After returning N12m to owner, cleaner gets paltry N7,200 salary increment

Josephine Ugwu, the airport cleaner who returned a passenger’s luggage containing local and foreign currencies to the tune of N12m has been rewarded with a N7,200 salary increment.

Ugwu, who works for Patovilki Cleaning Services, a concessionaire engaged by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to keep the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos clean, was on a monthly salary of N7,800 before the incident.

The National Diploma graduate of Our Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology, Enugu, now enjoys a N7,200 salary increment, bringing her new salary to N15,000.

Glitz, glamour as Nollywood stars dazzle @ the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

The Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, otherwise known as AMVCA 2015 might have come and gone. 

But one important thing is that the dust it raised especially in terms of fashion displayed by the movie stars is yet to settle. On the red carpet of the AMVCA, the Nollywood stars did not disappoint their fans as they dressed to kill.  The Mega StarNews exclusively brings you happenings at the event.

Enjoy the sizzling way your favorite stars illuminated the night with glitz, glamour, and razzmatazz fashion statement.

I will not resign, Jega insists

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega on Monday declared that he has a job to do and will not resign as chairman of the commission.

Jega who disclosed this at a town hall meeting, rejected calls for his resignation by some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying he has no reason to resign.

“There has been speculation about my removal. As far as I’m concerned, I have a job to do and have no reason to resign.”

Some supporters of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC and PDP on Monday morning took to the streets of Lagos, calling on the INEC chairman to resign for allegedly introducing electronic voting card readers.

APC using my outdated views on President Jonathan to attack me, Fani Kayode cries out

 The Director of Media of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has castigated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for relying on renounced and outdated views on President Goodluck Jonathan to run its newspaper campaign advertorials.

 He said in a statement issued in Abuja, that the opposition’s attitude smacked of desperation.

 Fani-Kayode said the resort to such “childish and dirty tactics” by the APC would not distract him from his present assignment of selling the candidature of President Jonathan to the electorate and Nigerians.

Man brutalises woman on first date for appearing different from her profile picture

 A man who spent close to $10,000 on flight, accommodation and other expenses to meet a woman he met online attacked her after claiming she didn't look anything like her profile picture.

Left is the woman, 32 year old Xiaojin Tuan and right is the photo she used on her online profile.

 The man, 35 year old Huang Mao, said he felt deceived because he thought he was coming to meet the 'goddess' she described herself to be in her WeChat snap.

How Mu’azu’s calling Ijebus ‘stingy people’ caused Awujale’s non-endorsement of Jonathan

Facts have emerged on why Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona and other Ijebu monarchs failed to take group photograph with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan when he paid a courtesy visit last Thursday.

Jonathan is the Presidential candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Presidential election coming up in the country on March 28,2015.

A source who was privy to the meeting said the PDP Chairman,Alhaji Adamu Muazu, had annoyed the monarchs and chiefs when he described the Ijebu people as stingy people.

He was angrily corrected by Awujale, who replied him, “we are not stingy, but prudent in our spending.”

Court cancels movement restriction on Lagos monthly sanitation day

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris, has nullified the restriction of movement during the monthly environmental sanitation in the state.

The policy of the Lagos State Government restricts citizens to their homes for three hours between 7am and 10am every last Saturday of the month.

The court held that there is no law in force in Lagos State by which any citizen could be kept indoors, compulsorily.

Shocking !! Another Facebook lover dies in Lagos

Late Adekemi Faboro

For the ladies that are always ready to hook up with strangers on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Badoo, WeChat, WatsApps and so on, caution might be the word for them. 

This is because, few years after Cynthia Osokogwu, the daughter of a retired military officer, was allegedly lured to Lagos by her Facebook lover, drugged, raped and murdered in Festac Town, another Facebook lover has reportedly died in Lagos.

The latest victim, identfied as Adekemi Faboro, who teaches at a private nursery and primary school, in Ojota, died in Ogba area of Lagos last weekend while on a date with her married Facebook lover, Christopher Ezekiel, for the first time.

How Kunle Afolayan, Rita Dominic, Tunde Babalola, Femi Jacobs others stole the show @ 2015 AMVCA

At the 2015 AFRICA MAGIC VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARDS(AMVCAs) held in association with MultiChoice Africa and Amstel Malta, it was a night of blitz as Kunle Afolayan, Rita Dominic, Tunde Babalola, Femi Jacobs others emerge winners.

Hosted by the duo of IK Osakioduwa and Vimbai Mutinhiri  at the EKO Expo Centre in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, 7 March, the third annual AMVCAs ceremony presented 33 coveted gold statuettes in 30 categories, tabulated and verified by auditing firm SizweNtsalubaGobodo and were telecast live to 50 African countries watching on DStv and GOtv on all Africa Magic channels.

The event saw outstanding achievements in African film and TV recognised with awards also presented to CJ Obasi as the TrailBlazer of the Year while the late renowned filmmaker, Amaka Igwe was honoured with the Industry Merit award. The winner of the trailblazer award walked away with a luxurious diamond studded watch, courtesy Chris Aire.  The coveted New Era award was given to Ayo Makun for exceptional talent.

ALERT! OPC members unleash terror on motorists with APC stickers in Lagos, demand Jega’s sack

Members of the Odua People’s Congress, OPC and the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation went on rampage in Lagos on Monday as they took to major roads in support of the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The OPC members, who gathered at the 7UP/Toll Gate end of the expressway, led other protesters, who were chanting anti-Jega songs, giving reasons why the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, should be sacked before the March 28 elections.