Quote:Five Nigerian states will get a refund of over one hundred and forty-eight billon naira (N148,141,969,161.24) for road projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government.

This was as the Senate on Tuesday, November 24 approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for a refund of the said sum to the affected states.

Igbere TV gathers the five states to include, Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, Osun and Ondo. The money will be refunded to the coffers of the states government.

The approval was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts Chaired by Senator Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo Central).

Ordia in his presentation stated that most of the Federal highways in the beneficiary states where said projects were executed “were at a deplorable state before the intervention of the state governments.”

According to him, “series of visits were carried out by the Federal Ministry it Works and Housing on all Federal Roads completed by the States and ascertained that the quality off work done met the required standard.”

The lawmaker however noted that states like Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa and Ondo States embarked on the highway projects execution as far back as 2005 to date.

He added that while the State Governments have completed all projects, as well as paid all contractors, the Federal Bureau of Procurement on its part certified that due process was followed accordingly.

https://igberetvnews.com/1372872/roads-rivers-bayelsa-others-get-n148bn-refund-senate-approves-buharis-request/

Quote:Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to fall for those who would eclipse the main issue wracking Lagos State in a needless, solicitous self immersed scheming in partisan engagement.

Bode George also advises former Governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande not to engage in fruitless pleading sessions for a man who is fixated on a warped pipe-dream about governing Nigeria.

“The visit of Chief Bisi Akande, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, Dr Yomi Finnih, and Chief Segun Osoba to the seat of power in Abuja is needless, unnecessary, veiled in some poorly hidden agenda that is woven in apparently self-serving ulterior personalised desperation.

It is easy to discern that the visit is stripped of any patriotic progression, lacking in balanced national leadership, voided of a spirit of sacrifice and developmental vision. The very absence of Bola Tinubu from the jamboree screams to high heavens that the meeting itself is a covert placatory softening of the ground for Tinubu himself. I am pretty certain that in his very absence, Tinubu occupies the centrality of the discussion.

Bode George, who is Atona Oodua of Yorubaland in his message titled, “The jamboree visit to the Villa: My Birthday Offering.” said that the very pivot of the Lagosian malady is the reckless, irresponsible misappropriation of the Lagosian commonwealth by Tinubu.

“This much I have documented in several public interventions. This, I may add, contributed to the heightened scale of the disgruntlement and the anger of the youths who made the Lekki Tollgates the very symbol of their rejection of the politics of subjugation.

“I will advise Baba Akande who governed Osun State with principled, incorruptible leadership to kindly help us drop off Bola Tinubu at Iragbiji as he makes his way back to Ila-Orangun, rather than engaging in fruitless pleading sessions for a man who is fixated on a warped pipe-dream about governing Nigeria. He should pay restitution for the egregious stripping of the Lagosian coffers.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/2023-buhari-should-be-wary-of-people-trying-to-market-tinubu-%e2%80%95-bode-george/

Quote:This afternoon I virtually commissioned the 5,000 barrels per day Waltersmith Modular Refinery in Ibigwe, Imo State, in fulfillment of our Refinery Roadmap. I am pleased to note that work is now commencing on expansion of the capacity of the refinery to 50,000 barrels per day.

We rolled out our administration’s Refinery Roadmap in 2018, with the ultimate goal of making Nigeria a net exporter of petroleum products. The Roadmap has four key elements, namely, Rehabiliation of existing refineries, Greenfield Refineries, Co-location & Modular Refining.

I am delighted that the Waltersmith Refinery is coming on-stream within two years of the commencement of the Roadmap, and after many years of granting licenses for the establishment of modular refineries with nothing to show for it.

https://twitter.com/MBuhari/status/1331233049015619584

Quote:Nigerian activist and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, Aisha Yesufu has been listed amongst the BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for the year 2020.

The highly vocal activist was listed alongside Sanna Marin who leads Finland’s all-female coalition government, Michelle Yeoh, star of the new Avatar and Marvel films and Sarah Gilbert, who heads the Oxford University research into a coronavirus vaccine, as well as Jane Fonda, a climate activist and actress.

According to the BBC, this year’s 100 Women list “is highlighting those who are leading change and making a difference during these turbulent times.”

Who is Aisha Yesufu?

Born on December 12 1974 in Kano State, northwest Nigeria, Aisha Yesufu is a socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group that brings attention to the abduction of over 200 girls, from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, on 14 April 2014, by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

Yesufu, alongside the former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili were at the forefront of the campaign that drew attention worldwide including that of the former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.

Yesufu has also been at the forefront of the End SARS movement, a campaign that drew attention to the excesses of a controversial police unit called the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Mrs. Yesufu who was born by Edo parents but raised in Kano had always shared her difficult experiences of being a girl-child in a heavily patriarchal environment.

In her words, “By the time I was 11 years old, I did not have any female friends because all of them had been married off but I wanted to be educated and leave the ghetto.”

According to Aisha Yesufu: “Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24.”

https://dailytrust.com/aisha-yesufu-makes-bbcs-100-most-influential-women-in-the-world

17-year-old girl who got 7 A1s in WAEC dies







A teenager who got 7A1s in the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has died.
 
Chisom Chukwuneke, made straights A’s in the entrance exam and emerged the best student from her school, Graceland college in Enugu last year. She went on to win numerous academic awards in her school.
 

 
Chisom was reportedly sick and was already making a recovery before she died.
 
A photo of her as she sat on her hospital bed has been shared online.
 

 
Her obituary reveals she died on October 18 in a hospital in South Africa.
 
She will be buried on Tuesday, December 1, in Okpuno village, Umuogali, Oba, Idemili South Anambra state.
 

50-year-old man with two wives faces castration for raping 6-year-old girl in Kaduna







A 50-year-old man has been arrested for raping his neighbour's six-year-old daughter at Hanyi Danmasani, Rigasa in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
 
Recall that the Kaduna State House of Assembly on September, passed a bill sanctioning the surgical castration and death for whoever rapes a child below the age of 14.
 
The village head of Hanyi Danmasani, Umar Ibrahim, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust on Monday, November 23, said that the child has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for cuts and bruises in her private part sustained during the defilement.
 
"It is true. The case is in Rigasa Police station. But this morning they told me that they were trying to transfer the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID)," said the village head.
 
“The rape case involved a girl of about six-years-old and the man is about 50 years old. He has his family with two wives. He is a neighbour to the parents of the girl. It happened on Friday but the police said they should come by Monday. So today, the community went there as instructed.
 
“I was told that the police are done with the hospital report and they are now transferring the case to the CID. According to the mother, it was a very horrible experience but she said her daughter is responding to treatment.” he added. 
 
 

Melania Trump welcomes White House Christmas tree for the last time (photos)







US First Lady, Melania Trump was all smiles as she welcomed a Christmas tree to the White House for the final time on Tuesday November 24.
 
The First Lady wore a black and white Balenciaga coat, black gloves and black heeled boots as she got into the festive spirit and will now decorate the White House this Christmas before handing over the role of First Lady to Dr Jill Biden, wife of president-elect Joe Biden in January.
 


She walked around the more than 18 foot tall tree to inspect it.
 

Woman flogs 2-year-old boy 'with metal wire' after he broke her phone case and credit card







A woman is accused of brutally whipping a two-year-old boy after he broke a credit card and phone case.
 
Pictures of the shocking injuries inflicted on the boy were shared widely on social media, prompting the country's interior minister Eduardo del Castillo to call for a full investigation.
 

 
The incident took place in the town of Warnes near Santa Cruz, Bolivia, when the victim was left in the care of his sister in their rented home.
 
Local reports say the suspect in the crime has been identified as the landlady's niece Lizeth.
 
She is said to have accused the toddler of breaking her credit card and damaging her mobile phone case and whipped him with either a metal wire or a stick, according to the boy's teenage sister.
 

 
Social security official Glen Antelo alleged there had been "friction between the niece and the children in the past".
 
The family will be given psychological and legal help over the assault.
 
Del Castillo said that the suspect has been arrested. Another woman, whose identity has not been revealed, has been also detained in connection with the alleged assault.
 

 
The investigation into the child abuse incident continues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkStuWXgySU
#EndSARS: CNN Releases second report on Lekki shootings

CNN has released a second report with videos showing soldiers shooting at unarmed protesters on October 20, 2020 at Lekki Tollgate. The CNN new report also shows protesters running as soldiers open fire at the tollgate.

The fresh report also shows Brig.Gen Ahmed Taiwo admitting before the judicial panel in Lagos that his men took live ammunition to the tollgate. It also shows that Brig.Gen Taiwo’s claim is at variance with information minister, Lai Mohammed's claim that the army fired blank bullets.

Quote:Analysis of CCTV footage from Lekki toll gate raises new questions about shooting

(CNN)It was supposed to be the key piece of evidence. But when it came, the Lagos State government's security camera footage of the Lekki toll gate shooting did not capture everything.

The footage from the security camera overlooking the toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria was played during Saturday's session of an eight-person judicial panel set up to investigate police brutality and the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad -- the primary focus of thousands-strong protests in the city that lasted for almost two weeks in October.

The panel is also charged by the Lagos State government with probing the shooting of protesters at the Lekki toll gate on the evening of October 20 and into the early hours of October 21.

CNN obtained a copy of the CCTV footage ahead of the panel's sitting on Saturday and matched it up to verified footage published as part of an investigation last week into the events at the toll gate.

The footage corroborates the timings CNN reported for the gunshots fired by the army. It also shows soldiers approaching protesters and firing shots.

What is perhaps most notable is what's missing.
At 6:47 p.m., the moment when CNN has video of the army appearing to fire directly at protesters, the surveillance camera pans away from the area.

The Lekki Concession Company (LCC), the firm that operates the toll gate in a public-private partnership, says its staff were sent home before an evening curfew, imposed by the State's Governor, came into effect.

The surveillance camera pans left and tilts up before reframing and struggling for focus. It is unclear if the camera pans away deliberately or whether the pan away is a poor choice by the CCTV operator.

The LCC had previously testified at the panel on November 3 that the recording stopped at around 8 p.m. because it was tampered with.
The surveillance footage once again raises questions about the investigation into what happened at the Lekki toll gate protest -- and why surveillance video from the evening does not provide a more complete picture.

In the aftermath of CNN's investigation, the United States and the United Kingdom have called on Nigeria to ensure that its investigation is free and fair.

On Monday, the UK parliament debated a petition seeking to sanction the Nigerian government and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over alleged human rights abuses.

The foreign office also released a statement saying: "The Foreign Secretary has been clear that the Nigerian government must urgently investigate reports of brutality at the hands of the security forces and hold those responsible to account.

"It is important that the police in Nigeria respect human rights. We have been working with Nigeria to support reforms to ensure this happens."

The police said it would not comment until after the judicial inquiry. However, in a tweet in early November, it denied shooting at protesters.
"...our police officers never resorted to use of unlawful force or shooting at the protesters as alleged in the report."

Since the shooting, which brought an end to the protest movement in Africa's most populous country, the army has made many shifting statements about how it engaged with the peaceful demonstrators.

The army has repeatedly said the soldiers deployed to the toll gate fired into the air and not at protesters directly. The army did not respond to multiple requests from CNN for comment. On Twitter, it repeatedly stamped news accounts of the shooting as "Fake News."

However, social media footage -- submitted by the army's own counsel to the panel on Saturday -- featured an eyewitness saying, "they are shooting at protesters." It appeared to be the same video that CNN geo-located which was shot from the nearby Oriental Hotel in Lekki on October 20.

On Saturday, army spokesman Brigadier Ahmed Taiwo also contradicted previous testimony to the judicial panel by saying that the army was equipped on the night with live rounds.
"For the protection of the force, we carried live bullets in case they were attacked. But the soldiers who formed the firing team, who fired as you could see in the video [...] carried magazines charged with blank ammunition."

CNN's investigation had revealed the use of live ammunition at the toll gate, based on analysis carried out by ballistics experts and conversations with military sources.
The army has insisted that only blanks were used.

Adesina Ogunlana, a lawyer who is representing some of the "#EndSARS" protesters at the judicial panel, told CNN another protester died recently after falling into a coma from injuries sustained on October 20.

"I saw one of them that was shot at and taken to Reddington (Hospital)," Ogunlana said. "About ... three Sundays ago, I was there and there was this person shot in the head. He's dead now."
"What blanks lodge in somebody's brain and stay there and send him to a coma, killing him?"
CNN has not been able to independently confirm the death of this person.

On Saturday, Brigadier Taiwo once again rejected any responsibility by the army for deaths of protesters, saying that one of the deaths was from "blunt force trauma to the head on Admiralty Way ... 3 kilometers away from the Lekki toll gate. And the second person at Yaba."
"It had nothing whatsoever to do with the Lekki toll gate," he said.

In response to CNN's investigation, the Nigerian government said the news organization should be sanctioned and alleged that doctored videos were used, describing the reporting as "fake news" and "misinformation."

"Our reporting was carefully and meticulously researched, and we stand by it," the spokesperson said via email.

In a letter addressed to CNN on November 23, Nigeria's Ministry of Information demanded an internal investigation into CNN's reporting, as a "form of remediation" and to "determine whether it met the basic standards of journalism." The Minister added in the letter that the "Federal Government reserves the right to take any action within its laws to prevent CNN from aggravating the #EndSARS crisis."

CNN's November 19 report included photos and videos of gunshots, the wounded, and victims. The videos, acquired from multiple eyewitnesses and protesters, were verified in interviews, and by using timestamps and other data from the media files.

Ogunlana, the lawyer representing some of the protesters, said the evidence the army continues to submit to the judicial panel is undermining its defense.

"There's a proverb among my people," Ogunlana said. "They say the wasp is in denial, the big black ant known for his terrible sting is in denial, but here is the face of the farmer, so badly swollen."

One of the Hoodlums who went viral after he Hijacked the #endsars protest in Benin City Edo State, burnt down a police station (Oba Market Station) and stole an AK47 has just been arrested after he formed his own Robbery Gang and was robbing fuel Stations in Benin!!!

Watch video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrpmwc55Ak8

a police station and carted away a rifle has been arrested for armed robbery.

Babysitter decapitated boy, 6, and left his headless body in kitchen..







A drugged-up babysitter beheaded a six-year-old boy as his mum gave birth, according to police.
 
At the time, the boy’s mum Elena, 36, was giving birth to her sixth child in a maternity hospital, so her partner Mikhail Grushin, 33 asked his friend Sergey Podgornov, 47, to help look after the child in the city of Engels, Russia.
 
Mikhail later returned home and saw his step-son’s headless body in the kitchen.
 
Podgornov confessed to the murder while holding a kitchen knife when detectives arrived at the scene.
 

 
He said: “I went out, sat on the porch and lit a cigarette.
 
“Then I came back, drank another glass of alcohol and I finally realised what I had done. I went out to wait for the police."
 
A police source said Podgornov initially "did not remember" beheading the child.
 
He was said to be under the influence of “designer drugs” and alcohol.
 
If convicted, he faces 15 years in jail.
 

 
The dead boy’s elder sister Arina Kuznetsova, 15, said the victim was their mum’s fifth child.
 
Tatyana Zagorodnyaya, the Saratov region Children Rights Ombudsman, said: "The mother remains in a maternity hospital.”
 




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We are aware that some #EndSARS protesters have reported facing intimidation - UK Minister, Wendy Morton







Wendy Morton, a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015 and currently serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, has disclosed that they have received report of #EndSARS protesters being intimidated. 
 
Morton who described this as worrying, also disclosed that the UK government is communicating with the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
 
The lawmaker noted that the British High Commissioner in Abuja has continued to raise their concern about intimidation of civil society groups and peaceful protesters, with the Nigerian government.
 
She said; 
 

Quote:“It is a long-standing practice not to speculate on future sanctions as it could reduce the impact of the designations. 
“We are aware that some protesters have reported facing intimidation and the British High Commissioner in Abuja continues to raise our concerns about intimidation of civil society groups and peaceful protesters with the Nigerian government.” 

Three missing children found dead inside car at retired police officer's home in Enugu (video)







The bodies of three children were found in a car parked at the home of a retired police officer at Ugwu Ogede in Itchi, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday, November 23.
 
The victims identified as Chibugo Eze, Chinenye Eze, and Ebuka Ene, were reported missing after they went to fetch water at a commercial borehole owned and located at the home of the former police officer.
 
It was gathered that two other children named Kingsley Eze, and Mmasichukwu were equally rescued from the same car.
 
Upon resuscitation, they claimed that three hooded men abducted them and left them in the car. The hoodlums reportedly returned in the middle of the night to take them away but they couldn’t open the car doors which were faulty, so they abandoned the kids and ran away.


The parents of the children had raised a search team when the five kids who had gone to the borehole at about 8 am on Sunday, November 22,  did not return home as usual.

The traditional ruler of the community, HRH, Igwe Ike Oke, who confirmed the incident said that he also mobilised personnel of vigilante and Forest Guard groups who joined in the search of the missing children.

"We were almost frustrated in our search when a community member who went to fetch water heard the voice of a little child calling her name. She traced the voice to a car that had been parked for over six months in the compound where she discovered the children and raised the alarm,"said the monarch.

“We found three of the children already dead by the time we opened the car. I think they suffocated to death because the car doors were stiffed when we tried to open it at first but we engaged an artisan who forced it open. One of the two children rescued said they went to fetch water but didn’t meet anyone at the borehole because the owner and the entire members of the family had gone to church service,"

“He informed us that they were about going home when three hooded men came from a hill beside the scene of the incident and abducted them into the car and left. He said they were all dressed in red cloths. He also said that the hoodlums returned at the middle of the night to take them away but they couldn’t open the car doors because they were stiffed. We are still investigating the incident and the dead victims have been deposited in the mortuary. The owner of the house has been arrested by police,” he explained.

Also confirming the incident, the youth leader of Nkalagu Obukpa community where two of the victims hailed from, Ifeanyi Eze, described the news as shocking.
 
Eze added that leaders of the community are working toward unraveling the circumstances which led to the mysterious death of the children.
 
See video of the rescue below.
 


 Graphic: Three missing children found dead inside car at retired police officer's home in Enugu

The bodies of three children were found in a car parked at the home of a retired police officer at Ugwu Ogede in Itchi, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday, November 23.

Watch video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WISZPRqSDQk

The victims identified as Chibugo Eze, Chinenye Eze, and Ebuka Ene, were reported missing after they went to fetch water at a commercial borehole owned and located at the home of the former police officer.

It was gathered that two other children named Kingsley Eze, and Mmasichukwu were equally rescued from the same car and upon resuscitation, they claimed that three hooded men abducted them into the car and left.

The parents of the children had raised a search team when their children who had gone to the borehole at about 8 am on Sunday, November 22, did not return home as usual.

The traditional ruler of the community, HRH, Igwe Ike Oke, who confirmed the incident said that he also mobilised personnel of vigilante and Forest Guard groups who joined in the search of the missing children.

"We were almost frustrated in our search when a community member who went to fetch water heard the voice of a little child calling her name. She traced the voice to a car that had been parked for over six months in the compound where she discovered the children and raised the alarm,"said the monarch.

“We found three of the children already dead by the time we opened the car. I think they suffocated to death because the car doors were stiffed when we tried to open it at first but we engaged an artisan who forced it open. One of the two children rescued said they went to fetch water but didn’t meet anyone at the borehole because the owner and the entire members of the family had gone to church service,"

“He informed us that they were about going home when three hooded men came from a hill beside the scene of the incident and abducted them into the car and left. He said they were all dressed in red cloths. He also said that the hoodlums returned at the middle of the night to take them away but they couldn’t open the car doors because they were stiffed. We are still investigating.

SOURCE:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH-Mqi4jWVj/

Ex-UK Minister asks government to sanction Nigerian officials over #EndSARS protest







Theresa Villiers, a former Environment Secretary in the UK has called on the country's government to impose sanctions against Nigerian officials over the 'suppression' of EndSars protesters. 
 
Speaking during a one-hour-twenty-minute debate held in British Parliament to debate possible sanctions against the Nigerian government, Villiers asked the UK Government to place travel ban and freeze assets of Nigerian officials found to be involved in suppression of the protests.
 
The former Minister turned parliamentarian also disclosed that reports she gathered from some of her constituents who were of Nigerian descent and information from the Amnesty International, showed gross violation of peoples’ rights in the way the #EndSARS protests were suppressed.
 
A few other parliamentarians supported her call and argued that the only way the UK government could express its dissatisfaction with the alleged rights violation was through an imposition of targeted sanctions.

You are a disgrace. Both home and abroad' - Adesua Etomi-Wellington slams Lauretta Onochie







Actress Adesua Etomi-Wellington lost her cool on Tuesday morning, November 24, after seeing a photo shared by a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie.
 

 
Onochie shared the photo above on her Twitter handle as she called on Nigerians to ensure they wear facemasks.

Quote:''WEARING A MASK IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT. ITS NOT PUNISHMENT BY GOVERNMENT PROTECT YOURSELF. Wear one. These have made efforts with masking where those of us who are more vulnerable & susceptible to COVID-19 are still swearing that it's a scam. God bless their efforts

Quote:'' You are a disgrace. Both home & abroad. You should be ashamed that these children have to do this with cardboards. Instead of talking about how to tackle poverty so they can be protected adequately against the virus, you're spewing this nonsense.
This picture made me so angry and brought tears to my eyes. They are so small, so vulnerable and so unprotected. Arghhhhhh. THIS COUNTRY
I am finally accepting the fact that some human beings, really are dead on the inside. Didn't understand how that could be even possible. I'm realising every day that it is.''

 

Gowon exited power without any evidence of wealth and that remains for over four decades after power - Shehu Sani counters British lawmaker's claim







Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has countered British lawmaker, Tom Tugendhat's claim of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon exiting power with half of the Central Bank. 
 
Tugendhat said this while contributing to the debate on possible sanctions against the Nigerian government over human right abuses during the #EndSARS protest. 
 
Shehu Sani however described this as falsehood, while also stating that Gowon exited power without any evidence of wealth and that has remained for over four decades after power. 
 
He tweeted; 
 

Quote:General Yakubu Gowon;The claim of ‘looting the CBN’ made by the British Minister for Africa as represented by Mr James Duddridge against Gen Gowon is nothing but outright falsehood.Gowon exited power without any evidence of wealth & that remains,for over four decades after power.

Katsina Police rescue kidnapped victim after gun duel with bandits







The Katsina State Police Command has rescued a 55-year-old woman after gun battle with bandits in Safana Local Government Area of the state.
 
The spokesperson of the command, SP Isah Gambo, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, said the woman, Hafsatu Idris was abducted during an attack on Gammo village.  
 
"On Monday, November 23, Area Commander, Dutsinma, led ‘Operation Puff Adder’ to Habul Mountain, at the fringes of Rugu forest, Safana LGA of Katsina state, based on the report that bandits in their numbers, armed with AK 47 rifles, attacked Gammo village, Safana and kidnapped one Hafsatu Idris, ‘F’, aged 55yrs of the same address," Gambo said.
 
"The team laid siege at the possible escape route of the bandits. Fortunately, at about 04:20hrs, the bandits followed through the route and consequently, there was exchange of gun fire. The team succeeded in rescuing the kidnapped victim and also recovered two unregistered Bajaj motorcycles," he added.
 
Gambo said, "Many of the bandits escaped into the forest with bullets wounds as there were traces of blood stains left at the scene. Police teams are presently combing the forest with a view to recover died bodies and/or arrest the wounded bandits. Investigation is ongoing."

Quote:Just in: Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja revokes bail of Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, in accordance with the application of the prosecution, judge also orders the arrest of the defendant anywhere he may be found @officialEFCC @PoliceNG @alindume @nassnigeria

https://twitter.com/tvcnewsng/status/1331198673959735300?s=19

2023: They’ll dump you when time comes – Gololo warns Jonathan against APC governors


 
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 November 24, 2020


Dr. Garus Gololo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned former President Goodluck Jonathan to be wary of the governors who are visiting him ahead of the 2023 general elections.


Some Governors had met Jonathan in his Abuja residence on Friday, the day he was celebrating his 63rd birth anniversary.


Though the reason for the visit was unknown, some northern groups had earlier rallied Jonathan, reportedly drafting him to run for presidency under the APC in 2023.

But Gololo, while responding to questions Monday night, said the Governors were only there to deceive Jonathan.


He said, “they were there on their own. Nobody sent them. They are busy body Governors. They abandoned the business of governance in their States and be chasing shadows.


“Who told them Jonathan will win any election again in Nigeria? And who told them we are in shortage of candidates in APC? At the appointed time they shall be shocked by the arrays of capable personalities that would indicate interest in 2023”.

Gololo said the Governors knew what they were doing, stressing that they would soon dump Jonathan when the chips are down.


“I’m not a prophet but I know that those Governors will soon dump him. They all have their ambitions and interests in their pockets, yet, they will not allow Jonathan to rest.

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“If he (Jonathan) truly wants to remain a hero, he should just retire and watch from the background. He has tried by conceding defeat in 2015. That’s a great achievement. That is what the whole President of America, Donald Trump cannot have the courage to do. But let him not disgrace himself by running for 2023, because he can’t even win any election in Nigeria again.

“Nigerians won’t vote for anyone who has been tested in any office before. We want a more capable hand, a fresh hand with fresh ideas. Those Governors don’t own their States, they have just only one vote. Let Jonathan know this and save himself of the embarrassment”, Gololo added.

Motorcyclists clash with warders over parking space in Ibadan


 
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 November 24, 2020



Some motorcyclists on Tuesday clashed with some officers of Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) in Ibadan, DAILY POST reports.



Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred Tuesday morning at the gate area of Ibadan.
It occurred opposite the NCS yard located at Agodi gate.


It was learnt that the clash erupted when some warders warned the motorcyclists plying the Iwo Road and Bashorun-Akobo road not to pack opposite the prison yard.

The crisis erupted when the motorcyclists defied the warning.


Sources informed DAILY POST that the warders used teargas canisters to scare the motorcyclists.
A source who asked not to be named told DAILY POST that many shop owners and passersby ran for dear lives while the clash lasted.


“We had to hurriedly close our shops, some of us ran away while some closed their shop while they were still inside the shops.”, a male shop owner at Agodi gate told DAILY POST.

Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, who confirmed the clash to DAILY POST, however, added that normalcy has returned to the area.

Anjorin in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST said that men of Operation Burst, a joint security outfit set up by the Oyo State government has been stationed at the scene of the incident.


He said, “There was a little misunderstanding between the officers and some Okada riders.
“They normally pack at the entrance to the prison. We usually told them to move downward.

“We did it the same way today and there was a little misunderstanding.


“But, I can tell you that normalcy has returned. Nobody was shot and Operation Burst has been stationed there. Normalcy has returned to the place.”

End SARS: UK parliament debate petition against Nigerian govt, security officials


 November 24, 2020



The United Kingdom Parliament on Monday deliberated on End SARS petition.


The petition seeks sanctions against Nigerian government officials and security personnel in the top echelon.


The request, created by Silas Ojo, has so far garnered 220,000 signatures, more than double of the 100,000 required.


The members of Parliament expressed dissatisfaction with human rights abuses by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).


They also condemned the October 20 Lekki shooting by the Nigerian Army.

The deliberation on the petition was held at the Westminster Hall, and led by James Gray, MP North Wiltshire.


“The petitioners are asking for sanctions against named individuals within the Nigerian government and security forces”, said Theresa Villiers, MP Chipping Barnet, who introduced the debate.


“There is a recognition that generalised sanctions applied to the country as a whole might cause hardship to ordinary people not in any way responsible for the problems highlighted by the petition.

“This debate is a vital opportunity to hear from the Minister (for Africa) and to have her response to this urgent appeal from the e-petitioners.


“I believe that the petitioners have a credible case for the imposition of individualized sanctions such as travel bans and asset freezes.

“Nigeria is a country with so much going for it. A young and hugely talented population, massive natural resources and a rapidly developing economy.

“If the End SARS protesters secure the reform and improved governance they are demanding, Nigeria could become a formidable economic powerhouse”, Villiers added.

Other MPs, including Kate Osamor (Edmonton), Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling), Lyn Carol Brown (West Ham), Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West), spoke in a similar vein.


The lawmakers called on the Minister for Africa and the UK Foreign Office to liaise with Nigerian officials on issues raised and provide an update to parliament.

Last month, the UK Government admitted that it provided training and equipment to SARS.
 

Gowon took half of CBN to UK, Nigerian officials have loot here – MP Tugendhat


 
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 November 24, 2020



A member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling) took a swipe at retired General Yakubu Gowon on Monday.


Gowon was Nigeria’s Head of State from 1966 to 1975.
During the debate on a petition on End SARS, Tugendhat accused him and the country’s leaders of corruption.


Decrying the situation in Nigeria, the lawmaker said: “One of the great countries is, sadly, being racked by violence, and violence against young people.

“The greatest book in the English Language is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the great Nigerian writer. The beauty of that book is the way it explains the challenge of changing generations to live together.


“The way it speaks about values falling away and community being eroded by outside pressure. What we’re seeing in Nigeria today is part of that story.
“It’s a tragedy that we are watching, it’s a tragedy that we are all witnessing. The pressure this time is not foreign colonialism, the pressure instead is corruption and violence.

“We need to call out the corruption, we need to use the powers that we have in this country to stop those profiting from the wealth of that great nation and hiding it here.


“Some people will remember when General Gowon left Nigeria with half the Central Bank and moved to London.

“We know that today, even now, in this great city of ours, there are, sadly, some people who have taken from the Nigerian people and hidden their ill-gotten gains here.

“We know that our banks, sadly, have been used for that profit and for that illegal transfer of assets.
“And that means the UK is in enormous unique position in being able to do
actually something to really exert pressure on those who have robbed the Nigerian people.”


MPs including Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet), Kate Osamor (Edmonton), Lyn Carol Brown (West Ham), Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West) made contributions.


The lawmakers urged the Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, and the UK Foreign Office to engage Nigerian authorities and brief parliament subsequently.

In October, the UK Government admitted that it provided training and equipment to SARS.
Duddridge confirmed that the training was between 2016 and 2020.

Quote:Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says Nigerians should be proud that the Federal Government is set to resume the importation of petroleum products from neighbouring Niger Republic.

Sylva said contrary to comments by critics of the government, the plan by the Federal Government to resume fuel importation from its West African brother should not be seen as ‘an embarrassment’ but rather as a means of encouraging intra-regional trade.

The PUNCH had reported that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced last Thursday in a statement that the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding for petroleum products transportation and storage.

