Sam Loco Efe’s 5th Year Remembrance: How He Died, His Unfulfilled Dream

Today Makes it 5years since Sam Loco Efe died apparently sitting on his seat in a hotel room of causes nowsuspected to be asthma.

He was found dead on a Sunday morning 7th of August 2011 with ventolin inhalers beside him in the hotel room where he lodged. The room was forced open after he failed to come down after retiring the previous night.

Contrary to reports that he was on location in Owerri, Imo State, Vanguard learnt, that he was actually in Owerri editing a yet untitled film produced by Bayelsa State born Favour Ogosi. Former Vice President, Actors Guild of Nigeria (South -East) and a close confidant of the deceased, Mr Steve Eboh, told Vanguard the events that led to the actor’s death.

He said: “On the night before his demise, he had, as usual, exchanged banter and jokes with friends and colleagues till about 11p.m. before retiring to his room. “But the next morning when he didn’t come down for breakfast, worried colleagues went knocking on his door. Of course, they knew he was inside. And when no response came, they called me. I then advised that the hotel contact the police. And when the room was eventually opened, the cold body of Sam was found on a seat in the room. “And on the table and the floor, the police were alleged to have found a cannister or two of ventolin inhalers.”

Unfulfilled Dream Efe died without fulfilling the dream of taking a deserved rest at his Abakaliki, Ebonyi State farm house, Eboh said yesterday. “Because I was nominated for the City People Awards and couldn’t go to see him in Owerri, he told me he would first stop over at Yenagoa and on today travel to his farm in Abakaliki, Ebonyi to wait for me. He said he was going to the farm house to rest and take a break from the rigours of film shooting and editing. That never happened because he died the next morning.”

The then President Goodluck Jonathan described the late actor as an accomplished artiste whose works helped to raise the dignity and style of the industry. Fashola on his part praised him for his unwavering commitment to his chosen profession despite the challenges he met.

President Jonathan’s condolence was conveyed through a press statement by Dr Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Gov. Fashola in his condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Akeem Bello, to the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Mr. Segun Arinze, described the deceased as an extraordinarily gifted thespian whose mastery of his craft on both stage and screen was unrivalled.
May His Soul Continue to Rest in Peace Amen.

Beautiful NYSC Corp Member Dies in Fatal Motor Accident In Gombe (Photo)

A NYSC corp member identified as Thelma Stephen Wudiri who was serving in Gombe state, has been reported to have lost her life yesterday in a ghastly motor accident few kilometers to Maiduguri yesterday, 5th August, 2016.

A Facebook user, Nema Gombe shared the tragic news on her page.

So sad… see below:

May the soul of the deceased rest in the bosom of the Lord.

My Wife Is A Jealous Woman – Diamond Platinumz

Diamond Platinumz is married to a woman who is older than him and she is a very jealous wife who doesn’t really feel comfort when it comes to his female fans.

Whenever he is out to shoot music videos, she will not let him rest until she is sure that no lady is trying anything funny around her man.

He said:

“Whenever I’m shooting videos, she’s not always there, but she could call me up to 50 times. When I eventually show her the video, and she watches some scenes where I’m frolicking with women, she asks me why I did that. But I make her understand that I’m a musician, and that’s part of my job.”

He continued, “There was a time I was in Europe for a tour, and I tweeted ‘Where my ladies at …’ She took offence to that and said why was I asking for the ladies, that do I want them to come and meet me. I told her it means nothing, and it’s only part of our artistic language.”

“We Are Being Persecuted” – Nigerian Witches And Wizards Cry Out

A group in Edo state, has complained that its members were being persecuted, pleading that the persecution should stop.

This was made known by Dr Okhue Iboi, the Publicity Secretary of Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria (WITCAN), while speaking about the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State, shortly after their meeting in Irrua, Edo State.

His words:

“Members of our association are apolitical. We are not partisan. Our own concern as stakeholders in the project called Nigeria is for peace and unity to reign. Our own witches group are not evil.

