Davido assault incident ‘under investigation

Davido’s publicist Valerie Obaze has finally responded to our mails on the assault allegations levelled against the pop singer.

‘Thanks very much for your email. The incident is currently under further investigation so I am unable to comment’, Obaze wrote, in a brief reply to out lengthy E-mail, asking to confirm if there was an altercation.

She however promised to give proper ‘feedback within the next 24-48 hours’.

Davido had taken to micro-blogging site Twitter hours ago to and tweeted what seemed like a response to the on-going controversy. ‘Wow! Don’t believe everything u read people. SMH. #andthatisall’, he tweeted.

Over the weekend, it was reported that the pop star had allegedly assaulted a taxi driver, Femi Ajibola, who reportedly took the case to the Police.

'I love him': Teenager defies racist parents who beat her for having a black boyfriend by moving in with him

A teenager beaten by her parents for having a black boyfriend has moved in with him and defied her parents declaring, 'I love him'.
Jane Champion was attacked by her parents David and Frances Champion after they returned home and found her in a 'state of undress' with Alfonce Ncube.
They repeatedly punched their 17-year-old daughter in the face and shouted racist abuse while kicking her boyfriend out of the family home.
However, since her parents were jailed for the attack she's moved in with Alfonce in a flat in Swansea while the pair study at the city's university.

After throwing the waiter out of the house, Mr Champion, 50, grabbed his daughter by her hair and started to hit her, prosecutor Nicola Powell said during the court case.

Racial abuse: Boyfriend Aflonce Ncube was subjected to racial abuse and physical assault from Jane's parents because of his race

‘He told her she was destroying the family and pushed her out of the door, Champion shouting racist language to describe Mr Ncube,’ she added.
Jane went to stay with her grandmother but returned to her parents in St Thomas, Swansea, once the situation had apparently calmed down.
But a month later her parents challenged her over Mr Ncube when they returned from a pub.
‘David Champion asked his daughter if she was still seeing Mr Ncube. When she told him she was, he punched her in the face,’ said Miss Powell.
‘Miss Champion said she felt huge pain to her left eye but her father then grabbed her by the throat and continued hitting her.’
Mrs Champion, 47, then began hitting her daughter – causing swelling on her face and lumps on her head – yelling abuse at the teenager saying: ‘You deserve it. It is all your fault.’ Swansea Crown Court was told Mrs Champion said her daughter had ‘brought shame on her family’.
The couple then went in search of Mr Ncube at the Swansea restaurant where he worked.
When they were removed from the premises Mrs Champion continued to bang on the restaurant window. John Hipkin, defending her husband, said his client knew that it was an ‘abhorrent’ assault, adding: ‘It’s not excusable in any way, shape or form.
‘But the circumstances in which he found his young daughter meant he reacted in a terrible way. Lessons have been learned.’
Georgina Buckley, defending Mrs Champion, said: ‘She accepts her actions were fuelled by alcohol and that she confronted her daughter in a wholly unacceptable and disgusting way.
‘She is remorseful and her daughter has sent her a text message before the court hearing wishing her well.’

Jailed for the 'vile' attack: Father David Champion (right) was sentenced to 12 months in jail and mother Frances (left) to nine months after punching and hitting their 17-year-old daughter and kicking her boyfriend

Judge Peter Heywood told the couple: ‘Your behaviour was disgraceful and you used vile language.
‘We live in a liberal and enlightened society and these sorts of racist behaviour cannot be tolerated. The way you reacted was totally inappropriate.
‘I would be failing in my public duty if I was to do anything other than impose a custodial sentence.’
Mr Champion was sentenced to 12 months in prison and his wife to nine months. Both admitted assaulting their daughter.
Mr Champion also pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated assault against Mr Ncube and his wife admitted a racial abuse charge.

'You deserve it': Jane was punched in the face by her father after admitting she was still dating Mr Ncube. Her mother also hit her, saying 'you deserve it. It is all your fault.'

The couple have another daughter, who is 12.
The court heard that Mr Ncube suffered a dead leg in the first attack after being kicked by Mr Champion.
Jane, who is studying sports science at college, suffered bleeding from her ear in the second attack at the hands of her mother. She met Mr Ncube at the college and the pair have been dating for two years. He moved from his native Zimbabwe to Southend in Essex when he was eight.
Miss Champion said her parents had apologised for their actions and she had forgiven them.
She told the Mail: ‘I have seen my parents a few times since they were arrested and they are very sorry for what they did. I don’t know why they did it. Alfie and I love each other very much.’
Her parents originally pleaded not guilty to charges in two earlier appearances but later changed their plea to avoid a trial.
Speaking outside the family’s terraced house on a quiet street in Swansea, a relative said they wanted to reunite Jane with her parents.
The family spokesman said: ‘We’re trying to get the family back together again. We are working on getting Jane and her parents back speaking.
‘It’s been a terrible case for everyone involved. Now we just want to put it all behind us'.

19 villages, 10,000 houses await the bulldozer

“Government has no plan to relocate those that are affected because they built illegally without the relevant land documents and Building Plan Approval,” –FCT Development Control. By FRED ITUA and CHIDINMA IRENE NWOYE As the day slated for the first phase of the demolition of 19 villages draws near, those described by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration as illegal residents have their fears heighten. If the rumored demolition of the 19 villages goes on as planned, over 300,000 residents will be displaced and rendered homeless as some of the villagers whose places have been marked for this onslaught told Abuja Metro.

Gunmen attack central Nigeria church preparing for Bible study, killing 19 and wounding others

Two gunmen sprayed the windowless sanctuary Monday night with fire from Kalashnikov assault rifles, said Lt. Col. Gabriel Olorunyomi, the head of a local joint army and police unit.
Another armed man stayed back and switched off the generator providing lights in the church, leaving those inside unable to flee as the gunfire flashed through the darkness, witness Lawan Saliu said. Saliu, who suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach, spoke from a hospital bed Tuesday.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the violence came as Nigeria is facing attacks from a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.
Olorunyomi said 15 people died in the church and four died later from their injuries. He said the number of wounded remained unknown, but that some of them sought care in hospitals, while others remained at home. A rescue official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that probably fewer than 20 people were wounded in the attack.
Soldiers and police officers searched for gunmen through Monday night, but had made no arrests on Tuesday, said Kogi state police spokesman Simon Ile.
Later on Tuesday, three gunmen on a motorcycle shot at a military patrol vehicle in Okene, said Olorunyomi. Police said two soldiers were killed in the attack.
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sacrilege” in the Hausa language of Nigeria’s mostly Muslim north, has attacked churches in the past. The sect has also has attacked mosques. However, Boko Haram has not previously claimed responsibility for attacks on places of worship this far south.
The national chief of police, Mohammed Abubakar, said in a statement Tuesday that he has ordered a 24-hour surveillance of all places of worship in the central state of Kogi state, which has not suffered such attacks.
In April, however, authorities there raided a bomb factory run by suspected sect members. They also blamed Boko Haram for a February prison break in the Kogi town of Koton-Karifi that freed 119 inmates. That attack mirrored a massive prison break in the northeastern city of Bauchi in September 2010 when Boko Haram freed about 700 inmates.
The sect is blamed for more than 660 killings this year alone in Nigeria, according to an Associated Press count.
Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people, is divided between a predominantly Muslim north and mainly Christian south. While members of the two faiths often live and work together, and intermarry, Boko Haram attacks have increased religious tensions in the nation over the last year.