According to the statement, Niger Republic’s Soraz Refinery in Zinder, some 260km from the Nigerian border, has an installed refining capacity of 20,000 barrels per day.

The move by the Federal Government attracted steaming criticisms with many knocking the government over its inability to keep the country’s refineries running.

But reacting on Monday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme monitored by The PUNCH, the minister said Nigeria is a big market that needs excess fuel products manufactured in other countries.

Sylva said, “I don’t see that as an embarrassment at all. As a country, Nigeria is a big market, we need products, even if all our refineries were functioning, we will still need extra products.

“Niger Republic produces oil and they are landlocked as a country. They have a refinery that produces in excess of what they require as a country and they offered to sell to us in Nigeria because this is a bigger market.

“In the spirit of regional cooperation, regional trade development, we decided to buy from them. I don’t see anything wrong with that. If your neighbour is producing something that is required in your country and you buy from him, why is that a big problem?

“So, we agreed with Niger to buy the excess of what they don’t require in Niger because this is a big market.”

“Nigerians should be proud that we are doing that to encourage sub-regional trade because we have been talking about sub-regional trade for a long time and this is how it should be between neighbouring countries. Niger should import from us what they have and we should be able to import from Niger what they have. Let us encourage intra-regional trade and this is one good example of trading within West Africa,” he added.

https://punchng.com/nigerians-should-be-proud-of-fuel-imports-from-niger-republic-sylva/

Quote:When the #EndSARS protest was on October 17 hijacked by hoodlums, who unleashed terror on Edo State, especially the capital, Benin, no one knew the dimension and magnitude the violence would take considering that the police, who were expected to provide security, were at the receiving end of the biggest protest against the institution. However, residents had hoped the violence would subside, giving police the chance to resume their duty of restoring peace and order in a state that has been thrown into great turmoil.

However, a month after, the state is still in great security distress with armed robbery, kidnapping and cult-related killings, which have turned major parts of the state capital into a ghost town, becoming the order of the day. Residents are scared to go out at all or leave home early for their places of work or business, while also opting to stay in other parts of the city whenever they stay out late.

Many have attributed the rising clashes among rival cult groups, especially Eye and Aiye confraternities, more to the jailbreak that occurred at two correctional centres in Oko and Sapele Road, Benin, where almost 2,000 prisoners were freed by hoodlums, who coordinated the attacks on the centres to free their gang members, who were being held in the facilities.

With the streets already boiling and arms stolen from police stations in the hands of criminals, it was only a matter of time before dissidents hiding under the confraternities would unleash mayhem and take over the streets of Benin. And when it started, it became a case of knowing when a war starts and not knowing when it would end. Many rival cult members and innocent citizens have been killed, with the numbers rising daily as over 40 people are alleged to have been killed in the last two weeks, with pictures and graphic videos surfacing on the Internet.

A resident of Uselu, where the ‘battle for supremacy’ between the cult groups shifted to last Friday, Rose Osaro, was surprised by the sophistication and brutality with which the gangs operated. She was also bewildered by the way they handled guns and other sophisticated weapons, wondering where they got their training from.

She told The PUNCH, “I am surprised by the way they operated. They were so brutal and were ready to kill anyone in sight. We had to run for our dear lives and I must advise that you (the reporter) don’t stay too long out here. These guys are dangerous and we can only call on the security operatives to swing into action and save Benin from descending into more chaos. Many people have been killed, while some have been maimed.

“I believe most of the problems began when prisoners were illegally freed by their cult members. There had been cult clashes in Benin before, but this one dwarfs any other and I hope that something will be done soon. If not, many people will be killed. I also feel that if the government had handled the #EndSARS protest well, it would not have been hijacked by hoodlums, who are now terrorising the state.”

However, before the battle shifted to Uselu, some parts of the city are reputed for criminal activities including, Upper Sakponba, Evbuotubu, Siluko Road, Ukhoro, Medical Store Road and parts of Sapele Road. In these places, rival gangs engaged themselves in open battles with guns and machetes, which also claimed innocent lives.

Gabriel Ogiebor, who lives in Sakponba, told The PUNCH that a neighbour’s son was killed while running errands for his father. He said he got home and saw many people condoling with the family over the demise of their son, adding that the late Churchill was an easy-going person.

“I was shocked to hear the sad news. I gathered that his father sent him on an errand and he was caught in the crossfire. He was not a cultist. He was an easy-going guy and it is unfortunate miscreants sent him to his early grave. I feel so sad because I viewed Churchill as a prospect, having finished in one of the tertiary institutions in the state. As it is now, I can say that 38 people may have been killed in these senseless confrontations,” Ogiebor added.

However, efforts to end the cult wars and other criminal activities may have taken a dent as some of the escapee prison inmates are already sending threat messages to policemen who investigated and prosecuted their cases. Commissioner of Police in the state, Johnson Kokumo, who revealed this, said his men were working within existing limitations to restore normalcy to the state just as he said 3 policemen shot by hoodlums were recuperating.

He said, “You can imagine what it means that 3 police stations along Sokponba Road were destroyed and burnt and patrol vehicles destroyed in several other parts of the state capital; all the officers in these stations now operate from the headquarters.

“The #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums and it took a violent turn in the state and prisoners were set free; what do you expect? Some of these escapees have been sending threat messages to policemen, who investigated and prosecuted them, while one of the escapees, who was convicted for murder, went on that same day to kill the prosecution witness in his village, but he was immediately rearrested.

“Everybody must be part of the restoration of sanity. People who know these escapees should avail us information about them. But I am assuring you that we are not sleeping, but with what has happened to the police in Edo, some of these hitches are expected. But we are not sleeping and we will continue to work to arrest criminal elements in the state.”

Last Friday, the army, the police with other sister agencies engaged in a show of force by taking over strategic positions in the state to stem security problems, especially the rising cases of cult clashes and killings.

General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Anthony Omozoje, said he was in the state to collaborate with sister security agencies to see how to consolidate on gains being made in curbing the rate of criminality witnessed after the #EndSARS protests. He said the military was embarking on a 7-day heightened security operation to fish out criminal elements in the state, adding, “We need to go actively after these criminals in order not to give them liberty to operate. The 7-day heightened security operation will involve all security agencies to arrest criminals and recover arms and ammunition.

“The operation has been carried out in Osun, Kwara, Oyo, Ekiti and now Edo. We will establish fixed checkpoints at very critical locations within the city. After the operation, an evaluation will be carried out to know the level of success. We have men in Ibadan and Akure, who will reinforce our effort if need be.”

Despite facing several battles on the political front, Governor Godwin Obaseki is optimistic that the state government’s effort will yield dividends soon. He stated that the government was playing its part to prevent the state from being thrown into anarchy through activities of cultists and other criminals in the state.

“We have a subsisting curfew in Edo, which is being breached. To support your 7-day heightened security effort, we are reinforcing the curfew from 10pm to 6am daily. The town should be on lockdown and anyone found outside within this period should be dealt with according to the law,” Obaseki told the GOC. The governor lamented that during the #EndSARS protest, Edo was a hotspot as hoodlums took advantage of the heightened anxiety surrounding the September 19 governorship election to cause mayhem.

Obaseki, who thanked the Chief of Army Staff and other senior security officers for refusing to be compromised and ensured that Edo had a free, fair and credible election, said their actions had saved and sustained democracy in the state and Nigeria.

A former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, said failure to punish past misdeeds had given rise to the present insecurity in the state, noting that the government must work with professional bodies and faith-based organisations as well as understand the need to make community policing organic.

He stated, “In 2015, when a similar problem of gang war and criminality took place and I was the IG, we moved into the state to sanitise it and arrested 15 persons, who were the top actors. It took us 3 weeks to mop up. We halted the state of social disorder and anomie, and then the case files were compiled and the suspects were arraigned.

“Unfortunately, the government did not go ahead with the prosecution and there must be consequences for crime. So, what is happening now is because there were no consequences for past misdeeds. We didn’t go for the foot soldiers, we went for the big shots, who were the organisers.

“Two years ago, I drew attention to it but nothing was done. Predictive policing shows that if you don’t prosecute people who have committed infractions, you are tacitly encouraging a repeat performance and see what has happened. The same people came out on the street now and took over the state. So, government should learn to ensure that people who commit crimes, despite their political leanings or standing in society, are dealt with. That is the only panacea for having peace in Edo State.

Arase added, “I don’t see a strategic approach the government has put in place to stop the criminals. If you say you are training constables for community policing, I must say that is a pedestrian way of dealing with security and policing issues. What is the profile of those you are training and giving uniforms to?

“We have to think outside the box and be strategic. People from the state, including me, are tired of all these. I am particularly worried about what is happening and our approach must change on how we fight crime. Though it is the Federal Government that controls the police, States must complement by providing patrol vehicles and other equipment to aid the police in doing their jobs.”

A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Idada Ikponmwen (retd), said security operatives must be provided with needed tools to secure lives and property, while also calling on residents of the state to give vital tips that would help operatives arrest and rid the state of criminal elements.

He stated, “I can say that insecurity as well as the killings baffle me and other well-meaning people. It also baffles me that we cannot use our security apparatus to deal with these problems. All I will want to emphasize is that government must rededicate itself to providing proper security for everybody. It is the primary responsibility of government to provide security. The security situation has never been this bad and it leaves us all in constant state of fear on the roads, in our houses and everywhere.

“So, the government must rededicate itself to repositioning the security system. The people must also see themselves as partners, because security is everybody’s business and the people committing these crimes are not spirits, they live in different communities with the people and a situation where the people are not sufficiently committed, it will be difficult for security to be adequate.”

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/edo-grapples-with-cultists-reign-of-terror-after-endsars-protests/

Quote:Scores of hoodlums led by Mr. Taofeek popularly known as Tao attacked members of the Presidential Task Force and truck drivers at the Tin Can Port second gate in a bid to prevent the Presidential Task Force from putting a stop to their illegal activity of passing trucks without authorization.

The Presidential Task Force had successfully cleared the road for free movement of trucks into and out of the port but this was unacceptable to the hoodlums who had hitherto constituted themselves into the lord and master of the road, deciding unilaterally which truck could enter the port and which truck could not. Of course, the truckers were only allowed into the port after the payment of large sums of money to the hoodlums.

The hoodlums, in collaboration with some unscrupulous elements in the haulage industry, had reigned supreme on the road before the intervention of the Presidential Task Force. While they were illegally in charge, there was an endless queue of trucks on all the roads leading into Apapa. It should therefore surprise no one that they would resist the intervention of the Presidential Task Force.

During the altercation, the hoodlums threw stones and sticks in a bid to chase members of the Presidential Task Force away from the road. They attempted to burn the police patrol vehicle but were unsuccessful. They later vandalized the vehicle. Following the attack, the Presidential Task Force, including the civilian members, withdrew from the area without responding to the attack and provocation by the hoodlums.

Throughout the confrontation, the Team Leader, SP Femi Iwasokun prevailed on his men to remain calm and directed them to withdraw from the scene in an orderly manner.

There was no shooting of bullets or teargas and there was no fatality. While it is true that several people sustained injuries, none was life threatening or fatal and reports of the shooting of one Adamu by the Police was clearly stage managed by the hoodlums to gain sympathy.

The video and pictures here do not contain any shooting. Instead, it provides evidence of the orderly withdrawal of Policemen and the civilian members of the Presidential Task Force from the area.

Watch Video below... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxULguwBi9c

The continued presence of hoodlums in the Apapa area is inimical to the conduct of business by operators in the haulage industry and should be checked by concerned authorities.

However, there is need for all stakeholders to embrace peace and unity so that there will be progress in the industry, ISMAIL OLAOYE, Stakeholder in haulage industry said.

Source...https://www.voiceairmedia.com/2020/11/hoodlums-attack-presidential-task-force.html

Woman allegedly uses hot knife to burn 12-year-old relative over missing 5,000 Naira







A 40-year old housewife, Iswat Taofeek has been arrested in Ogun state for allegedly using a hot knife to burn a 12-year-old old boy living with her.
 
Iswat Taofeek, a resident of No 36 Isoka Kugba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, was arrested after a neighbour took the injured boy to a police station to report the abuse.
 
The Ogun State Police command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this to newsmen on Monday Nov 23, in a statement issued in Abeokuta.
 

 
Oyeyemi said, “The suspect was today arrested at about 8:30am, following a complaint by one of her neighbors who came to Adatan police station with the little boy whose body was full of injuries inflicted on him with a hot knife and cutlass.
 
"While the report was being lodged, the little boy fainted at the station and was quickly rushed to a hospital for medical attention”.
 

 
"On the strength of the report, the DPO Adatan division, CSP Samuel Aladegoroye detailed his detectives to the woman’s house where she was promptly arrested.
 
"On interrogation, the suspect explained that the little boy is a son to her brother-in-law and he has been living with her for some time.
 
"She stated further that she kept the sum of 5,000 Naira somewhere in the house but couldn’t find it and she believed that it was the boy who stole it and that was why she put a knife on fire until it was red hot before she used it to burn the little boy all over his body."
 
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the case to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.

Gunmen kill Delta businessman







A businessman identified as Nelson Ughoh has been killed by unknown gunmen in Delta State.
 
The father of five, who owns a car mart opposite St, Anthony Catholic Church, Airport Road, Warri, was shot dead at about 10.00 p.m on Sunday, November 22.
 
According to the Nigerian Tribune, the assailants reportedly tracked him at the gate of his compound located behind Regent International School, close to Christ Embassy in Jeddo, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.
 
They shot him in the head as he drove inside his compound, killing him on the spot and fled the scene.

It was gathered that before the deceased was killed, one of the gunmen had entered Ugboh’s house and made away with some items suspected to be vital business documents.

Quote:Pastor Tunde Bakare, Serving Overseer, the Citadel Global Community Church in this exclusive interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on the recent #EndSARS protests, restructuring, his presidential ambition and other issues of national importance. Excerpts:

You are not known to make flippant statements but it was reported in the media that you said you will become the next President-elect of Nigeria like Joe Biden of the United States. How true is that report?

I’ve realised that the Nigerian press, sometimes for the sake of their sale, use headlines that when you read the entire story, you will be wondering ‘ What has this title got to do with this’? I can’t stop the press from doing whatever they will with what I said. But I will say to you that there is a difference between ambition and a vision that is clear to you. The companion of ambition is anxiety. You’ve been trying to scheme to make it happen, you pursue it and so on. But if it is a clear vision from heaven and it is clear in your spirit, it’s a question of time. Whoever is going to deal with God must have to be patient. The vision upon my head, like Daniel will say, I saw in 1967. It is not today. Go and interview some of my classmates in secondary school, they will tell you that I shared it with them.


Speak to my wife also; before I proposed to her, I spoke about it also. Ask Pastor E.A Adeboye in 1984 when I became a part of his church, I spoke with him about where my journey is going. That was probably one of the reasons he encouraged me to step in when President Buhari asked me to be his running mate. I don’t want you to continue asking people. My destiny is intertwined with that of Nigeria. By the grace of God, I have a role to play. When I wrote the book on my mum titled ‘The Woman Who Saw The Future’, page 85 of that book says ‘By the time the 16th president will come into manifestation, I have a significant role to play and it is a role of destiny. I shared it to Mr. President himself”.