We do good, and promote whatever will bring progress to mankind. We love Nigeria.

We were holding our monthly meeting at Irrua, and, suddenly, while looking at our crystal ball in the coven, we saw some things that were frightening concerning Edo and thereafter I was mandated as the spokesperson of the group to deliver this message to the governor, and other stakeholders that have one thing or the other to do with the governorship election in Edo State.

But we are making a special appeal to Governor Oshiomhole because he is the Chief Security Officer of the state.

He should liaise with the police, INEC and other stakeholders to ensure that peace is maintained before, during and after the elections.

“Witches are not joking over this Edo election. We will not allow any individual or group to destroy the state or give it a bad name.

It is unfortunate that many Nigerians are hypocrites. When they hear witches or read about witches, what comes to their mind is evil or darkness. For our own witches group, we are children of light. We are for good.

Have people forgotten that even in the Bible there is a story of King Saul who consulted a witch when he was about to go into a battle to enable him know how the battle will go?

Again people tend to forget that Nigeria is a secular state, Nigeria doesn’t belong to only Christians and Muslims, the nation is for all faiths. They should stop persecuting witches or look at us with disdain.

As stakeholders they should allow us to make our own contributions to the growth and development of the country.”

The witches spokesperson added that the election is going to be a straight battle between the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Godwin Obaseki, and that of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Pastor Ize Iyamu.

“The battle is a straight one between Iyamu and Obaseki, and the election is going to be hotly contested. But on who is going to win, we are holding an emergency meeting at Ofosu next Wednesday, and the person who is going to win the election will be revealed to us at that meeting.”

Update On Ebonyi Girl Who Was Stripped & Flogged After Allegedly Been Caught With Boyfriend By Her Father

Still on The Story of the Girl who was Flogged By Someone who was reportedly her father..who apparently, caught her pants down with her boyfriend…

By now, you should know the above story above isn’t true…The man who flogged her wasn’t her father..Neither did he catch her pants down with her boyfriend..

Apparently, the girl named Uzoamaka, is a victim of sexual harassment – and was being bullied by a lawmaker whose advances she had turned down severally.

Read another update shared by Linus Abaa Okorie, an accountant who took up Uzoamaka’s case and is fighting that justice be served on the men who humiliated her.

UZOAMAKA CHUKWU: VICTIM OF BRUTALITY AND TRAUMA. ‪#‎justice4uzoamaka‬

Earlier today, I met one on one with Uzoamaka Chukwu, the unfortunate 15 year old JSS 2 student from Uburu in Ohaozara LGA of my constituency who was recently made “popular” by unknown persons who brutalized and dehumanized her through torture and defilement of her humanity. I met her on the invitation of her family who seek inquest into her sickening ordeal and also justice for her.

I also insisted on hearing directly from her on the circumstances of her torture and public defilement. For if I must speak about it, I should do so on the strength of first hand information and a conviction that she is truly a victim.

Her story is heartrending and painful. And truly she is a victim of inhumanity and highhandedness of misplaced power/authority.

First, she is a 15 year old minor and wait for it…an ORPHAN! Her father died while she was only 4 in 2004 and her mother painfully followed suit two years later in 2006 when she was barely 6 years old. So she had no father to catch her in the immoral circumstance that was earlier reported. That story is on all scores a fabrication to deceive the public into antagonizing her to cover the tracks of her aggressors.

Two, her family is too poor to own that ‘rich’ apartment where she was tortured, molested and traumatized or the cars in the foreground of the premises.

Indeed, she claims to know the owner of the house who she reports is the leader and master minder of her unfortunate ordeal. She remembers and positively identified more than four persons who participated in that show of inhumanity on her.

More disturbing of her revelations is the fact that TWO SERVING POLICEMEN were actively involved in this inhuman and illegal act of primitivity, along with a key political leader of her immediate environment.

