Uganda courts orders immediate deportation of British man for being gay!

A court in Uganda on Wednesday reportedly ordered that a retired gay British man arrested on charges of “trafficking obscene publications” should be immediately deported.

The court dropped the original charge against 65 year old Bernard Randall, but ordered he be escorted home to pack his belongings and taken to the airport to leave.

 An official from the prosecutor’s office said he was being expelled because he had “kept on corrupting Uganda’s youth” and failed to renew his visa.

“The court orders immediate deportation within 12 hours,” judge Hellen Ajio told the court, bringing an end to a high profile case that has highlighted the issue of gay rights in the fiercely anti-homosexual African nation.

Randall’s lawyer, John Francis Onyango, had asked that his client be given five days in which to leave the country, but said the decision would not be appealed.

“We are glad that the state did, indeed, drop them, because our position has been that there is no adequate evidence to charge Bernard Randall,” Onyango said.

“We are concerned about his deportation on flimsy grounds… but we are not making an appeal because if doesn’t serve much purpose,” he added.

Meanwhile Randall has reportedly dismissed the allegations against him as “lies”.

Peter Okoye shares daughter's birthday!

Peter and Lola Okoye recently celebrated their daughter Aliona Okoye one year old birthday. 
Photos below:




The family had a little get together to celebrate her day

‘My girlfriend made me do it’: Man arrested for raping 5 young boys in Benin!

A 33-year-old man , Justine Olise was arrested and paraded by the police in Benin for allegedly raping 5 boys, all minors between 10 and 15.

Olise who was paraded alongside 59 other suspected criminals in  the Edo Police Command Headquarters in Benin City, blamed his act on his girlfriend who left him and broke his heart.

Olise confessed, “I don’t know what came over me. It all started when my girlfriend left me and broke my heart, so I wanted to stay away from all women”. 

He said he lured the victims into his room at  20, Evbodaghe street, Eyean in Benin City before carrying out the act. “I don’t know what came over me. It all started when my girlfriend left me and broke my heart, so I wanted to stay away from all women,” Olise confessed. 

Other suspects paraded were arrested in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, unlawful possession of firearms, cultism, stealing, attempted murderand forgery. A large cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from the suspects. The State Police Commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, who paraded them, said most of the arms and ammunition were recovered from kidnappers and armed robbers. He warned that the state would be tough for criminals, especially those who come from other states to operate in Edo, just as he warned local criminals against colluding with outsiders. Adebanjo who was apparently angered by recent deaths arising from clashes between rival cult groups in the state, warned cultists to desist from killings or they would be dealt with severely and charged with murder.

Lakeside shopper gives birth outside Primark store!

A shopper ended up giving birth outside a Primark store after she suddenly went into labour.

The woman contacted security staff after her waters broke at the Intu Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex.

Although an ambulance was called and arrived quickly, the baby girl was delivered before they got to the scene on Thursday evening.

Paul Lancaster, regional manager of Intu, said the woman had been in "distress" but was now "doing well".

Staff at Primark provided towels for the woman on the second floor of the shopping complex.

She was screened off as she gave birth to her daughter, whose name is understood to be Deborah.

"In 23 years we've never had a birth at the site," said Mr Lancaster. "Plenty of ladies have broken water and gone off to hospital and no doubt a couple of babies have been conceived here.

"It all happened rather quickly before the ambulance could get there. They responded really quickly.

"We didn't think it was immediately going to happen but the baby was born on the spot."

Source: BBC news

Pres. Jonathan Lied! Massive Corruption Is Our Problem, Not Boko Haram – SERAP!

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has faulted President Goodluck Jonathan over his statement yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to the effect that “corruption was not the cause of all the problems confronting Africa.”

The president had said that, “In terms of security, Boko Haram is the biggest challenge we have at the moment.”

In response, SERAP in a statement today signed by its executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni said that, “the statement by the president shows clearly that this government has not come to term with the reality of massive corruption at the highest level of government, and the devastation and suffering it has caused millions of innocent Nigerians.”

