P-Square Star’s Paternity Dispute: “London Baby” His First Child, Says Family Source

Elshamah Igbanoi and P-Square's Paul Okoye photographed together at a show

The paternity controversy between Nigerian music star and entertainer, P-2 (real name Paul Okoye), and a beauty pageant contestant and model, Elshamah Igbanoi, has taken a new twist. 3m360 first broke the news that Ms. Elshamah was stuck in London over unpaid maternity bills after giving birth to a baby boy she said was fathered by Paul.
A close relative of Mr. Okoye’s has contacted 3m360 and asserted that the baby born by Ms. Elshamah Igbanoi, a former Miss Plateau State, is in fact the musician-entertainer’s first child. A few weeks ago, P-Square had thrown a party in Atlanta, Georgia to welcome another baby born by a different lover of his.
Our initial report about the musician’s paternity dispute with the former Miss Plateau went viral. However, Mr. Paul Okoye has kept mum, even though some blogs reported that his public relations claimed that the paternity report was a “hoax” and even an “April Fools’ joke.”
A family source close to Mr. Okoye, known as “P-2” in the hip-hop musical duo P-Square, said the music artist was aware of Ms. Igbanoi’s pregnancy for him about the same time another lady, Anita, became pregnant for him. The source disclosed that the baby born in London is in fact Mr. Okoye’s first son, since he was born on April 7, 2013, three days before Anita delivered another baby in Atlanta on April 10, 2013.
However, while P-2 was in Atlanta to announce the birth of Anita’s son, he abandoned Ms. Igbanoi to her fate in the UK. In our earlier report, we disclosed that the beauty pageant contestant’s hospital bills of more than 5000 pounds sterling were yet to be paid. We also reported that Ms. Igbanoi had received several demands for payment from Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital on Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS where her baby was born.
3m360 obtained several photographs indicating that Ms. Elshamah Igbanoi attended the burial of P-2’s mother on August 2, 2012 while she was already pregnant for him.
The family source lamented that Paul and his team members were out to portray Elshama as a groupie who was after the musician’s fame and wealth. “We know her to be a responsible lady who trusted Paul,” said the source. He added: “She had been with him since she was 17 years old.” Ms. Igbanoi is now 19 years old and third year law student at the University of Jos.
Elshama’s parents are successful lawyers in Nigeria, while she is a third year law student at the University of Jos.
Ms. Igbanoi is still in London and is now in an apartment with her new-born baby named Mishel Paul Okoye.

Boko Haram Onslaught on Bama: Two Soldiers, 22 policemen, 14 Prison Warders, 13 Terrorists Killed In Military Barracks Fight With PHOTOS

By SaharaReporters, New York

Military sources have told SaharaReporters that Tuesday’s unprecedented onslaught on Bama by suspected Boko Haram terrorists resulted in the death of two soldiers and 13 of the invaders during the fight at the military barracks.

At the police barracks, a woman and two children were burnt to death, our sources said.

They also confirmed that 22 policemen were shot dead by the terrorists at the Divisional Police Station, and 14 prison officials killed at Bama Prison Station.

“The attack was repelled by soldiers on sentry a little distance from the Barrack’s Fence,” one of them said, appearing to be downplaying the severity of the incident at the military facility.

SaharaReporters had earlier been told by sources that security agencies were still counting the numbers of the dead, and that several police were killed in the attack in which the militants released as many as 150 prisoners in Bama Prison.  All the warders on duty were reported to have died.

SaharaReporters has also learned that the following structures were attacked and burnt:

·      The Police Area Command and Divisional Police Station;

·      Bama Prison Station;

·      Magistrate Court;

·      Primary Health Centre, and

·      Police/MOPOL Barracks

The following items were recovered: 3 AK 47 Rifles; 8 RPG launchers; 3 RPG Bombs, and eight magazines

Earlier today, security sources told SaharaReporters that today’s brazen attack on military, prison and police formations in Bama is perhaps the biggest undertaken by Boko Haram militants.

In an attack on Bama on April 26, suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed a Divisional Police Officer and scores of police officers.

Three days later, on April 29, a Boko Haram/JTF duel resulted in the death of 17 persons.  About 200 homes were reportedly burnt to the ground.

Lauryn Hill Sentenced To Three Months In Prison For Tax Evasion

Eight-time Grammy winning singer Lauryn Hill, seen here as she walkeds to federal court in Newark, N.J., on Monday was sentenced to three months in prison

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.

'I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them,' Hill said before U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo. 'I had an economic system imposed on me.'

Hill, who started singing with the Fugees as a teenager in the 1990s before releasing her multiplatinum 1998 album 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,' pleaded guilty last year to failing to pay taxes on more than $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007.

Monday's sentencing also took into account unpaid state and federal taxes in 2008 and 2009 that brought the total earnings to about $2.3 million.

Despite having paid more than $900,000 in the past several days, Hill still owes interest and penalties, the U.S. attorney's office said.

In a forceful but controlled statement to the judge punctuated by occasional raps with her first on the podium, Hill described how she failed to pay taxes during a period when she'd dropped out of the music business to protect herself and her children, who now number six.

She said the treatment she received while she was in the entertainment business led to her decision to leave it.

'There were veiled threats, there was blacklisting,' she said, without giving specifics. 

'I was told, "That's how it goes, it comes with the territory." I came to be perceived as a cash cow and not a person. When people capitalize on a persona, they forget there is a person in there.'

In addition to serving three months in prison, Hill must pay a $60,000 fine. After she is released from prison, she will be under parole supervision for a year, the first three months of which will be spent under home confinement.

The 37-year-old South Orange resident had faced a maximum sentence of one year each on three counts of failing to file taxes. Her attorney had sought probation, arguing that Hill's charitable works, her family circumstances and the fact she paid back the taxes she owed should merit consideration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Moser acknowledged Hill's creative talent and work on behalf of impoverished children but called Hill's explanation for her actions 'a parade of excuses centering around her feeling put upon' that don't exempt her from her responsibilities.

'She wasn't interested in all those years in paying what she owed,' Moser told the judge.

At the time of her arrest last year, Hill wrote a criticism rejecting pop culture's 'climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism.'

'Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual,' Hill wrote.

'I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities, but I did however put my safety, health and freedom and the freedom, safety and health of my family first over all other material concerns! I also embraced my right to resist a system intentionally opposing my right to whole and integral survival.'

Hill is to report to prison by July 8.

It's not clear where she'll serve her sentence. She didn't comment after the sentencing.

She said in a recent post online that she has signed a recording contract with Sony.

'She is looking forward to putting her case behind her and getting back to her music and creating again,' attorney Nathan Hochman said.

Hill has a lot of mouths to feed back home. She has five children with Rohan Marley, son of Bob, and a sixth with another man.

Source

And oh, If you are a fan of Lauryn, she released a new single titled 'Neurotic society' a few days ago.

Lauryn through the song resounds her musical dexterity, reminding fans why they fell in love with her years back.

Neurotic society in typical Lauryn style is conscious music. Sick Jam.

Chris Brown escapes plane crash as private jet makes emergency landing

A private jet carrying Chris Brown was forced to make an emergency landing in Burbank yesterday after the cockpit filled with smoke after takeoff … TMZ has learned.

We’ve confirmed … Brown boarded a Gulfstream 3 jet in Burbank and was headed for Teterboro, NJ … so he could attend the Met Gala event.

But sources tell us … roughly 7 to 8 minutes into the flight, everyone on board began to notice smoke filling the plane.

One source told us, “It was A LOT of smoke … everywhere.”

The pilot immediately turned the plane around and performed an emergency landing back at Burbank airport.

We’re told the passengers were scared … but the pilot was cool, calm and collected … and couldn’t have handled the situation better.

Here’s the crazy part — after the plane touched down, Brown decided he STILL wanted to get to the Met Gala event in NY … and boarded ANOTHER private jet within an hour of touching down.

Brown eventually made it to Teterboro … but he didn’t make the Met Gala event. However, he DID make it to an after-party, where he arrived with a smile (see picture above).

Question is … would YOU get back on a plane after an emergency landing?

Police Arraign Canadian For Allegedly Scamming Woman Of N15 Million

The police on Tuesday arraigned a Canadian, Jim Mansfield, at a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly cheating one Hajiya Binta Muktar of N15 million.

The prosecutor, Tope Falode, told the court that Muktar reported the matter to the Interpol on May 2012.

Falode said that in May 2012, Muktar leased her house located at No 3, Udi-Hill Close, Aso Drive, to Mansfield with an agreement that he should pay N15 million into her account.

However, he said, Mansfield fraudulently possessed the said house and refused to credit Muktar’s account.

The prosecutor added that the accused, in July 2012, presented forged documents from Wells Faruo Bank to Muktar, claiming to have deposited the said sum into her account, an offence which contravened sections 312, 321 and 368 of the Penal Code.

Section 312 of the code states that whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or fined or both.

Section 368 states that whoever has in his possession any forged document shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 14 years and shall also be liable to fine.

However, Mansfield, pleaded not guilty to the charges as his Counsel, Mr David Ashaolu, prayed the court to grant bail on liberal terms.

Ashaolu said his client would not jump bail and would not jeopardise investigation in the case.

But the prosecutor objected the bail of the accused, and said, “the accused is not a Nigerian and he is likely to jump bail”.

The prosecutor also alleged that the accused had two different passports bearing two different names.

“The accused has a Canadian passport bearing the name Jim Mansfiled and a UK passport with the name James Michael Mansfiled.’’

The Senior Magistrate, Mr Tony Ubani, granted the accused bail in the sum of N5 million with two sureties in like sum.

He said one of the sureties must be a civil servant of not less than Grade Level 13 and must be living within the court’s jurisdiction.

He said the civil servant must deposit the original copies of his employment and last promotion letter and bank statement of account for the last three months in the court.

The second surety should be reasonable and swear to an affidavit of having not less than N2 million in his account.

Ubani then adjourned the matter to May 20 for hearing.

Olamide kicking it with dbanj in Atlanta

Man-of-the-moment Olamide continues to stir the pot with rumors that he may become the newest member of dbanj's DB records 

Hip hop fans know that Olamide has been riding
with dbanj and his crew for a while now. He's been featured on dbanj's single. First, it came as a huge surprise that dbanj teamed up with Olamide for the new single 'Ibadi e' off DKM album. And they've been spotted on set of the song's video shoot together. If that wasn't enough to spark the rumors, the two arrived at the Nigerian entertainment conference held few days ago together.

Now with so much dbanj affiliation, and all the buzz surrounding Olamide, he's presently in atlanta, USA with eja nla himself working on a project (according to a reliable) and yeah living it up.

Only time will tell if Olamide becomes part of the DB records Music family, but the rapper will be dropping his much anticipated mixtape ( he calls it 'street tape') 'S.O.S' on June 12th.

Court remands 20 students in prison over alleged murder of lecturer

A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court 1 has on Tuesday remanded 20 students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja in prison, over alleged rioting and murder of their lecturer, Mr Nathaniel Abimaje.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Levi Animoku, gave the order when the accused persons were arraigned before him.

He said that the offence of culpable homicide with which they were charged carried death penalty under Section 221 of the Penal Code and was not bailable.

The Police Prosecutor, Mr Samuel Ikutanwa, told the court that the accused were armed with dangerous weapons.

He listed the weapons to include axe, guns and cutlasses.

He said, “on April 19, the accused incited some unidentified students of the institution to riot.

“They were protesting the setting up of a panel to look into the cases of examination malpractice.

“During the rampage, the accused allegedly beat and stabbed Abimaje severally and left him in a pool of his blood.

“The lecturer was rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, but died before he could receive medical attention,” Ikutanwa said.

He urged the court to remand the accused in prison pending the conclusion of the investigations.