There is no place where the President and I sat down and say ‘Oh, you will succeed me in 2023’. And I’ve not openly anywhere joined a political party and say this is the political party I’m going to use; neither have I put any structure in place. But I do know this, if God said to Samuel, go to the House of Jesse, anoint one of his sons, I have provided myself a king in his house, King Saul can do whatever he wants to do, God has already said goodbye. All the Adonijahs of this world can have war chests and buy chariots to become the next king after David, if it belongs to Solomon, they may not even invite him to their party.They will hail Adonijah and say ‘Long hail King Adonijah’ before he will know that Solomon is the preferred choice. If it’s true or false, it’s a question of time. Be patient! These things will come into manifestations in the days to come. I believe very strongly that God is raising me to shepherd this nation just as I have shepherded the church. In Psalms 78 verses 70-72, he took David from following the ewes, little sheep to come and shepherd Israel as a nation, and he shepherded Israel with the integrity of his heart and the skillfulness of his hands.

I can’t wait to step into the fray, add my own quota alongside with other people, men and women of goodwill who want Nigeria to stop being a potentially great nation, to work for that great nation to manifest. Responsibility is a price of greatness and if we are responsible, we should think deep alongside with others and create a blueprint that will transform Nigeria.

So, what exactly did you say about Joe Biden?

I said look at Joe Biden. Everyone more or less, wrote him off. They called him Sleepy Joe. They said he even made a blunder choosing a black lady (Kamala Harris) who joined lesbians together as husband and wife as his running mate. So, Biden had lost that election before it happened. Many evangelists and churches also stood by Donald Trump saying he will win a second term. Joe Biden looked harmless but he won the election. Go and investigate, the bulk of the voters are young people. God will raise young princes of this nation who will do what is right very soon. That is the context in which I narrated what I said.

I have no relationship with Joe Biden or with Donald Trump but we know that whatever happens in America can have a domino effect on the entire world. So, if Joe Biden who nobody thought could muster any serious support ended up with the number of millions of votes he got, then we have to be careful in writing people off. Although Biden had unique experience, not only as a Senator but also as a former Vice-President for eight years and he has attempted these thrice, He lost the primary twice. When the time comes, he has it. President Buhari tried three different times until he got it in the fourth time.

You were a card-carrying member of CPC and you also played a crucial role in the formation of APC. Are you a member of APC now?

I was the one who moved the motion for the merger of CPC at Eagles Square in Abuja. After that motion and APC came into manifestation, I told the President that there are people within the newly formed APC who are scared of his relationship with me.



The President did not want me to go but I said to him that we cannot have four legacy parties and one of those four legacy parties will produce both the presidential candidate and his running mate. It is better for me to step into the background and will still be the friend of the President. In the letter he wrote to my wife for her 60th birthday, he said ‘Thank you for standing by my brother and friend’. There is no greater honour the President of a country can do for you more than that. So, when we were about to finish and he said ‘what party will you belong to?’ I said if they ask me this question, I will have a constant answer; I belong to APC Daura branch.

You have led several protests against anti-people policies in the past through Save Nigeria Group (SNG). A lot Nigerians are asking, why were you silent during the recent #EndSARS protest?

Well, I’m glad you asked very intelligent questions. I like it when journalists know their onion. One of the few journalists I still respect greatly in this world is Christiane Amanpour. ‘ A Man Poured Her’ and she asked salient questions. So, I will give you honest answer. I am not a regular activist and I am not saying being an activist is wrong. That is not who I am. I marched the streets in my university days during the ‘Ali Must Go’ saga. After that, I stopped marching, until God revealed a dream and a vision to me in 23rd of December 2009 and 2nd of January 2010. Those two encounters with God led me to call all the available Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to Sheraton Hotel. I thought they will be few so we booked for a restaurant that will seat about 50 people.


When people turned up huge, Sheraton upgraded us to their banquet hall without asking for extra charge. It was there I presented the two dreams and I said it’s time to take our nation back from those who are hijacking power. By God’s grace, Save Nigeria Group (SNG) was born in that room. That was the first day I saw Femi Falana physically in my life in 2010. I remembered what he said that day. He said in order to march; we need to get people from everywhere. He said he will volunteer to go and get people from Ekiti state. I told him he will not need to do that because we are going to Abuja to march first.



I remembered Yerima Shetimma from Arewa said ‘This is not your regular crusade, pastor. This will be your first march and it will flop’. I said if God has sent me, it cannot flop because He does not sponsor a flop. So, we met in Abuja. Majority of those in Abuja were Christians. They came from different churches and especially from Family Worship Centre pastored by Pastor Sarah Omakwu and some of my sons and daughters of the faith from Kaduna, Jos and other places. When they came and saw the crowd, they were stunned and were asking ‘How could this person pull this together?’ I remembered then the national chairman of PDP, Vincent Ogbulafor, he said we were just having a parade. Few days after, he was removed as national chairman and he lost his seat.



We came to Lagos and did the same thing. Then, we went back to Abuja to stop the Senate. At that time, the Doctrine of Necessity surfaced and Goodluck Jonathan became the Acting President. Let me say this to you for the record- Before I marched and led Save Nigeria Group to do it, I never met President Jonathan and nobody from his government approached me. God showed me things and I followed the instructions of the vision that I saw. Thereafter, we met President Jonathan and when he said anyone trying to do restructuring should go back to 1914, we went to him to say we are parting ways. That was the day they sent $50,000 after me and we returned it and said ‘No, I didn’t come here for money’.

Where is Save Nigeria Group at the moment?

You are asking where Save Nigeria Group is at the moment. What they did at that time was to raise another Save Nigeria Group that they registered to begin to counter us because they saw we had said we are parting ways with them, and especially after the Ojota issue when they increased the pump price after saying that they will go round the country, do Town Hall meetings and they gave it as a horrible surprise to Nigerians on January 1st 2012, I summoned the troop again and we went to Ojota. After five days of protests, it climbed down.


Thereafter, I still became very close to President Jonathan and I helped the best way I could to ensure a smooth transition in this country. I didn’t do those things for what I could benefit or gain materially. I didn’t go to him for anything, not a license for radio , television or anything at all. When he asked what could he give me, I said he should give me a pen; on the Montblanc pen, it was written ‘from GEJ to GBB’ (Gbolahan Babatunde Bakare)’. That’s me! I did those things not for what I could get. But when they now filed and quickly registered a new Save Nigeria Group, putting Tony Uranta as one of the trustees and said they have removed us, I left. I am not in their class. I don’t struggle for things like that.

.I had an NGO that I was running, International Centre for Reconstruction and Development long before this time that was regisred in 2007. It is a knowledge industry and a propositional platform to see what is wrong in the society and to put it side-by-side with what is right and give it to government free of charge whenever we do our research. That’s what informed my State of the Nation broadcast twice a year. That’s the truth about what transpired then.

Why didn’t you march or lead or join the protesters now?

Because this is another season and it is the turn of young people to take their destinies in their own hands. Check what I’m about to tell you because there are people who took snapshots. I participated in this #EndSARS march in Abuja when lawyers blocked the Attorney General and Minister of Justice’s office. I went there and spoke to them. I went to the Attorney-General and spoke to him and they disperse. I don’t do things for publicity stunt so that people could see me. Deep rivers flow in majestic silence.

https://www.independent.ng/i-dumped-save-nigeria-group-after-it-was-hijacked-by-presidency-bakare/

Quote:In order to reduce the impact of inflation on Nigerians, the Buhari administration, is, through the 2020 Finance Bill, proposing the exemption of minimum wage earners from Personal Income Tax, Igbere TV has learnt.

This is even as the President Muhammadu Buhari administration tried to justify the reduction of import duties on cars, saying the government will buy locally assembled vehicles.

Buhari made these disclosures in his speech delivered virtually by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday at the opening session of the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit Group Conference themed: "Building Partnerships for Resilience".

And when coupled with other items in the proposed Finance Bill, and various economic policies of the Federal Government, these incentives would ensure the resilience of the Nigerian economy to exogenous shocks, according to Buhari.

According to the President, “we are proposing in the new Finance Act that those who earn minimum wage should be exempted from paying income tax.

“These provisions which complement the tax breaks given to small businesses last year will not only further stimulate the economy, but are also a fulfilment of promises made to take steps to help reduce the cost of transportation and the impact of inflation on ordinary Nigerians.”

Explaining the role of the private sector in building a resilient economy, President Buhari said “this government has always emphasized that the private sector has a key role to play in our efforts to build a more resilient and competitive economy as expressed in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

“Private companies in design, construction, logistics and finance are very much engaged in our infrastructural projects in power and rail as well as road and bridges and the installation of broadband infrastructure which is an essential requirement if Nigeria is to participate actively and benefit from the 4th Industrial Revolution.”

Continuing, the President added, “…it is clear that we must diversify the economy away from dependence on crude oil exports, speed up human capital development and improve on infrastructure. Above all, our economy must be made more resilient to exogenous shocks. It is important for the private sector to play a key role as we work together to identify national priorities and try to influence our future national trajectory.”

The President also gave insights to the collaboration between the CBN, the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSIA) and other stakeholders in the creation of an Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Fund to address some of the nation’s critical infrastructure needs.

“It goes without saying that partnerships remain essential to attract the resources for building a solid national infrastructural base. I am pleased to inform you in this regard that we are working actively with the Central Bank, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority and State Governments under the auspices of the National Economic Council to design and put in place a N15 trillion Infraco Fund which will be independently managed.

“The Infraco Fund will help to close the national infrastructural gap and provide a firm basis for increasing national economic productivity and growth,” the President explained.

Restating the commitment of his administration to sustaining collaborations with the private sector in addressing challenges, President Buhari said “if there is one single lesson to be learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that partnerships are essential for credible responses with lasting effects.”

His words: “Our national journey to economic prosperity is a long one, so we must all certainly work together. As we saw, partnerships were essential when we were faced with the serious challenge of combatting COVID-19.

“We saw the key role that partnerships played in our national effort to combat the COVID-19 crisis. While Federal and State Governments worked together to manage the health response and ensure the establishment of isolation centres and availability of test kits, personal protective equipment, and medicines, the private sector also played an active role as individual entities, and also worked together in groups like the Coalition Against COVID-19.”

During the speech presentation, the Vice President responded to the issue of import duties raised by some speakers at the summit. The Vice President noted that “the point of the reduction in levies on motor vehicles, commercial vehicles for transportation is to reduce the cost of transportation by reducing the cost of vehicles.”

He explained that “with subsidy removal and the increase in fuel price and the pass-through to food prices, transportation costs had to be reduced. Now the automotive policy is directed at localizing the production of vehicles. So the logic was increase the duty and levies so that local production becomes more competitive. But the annual demand for vehicles is about 720, 000 vehicles per year. Actual local production is 14,000 vehicles a year.

“So, the problem is that at current rate of production, we will not meet the serious national needs and this will just mean higher prices of vehicles and greater strain on other sectors of the economy that depend on transportation. But we are not giving up on the local auto industry.

“Two important things to note; the first is that we still have relatively high duty at 35%, so there is still a disincentive for importation. Second is that we are promoting policy that the government must buy only locally manufactured cars.”

The opening session of the summit featured presentations by speakers including Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi; Governor Aminu Bello Tambuwal of Sokoto State; Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms Funke Opeke; and the Chief Executive Officer of GIG Group, Mr Chidi Ajaere; among others.

https://igberetvnews.com/1372765/inflation-buhari-exempts-minimum-wage-earners-tax/

Quote:Court Jails Six Foreigners Seven Years For Oil Theft In Port Harcourt

Justice J.K Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six foreigners and a Nigerian to seven years imprisonment for oil theft.

They were jailed on Monday, November 23, 2020 after three years of diligent prosecution by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The foreigners are two Pakistanis: Mohammed Ejaz, Nasser Khan; two Ukranians: Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr Kashernvi; one Ghanaian: Romeo Annang, and one Indonesian: Fredrik Fatin Omenu. Their Nigerian counterpart: David Otuohi bagged same jail term with them.
The convicts were arraigned on Tuesday, 21 November, 2017, alongside three other foreigners and another Nigerian for oil theft. The other three foreigners Victor Mikpayi (Beninois ), Francis Ahorlu and Kwesi Attah( Ghanaians), and Victor Azebiri( Nigerian) were discharged and acquitted by the court.

They were all docked alongside a company: Asztral Shipping Corporation SA, and a Vessel, MT. TECNE( a.k.a MT STAR), on four count charges bordering on conspiracy, dealing in petroleum products without a licence and tampering with oil pipelines.

Count one of the charge read: “that you Victor Azebiri, David Otuhohi, Mohammed Ejaz, Naseer Khan, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr Kashernvi, Romeo Annang, Francis Ahorlu, Kwesi Attah, Victor Mikpayi, Frederik Fatin Omenu, Astral Shipping Corporation SA, MT TECNE a.k.a MT STAR (Vessel), Peter Ala (at large), David Ogoma, a.k.a Ambassador (at large) and others now at large, on or about the 20th and/or 25th day of April, 2017 at Escravos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: distribute, deal in, or with petroleum product without appropriate licence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 3(6) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and Punishable under Section 1(17) of the same Act”.

Another count charge read “that you Victor Azebiri, David Otuhohi, Mohammed Ejaz, Naseer Khan, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksandr Kashernvi, Romeo Annang, Francis Ahorlu, Kwesi Attah, Victor Mikpayi, Frederik Fatin Omenu, Astral Shipping Corporation SA, MT TECNE a.k.a MT STAR (Vessel), Peter Ala (At large), David Ogoma, a.k.a Ambassador (at large) and others now at large, on or about the 25th day of April, 2017 at Escravos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did without appropriate authority or licence distribute, deal in, or with petroleum product to wit:1905.836 cubic litres of crude oil conveyed in a vessel christened “MT TECNE” (VESSEL) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(17) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and Punishable under Section 1(17) of the same Act”.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to them.
Their pleas prepared grounds for their trial by the EFCC, whcih for three years presented evidence and witnesses that testified against the defendants in court.

In his judgment on Monday, Justice Omotosho found the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 11th defendants guilty of all the four- count charges and sentenced them to seven years imprisonment with an option of fine of N2,000,000( Two Million Naira only) each, while the 1st, 8th, 9th and 10th defendants were discharged and acquitted on the ground that " they were not linked to the commission of the crime". The sentences run concurrently from their date of arraignment.

The company involved in the crime: Asztral Shipping Corporation SA was wound up by the court while the vessel carrying the offensive crude oil: MT TECNE , a.k.a MT STAR( Vessel) was forfeited to the Federal Government.
The suspected oil thieves ran into troubled waters when their ship was intercepted by the NNS DELTA on 25 April, 2017 at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Afremo ‘A’ Terminal, South East of Escravos in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, for illegal loading of petroleum products suspected to be crude oil. The crew members connived with Victor Azeberi (the 1st defendant); one Peter Ala and David Ogoma (AKA) Ambassador, who are now at large, to siphon about 1905.836 cubic litres of crude oil. The ship had no clearance from relevant Nigerian maritime agencies to navigate in Nigerian waters and all the foreign crew on board the ship had no valid documents to enter Nigeria.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3611461238876340&id=509762239046271

Quote:Some gunmen have infiltrated the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria’s staff quarters, abducting Dr. Bako, a professor at the Department of Physiology.

Confirming the incident, the university’s Director of Public Affairs, Auwalu Umar, in a statement on Monday, the gunmen invaded the residence of the professor at about 12:50am.

