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After six years in court, Okporua Otobrise, who kidnapped a journalist, has been sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment. Justice F.N. Azinge pronounced the judgment on Monday at the Delta State High Court in Asaba.  Otobrise kidnapped Monday Whiskey, a Warri-based journalist, on March 19, 2012 at Orhuwhorhun in Udu council area of the state.   Otobrise, who hails from Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, and others who are now at large were found guilty of the crime after the prosecution counsel, a Deputy Director, T.P.I. Uriah, and E.S. Ifedora concluded their arguments. Justice Azinge declared in his judgment that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to kidnappers in the country.  He said: “It is common knowledge that the spate of kidnapping is on the increase in Nigeria, particularly in Delta State. The sentence is to act as a deterrent to others who believe that kidnapping is a lucrative enterprise or business and to rid the society of people li...

 The Koforidua District Police Command of the Ghana Police Force over the weekend, raided and arrested twelve persons found to be allegedly soliciting for sex at Bula spot, a popular brothel in the Eastern Regional capital. The owner of the facility, 61-year-old Anthony Ekar was also arrested in the swoop. A 23-year-old Nigerian sex worker was among women arrested in the raid.  Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Offier, DSP Eben Tetteh said the district commander, Chief Superintendent Aduhene Binneh led a team of police officers and community protection personnel to the scene and apprehended the suspects. Those arrested are:  Gideon Syivor Mendah, 42, Michael Adjei 40, William Danquah, 24, Ekpo Torbe, 23 , Kwaku Ayogame ,30, Kwame Musah, 24. The rest are Mary Wondalo 39, Rachel Adofo, 26, Constance Abiaw, 20, Joyce Monday, 23,  a Nigerian national and Paulina Ayisi, age 20. The place is notorious for the trading of sex, especially in th...

American producer and director of television and live events, Glenn Weiss, 57, stole the show at the Emmy Awards last night when he proposed to his girlfriend during his acceptance speech on stage.The 57-year-old director of the Oscars who won the award for Directing for a Variety Special popped the question to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen on live television after winning an Emmy.In his emotional speech, :'Jan, you are the sunshine in my life, and mom was right, don’t ever let go of your sunshine,' the director said. 'You wonder why I don't like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife.'  When she arrived at the stage, Weiss got down on one knee and gave her the engagement ring that belonged to his mother, who recently passed away. “I want to put this ring that my mom wore on your finger in front of all these people and in front of my mom and your parents watching from above. Will you marry me?” he asked. She said yes. Watch the video below.The ...

 There have been reports that the former Lagos state governor Bola Tinubu, had allegedly decided to stop Ambode’s bid for a second term in office by replacing him with Babajide Sanwoolu. This according to the same report, led to an alleged phone conversation between Pastor Adeboye and Tinubu, in which the general overseer begged Tinubu not to dump Ambode.But in a statement issued on Pastor Adeboye’s social media accounts, RCCG General Overseer has denied ever making the call.“Our attention has been drawn to news making the rounds from dailies especially the New Telegraph that Pastor E.A Adeboye, the General Overseer of the RCCG had a recent phone conversation with the Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC). “We would like to inform the general public that this is false and Pastor E.A Adeboye has not and would not be involved in inter/intra party politics in Nigeria and anywhere RCCG is present across the world. Pastor E.A Adeboye advises all well meaning Nigerians just l...

Former Secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that his sack has been nothing but a blessing in disguise to him. President Buhari in October last year, fired Babachir after he was indicted in a multi-million fraud scandal involving funds meant for the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced People IDPs. Speaking with reporters at a function in Abuja yesterday September 17th, Babachir said his monthly income as SGF was N953,000 but he made about half a billion last year. He said the termination of his appointment has afforded him time to focus on his business. He said everyone that sees him now compliments his good lookcs. He attributed it to peace of mind.“Let me shock you, before I came into government, I have been in business, I was a very successful businessman. I am a world renowned IT consultant and I have a very large farm, spanning over 1,000 hectares, which I abandoned to join governance. I was earning N930, 000 ...

Hollywood stars came out looking all shades of stunning last night for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards which held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. See all the lovely photos below...  The post All the stunning red carpet photos from the 70th Emmys Awards in Los Angeles appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .