Linda Ikeji responds to Hermes Birkin “Fake” Accusations

Super blogger Linda Ikeji recently shared the happy news that she had purchased 2 Hermes Birkin bags with her fans via social networking site – Instagram.


Some fans accused Linda of purchasing a fake bag and went further to notify the bag designer – Hermes via their social media pages.
According to Instablog9ja, Hermes allegedly responded to an enquiry on the bag’s authenticity. See below.
Most major brands do not respond to direct messages on Instagram, therefore the authenticity of this message is questionable.

Linda decided to respond to the accusations with the following posts.
She highlighted that she purchased the bag during a recent trip to the UK.

“Don’t worry my darlings, I’ll take all these down later but let’s clarify this. So, I bought the bag for 14 thousand dollars on Sloan Street, UK. In Naira, that would be how much again? That would be about N4.8m. Damn, Linda! ”

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Buhari appoints Abike-Dabiri SSA on Diaspora

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed  Abike Dabiri-Erewa as Senior Special Assistant on Foreign and Diapora Affairs.

Dabiri-Erewa, a former member of the House of Representatives from Lagos, received her appointment letter at the State House in Abuja few minutes ago.

Details later...

FG sacks DGs/MD of NAN, NTA, NOA, NBC, VON, FRCN

The Federal Government has disengaged the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Voice of Nigeria, News Agency of Nigeria, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission and the National Orientation Agency on Monday .
The Minister directed the disengaged Chief Executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments.

Mohammed thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.

The affected Chief Executives are the Director-Generals of NTA, Sola Omole; FRCN, Ladan Salihu; VON, Sam Worlu; NOA, Mike Omeri; NBC, Emeka Mba; and the Managing Director of NAN, Ima Niboro.
The Eagle

RRS ARREST ALLEGED "MAD MAN" WITH 22 ATM CARDS,BANKE TELLERS IN LAGOS

A ‘mad man’, Lanrewaju Jaiyeola, has been arrested with 22 Automated Teller Machine cards, two mobile phones and a power bank.

He was nabbed by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.

The police said they were not convinced that Jaiyeola was actually mad, adding that initially, he was lucid before he started talking illogically.

It was gathered that Jaiyeola, 39, was intercepted by the RRS operatives with a backpack on Ozumba Mbadiwe Road.

One of the RRS men, who declined identification, said, “When we sighted him, he appeared like a mentally-ill man, but we invited him for interrogation. He responded normally to all our enquiries.

“A few minutes into the interrogation, he started straying from the normal course of our enquiries and was not making sense at all. This raised further curiosity and we decided to search his backpack.

“Inside the backpack, we found 22 ATM cards, one Nokia phone, a BlackBerry, a power bank, several bank tellers of recent bank transactions, and lots of invoices hidden in pieces of papers.”

It was learnt that eight of the credit cards were still valid, and they had different names and banks. The officers took him to their base in Alausa, Ikeja.

A policeman at the base told our correspondent that the suspect made “statements suggestive of somebody disguising as a mad man to perpetrate crime”.

He said, “Initially, we noticed that he was mentally balanced because he was answering the questions posed to him adequately. But all of a sudden, he started sounding incoherent and illogical again.

While interrogating him, he threatened the Investigating Police Officer, saying, ‘I will make life unbearable for you if you don’t let me go’

“It was at this point we realised that possibly he might be enjoying the patronage of some highly-placed people whom we believe he was working for.”

The police said the suspect was on their watch-list for about two weeks before he was arrested.

The RRS Commander, Olatunji Disu, said Jaiyeola had been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja. 

Nigerian soldier pictured teaching two children in Borno State

A Nigerian soldier, Cheer Agba is pictured teaching two children, Abubakar and Mustaphar Goni in Borno State. Photo credit: BBOG Nigeria

FG Sacks 13 VCs, Names New

THE Federal Government has sacked the Vice Chancellors of 12 federal universities. Also affected by the sack is the Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Vincent Tenebe.