According to the statement, the gunmen whisked the lecturer away, including his wife and daughter.

The statement read: “The University Division quickly informed the operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team that advanced to the scene, following a distress call.

“There was an exchange of fire between the kidnappers and the mobile police operatives. When it was clear that they would be overpowered, the kidnappers ran into the bush along with the victims.

“As the police went after them up to Sasuwar Da’a village bordering the University, the kidnappers then released the wife and the daughter and went away with the husband. Some empty shells were recovered from the scene.”

https://dailynigerian.com/breaking-gunmen-storm-abu-staff-quarters-abduct-physiology-professor/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Vows to block social media bill

Quote:Deji Elumoye in Abuja

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate is set to block confirmation of the nomination of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for fresh five-year tenure by President Muhammadu Buhari, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.

This is coming just as the National Assembly resumes plenary today after a five-week break during which Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) defended their 2021 budget estimates before the committees of the federal parliament.


Sources told THISDAY yesterday that the PDP senators met at the weekend and took far-reaching decisions, including opposing Yakubu’s nomination.

Buhari had earlier this month forwarded the name of Yakubu to the Senate for confirmation, and President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, is expected to read the letter today at the resumed plenary of the Senate.

A senator told THISDAY that the PDP caucus resolved to lobby their colleagues towards ensuring that the Senate doesn’t ratify Yakubu’s nomination.

The lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity told THISDAY that the minority caucus based its rejection of Yakubu’s candidacy on his reported inconsistencies in his first term.

He mentioned, in particular, the 2019 general election, allegedly marred by irregularities leading to INEC saying they had no server only for it to use the server during the Edo/Ondo guber polls this year.

He said: “You could see that under Yakubu’s watch as INEC chairman, there were glaring inconsistencies. At a point, the commission will say one thing, at another point, deny it. An example was during the 2019 general poll in the country when INEC said the server would not be used for the elections only for it to turn round this year and use the same server for Edo and Ondo governorship elections. So, for us in PDP we can’t trust Yakubu with future polls in the country because we believe he can’t guarantee free and fair polls and on this basis we will oppose his re-nomination by the president.”

THISDAY also gathered that the minority caucus also resolved to resist a bill currently before the National Assembly to gag the social media, whenever it is tabled for discussion at plenary.

Other decisions taken by the PDP senators ahead of the resumption of Senate plenary today include giving necessary legislative support for the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill and Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as well as constitutional reform.

“We will support the timely passage of the PIB and the Electoral Amendment Bill because they are for the betterment of the citizenry as well as the society.

“The PDP caucus is also in support of the review of the 1999 Constitution and will support our colleagues in APC and YPP towards ensuring that the revised constitution is ready by June 2021,” the source added.

The Senate had on October 20 suspended its plenary and adjourned till today to enable its committees to consider the 2021 budget estimates of the federal government.

Lawan had said the break would enable ministers and heads of parastatals to appear before the Senate committees to defend the allocations for the various MDAs in the 2021 Appropriation Bill.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/11/24/pdp-senators-to-oppose-yakubus-confirmation-as-inec-chair/

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES 


TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER.



FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen (2 Corinthians 13:14).


Your highest calling as a Christian is fellowship with the Lord. Without fellowship, nothing you do on earth is esteemed in Heaven. To fellowship with Jesus is to fellowship with the fullest revelation of the essence of deity. But you see, you can’t fellowship with Him except through the Holy Spirit.


That’s why I often wonder why some people think they don’t need the Holy Spirit. There’s nothing more void than a life without the Holy Spirit, because He’s the author of life. Without Him, all you have will be darkness. He’s the One who gives you light and quickens the Word of God in your heart. God’s Word won’t mean anything to you without the insight and revelation the Holy Spirit gives.


The Bible says His words are life to those that find them (Proverbs 4:22); and the way to find them is through the Holy Spirit. Your desire should be to fellowship more with the Holy Spirit every day; I mean fellowship with participation, where you’re actively engaged with Him in a romance of righteousness.


The glorious thing about this is that, for all the successes that you achieve through the guidance and wisdom you receive as you fellowship with Him, He gives you the credit. Another beautiful impact of your fellowship with Him is that you become so mingled with Him that your body becomes His body; your tongue becomes His tongue, your hands, His hands, and your feet, His feet. Hallelujah!


In this kind of relationship, every limit and barrier is taken off your way; you experience nothing but progress in life. You’re so full of His glory and wisdom that they overflow from you to others. He takes over your life and you experience unprecedented manifestations of His power that causes many to wonder at you. These and more are what fellowship with the Holy Spirit will bring to you. Praise God!



PRAYER

Dear Father, thank you for the Holy Spirit whom you’ve sent to live in me and guide me in all things. Even now, He lifts my vision and enables me to see and live as a master over everything in this life. I control and dominate the forces of nature and the world, and live above circumstances by the power of the Holy Spirit. Blessed be God!


FURTHER STUDY


1 John 1:3; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 1:9


1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
1 Peter 3 & Ezekiel 31-32


2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Jude 1:12-25 & Hosea 1-2









#AFFIRMATIONTRAIN 



I affirm that the Word of God dwells in me richly, causing me to know and walk in God’s divine plan. I am filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.



 The Word of God is alive in my spirit, soul, and body; therefore, my life is full of beauty and excellence! The Rhema of God is in my heart and in my mouth today; and as I speak it forth, mountains are moved, hills are leveled, and the crooked paths are made straight. 



Nothing is impossible for me because the greater One lives in me. By His power, that is at work in, and through me; I create my victorious and prosperous life, from glory to glory. Hallelujah! 


My words are not empty, they are filled with divine energies. The anointing of God’s Spirit is in my words; for the words that I speak, they are spirit and they are life. 


My words never fall to the ground without results. When I speak, angels are dispatched into action. My words are quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.



 With my words, I cut down every challenge and situation that are contrary to the provisions of the kingdom.



 I refuse TO BE SMALL because I am the child of the monarch of the universe! With my mouth, I make my way prosperous. Glory to God. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!











God bless you

Quote:I want to thank Emily Murphy at GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our Country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused – and I do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of GSA.

Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331013908971261953

Maina: Arewa youths react to detention of Ndume, question failure to arrest Abaribe over Nnamdi Kanu


 
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 November 23, 2020



Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has in strong terms condemned the detention of Senator Ali Ndume
A Federal High Court had on Monday ordered that Ndume be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina
Ndume, who represents Borno South at the National Assembly, stood as surety for Maina who is standing trial on alleged money laundering charges.

However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear in court for the continuation of his trial which led to the revocation of his bail by Justice Okon Abang.
And in a statement to DAILY POST signed by its National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, AYCF wondered why same court has not ordered the detention of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who stood as suretie for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who is also on the run.

“We, as a youth group from the North, find the arrest and remand in prison of Senator Ali Ndume because fugitive Abdurrashid Maina had jumped bail, as unfair. Much as we are not denying whether,” the statement said.


“Abdurrashid Maina committed offence or not, we believe it amounts to setting bad example if Senator Abaribe – who stood surety for terrorist Nnamdi Kanu is still walking the streets as a free man.

“We cannot fathom why Senator Abaribe, who secured bail for IPOB’s Kanu whose action has since been declared treasonable and terror to the country (and still on the run) has never ever been sanctioned for standing surety.


“In the interest of equity, fairness and balance, Senator Abaribe should be immediately arrested and remanded in prison too, until IPOB’s Kanu is turned it or he turns himself in.

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“Both Ndume and Abaribe are senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and therefore Abaribe cannot be said to be higher in status than Ndume. Both are lawmakers by the grace of our national constitution and the votes of their constituents.

“Most importantly, we have a duty as a country to demonstrate that in this country, no one citizen is above the other. Significantly, Ndume’s case is such that Maina is still a “suspect” being tried by the law and no sentence has yet been handed down by any court of competent jurisdiction. Still, this cannot be said of Nnamdi Kanu and his treason case.


“We are therefore very disturbed that this is happening to Ndume at a moment democratic power is mainly in the hands of people from Ndume’s immediate constituency. It is this kind of development that gives room for people to accuse the Federal Government of selective application of justice.

“We, therefore, call on President Buhari to intervene and put an end to this embarrassing selectivity against one the North’s exceptionally-vocal, fearless and pro-masses member of the National Assembly.”

19-year-old lady arrested for setting her ex-boyfriend's home ablaze, killing his new girlfriend (photos)







The Lagos State Police has arrested 19-year-old girl, Jemila Ibrahim, and her friend, Fatima Mohammed, 21, of Monkey Village, Festac Area, Lagos, for setting ablaze the house of one Mohammed Yusuf, of Monkey Village, Lagos State, and his girlfriend, Rabi, on Wednesday, November 18. 
 

A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, says Mohammed, an ex-lover to Jemila, had the hint of the incident and rushed to the house where he met his house on fire but managed to rescue Rabi, his new lover, from the inferno and took her to the hospital where she gave up the ghost on Saturday, November 21.
 

Quote:''Mohammed had alleged his former lover, Jemila Ibrahim, of infidelity before they broke up; he later met and fell in love with his new lover, Rabi, that was caught up in the inferno. 


The duo of Jemila Ibrahim, f, and her friend, Fatimo Mohammed, f, of Monkey Village, who accompanied Jemila to commit the heinous crime, have been arrested by the police operatives attacked to Satellite Division of the command. ''the statement read

Gunmen kidnap Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono's brother in Kano







Suspected kidnappers have abducted Babawuro Tofai Nanono, the younger brother of the Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono.
 
The gunmen were said to have stormed the minister’s home in Tofai Village under Gabasawa Local Government Area in Kano around 1:00am on Monday November 23 and whisked the man to an unknown destination after firing warning shots.
 
The spokesperson for the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident and said efforts are being made to rescue the victim.
 

Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami, loses 13-year-old daughter







The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, lost his 13-year-old daughter, Aisha, on Monday November 23.
 
The minister announced her passing on his Twitter handle. He did not disclose the cause of the teenager’s death.
 

Quote:“Inna lil Laahi wa inna ilaiHi Rajiun! My 13-year-old daughter, Aishah Isa Ali (Amal) passed away just a moment ago.
“Due to some necessities, funeral prayer tomorrow at Annur Masjeed, Wuse 2, immediately after Zuhr prayer in sha Allah. May Allah forgive and be merciful to her.”he tweeted

Rapper 21 Savage's brother, 27, is stabbed to death 'during argument with a friend' in London







Rapper 21 Savage's British brother was stabbed to death "during an argument with a friend," on a south London estate.
 
Terrell Davis, 27, was killed on the Blenheim Gardens estate in Brixton last night, November 23.
 
Mr Davis, a drill rapper known as TM1way, had been taking some shopping to his grandmother when he got into an argument with an old friend, who suddenly lunged forward and stabbed him, a family source said.
 
Mr Davis was found suffering from a stab wound just before 6pm last night. Police attended but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
 
Terrell Davis and 21 Savage - who was born in Plaistow, East London before emigrating to the US as a child - have the same father, Kevin Emmons.
 
 21 Savage, aged 28, wrote a heart-breaking tribute to his "baby bro" on Instagram.
 
The Grammy-award winning artist said: "Can’t believe somebody took you baby bro. I know I took my anger out on you I wish I could take that s*** back."
 

 
He also posted a picture of him and his brother as young boys - as well as a series of more-recent images of Mr Davis.
 

 
 
A family source said: "They are brothers. They used to speak on the phone quite a bit and on WhatsApp. I don't think Savage has been back to Britain for a while because he's had some legal problems in the US."
 

 
Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage was arrested by U.S immigration officers last year due to his visa expiring in 2006.
 
He was brought to America by his mother when he was a seven-year-old child.
 
The 28-year-old artist was released from custody after paying a $100,000 bond.
 
 The source added: "He'll be devastated, however, the whole family are.
 
"Terrell was a good guy, he used to live on the estate but had moved away.
 
"But he was round visiting his grandmother yesterday and had gone to the shops for her as she's elderly and we are in the middle of a pandemic.
 
"He was coming back to the house when he saw an old friend. This was someone he'd known for a long time.
 
"They started arguing over something and then suddenly he stabbed him. It was completely out of the blue.
 
"Terrell didn't have any enemies that I knew of and he wasn't involved with any gangs. He just focused on his music.
 
"He was really good rapper and was on the verge of doing big things. He wanted to be like his brother. Everyone is in shock."
 
The Metropolitan Police said there had not yet been any arrests.
 
 

Twitter influencer, Pamilerin calls out his Aunt's husband for allegedly killing her...







Twitter influencer, Pamilerin has called out his Aunt's husband for allegedly killing her. 
 
He alleged that his Aunt was killed by her husband Abayomi Opeifa for attending a naming ceremony her elder brother was holding.
 
Pamilerin who also revealed that he's been arrested, further disclosed that the deceased stopped enjoying her marriage after her husband's mother moved in. 
 
He tweeted; 
 

Quote:Whenever you are ready to marry, please pray you don’t marry into the wrong family. Your husband or wife can be a great person but what about the family.


My Aunty’s husband (Abayomi Opeifa) just killed her overnight. Because she went to her elder brothers naming ceremony
Abayomi’s mother basically control him on what to do and what not to do. When to beat his wife and when he should not allow his wife sleep inside. I’m not against your parents staying with you, but my aunty has never enjoyed her home since her husbands mother moved in
This is Someone that used to head a hotel in Lekki, worked at Eko Hotel and called himself Gentleman and and fearing. Oloriburuku ni e Abayomi. You will rot in Jail. You and your mother
HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED

56 New COVID-19 Cases, 165 Discharged And 1 Death On November 23

Quote:56 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Kaduna-18
FCT-17
Lagos-6
Plateau-5
Kano-3
Kwara-2
Yobe-2
Ekiti-1
Niger-1
Rivers-1

Quote:Highlights
On the 23rd of November 2020, 56 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria
Till date, 66,439 cases have been confirmed, 62,241 cases have been discharged and 1,168 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 56 new cases are reported from 10 states- Kaduna (18), FCT (17), Lagos (6), Plateau (5), Kano (3), Kwara (2), Yobe (2), Ekiti (1), Niger (1), Rivers (1)
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities

Quote:November 22 https://www.nairaland.com/6272540/covid-19-update-november-22-2020

Als je een bruid bent die van kant houdt, zul je gemakkelijk een strandtrouwjurk vinden met deze stof. Chantilly-kant en Alencon zijn twee soorten delicaat Frans kant die vaak een bloemmotief hebben en prachtig zijn in illusiedetails of overlays. Wimperrand is een trend in bruidsjurken die een vleugje grillige romantiek of vintage bohemien toevoegt. Een effen jurk van chiffon is niet de enige optie voor een ceremonie aan zee. Een licht kant, of verspreide kanten applicaties, kunnen je ook die lichte en luchtige look geven.

Misschien wil je geen A-lijn knippen. Heb jij oog voor glamour? In dat geval hebben we een ontspannen zeemeermin-silhouet waarvan we denken dat je die geweldig zult vinden: BONDI. Let op het exotische pauwenveerpatroon in het kant. Niet jouw typische kant. Onze jurk geeft je de sexy rondingen van een zeemeermin-silhouet met ruimte om over het zand te glijden en te dansen (de losse vissenstaart wordt een romantische veegtrein). U zult de aandacht trekken met BONDI's spaghettibandjes van glas en kristal met een sexy lage rug. Zorg ervoor dat je vanuit verschillende hoeken foto's maakt in deze unieke zeemeerminjurk.

Met de stralende zon en het warme zand onder je voeten lijkt het bijna te verwachten dat je een beetje huid door de oceaan laat zien. Strapless en spaghettibandjes zijn geweldige keuzes voor het lijfje. Het tonen van blote schouders, of een gewaagde lage "V" -halslijn of lage rug, is een verbluffende knipoog naar kust-casual. De bescheidenheid van een lange rok geeft een stijlvolle uitstraling aan sexy strandtrouwjurken.

Voor een schitterende jurk raden we Waverly aan. Deze fit & flare trekt de aandacht. Een doorschijnend lijfje met vrouwelijke kanten applicaties, spaghettibandjes Jewelry en een nauwsluitend silhouet dat zachtjes uitloopt met een zachter kantpatroon. Het is couturemode voor een coole bruid.

Er zijn zoveel trouwjurken voor een strandbruiloft! Een A-lijn sweetheart-jurk is een populaire snit voor aan de kust, maar er is geen reden om een ??ontspannen zeemeermin of een losse pasvorm en flare uit te sluiten. Zolang de stoffen licht zijn en de snit gemakkelijk beweegt, kun je eruitzien als een prachtige zeegodin en je moeiteloos onbezorgd voelen.

De verfrissende sfeer wordt weerspiegeld in de vriendelijke service van Bridal Tradition, de gastvrije (koop niet al te chique) omgeving en een gebrek aan benauwde regelgeving. Kelly legt haar gemakkelijke pasbeleid uit: "We hebben NIET veel regels bij het passen van jurken. U wilt hulp in de kleedkamer, wij zijn er om u te helpen, u wilt een beetje privacy,Abschlussballkleider daar vinden wij ook cool mee. Het enige wat we vragen is dat je de jurken respecteert en alsjeblieft om hulp vraagt ??als je die nodig hebt. We geven graag advies en meningen als dat nodig is! "

Phil en Cat planden hun bruiloft in slechts 3 maanden en hun bruiloftsinspiratie begon met een paar schoenen! Met een oude Hollywood-stijl en het gebruik van gedempte metallics en diep turkooizen tinten, zal deze prachtige bruiloft mensen inspireren die op zoek zijn naar milieuvriendelijke bruiloftsidee?n!

Het decor bestond voornamelijk uit papieren bloemen gemaakt van oude boeken, kaarsen en spuitbusflessen om eenvoudige, maar opvallende centrepieces te cre?ren.

De selectie van bruids- en galajurken bij Bridal Image is onge?venaard. Ze hebben niet alleen honderden jassen beschikbaar in hun showroom, maar ze kunnen ook elke maat Abiti da ballo bestellen van 0-30. Vertegenwoordigde Wedding Designers zijn onder andere Maggie Sottero, Venus Bridal, Allure, Rebecca Ingram, Mon Cheri en Bonny.

Het is bijna hier! De meest verwachte bruiloft van 2018: lid van de Britse koninklijke familie Prins Harry en de Amerikaanse ex-actrice Meghan Markle. De bruiloft vindt plaats op 19 mei 2018 in St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Engeland.

We zijn net zo opgewonden als de rest van de wereld om de bruidsjurk van Meghan Markle te zien. Welk silhouet zal ze kiezen? Welke kleur? Welke details zullen ons doen zwijmelen? De ontwerpers van Val Stefani illustreerden een paar schetsen waarvan we denken dat ze haar kenmerkende "California cool" -stijl kunnen demonstreren die chic combineert met klassiek. Welke is jouw favoriet?

We schetsten een converteerbare 2-in-1 trouwjurk waarvan we denken dat die goddelijk zou zijn voor een moderne Bruidssluier koninklijke bruid als Meghan. Het is een zeemeerminjurk van crêpe en kant die nauw aansluit met subtiele kanten applicaties met kralen. De meeste koninklijke bruiden dragen elegante mouwen, dus we hebben die klassieke stijl behouden, maar illusie-mouwen gebruikt die zowel sexy als subtiel zijn. De afneembare overrok van organza geeft de bruid twee modestijlen in één jurk: een koninklijke look voor de huwelijksceremonie en een prachtige jurk voor de receptie.

Meghan wiegde nauwsluitende jurken tijdens haar Hollywood-rode loper-dagen terwijl ze een actrice was in de Amerikaanse tv-serie Suits. Dit zeemeermin-silhouet met een afneembare overrok zou haar taille accentueren, wat ze graag laat zien. Ze houdt ook van mouwen. Hoewel dit ontwerp een knipoog is naar enkele klassieke kenmerken van koninklijke trouwjurken, zoals lange mouwen, weerspiegelt de moderne versie, zoals illusie-mouwen, Meghans slanke stijl.

Es kann am einfachsten sein, mit Ihrem Hochzeitsstil zu beginnen. Zum Beispiel: klassisch, modern, rustikal oder m?rchenhaft. Wenn Sie eine rustikale Hochzeit im Freien haben, k?nnen Sie sich für einen leichteren Braut-Make-up-Look entscheiden. Wenn Sie eine glamour?se Hochzeit in einem Ballsaal oder eine Themenhochzeit in einem historischen Anwesen haben, bevorzugen Sie m?glicherweise etwas Dramatischeres.

Erw?gen Sie eine Braut Make-up und Frisur Versuch. Wenn Sie einen Stylisten für Ihre Hochzeit ausgew?hlt haben, sollten Sie ihn / sie beauftragen, einen übungslauf durchzuführen, um Ihren Look zu optimieren. Wenn dies nicht m?glich ist, machen Sie sich keine Sorgen. Ein professioneller Stylist mit hervorragenden Kundenbewertungen sollte in der Lage sein, Ihrer Inspiration zu folgen. Bringen Sie ein paar Fotos zu Ihrem Hochzeitstag mit.

Gr??ter Tipp? W?hlen Sie einen Hochzeits-Make-up-Look, der Ihnen am besten gef?llt. Wenn Sie ein natürliches Aussehen bevorzugen, m?chten Sie sich oder Ihre Geliebte an Ihrem Hochzeitstag wahrscheinlich nicht mit sehr dunklen Farben schockieren.

Wen sollte eine Braut zum Einkaufen von Hochzeitskleidern mitbringen? Was empfehlen Sie für Br?ute mit einem gro?en Gefolge? Ich sehe dies die ganze Ballkleider Zürich Zeit, wenn Br?ute ihr gesamtes Gefolge von Brautjungfern zur Mutter zu Kollegen bringen, ein Lieblingskleid ausw?hlen und dann einen Tag sp?ter zurückrufen und ausrufen, dass sie sich nicht erinnern kann, wie das Kleid aussah, weil sie es war zu abgelenkt von all dem Geschw?tz oder dass sie von der Reaktion aller anderen mitgerissen wurde und einfach dem Gruppenkonsens folgte.

Ich empfehle dringend, einen vertrauenswürdigen Freund mitzubringen, der Ihren Stil kennt und ehrlich und taktvoll ist. Wenn Sie es auf Ihren Favoriten oder zwei eingegrenzt haben, bringen Sie m?glicherweise eine andere Person zu diesem endgültigen Termin, wenn Sie die Erfahrung beispielsweise mit Ihrer Mutter teilen m?chten.

Was ist die beste Einstellung für Br?ute bei der Suche nach dem perfekten Kleid? Zweifellos: Seien Sie offen. Ich würde sagen, dass 75 Prozent der Br?ute sich in ein Hochzeitskleid High Heels verlieben, das sie sich nie vorgestellt h?tte. Jedes Mal, wenn Sie zu viele Erwartungen an das perfekte Kleid stellen, verpassen Sie etwas Erstaunliches, das Ihr Kleidungsdesigner oder Berater vorschlagen k?nnte. Denken Sie daran, sie sind Experten, weil sie Hunderte, wenn nicht Tausende von Br?uten gesehen haben, die genau diesen Prozess durchlaufen haben. Sie wissen, wie die Kleider auf verschiedenen K?rpertypen aussehen, und Brautkleider sehen auf dem Kleiderbügel wirklich anders aus. Haben Sie also keine Angst, diese ?schlichte“ Seidenkreppnummer anzuprobieren, es k?nnte sich besonders mit der richtigen als atemberaubend herausstellen Zubeh?r.

Glauben Sie an ?Liebe auf den ersten Blick“, wenn es darum geht, dass eine Braut ihr Kleid zum ersten Mal sieht? Nein, ich glaube nicht an "Liebe auf den ersten Blick" für alle. Ich denke, das ist eine pers?nliche Erfahrung. Homecoming Dresses Einige Br?ute verlieben sich auf Anhieb in ihren Partner, andere in ihren besten Freund von 10 Jahren. W?hlen Sie das Kleid, mit dem Sie sich wie eine bessere Version Ihrer selbst fühlen, und vertrauen Sie Ihrem Instinkt. Sie werden nie in der Lage sein, jedes Kleid anzuprobieren. Fallen Sie nicht in die Falle, dass mehr besser ist.

Hier finden Sie einen vielseitigen Stilmix in einer Vielzahl von Gr??en. Von klassisch und romantisch bis rustikal schick in verschiedenen Silhouetten. Die neuesten verfügbaren Optionen finden Sie auf den Facebook- und Instagram-Seiten für Neuank?mmlinge. Oft sieht man einen Hauch von Laune in der Mischung. Im Allgemeinen bevorzugt Bridal Traditions jedoch weichere Stile, die in einer Reihe von Silhouetten nicht überm??ig perlenbesetzt sind, darunter: Passform und Schlag, A-Linie, Ballkleid, abgesenkte Taille und Scheide.

Kelly Shumate, Inhaberin von Bridal Tradition, erkl?rt: ?Wir kümmern uns sehr um unsere Kunden und bringen sie in das richtige Kleid zum richtigen Preis. Wir glauben, dass jede Braut ein wundersch?nes Kleid verdient, in dem sie sich gro?artig fühlen, auch wenn sie nicht mehr als 2.000 USD für ein Kleid ausgeben kann. Aus diesem Grund arbeiten wir SEHR hart daran, eine gro?e Auswahl an Kleidern im Preisbereich von 600 bis 800 US-Dollar zu haben. Alle unsere Kleider kosten weniger als 1.000 US-Dollar. Andere sagen, wir sind verrückt danach, "so viel Geld auf dem Tisch zu lassen", aber für uns ist und bleibt unser Herz dort, solange Gott uns erlaubt, diese Reise fortzusetzen. "

Was sollten Br?ute beachten, bevor sie eine endgültige Entscheidung treffen? Unterw?sche. Ich k?nnte den ganzen Tag über Unterw?sche reden. Oft probierst du ein Kleid mit einem normalen BH an, aber du solltest genau wissen, welche Art von Unterw?sche du zu deinem eigentlichen Kleid tragen musst. Wenn Ihr Hochzeitskleid rückenfrei ist, was tragen Sie darunter bequem oder nicht? Ben?tigt das Kleid Shapewear oder einen Petticoat / eine Krinoline? Wirst du das den ganzen Tag bequem tragen? Sie werden Ihr Kleid und seine Ausstattung den ganzen Tag tragen, und nichts zeigt mehr auf Ihrem Gesicht als Unbehagen.

Quote:There is uneasy calm in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the 2023 election and plot to whittle down the influence of the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Daily Trust can report.

Though the 2023 election is still far off, the state APC is said to be worried by recent developments which showed some chieftains already declaring interest in the state governorship position.

The chieftains are not only showing interest but also said to be challenging the authority of Tinubu who is the leader of the party in the state.

The swelling rank of “disgruntled members” of the party, sources said, is causing unease in the dynasty at a time the opposition has vowed to checkmate the dominance of the APC leader in the state ahead of the 2023 elections.

‘O toge Lagos’ campaign launched to end Tinubu dynasty

Already, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a campaign tagged, ‘O toge Lagos’ to end Tinubu’s reign in 2023, though APC insists the opposition cannot unseat it in the state.

While the ruling party has the opposition to contend with, it is also battling with the opposition within.

Just last month, a former commissioner for Home Affairs in the state, Dr Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, resigned from the party after launching a political movement to drive his 2023 ambition.

Following the announcement, he was relieved of his appointment as an aide to the speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa.

But he recanted 24 hours after a meeting with some leaders of the party while sources say the issue raised by his earlier resignation was far from over.

Less than two months after, another chieftain of the party, Mr Olajide Adediran, came out last week to declare his intention for the 2023 election.

He said he was damning the consequence coming out two years to the election, noting that Tinubu could not stop him.

Adediran, who is an ally of the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said he was not oblivious that Tinubu might not give him the ticket but his ambition is unstoppable.

“We understand this game. Do you think I will be stupid to believe that if our party remains the way it is today, Asiwaju Tinubu is going to give me the governorship ticket? He can give you everything but not the governorship ticket.

“When I say every other, I mean every other thing but not the governorship ticket and that is why whoever emerges as governor of Lagos State will not be the people’s governor,” he said.

Another chieftain of the party who spoke with Daily Trust on condition of anonymity said, “It is true that a lot of people are presently aggrieved but they are afraid to come out but in days to come you would see what I am talking about.

“The decision by the GAC to ban all political movements is one of the means to checkmate the aggrieved members but this has not achieved that purpose. You would see a lot of aggrieved members coming out to dare the party in days to come. It is all about 2023.

“A lot of members are aggrieved with the system and the leadership because their expectations are not being met but they are afraid to come out. They are torn between the devil and the deep blue sea,” he said.

No crisis in APC spokesman says

But the spokesman of Lagos APC, Seye Oladejo, insisted that the party remained one and that there was no crisis in it.

He stated that there was nothing unusual with members of the party having ambition.

Oladejo said: “It remains within the right of party members to be ambitious and aspire to any office of their choice.

“The presence of ambitious members in a political party engenders mass mobilisation, spread to all nooks and crannies of the state and promotes all-round activities.

“Our party has always encouraged members to contest and realize their ambition within the provisions of the constitution of the party. However, we will encourage members to continue to play by the rules and avoid causing needless crisis.

“The increase in the number of members expressing different ambitions is indicative of our democratic growth and absolute confidence in our platform.

Let me assure you that there’s no crisis within the ruling party as we remain determined to uphold internal democracy at all times.”

The APC publicist also dismissed the threat by Jandor, saying he was merely seeking attention.

Meanwhile, the spokesman of the PDP, Taofiq Gani, while speaking with Daily Trust, said the party was aware of the acrimony in APC, saying it would aid them to dislodge the ruling party.

He said it was not only APC members that were dissatisfied with the leadership, many Lagosians are unhappy with the system in the state.

Gani, however, warned that the “acrimony” within the APC should not stall governance in the state.

https://dailytrust.com/2023-plot-to-uproot-tinubus-dynasty-thickens

Soldiers arrested for assaulting a young man in Asaba (video)







Some soldiers have reportedly been arrested for assaulting a young man identified simply as Godson in Asaba, Delta State. 
 
Activist Harrison Gwamnishu who shared the video of the assault, said the head of Civil Military Affairs, Maj. Gen. Bature confirmed the 'arrest' of the soldiers. He also revealed that he is pushing for the arrest of the Civil Defense officers involved in the incident. 
 
