Okuneye Idris, the controversial Nigerian crossdresser, who is popularly known as Bobrisky, has reportedly fallen ill while in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos.

After spending the night in a police cell, Bobrisky was rushed to Falomo Police Hospital for medical attention.

A source confirmed the development, stating that he was transferred from the FCID to the hospital for treatment.

The source said, “Bobrisky complained of ‘breast’ pain and was rushed to the Police Hospital in the Falomo area of Lagos around 2:00 p.m. in an ambulance with the plate number LND 339L. He wore a black gown, covered his face with a shawl, and lay down in the ambulance.”

Bobrisky was taken into custody on Monday night by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) following his arrest at the Seme border in Lagos during an alleged attempt to leave the country.

There are indications that he may remain in detention as detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding his arrest. The FCID is expected to obtain a remand order for his continued detention.

A statement from the FCID regarding Bobrisky’s situation is expected later today.

NIS spokesperson, Kenneth Udo, confirmed the arrest, describing Bobrisky as “a person of interest.” He further stated that the NIS had intercepted him at the Seme border as part of their efforts to secure Nigeria’s borders.

Popular Nigerian actor, Ime Bishop, also known as Okon of Lagos, has condemned the growing popularity of plastic surgery among young women.

Bishop warned that changing one’s body goes against God’s original design.

The thespian questioned individuals taking on the role of “project supervisor” for God’s creation, stating that people are trying to improve upon perfection.

Speaking via social media, he encouraged individuals to appreciate and respect their natural beauty, which is created by God.

Bishop highlighted the potential risks and moral implications of plastic surgery while acknowledging personal autonomy.

According to him, “God create you finish, you decide on yourself, by yourself to be project supervisor for God. God create you finish, he submit the work for himself o. Eehhn and you take Gods work wey him don submit finish eehhn, you carry an you begin to mark, you put red biro, you mark, you say adjust the eyes, next time put more efforts on the waist, straighten the b*mb*m.

“You go Dey edit Gods work. After you say put more effort in the legs and eemm straighten the hips, no problem be correcting Gods work, you hear? Mmm it has consequences, in case you don’t know.”

Renowned comedian, Ali Baba has shared his encounter with former military leader, Gen Sani Abacha.

He explained that the encounter was a “near-death experience.”

Ali Baba revealed this on the Leadership Podcast with Stephen Akintayo.

He disclosed that the incident happened during Abacha’s presidency at an event in Abuja where he was tasked with introducing the Akwa Ibom cultural group.

He said, “The first close encounter I had with death was with Sani Abacha. When Abacha was President, Ernest Shonekan had been removed so I went to do an event in Abuja and it was time for the Akwa ibom cultural group to perform. At the time, Abacha was wearing one of those sunglasses that could be folded.

Ali Baba said he boldly asked Abacha to remove his sun glasses.

He said, “So then they started dancing I stopped them and faced Abacha, saying, ‘your excellency, sir, it’s almost 10; why are you wearing Dark shades? Don’t you want to see their performance? Remove this shade na.”

He said Abacha obliged, but the tension escalated when he noticed DSS officers heading backstage.

“He then removed the glasses and was talking to someone and when he kept the glasses I told the troupe to continue. As soon as they started, I saw the DSS officers going backstage to wait for God knows who o,” he added.

Fearing for his safety, he said he decided to sit next to Abacha instead of going backstage, where the operatives awaited.

“I went down the stage to where Abacha was and sat on the ground next to him. He made jokes of me and asked why I refused to go backstage and I said , ‘Don’t worry, sir, they can come and arrest me here,” he concluded.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rejigged his cabinet with the appointment of seven new Ministers.

President sacked five Minister which include Uju-Ken Ohanenye as Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John as Minister of Tourism; Tahir Mamman as Minister of Education; Abdullahi Gwarzo as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development; and Jamila Ibrahim as Minister of Youth Development.

Tinubu nominated Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, while Nentawe Yilwatda as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, officially bringing an end to the tenure of suspended Betta Edu.

The President also nominated Maigari Dingyadi as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Jumoke Oduwole as the Minister of Industry, Idi Maiha as Minister for the newly created Livestock Development Ministry, Yusuf Ata as the Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, with Suwaiba Ahmad as Minister of State Education.

The President charged the newly appointed ministers to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation.