Their sudden removal was announced in a statement signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, yesterday, in Abuja.
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed the development to The Guardian.
The statement did not give any reason for the action, but noted that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new Vice Chancellors for the affected universities.

According to the statement, the NOUN VC was replaced with Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu of the Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, while the substantive VC of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Prof. Mohammed Kundiri, was transferred to the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State.

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A former Head, Department of International Relations at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, who was said to be on sabbatical in NOUN, is the new VC of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, has Prof. Auwal Yadudu of the Faculty of Law, Bayero University, Kano, as new VC; Prof. Fatima Batoul Muktar of the Department of Biology, North West University, Kano, is now VC of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.
A lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Haruna Abdu Kaita, is the new VC of Federal University, Dutsin Ma, Katsina State, while Prof. Andrew Haruna of the Department of Linguistics, University of Jos (UNIJOS), will now function as VC, Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State.

Another lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, ABU, Zaria, Prof. Magaji Garba, has been appointed VC of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, while Prof. Alhassan Mohammed Gani of the Institute of Maritime Studies, Federal University, Kashere in Gombe State, has been elevated to the position of VC of the institution.
Guardian

Actress Foluke Daramola Salako shares new photos as she turns a year older today

Actress Foluke Daramola turns a year older today and she shared new photos of herself to celebrate the special day. See more of the photos after the cut...

Photo of Cameroonian soldier killed by Boko Haram mine yesterday

39 year old Lt.Col. Beltus Kwene (pictured above) was among 12 Cameroonian soldiers whose vehicle hit a mine in Tumbum-Kare, Cameroon yesterday February 14th. He died from injuries sustained after the mine attack. He is married with six children.

He once declared

"We will defend Cameroon with the last drop of our blood".

See the last photo of him taken with his Nigerian counterparts in Ngoshe, Nigeria last week above.

Photo credit: Bisong Etahoben 

Graphic photos: 4 killed, 2 beheaded by cultists in clash at Omoku area of Rivers State

Cultists attacked four men yesterday in their homes at Omoku area of Rivers state, killing all of them and beheading two of the men. A Facebook user uploaded the video this morning and in the video surprised neighbors could be heard shouting 'they shot him eleven times', while others were wailing and crying. It is not yet known if the killed men are also cultists. See (very graphic) photos after the cut....

Omoku area of Riverstate is well known for cultists activities with rival gangs attacking and maiming each other at will. Such is the recklessness and lack of order in the region that policemen reportedly have left the area. 

Manchester United and Jose Mourinho agree in principle on £15m a year deal to be next manager

Jose Mourinho is set to land a three-year, £15million-a-season deal to replace Louis van Gaal at Manchester United .

The package awaiting former Chelsea boss Mourinho at Old Trafford will put him on a par with old foe Pep Guardiola , who will join rivals Manchester City this summer.

Mirror

PHCN official trying to rescue his colleague also electrocuted (photos)

The first one climbed the pole to fix the light and got electrocuted. And his colleague climbed up to see if he could bring the dead man down, but he was also electrocuted. How unfortunate!

Photo: Man arrested for killing his stepmother 's boyfriend in Calabar

41-year old King Akpanke pictured above, has been arrested by officers of the Cross Rivers state police command for murdering his step-mother’s lover. King who was paraded before newsmen at the state police command headquarters in Calabar today February 10th, said he had on several occasions warned the deceased from coming to his late father’s house to have sexual intercourse with his step-mother.

“On that fateful day when we fought, he came to my house around 9 o’clock, he abused me and nobody was there in the house. The house belongs to my late father and I am the third son of my father. I was the only person in the house so when he started abusing me we fought, he brought a stick to hit me but I went inside and brought a knife and stabbed him on the head. So it was later discovered that he is dead. I am very sorry because it was a mistake. The young man was having constant sexual intercourse with my late father’s wife. I warned him several times to stay off the house which belongs to my father but he refused he always comes there to have sex with her. He has been calling me all sorts of names like armed robber. He had always planned to kill me”‎he said 

Photos: Buhari arrives Nigeria after his 5-day vacation

President Buhari has arrived Nigeria after his 5 day vacation in London. See more photos after the cut