirring session, the First Lady narrated how she went through “hell” while in hospital and said she has dedicated her life to serving the needy.

“It is the Lord’s doing that I returned alive,” she said. “When God says yes, nobody can say no. People are always afraid of operation (surgery). But in my own case, while my travail lasted, I was begging for it after the third operation because I was going to the theatre every day. It was God who saw me through. I did eight or nine operations within one month.”

While she lay dying in Germany, friends and associates who hoped she will not be making it back to Nigeria with life, scrambled for her properties, selling those they could,” Mrs. Jonathan said.

She accused some of those she trusted of leaking information to the public that she had passed on.

“I know that some people somehow leaked the information that I was dead. They are people that I trust and rely on. To them, I was dead and I would never return to the country alive,” she said. “Some of them even sold my things off. “I won’t say everything here.”

She said she believed she had not completed her assignment on earth, which was why God spared her.

“It was not an easy one. The day I came back, I said God I have nothing to say, I offer myself to you. I will be doing things that will touch the lives of the less privilege. God gave me a second chance because I reached there. He knew I had not completed the assignments He gave me that was why I was sent back,” the First Lady said. (Premium Times)

Happy 50th Birthday, Michael Jordan

  

Basketball legend Michael Jordan, who played with the NBA from 1984 to 2003, is now the majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats. He turns 50 Feb. 17, 2013. 

Prezzo Pays An Emotional Tribute To Goldie

Former Big Brother housemate and friend of the late Goldie Harvey, Prezzo has taken to his Facebook page to express his pain by writing a poem in honour of the late pop star, who passed away on Thursday Night.

He wrote:

 

“God saw you were getting tired, and a cure was not meant to be So he put his arms around you, and whispered come with me With tearful eyes we watched you, as we saw you pass away Although we love you deeply, we could not make you stay. Your golden heart stopped beating, hardworking hands at rest God broke our hearts to prove to us…
He only takes the best”

 

Also, reports have it that Prezzo is expected to be in Nigeria following the news of Goldie’s death. According to NET who confirmed this from Prezzo’s friend Shaffie Weru, who spoke to Prezzo’s mum said her son left for Nigeria on Thursday night after getting the news of Goldie’s death. Meanwhile another former housemate Millicent Mugadi has said it’s difficult for her to digest the news of Goldie’s death. ‘Later in the day I will organize together with a few friends to have a private mass to remember Goldie. May she rest in peace. I still cannot digest the news’, she said.

Kim Kardashian arrives Lagos - "Who Cares"

US reality TV show star, Kim Kardashian arrived Lagos, Saturday, 8:20pm Nigerian time aboard an Air France Airway craft. She will join R&B singer Darey Art Alade for the specially designed love concert tagged Love: Like A Movie, Sunday, at the convention centre of Eko Hotel and Suites.

Kim will be co-hosting the show with Darey and is expected to pull a stunning performance. Her reality show ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ is one of of E!’s top rating reality show raking in about six million viewers in its sixth season. The concert by Darey will also feature 2face Idibia, Flavour, Ice Prince, Praiz, Darey, Jozi and many others.

To all the girls out there that are dying to see Kim K. I am not a big fan of hers, she basically popular for not having a single talent and became famous for having a sex tape with Ray J (Brandy's younger brother) if this is your role model then carry on....

Nollywood actor Lugard Onoyemu Dead!

 

Nollywood actor Lugard Onoyemu slumped and died on Friday evening at the National Stadium Surulere while playing football with friends. He was rushed to the hospital where he died. Lugard battled a heart related ailment for a while before his sudden death yesterday. May his soul rest in peace...Amen.

Nollywood Director, Collins Ifeanyi Chukwu, Dies In Abuja

 

Nollywood director, actor and producer, Collins Ifeanyi Chukwu, is dead. 

Collins died yesterday (Friday) at Maitama General Hospital, Abuja after a brief illness.

He is survived by his young wife, Blessing and his little son, Efechukwu (pictured). 

May his soul rest in peace! (Amen).

UPDATE!!! Goldie's former bestfriend (Ifeoma Harvey) said "Goldie Stole My Husband"



Ifeoma Harvey

Just when you thought the drama is over more stories keeps developing and even goes deeper

Now a woman named Ifeoma Harvey(pictured), has come out to say that Goldie Harvey stole her husband(Andrew Harvey)!