The organization said that, “The evidence of corruption and underdevelopment is staring this government in the face. Staying silent or simply wishing the problem away cannot be the way forward. What more will it take to convince the president that corruption is this country’s biggest problem, and that effective action is urgently required to end it, and address impunity of perpetrators?

“Hospitals without drugs, bad roads, poor electricity supply, contaminated and undrinkable water, collapsed educational system alone provide strong evidence of the devastation that missing $400 billion of public funds have done to this country. That this amount is missing has been confirmed by both the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes and House of Representatives reports,” the organization said.

The organization said that, “These indicators of bad governance and mismanagement of the country’s natural wealth and resources should serve as proof of the need for this government to put the fight against corruption at the very top of its agenda.”

The group said that, “Anyone with a simple knowledge of this country will know that the root cause of insecurity and Boko Haram is the decades of corruption and impunity of perpetrators, and failure of successive governments to provide quality education to Nigerian children. The damage that corruption has done to this country is nearly impossible to describe.”

“What millions of suffering Nigerians need from this government is a clear commitment to recover the over $400 billion missing public funds and to spend this to achieve sustainable development and respect for basic socio-economic rights of Nigerians.”

Nigeria’s Economy Is Threatened As Excess Crude Account Gets Depleted – Okonjo-Iweala!

Nigeria’s economy is threatened, the Minister of Finance and Supervising Minister of the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday. This is because of continuous decline in the nation’s Excess Crude Account.

In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mrs Iweala said the reduction of the Excess Crude Account to about $2.5 billion signifies that the country’s economy is at greater risk than it was in the past .
As regards efforts made to contain the impending danger, she said,

“We have tried to set the country’s main parameters in a very modest way. We have made our budget at a very reasonable benchmark price for oil.
“This is to shield us and to ensure we are not subjected to any volatility there may be in the oil markets.”

The Finance Minister has meanwhile predicted a 6.75 per cent expansion in Nigeria’s economy this year as against a growth of 6.5 per cent in 2013.

“In Nigeria we are growing very fast, but that growth has come with increasing inequality and lack of inclusion of certain segments of the population.”

The Excess Crude Account has gone down  from $8.65 billion at the end of 2012 to $2.5 billion presently. Nigeria’s external reserves have also dropped 11 per cent from last year’s peak of $48.85 billion, recorded in May.

PDP Insists Seats Of Defected Lawmakers Must Be Declared Vacant!

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wants the seats of National Assembly members who decamped to the  All Progressives Congress (APC) to be declared vacant. PDP related this to an Abuja High court as they filed an objection to a suit filed by 51 members including Hon. members who left PDP for the APC. The suit was filed to stop their seats being declared vacant.

The defendants of the suit which was brought before Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday are: the PDP National Chairman, the Senate President, the Speaker of the house of representatives and the INEC commissioners

The plaintiffs are asking the court to stop the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from declaring their seats and those of legislators who  intend to switch parties vacant. They also want the court to stop INEC from conducting any bye elections to fill their seats

PDP’s response to the suit was not heard on Wednesday but a copy of their preliminary objection which was available to journalists still wants the seats of the lawmakers who defected to be declared vacant

 “Both the law and the PDP Constitution are very clear on the issues raised by the plaintiff. One cannot abandon the political party upon whose platform he was elected as a member of parliament and then proceed to another political party while holding unto that parliamentary seat.

“Additionally, the law should take its course in that the seat of any of the plaintiffs who decamp to other political parties should be declared vacant.”

PDP insists the suit by the lawmakers should be thrown out as they lacked legal standing to sustain it. They termed it an abuse of court process since the matter was an intra-party affair.

The lawmakers through their suit revealed that they went to court to protect their rights as members of the National Assembly as a result of threats by the PDP to declare their seats vacant.

The ruling PDP however argues that the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives enjoy immunity for acts done on the floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives respectively and this includes conducting proceedings towards declaring their seats vacant.