He added that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities.

President Bola Tinubu has carried out his much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle.

The cabinet reshuffle was announced on Wednesday after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which took place at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja.

Naija News reports President Tinubu scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry as well as the Ministry of Sports Development.

He also merged the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.

The cabinet reshuffle is the first to be carried out by President Tinubu since he assumed power as Nigeria’s leader in May 2023.

The President also sacked some Ministers, redesignated some, and appointed some others into his cabinet.

According to a statement from the presidency on Wednesday, President Tinubu sacked five Ministers, thanking them for their contributions to his administration and the governance of the country.

The sacked Ministers are:

1. Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs

2. Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism

3. Prof Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education

4. Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development

5. Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister of Youth Development.

The list of Ministers reassigned to new portfolios are:

1. Hon Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, formerly Minister of State, Education, but now Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty
Reduction

2. Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, formerly Minister of State, Health but now Minister of Education

3. Barr. Bello Muhammad Goronyo, formerly Minister of State, Water Resources and Sanitation, now Minister of State Works.

4. Hon. Abubakar Eshiokpekha Momoh, formerly Minister of Niger Delta Development, now Minister of Regional Development

5. Uba Maigari Ahmadu, formerly Minister of State Steel Development, now Minister of State, Regional Development

6. Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, formerly Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, now Minister of State Finance

7. Sen. John Owan Enoh, formerly Minister of Sports Development, now Minister of State, Trade and Investment [Industry]

8. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, formerly Minister of State, Police Affairs, now Minister of Women Affairs

9. Ayodele Olawande, formerly Minister of State for Youth Development, now Minister for Youth Development

10. Dr. Salako Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye, formerly Minister of State, Environment, now Minister of State, Health.

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Blessing David-Agwa, a fake fertility nurse, before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State.

The EFCC disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Wednesday.

According to the EFCC, David-Agwa’s criminal issues began on August 28 when the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency handed her over to the anti-graft agency for investigation and possible prosecution after discovering that she had presented herself as a medical fertility nurse, thereby defrauding unsuspecting victims.

An investigation into the matter reportedly revealed that the defendant allegedly forged certificates from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and used them to falsely present herself as a medical fertility nurse, specially trained to assist women in getting pregnant with ease.

It was also discovered that the defendant had successfully defrauded over 45 innocent women who fell for her false claims.

The statement revealed that the defendant was arraigned on 45 counts of charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation, forgery, and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N28,278,600.

The statement read, “Count 41 of the charge reads ‘That you, Blessing Amaka David-Agwa, sometime in 2024 in Enugu, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, with intent to defraud, did obtain the total sum of One Million, Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,600,000.00) only from one Okenwa Joy Chiamaka, under the pretence of being a Medical Fertility Nurse (specially trained to assist women to get pregnant with ease), which pretext you knew to be false, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.’

“Count 24 of the charge reads: ‘That you, Blessing Amaka David-Agwa, sometime in 2024 in Enugu, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, with intent to defraud, did obtain the total sum of One Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N1,250,000.00) from one Amarachi Okpala, under the pretence of being a Medical Fertility Nurse (specially trained to assist women to get pregnant with ease), which pretext you knew to be false, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”

The defendant was said to have pleaded not guilty to all counts when they were read to her.

In view of her pleas, counsel to the EFCC, Blessing Obasi, reportedly prayed the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded at the Enugu State Correctional Facility.

The statement added, “However, the defence counsel, G. C. Madubuegwu, informed the court about a pending motion on notice for bail, dated 4th October 2024, and filed on the same date. ‘It is brought pursuant to Section 162 and 165(1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act,’ he said. After moving the said application, he prayed the court to grant the defendant bail on liberal terms.

“Obasi vehemently opposed the application for bail on the grounds that the allegation against the defendant was a serious one, citing the mental health impact on the victims.”

After listening to both sides, Justice Umar reportedly adjourned the matter to November 12, 2024, for a ruling on the bail application.

The defendant was thereafter remanded at the Enugu State Correctional Facility.

The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest of a native doctor and father of a 26-year-old man identified as Chikwado Eze, who died during a botched fortification in the state.

The tragic incident happened at Ugbaike, Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State last week.

According to reports, Chikwado had secured a visa to travel abroad and returned to his village to share the news with his father, Mr. Uwakwe Eze. However, his father insisted on a fortification ritual to ensure his success overseas and took him to a native doctor, Onuwa.