Ifeoma has taken to Facebook to say her part of the story where she claims that she and Goldie were best friends a while back. According to Ifeoma, Goldie waited for the opportune moment to elope with Andrew Harvey in Nigeria, while he was still married to Ifeoma. "She never knew that one day death would come calling," says Ifeoma, "She rendered that man useless, took all his money and right now Andrew Harvey is lying in the hospital in Malaysia."

Goldie (Susan Harvey) and Andrew Harvey

This part of the story seems to check out with Andrew Harvey's claim that he is currently in Malaysia. Ifeoma went on:

"Goldie went to Malaysia to visit the sick man before going to USA (for the Grammys) and came back to meet her mysterious death. Goldie is a liar, pretender and desperado. She wants to get money and fame at all cost... forced her trashy music down our throat, went to BBA and messed up with Prezzo... married woman indeed! Why is Andrew posting their so-called marriage pics now? Maybe the charm she used has cleared from his eyes! He should shut the hell up and pray for quick recovery from his sick bed in Malaysia. After that he can go back to London and beg his wife and two kids for forgiveness!"


This is all crazy to me I think we should give Goldie respect now she's dead. My question here is where was the suppose husband Andrew Harvey and Former best friend of Goldie when she was alive, why do they feel the need to come out of the closet now that she's dead.  Like I said on my earlier post there's more that meets the eye or what do you think?.


Andrew Harvey, Goldie's Husband opens up about the late singer

                                                                                     

Goldie Husband opened up to Thenetng.com, The interview is below


When did you wed her? And were you still married as at when she passed yesterday?

We wed in December 2005 and were very much married when she passed indeed I was talking to her on arrival in Lagos before the fateful event

I see you moved back to England. Do you have another family?I work in Malaysia, we have a private home in UK, I do not have a second family

Also did you have kids together?No kids, we were planning this year

There had been speculation for many years that she was married to an ‘oyinbo’ man. But no one could lay hands on anything. Why did you keep it a ‘secret’?
Our private life is nothing to do with work life, there has to be a balance


How did you hear of her death? I found out you last saw her in December?
I was talking to her on arrival in Lagos before the fateful event

How did you meet her? She must have been very young…
I met her at a friend’s leaving party and fell in love straight away, but had to work hard to persuade her I was genuine

So you will be planning to come here for burial rites…
Yes I have applied for visa and shall come next week

But how did you manage the Prezzo drama?
Prezzo was part of BBA game, just like in the movies, there was nothing to fear

But funny it dragged way beyond BBA
It dragged because the media dragged it, other wise it would have died naturally. Prezzo will say anything to get attention

Do you think he fell in love? And did you ever think Susan liked him for a minute…?
People fall in love and it’s not impossible to love more than one person, but there are different levels. She liked him initially, but began to despise him and distanced herself as he tried to use her she complained he was very manipulative

How did you come about your alias ‘Oyibopeppay?
Oyiiibopeppay is a name used in the villages for white man getting burned in the sun. I used to work in the bush erecting BTS for MTN and Glo

You have direct access to her password? The memories album was posted on her twitter. Or you requested for an admin to post?
I am an official admin. I don’t need any password but my own. It was authorised by Goldie

One last question: so much speculation on cause of death. I see from your facebook timeline that you’ve followed the reports. Have the doctors/family/label told you what the cause of death is?
An autopsy is being carried out and we will await results. The rest is speculation and hearsay

And did she have any medical condition?
She had no medical condition,

Is it true she was in India recently?
She was in Malaysia, we spent Christmas together away from prying eyes

What will you miss most about her?
Everything, she was the most beautiful person I ever met, no moment was wasted. Sweet, intelligent, sexy and a magnificent cook!!!!

And she was a determined young lady…
Very. That’s what I liked about her

Are you originally from England? Was she officially a citizen of your country by marriage? Or that was not concluded?
I’m from England and was processing Nigerian citizenship before I was transferred to Malaysia. Of course she was citizen of UK before we met, she lived and schooled there

She was indeed a star, as I’m sure you’ve seen from the tributes coming from far and near. Even the BBC and Billboard recognise her star
Yes we saw it on BBC news tonight. It is a devastating loss, but I support just as much wherever she has gone to.

                                           

SHOCKER!!! Goldie was married to Andrew Harvey. RIP

Goldie Husband Andrew Harvey shared some pictures of his late wife...Ok, I don't know how many people are in shock like I am... I had no idea Goldie was married what about Prezzo....the guy from BBA I mean all these information surfacing are very confusing and I believe there's more that meets the eye.