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Perhaps the biggest rape scandal of the decade, the case of Lotanna Odunze-Igwe and Mustapha Audu, one of the sons of Prince Abubakar Audu, a former two-time governor of Kogi State who passed on last Sunday is an interesting one. Lotanna, popularly known by her social media identity, @sugabelly on Sunday  exposed horrible details  of how she repeatedly suffered sexual abuse in the hands of Mustapha, his brothers, his cousin and his friends. Her tweets, laced with graphic details of brutal sexual assault came moments after news of Prince Audu’s death filtered into the Nigerian media. Her story, gory and dehumanising as she portrayed it, immediately drew the sympathy of a wide section of the Nigerian public with condemnation and attacks targeted at the alleged perpetrators of what many thought was only possible in seedy x-rated Hollywood productions. All through this moment, the accused were silent. Their side of the story was completely lost in the social media mob that was al...

Barely three weeks in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has shocked Ministers with salaries and  allowances. He has also imposed dos and don’ts on the ministers including travel restrictions. Most Ministers were said to be embarrassed by the perks of office accruable to them in office. The only leverage the Ministers will enjoy is the privilege of flying in a Business Class on trips. These conditions of service for Ministers were contained in a letter  given to them during the week by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal. The letter said: “I am pleased to inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,  has  appointed  you as  a  Minister in  the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria “The appointment takes effect from 11th November, 2015 under the following Terms and Conditions of Service as contained in “Certain Political, Public and Jud...

After extensive consultations, the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday submitted the name of Yahaya Bello as the party's new candidate for Kogi governorship supplementary poll. Bello replaces Prince Abubakar Audu, who died last weekend after leading the poll with 41,000. It was also learnt that the APC has retained Hon. James Abiodun Faleke as the party's deputy governorship candidate. Mohammed Audu, the son of the late governorship candidate, was dumped by the party because the party felt that fielding him might vitiate the entire governorship poll in the state. But the people of Kogi West were mounting pressure on Faleke yesterday not to accept the nomination of Bello. Although they asked Faleke to withdraw from the race, the deputy governorship candidate was yet to make up his mind on the next step at press time. Investigation by our correspondent revealed that APC leaders, with the backing of some forces in the Presidency, opted for Bello because he ca...

 Shoprite @ Ikeja Lagos shut on Friday  Shoprite @ Ikeja Lagos shut on friday The Lagos State Safety Commission has shut the multi-billion multi-national shopping outlet, Shoprite located at the Ikeja Shopping Mall, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly breaching safety law. Officials of the commission were said to have stormed Shoprite on Friday afternoon and drove everyone out and sealed off the massive premises, placing a seal order at the entrance. The seal order notice read: “Sealed, this premises has been sealed following the breach of safety law. This seal must not be broken. For further enquiries, contact the Commission.” When P.M.NEWS visited the place Friday night, many customers who did not know that the place had been shut were stranded outside the premises. Efforts to get the Director General of the commission to speak on the matter proved abortive as he was not available to attend to our correspondent. However, a source in th...

Zahra, a woman claiming to be the daughter inlaw of Late Prince Abubakar Audu is currently fighting to defend her husband from rape allegations made by twitter user ' @sugabelly ' . See Zahra's tweets below:

Screen Amaechi Just a quick one to inform you that my client, Mustapha Audu is quite disturbed about the trending ‪@‎ Sugabelly‬ false accusations against him and his friends, online, especially as he tries to align with the reality of the death of his beloved father. While I plead with you to apply caution over the allegations, as he (Mustapha has already initiated legal process), I want to assure you that all the allegations flying online are baseless, fales and totally untrue. You will receive next from me, in a moment, a comprehensive report of what really transpired between Sugabelly (Lotanna Igwe-Odunze), how she wanted Mustapha to marry her at all cost, and when that failed, she resulted to cheap blackmaik to gain cheap publicity to promote her blogging career, as well sending associates behind to ask for pay-off from Mustapha. My next mail will reveal and contain shocking details, email conversations, confession of love, 'wild things', imaginations,...

Nigerian women rights advocates have mustered support for Lotanna Igwe-Odunze (@sugabelly), a young Nigerian lady who was allegedly serially gang-raped by the sons of the late former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu. READ: Abubakar Audu’s Sons Gang-Raped Me and Their Father Covered it Up – Woman Taking the lead in efforts to stand up for Ms. Igwe-Odunze are former World Bank Vice-President (Africa Region), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili as well as Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa a former Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs. Dr. Ezekwesili who confirmed on Friday that she was in touch with the mother of the sexual abuse victim vowed to pursue the matter until the facts are fully established and justice is done. Read her tweets: Mrs. Abike Dabiri on her part noted that she sponsored the bill on Violence Against Women and was ready to support Ms. Igwe-Odunze.