He wrote; 
 

Quote:JOINT PATROL TEAM ASSAULT A YOUTH IN ASABA.
As promised, we met with the 28-year-old victim who was brutally assaulted yesterday by Civil Defence Corps and Nigeria Army in Asaba.

The 28-year-old Godson is one among many young Nigerians who were harassed and humiliated by the joint patrol team. There have been several complaint of gross violation of Human Rights and impunity.

Our team Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation and other Human Rights Groups have taken this matter and will ensure Godson and others get Justice.

We will ensure all the officers involved are brought to book and no complaint of such Brutality is reported again.

While commending the security agencies for providing security, we won't fail to keep our eyes on them and ensure they respect the rights of citizens.
 
All the Soldiers involved in brutal assault on Godson have been arrested and detained. The female soldiers inclusive.

The head of Civil Military Affairs, Maj. Gen. Bature has just confirmed the 'arrest' of the soldiers involved in this video.

We are also pushing for the arrest of the Civil Defense officers with them.

Please help us film them when the need arises. We will keep you anonymous and protect you till infinity.

Thanks to you all that shared the video and special thanks to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

Appreciation to @segalink for the support and phone calling the Authorities.
Behind Bars Team

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Insecurity: Nigeria sitting on edge – Sen Shehu Sani


 
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 November 23, 2020



A former legislator from Kaduna State, Senator Shehu Sani has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to
wake up to reality and tackle the nation’s problems as Nigeria is sitting on the edge.


The former lawmaker claimed citizens in the hinterlands are forced to sell their “homes and farms” to pay ransom to kidnappers, adding that “Life is becoming unbearable for Nigerians”.


Sani who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Jos, the Plateau State Capital.

He said, “It is important that those in the position of political wakes up to the reality of Nigeria today. People have been killed, people are being kidnapped. The country is on the edge.


“I come from the North-West, bandits are unleashing mayhem and terror against our people. The states of Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and Kaduna are under the siege of kidnappers and bandits.


“Villagers are selling their homes and farms to pay ransom to kidnappers. Life is becoming unbearable for Nigerians. It is important that the President should know, the most important legacy he can live behind is a safer and secure country better than the one he met.

“Nigeria is on the edge; insurgency, herdsmen, violence, the bloodshed, the killings in this country must stop.


“Those in the position of political power should know that they need to wake up and restore order and sanity in Nigeria. We cannot live our country to be controlled by terrorists, bandits and herdsmen.
“As a nation, we must come together; because Nigeria needs peace, justice and equity”.


The Human Right Activist noted that recently youths in the country came out protesting against police brutality, injustice among other issues, saying it is important that the leaders listen to them.

Sani maintained that Nigeria cannot continue to do the same thing, getting bad results and doing the same over and over again.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has spent so much time in the struggle to lead this country. Now that the people have given him the mandate it is important that he understands that the sacrifices made by Nigerians to see to his ascension to power be rewarded by order and peace”.

On the ongoing ASUU strike, Shehu Sani said, “My view is that Government should do all it can to address the grievances of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).


According to him, “ASUU is not a political organisation, a political party or a partisan society; it’s an organisation of intellectuals that has been standing and fighting for the right of poor people to have their children educated in public schools.

He maintained that, “People in the positions of power today were beneficiaries of free education from primary to tertiary education.


“Today most people in the position of power starting from Counsellors, Local Government Chairmen, Members of State Houses of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senators, Ministers and Governors, non of them take their children to public schools they attended.


He further decried that public primary and Secondary schools in Nigeria have been destroyed, noting that the destruction is now moving towards the public Universities.

“It is important that the Government should listen to ASUU and do everything possible to meet their demands. There has never been a shortage of money in politics; why the shortage of money to public education in Nigeria? He asked.

Newly promoted Deputy Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration dies hours after receiving news of his sister's death







A newly promoted Deputy Comptroller in the Nigeria Immigration Service, Alhaji Usman Ndagi died hours after receiving news of the demise of his sister.
 
It was gathered that the Immigration officer from Mokwa, Niger State, popularly known as Yandakoture, died in Abuja on Thursday morning, November 19 while his sister died on Wednesday night, November 18. 
 

 
According to a member of the community, Yax Mokwa, the late officer died shortly after complaining of dizziness while his bags were being packed in the car for the journey to Niger State to bury
"One of Kin Mokwa's most illustrious sons is shockingly gone. Alhaji Usman Ndagi (popularly known as Yandakoture). A mentor, amiable, accomodating, and always has his people at heart, providing opportunities for them to develop and empower themselves. His many positive impacts on our society are immeasurable," he wrote.

"The death of his sister came as a shock yesterday to everyone and he was set to leave Abuja for Mokwa this morning. He asked for his bags to be taken to the car as he was feeling a little dizzy and would want to relax a little only for them to return to a lifeless body."

"I saw him on the 6th of September this year at his house in Minna and spoke with him last week over the phone not knowing that those would be my last moments with this man that has a lot for one to emulate most especially when it comes to giving back to our society,"

"This is indeed a painful death to us all and if death could take something else we gladly would have offered but this is a promise of Allah that all of us will surely taste death, one after the other. His sister yesterday and him this morning and we are next.


''May Allah grant the two of them Jannatul-Firdaus and give the families they left behind the fortitude to bear these irreparable losses."
 
Meanwhile, friends, family members and colleagues have taken to Facebook to mourn the brother and sister. His cousin Kazim Audu shared screenshot of their chat when he congratulated the late officer on his recent promotion. 
 

 
"I was tore up into pieces when I received the shocking news of the departure of this paragon of hope. My mind is seriously still struggling to process what could have gone wrong so sudden. Like losing a sister a night before and following her the following morning. That's so tragic and devastating to say the least, " Audu wrote.
"Like many others, this heavy grief will definitely take me time to overcome. I have a lot to miss about him. Most of which, will be the hilarious relationship we share. A cousin who often time sits on the position of a father and guardian at the same time. Just last week here, we had long chat on Facebook where I also seized the opportunity to congratulate him for his promotion to the position of deputy controller of immigration.
"I told him that I will love to join him and he jokingly replied that I will be too lazy to be an officer and also added that I was a troublemaker . This unforeseen tragedy has dropped inside of me a turmoil that will take time to heal. I will continue to console myself that the lord has better plans for you.
"I will continue to pray for your eternal rest. I will always play back the happy and hilarious moments and assume you are forever here with us. The lives you positively touched during your stay on earth will forever be remembered.
"You left a wonderful family behind and it is my prayer that Allah grant them the fortitude to bear this massive lost. May Allah forgive your shortcomings and grant you the highest level of Janatu Firdausi.
"Just as the saying goes. Seasoned firewood doesn't last long in a burning fire. Adieu YaNdakoTure the seasoned firewood."
 
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Young couple found dead in luxury Miami rental







Miami-Dade Police are investigating the mysterious death of a young couple who were found dead inside their short-term luxury rental home on Tuesday morning, November 17.
 
On Thursday, November 19, Miami-Dade police identified the victims as Tyron Coleman, 23, and Jessica Moye, 26.
 
The young couple was lodging at a Kendall luxury home, near The Falls, Miami, when they died.
 
A cleaning crew entered the rental at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Nov 17 and found the couple unresponsive.
 
Authorities were called to the scene and they found the couple was already dead. Details surrounding their death have not been released.
 

 
According to Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s records, Michael P. Hanna has been the owner of the home since 1978.
 
Moye’s uncle, Thomas Jones, told WVSN that his niece liked to party and have fun. He considered her like his child because he raised her from the time she was 12 until she was 18.
 
"She was a beautiful child, a beautiful person. I just miss her being around. I’m missing her now," Jones said. "Our Jessica was like a daughter, not a niece."
 
Police said the deaths of Tyron C. Coleman and Jessica Moye have been ruled a homicide.
 
Authorities say they have no suspects in the case, though there is a reward of up to $5,000 for anyone that can offer information that leads to an arrest.

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Soldiers gun down four suspected armed robbers in Delta







Soldiers have killed four suspected armed robbers terrorising residents of Oviore community in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. 

The suspects were shot dead during a gun battle between them and operatives of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) of the Nigerian Army stationed at Oviere army post. 


 
The commander, Sector 1, OPDS, Nigerian Army, Colonel Ahmed Sanni, Effurun, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday November 23, said the soldiers, with the support of local vigilante at Oviore, responded to a distress call on November 20 at about 10:04 p.m from residents of the community.
 
Upon sighting the soldiers, the suspected robbers opened fire on them but were overpowered by the superior firearms of the operatives. 
 
Items recovered from the scene include two locally-made guns, one tricycle, three mobile phones and one iron cutter. 
 

 

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Gunmen assassinate Engineer in Rivers state







Unknown gunmen have killed one Engineer Michael Ebirien- Agana at Agana community, in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

It was gathered that Ebirien- Agana, said to be a staff of the Local Govt Council, was ambushed along the Igbo-Etche road by the gunmen while on his way home between 8.30 and 9pm on Friday, November 20. 


 
According to reports, the gunmen dragged him out of his car, shot him and drove off. He was rushed to the hospital by good Samaritans where he was confirmed dead by a doctor. 
 
Spokesman for the State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident on Monday, November 23, said efforts are ongoing to arrest his killers.
 
Meanwhile, friends and community members have taken to Facebook to mourn his death. One Gogonte  Obediah described the late engineer as a patriot and lover of people.
"Yesterday was indeed a sorrowful day for Andoni LGA. As a people, we are deeply sorrowful and very much confused," he wrote.
"We lost one of our finest brains, a patriot, a lover of the people, a motivator and a mobilizer.
Engr.Michael Ebirien Agana was a good man. I got to like him in my early days as a Youth Star of the Anglican Youth Fellowship Nig. Uncle Mike was one of the AYF leaders to reckon with. Uncle Mike and the likes of Bro Anthony Waribo now Chief Uruk, Mr.Barth Nengia, late Wilcox Ngbowa (Then President AYF), Bro Bethel Pious now (a Priest), Gogo Ubulom, and many others made my entrance into the popular Anglican Youth Fellowship Worthwhile,"
"Mike died a violent death, killed by the enemy's bullet. We pray God to guide the police to uncover the people behind his gruesome assassination. We need justice and the Wicked must be made to taste the bitter repercussion of the water of justice. Rest on Sir."
 
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Gunmen abduct medical doctor in Kogi







Unknown gunmen have abducted the Medical Director of Peace Hospital, Ayingba, Dr. Azubuike Joel Ihenacho.
 
The Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Omakoji Oyiguh, who confirmed this in a statement, said Dr. Ihenacho was abducted on Saturday evening November 21 at his residence in Ayingba.
 

Quote:“Dr Azubuike Joel Iheanacho was kidnapped in front of his house at Anyigba in Dekina Local government area of Kogi State. He was in a vehicle with another man and the wife when the kidnappers ordered the other two out of the car,” the statement stressed.

Quote:“Our men have entered the bush on their trail, we even saw other Victims abandoned by the kidnappers, we are suspecting that it was locally arranged and we will get them in no time,” Ede said

Dr. Anu of Med Contour has been suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria and she also cannot practice anywhere in the world







Dr Anu Adepoju has been suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria following multiple claims of malpractice and botched surgeries at her clinic, Med Contour.
 
A number of women who went to Med Contour for cosmetic surgery complained about having complications that they still suffer from. One particular patient was rushed to LUTH and eventually died after being operated upon by Dr Anu.
 
Earlier this year, LUTH petitioned the medical panel following the death of the victim of Dr Anu's procedure who died after being transferred to its hospital (read here).
 
Also, this year, popular social media personality, Omotola Taiwo Temilade, popularly known as Omohtee, called Dr Anu out following a botched surgery that left her with complications.
 
Dr Anu has continued to insist that she's a qualified cosmetic surgeon and has undergone the necessary training. She said she is a graduate of University of Lagos College of Medicine Class of 2015, after which she went abroad to study cosmetic surgery, making her a Physician member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
 
She added that she has performed over 300 successful surgeries and blamed patients' complications on their failure to follow post-surgery care guideline that she gives because they think they know better.
 
Dr Anu was pictured in court in July 2020 when the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, arraigned her before Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, over her services which allegedly resulted in the death of Nneka (read here). 
 
She has now been suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria and, according to popular medical doctor,  Dr Olufunmilayo. He said she cannot practice anywhere else in the world.
 
Dr Olufunmilayo shared the news, writing: "Dr. Anu of Med Contour has now been suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria. Remember her viral story was all over social media when Omohtee said she ruined her buttocks. Dr Anu was alleged of also killing a beauty queen in 2018 who she did surgery on.
 
"Dr. Anuoluwapo Olufunmi Adepoju has been suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria with effect from 5th November 2020. The suspension Order was issued by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Investigation Panel pursuant to powers conferred on it by s15(3)c of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap M8 LFN 2004.
 
"She graduated from College of Medicine Unilag 2017. By December 2018 she carried out a Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery procedure on a patient who developed complications and went on to die from the complications.
 
"She was a House Officer when she carried out the procedure. Her suspension is till further notice. It is pending the determination of the case by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal."
 
Dr Olufunmilayo added: "If you read the Dr Anu story earlier this year on Twitter, this is to confirm she has now been suspended from medical practice. She only graduated from The College of Medicine UniLag 2017. Then she did butt enlargement operation on a beauty queen in 2018. Sadly the patient died."
 
On whether Dr Anu can practice elsewhere, the doctor said: "Some people say 'well Dr Anu can practice elsewhere even if suspended in Nigeria' Actually NO. She cannot. As a Nigerian-trained doctor, To work anywhere in the world, You need a 'Certificate of Good Standing' from Medical Council, Nigeria. And you can’t get that if suspended."
 


 

Catholic priest abducted in Abuja







Reverend father Matthew Dajo of the St Anthony Catholic Church in Yangoji village, Kwali Area Council in Abuja suburb, has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. 
 
An eyewitnesses identified simply as Saleh, said the priest was abducted on Sunday November 22 around 9:47:pm. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the catholic priest's residence with sophisticated weapons. 
 
The gunmen reportedly gained access to the victim's house through the fence. The eyewitnesss said; 
 

Quote:“In fact, the entire community was terrified as a result of sporadic gun shot by the Kidnappers. As nobody was able to come outside because some of the Kidnappers had surrounded the house while others entered the house through the fence."

Quote:“The commissioner of Police FCT CP,Bala Ciroma, has launched a manhunt to trail and apprehend the suspects. 


“While urging residents to be security conscious and promptly report all suspicious movements, the command wishes to reiterate its unflinching commitment to the protection of lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory.”

Nigerian music artiste, Blackface has called out his colleagues and music icons, Burna Boy and Wizkid for allegedly stealing his song.

According to the singer Burna Boy and Wizkid copied his song to come up with one of the songs on the starboy’s Made In Lagos album.
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He alleged that “Ginger”, a track on Wizkid’s recent Made In Lagos album was copied from his song “Twist and Turn”.

Blackface who made the allegation via the comment section of an Instagram blog, GossipMill on Sunday, November 22nd, disclosed that he released a diss song titled “Imposters” for the duo.

In other news, BlackFace of the now defunct Plantashun boiz music band has called out 2Face for failing to informing him about the death of an old mutual friend.

Taking to Instagram, he narrated how the members of the music band met the deceased and slammed 2Face for keeping him in the dark about his demise.