The native doctor identified as Enuwa Odugu, allegedly claimed that Chikwado needed to be buried alive for 1 hour and 30 minutes to be properly fortified. Unfortunately, when Chikwado was exhumed after the stipulated time, he was found dead.

Confirming the incident in a statement issued late Tuesday night by the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the father of the deceased and the native doctor had been arrested.

According to the statement “a native doctor, one Enuwa Odugu “m”, aged 48, and Uwakwe Eze “m”, aged 67, were arrested for conspiracy and murder of Eze’s 26-year-old son, one Chikwado Celestine Eze.

“The incident is alleged to have occurred when Uwakwe Eze took his son to the native doctor’s shrine for a ritual intended to fortify him with charms. However, during the ritual, the deceased was buried in a coffin but he unfortunately died in the process.

“He was rushed to the hospital and confirmed dead by the attending doctor, and his body deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.”

He said that the native doctor had confessed to the crime and other previous performances of such rituals, attributing the death of the victim to his non-adherence to certain ritualistic rules he earlier prescribed for him.

“The case is under investigation, and the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded,” Ndukwe said.

President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council have announced the scrapping of the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.

According to a tweet by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday, the decision was reached during the FEC meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday.

The statement read, “President Tinubu and Federal Executive Council scrap Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of sports development.

“There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission , North East Development Commission.”

He also said the responsibilities previously held by the Ministry of Sports Development will now be transferred to the National Sports Commission, which will take charge of sports-related activities in Nigeria.

“The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports,” he stated.

Additionally, the FEC approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy, creating a single entity.

Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Anti-kidnap Unit of the Federal Capital Police Command in connection with the alleged abduction of some pastors of ECWA church in Bwari Area Council of the FCT.

The FCT police commissioner, CP Olatunji Disu, who disclosed this while parading the suspects at the command in Abuja on Monday, said the suspects were arrested following a raid on the kidnappers’ hideout at Kweri forest that borders Kaduna and the FCT.

Disu said the suspects were responsible for various armed robberies/kidnappings as well as attacks on pastors’ quarters belonging to ECWA church in Dnapoyi village in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, Mpape village, Daupe village.

He gave the names of the suspects as Hussaini Adamu, Yau Adamu and Aminu Adamu, saying the suspects were led by their gang leader, Gwan Umar, which he said is based in the forest in Kaduna State.

He said the suspects had confessed to killing of one Comfort Oyanga adding that Felix Sanyo and Julius Oyanga were abducted at Daupe in Tafa LGA of Niger State, while a sum of N80 million ransom was paid by the victims’ family.

According to him, the suspects also collectively kidnapped one Dimas Maisamari in Mpape, FCT alongside some victims, which he said were all taken to Kaduna forest.

He said the suspects collected a ransom running into millions of naira from families of the victims, even as he said efforts were ongoing to trace and arrest other wanted kidnappers on the command’s list.

The police commissioner said exhibits recovered included two AK 47 rifles, 85 rounds of live 7.62 ammunition 3 AK 47 magazines and one locally-made gun.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed 55,859 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the forthcoming governorship polls in Ondo State.

The development was confirmed in a statement released on Tuesday by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee.

Olumekun stated that the collection of the PVCs will be transferred to the commission’s local government offices.

The statement indicated that for a duration of five days, the commission facilitated the collection of PVCs from the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in all 203 wards throughout Ondo State.

The Ondo Governorship election is scheduled for November 16, 2024.

In light of this, INEC has urged remaining voters to collect their PVCs from their respective local government offices, reiterating its stance that no cards will be collected on behalf of others.

“The commission is pleased to announce that at the end of the five days, 55,859 cards were personally collected by new registrants and applicants for transfer and replacement of lost or damaged cards as provided by law. This figure represents 62.2% of the 89,777 cards available for collection.

“This is the highest percentage of PVCs collected in five days in Ondo State since the commission introduced the CVR in 2015. A detailed breakdown of the collection by local government areas has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.

“Meanwhile, the collection will resume in our 18 local government offices in Ondo State from tomorrow (Wednesday, October 23) to Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily (including the weekend). Detailed information on the locations of our local government offices in Ondo State is already available on our website,” the statement read.