These two categories of public officers are those to whom one would have expected her to run if confronted with the circumstance as she suffered in their hands.

While condemning the grievous and indecent dehumanizationvthat was the torture and public unclading of Uzoamaka, one is more particularly alarmed by the mindless act of video recording the entire nauseating scene and posting online of such vile and murderous product by the same perpetrators.

Finally, I refuse to pronounce anyone guilty in this most inhuman criminality pending thorough investigation by security agencies, I however condemn it in the most strongest of terms.

I wish to assure the family who has approached me as their representative, and all well meaning persons, to assist them in ensuring that proper investigation is conducted into this matter to unravel the truth and to pursue justice for little Uzoamaka that I shall commit every energy available to me to ensure that this matter is not swept under any carpet and that no other child is made to suffer such indignity and inhumanity on any account. I invite all men and women of good will to support this cause. I am convinced that this is well within the mandate I bear and that I enjoy your support in this regard.

Finally, I appeal to the Inspector-General of Police as well as the Commissioner of Police Ebonyi State, Compol Peace Ibekwe Abdalla, to ensure that proper investigation is urgently conducted into this matter in order to bring all culprits to swift justice. I am going to remain vigilant on this matter and appeal to everyone else to do the same. This is about the humanity in us. It’s not about Uzoamaka or whoever is involved in this debacle.
#justice4uzoamaka

Pictures below are:

1. Traumatized Uzoamaka undergoing rehabilitation and medical attention.

2. Uzoamaka with her elder sister Ukamaka

3. One of the offensive pictures released online earlier by her dehumanizers

Linda Ikeji Spends ₦85m Moving Into New Office That Cost ₦10m/year Rent

Blogger, Linda Ikeji has finally heeded the advice of some of her friends who have for long urged her to establish a proper business with a practical structure.
According to Sunday Scoop, Linda moved into an office whose rent has been estimated to be about N10m per annum in highbrow Lekki Phase 1.

The building, we learnt, has been partitioned into 22-room offices, housing studio, editing suite, two lounges, VIP waiting room, radio booth, section for her yet- to- be unveiled Linda Ikeji Music, LIS administrative office, bloggers office and her own office.

Ikeji, who has engaged the services of top professionals to man different departments, is launching two additional businesses that are online related, TV programmes and an online radio.

One of the businesses she will be launching is Linda Ikeji Music, which we learnt will be in competition with NotjustOk. The other one is LIS which might have something to do with fashion.

“Linda has finally registered her company and is planning to move on to greater things beyond the success that everybody can see. She feels there is still much that she could still achieve, there are unconquered territories and many unexplored opportunities between the worlds of social media she needs to explore.

 She is not just satisfied with being the number one blogger and she doesn’t want to remain a one-man business anymore. She has the track record and what it takes to function as one of the business houses in Africa and that is what she is doing,” A source in the know told Sunday Scoop.

Sunday Scoop visited the office and while interacting with some of the workers on site, it was revealed that equipping the office has so far cost the blogger about ₦85m.

Despite repeated enquiries, the blogger told Sunday Scoop that when she is ready she would speak about the new development.

Miracle! See How A Woman Gave Birth To Quadruplets At Ongoing RCCG Holy Ghost Congress

Wow! This is an awesome news for Christians around the world. Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the

Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), had cause to celebrate on Thursday, August 4, 2016 with the announcement that one of the female participants at this year’s Holy Ghost congress, gave birth to quadruplets.

An excited Adeboye said it was the first of its kind since the annual convention commenced.

Daddy GO, as he is fondly called across Nigeria, also announced that since the 64th annual convention started at the Redemption Camp, kilometre 46, Lagos – Ibadan Expressway, Ogun state, a total of 67 children had been born as at the evening of Thursday.

“For the first time in the history of our conventions and our maternity centre, a woman gave birth to four babies,” he told a cheering crowd of participants.

Three of the babies are boys while one is a girl, according to a report by Tribune