He further added that he has tried to reach the Veteran singer to get information on how to reach the deceased’s family members, but all to no avail, so he decided to call him out on social media.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/blackfacenaija/

Moment Kidnappers were caught along Okene-Lokoja Express Road, Kogi State

The kidnappers was seen with money they collected as ransom, phones and other items.

Watch The Video Below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVAjcxV4JTY

Source:
https://mobile.twitter.com/tvcnewsng/status/1330810702039224321

Quote:The Head of Department, Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Dr. Zuwaira Hassan, has been killed in a fatal crash.

The PUNCH learnt that the crash occurred on Monday morning at Zaranda village, about 36 kilometers away from Bauchi metropolis.

Dr. Hassan, a Commissioner of Health during the immediate past administration of Mohammed Abubakar, died at the age of 46.

Details of the crash were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.

The PUNCH learnt funeral prayers will hold at 1.30 pm at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Central Mosque on Monday.

This will be followed by the burial at the Muslim burial ground along Gombe Road in accordance with Islamic rites.

A younger brother to the deceased, Garkwu Adamu, the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Bauchi State Command, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent in a telephone interview said that the news of the death was shocking and devastating.

He said: “Yes, it is true, she died this morning in an accident at Zaranda village on her way to Bauchi from Jos, Plateau State.

“They were three driving in the vehicle when the incident happened. It is a really sad and tragic incident that you will just wake up with someone and the next moment, that same person is gone, it is really sad.

“She was really hard working and dedicated to her work. We will really miss her a lot.”

When contacted, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Yusuf Abdullahi, said he was yet to get details of the crash.

She left behind a husband and three children.
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Quote:Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has ordered troops involved in counter-insurgency operations in the North-East to swiftly ready themselves to war mode.

According to Peoples Gazette, Buratai lamented a slack in personnel performance that had prolonged the war.

An internal army correspondence seen by the newspaper, titled: “COAS Special Order-01 Change to War Mode,” also directed soldiers deployed in ‘Operation Lafiya Doleé a special anti-terrorism combat squad to treat all individuals in the troubled region as Boko Haram suspects until properly identified.

“All persons must be treated as suspects unless fully identified and cleared especially in isolated, high threat areas, when on clearance operations and check point duties.

“We are not in peacekeeping operations, internal security operations or deterrence actions. This is real war fighting," the November 20, 2020, directive said.

OPLD Theatre Commander, Farouq Yahaya, also conveyed a follow-up from Buratai to the soldiers, directing them to “quickly identify” and “immediately neutralise” all confirmed terrorist elements.

Rights activist, Emeka Umeagbalasi, worries that the new methodology deployed by Chief of Army Staff portends grave consequences for human rights.

“If that directive is implemented, we are going to witness human rights abuses on an industrial scale,” Umeagbalasi told Peoples Gazette.

“The Nigerian Army’s counter-insurgency operations should be done within the confines of international best practices. Superior intelligence and crime detection must be applied considering Boko Haram’s asymmetrical style of operations in the North-East can’t be labeled as terrorists,” he added.

Military authorities had repeatedly assure since 2015 that the decade-long war against insurgency had been won, and the Nigerian Army was merely executing a mop up operation to extinguish remnants of Boko Haram in the North-East.

https://peoplesgazette.com/exclusive-army-chief-buratai-orders-soldiers-to-treat-all-nigerians-as-boko-haram-suspects/

BREAKING!!! IPOB Deputy Leader, Uche Mefor Resigns, Floats New Radio Station

By Wisdom Nwedene

The Deputy Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Mazi Uche Mefor, has finally resigned, Igbere TV has learnt.

Following his resignation, Mefor, who was Nnamdi Kanu’s right hand-man, has also floated a new radio station called: “Biafra Human Rights and Freedom Radio (BHFR)“.

This was disclosed in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter by Emeka Gift, a top IPOB member and pro-Biafra activist.

“Breaking: Mazi Uche Mefor resigns as deputy leader of Indigenous people of Biafra, floats new radio station “Biafra Human Rights and Freedom Radio” (BHFR) More details soon,” Emeka Gift tweeted.

The development is coming nine months after Kanu had said Mefor cautioned him on his claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was dead and had since been replaced by Jubril Al-Sudanni from Sudan.

“I keep saying this every time, my Deputy, Uche Mefor will say don’t say it, don’t say that Buhari is dead“, Kanu had said during one of his broadcasts on Radio Biafra in February.

Mefor, apart from this, had called for a change of approach and attitude among IPOB members but his appeals were met with verbal Assaults from members of his group.

The estranged IPOB deputy leader is said to be having a feud with Nnamdi Kanu which culminated in a very serious war of words between the duo IPOB leaders.

Source : https://igberetvnews.com/1372641/breaking-ipob-deputy-leader-uche-mefor-resigns-floats-new-radio-station/


 

Quote:Lions, tigers, and bears all have different preferences when it comes to their living situation — lions live in prides, and tigers and bears are mostly solitary. But sometimes life makes for odd couplings (or triple-ings).

A trio of these animals decided to form their own little weird pack and they live together in harmony, despite belonging to different species. From the trauma they faced together when they were young, these guys generated a unique bond. One that we can all learn from.

This special BLT (bear, lion, tiger), as the group is known, is a reflection of how all animals can grow to love each other, despite coming from different worlds.

A sad discovery
In 2001, the Georgia State Police broke into a drug dealer’s home and stumbled upon a heartbreaking scene. In the basement of the house lay 3 terrified cubs. A bear cub, a tiger cub, and a lion cub were all malnourished, infested with parasites, and showed signs of inhumane treatment.

A black bear named Baloo, was trapped in a harness that had cut through his skin. A Bengal tiger named Shere Khan, looked near death, and Leo, an African lion, had been locked into a small box, despite having an open wound on his face. But those tragic days have come to an end.

A new home for BLT
Authorities contacted the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and helped the trio move into their new home: a rescue center known as Noah’s Ark.

Baloo, Shere Khan, and Leo, still fearful from the trauma they’d been through, looked to each other for comfort. After a few months of healing, the cubs began to show more confidence in each other and themselves: They could be seen grooming, cuddling, and playing with each other.

As the trio became older, the rescue center leaders sadly anticipated that they might have to separate them as they grew into adulthood. They thought this made all the sense in the world, assuming the 3 acted according to the laws of nature. But this family was too closely knit to pay attention to any of these laws. They were brothers, and there was no way, or need as it turned out, to cut their fraternal bonds.

Baloo
Baloo, the American black bear, had suffered the most abuse as a cub and had to be operated on when he was rescued. He was separated from his friends, and when he came back, they welcomed him with licks and all kinds of roughhousing, a sign of animal affection. Baloo grew into a relaxed and confident bear who today would do absolutely anything for something sweet.

Shere Khan
Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, was the smallest of the 3 and also the most mischievous. He attacked Baloo and Leo during playdates but, at the same time, could also be the most loving toward the others. Shere showed his love by headbutting his brothers and snuggling with them.

Leo
Leo, the African lion, enjoyed long naps on the porch of his clubhouse. He obviously was fond of rest and also greatly enjoyed his moments of exploration, investigating new spaces, foods, smells, and toys which his caregivers offered him.

The last good-bye
The 3 brothers lived together for 15 years. Their caretakers swear that they never saw them fight or get violent with each other, not even once. After surviving such a horrific nightmare together, they rewarded each other with many, many happy days.

In 2016, Leo was diagnosed with cancer and left his siblings shortly thereafter. Shere Khan followed him in 2018 and was buried next to his brother near their clubhouse, one of his favorite spots. Baloo is the only member of this trio left in the sanctuary and is waiting until the day the 3 of them get back together.

Source: https://brightside.me/wonder-animals/a-lion-a-bear-and-a-tiger-who-were-rescued-from-abusive-owners-decided-to-live-as-a-family-799207/

Governor Akeredolu sacks Ondo attorney-general, Kola Olawoye







The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has terminated the appointment of the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Kola Olawoye.
 
In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, Governor Akeredolu, expressed his gratitude to the former Commissioner for his service in his cabinet and wished him well in his future endeavor.
 
Governor Akeredolu also announced the appointment of a human rights lawyer, Mr Charles Titiloye, as the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. He said Titiloye’s name would soon be forwarded to the state House of Assembly for confirmation.
 
 
 

BREAKING: Court Orders Senator Ndume To Be Remanded In Prison After Failing To Produce Maina

Quote:A Federal High Court has ordered Senator Ali Ndume to be remanded at Kuje at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.

Ndume stood, who is representing Borno south, as surety for Maina’s bail, who is standing trial on alleged money laundering charges.

However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear in court for the continuation of his trial.

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/11/23/breaking-court-orders-senator-ndume-to-be-remanded-in-prison-after-failing-to-produce-maina/

Quote:PROFILE: Meet Onyema Ogbuagu, UNICAL graduate leading COVID-19 vaccine research in US

Pfizer and BioNTech had announced that the first vaccine they developed against COVID-19 could prevent more than 90 percent of people from getting infected.

The vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no safety concerns have been raised. Pfizer was quoted as saying it would be able to supply 50 million doses by the end of 2020, and around 1.3 billion by the end of 2021.

But one of those leading the research at Pfizer for a COVID-19 vaccine in the US is Onyema Ogbuagu, a Nigerian-born researcher and medical doctor.
Ogbuagu is an associate professor of medicine in the clinician-educator track and director of the HIV clinical trials programme of the Yale AIDS programme at the Yale School of Medicine.

A SCHOLAR BORN OF TWO PROFESSORS

Ogbuagu is one of the twin sons of Chibuzo Ogbuagu, a former vice-chancellor of Abia State University, and Stella Ogbuagu, a professor of sociology who was best graduating student of the 1974 class at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). His twin brother is an engineer.

Both men were born in New Haven in Connecticut, which serves as home to the Ivy league Yale University in the US. The family returned to Nigeria where Ogbuagu studied medicine before going back to the US.

FROM CROSS RIVER TO EBONYI AND THE WORLD
University of Calabar
Ogbuagu studied medicine at the University of Calabar, Cross River state, in 2003. After graduation, he interned at the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.

He then proceeded to intern at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Elmhurst), New York. He rose to become chief resident at the same school after which he became a fellow of infectious diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

The Nigerian-born professor has led several researches in the US and Africa. He has over six years experience working as a faculty of the human resources for health programme in Rwanda where he mentors medical residents and junior faculty in quality improvement and clinical research projects that are locally relevant and addressing important infectious diseases-related problems (particularly HIV/AIDS and antimicrobial resistance).

He became the programme director of the World Bank and HRSA-funded efforts supporting the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS)–run internal medicine residency training programme, where he oversaw the selection and deployment of faculty to Liberia.

For five years, he has worked as director of the Yale HIV clinical trials programme, and a principal investigator on numerous pharmacokinetic, phase 2 and 3 safety and efficacy trials of novel antiviral compounds.


In 2015, Ogbuagu became a fellow, American College of Physicians. In 2017, he was a nominee for Charles W. Bohmfalk Award in Clinical Science, Yale University School of Medicine. In the same year, he won the Steve Huot Faculty Award for Dedication and Excellence, Yale University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Primary Care programme.

In 2019, Ogbuagu was awarded the Gerald H. Friedland award for outstanding international research. In 2020, he emerged as a nominee for Charles W. Bohmfalk Award in Clinical Science, Yale University School of Medicine

COVID-19 LEAD RESEARCHER AND MEDICAL SCHOLAR


A lab scientist at a Pfizer facility conducting test

Ogbuagu is one of the doctors leading the Pfizer trial. He is Yale principal investigator on multiple investigational therapeutic and preventative clinical trials for COVID-19, including remdesivir (now FDA approved), leronlimab and remdesivir and tocilizumab combination therapy as well as the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial.

Speaking on the 90 percent efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine, Ogbuagu said the drug will help people achieve immunity, and that it will be “the beginning of the end of the pandemic”.

In an interview with ABC News, he said efforts are being made to assure the public of the vaccine’s safety as due process is being follow despite the speed in rolling out the vaccines.

“The vaccine would help us achieve immunity. This could be the beginning of the end of the pandemic. Preparations are made both on the government end and the distribution network, including Pfizer who is working to have the vaccine stored at low temperature,” he said.

“While we have been celebrating a lot about having an effective vaccine and frankly we have run out of emojis. A lot of work really needs to be done to reassure the community and I hope I am doing that also which is why I am on the programme.

“So we are telling the public that even though the vaccines have proceeded at an unprecedented phase, it is being done carefully, thoughtfully and with the right amount of oversight so that vaccines receive emergency use authorisation by the FDA and it passes through all the safety check to show that the efficacy numbers are real and that should really assure the public.”

https://www.thecable.ng/profile-meet-onyema-ogbuagu-unical-graduate-leading-covid-19-vaccine-research-in-us


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JAbZynVqek

Buhari under fire over Nigeria’s move to begin fuel importation from Niger Republic


 
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 November 23, 2020


The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has faulted the move by the Nigerian government to commence importation of fuel from Niger Republic.


HURIWA said the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Niger Republic for importation of fuel stands condemned.


Recall that the Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Silva and his counterpart from Niger Republic, Foumakoye Gado had confirmed Nigeria’s interest to import fuel from the Soraz Refinery in Zinder in Niger Republic.

However, HURIWA faulted Nigeria’s inability to fix its refineries.


A statement by HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko said the move to import from Niger Republic shows a systemic failure.


HURIWA said: “The failure of the administration to fix Nigeria’s three or four refineries in preference for patronizing Niger Republic is an act of systemic and systematic economic sabotage against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


“If Nigeria has an independent National Assembly headed by independent minded patriotic statesmen and not these executive attack dogs, the central legislature would have probed the unbridled enthusiasm of President Muhammadu Buhari to corner the resources of Nigeria to build Railways in that Country and now the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding to begin the importation of fuel from Niger whilst our publicly owned refineries are left to rot despite huge investments under the guise of doing turn around maintenance.

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HURIWA opined that the deliberate failure of the Buhari-led government to, “rapidly and very effectively refurbish the three or four state owned refineries so Nigeria can rely on homemade petroleum products to satisfy domestic requirements is an act of economic sabotage by influential persons in the current administration whose major strategic interests is to economically empower Niger Republic making use of Nigeria’s resources which is the reason for the so called MOU between the petroleum ministry supervised by President Muhammadu Buhari himself and Niger Republic the same Country that is earmarked to benefit from the over $1 billion USD RAILWAY lines from Kano state in North West of Nigeria to Maradi deep inside Niger Republic.”

Quote:INVESTIGATION: Inside the horrific bloodshed and massive extrajudicial killings in Nigeria’s Oyigbo community

This is a moving story of how the Nigerian Army inflicted war-grade assault on Oyigbo community in Rivers, killing many residents, and injuring many others. It is another case of gross human rights violations.

Like most brides-to-be, Queen Nwazuo, 30, was beside herself with anticipation. Her wedding to her fiancé, Monday Bakor, was scheduled for next February and the preparation for the event had long begun. But the rosy future the student of Abia State Polytechnic looked forward to with her lover was truncated by bullets from rampaging troops of the Nigerian Army, who were on a reprisal mission in Oyigbo, Rivers State.

Ms Nwazuo, an orphan, was shot dead on Thursday, October 22, as she and Mr Bakor were trying to lock the latter’s shop at 12B Ehi Street as residents scurried to safety from soldiers who were shooting indiscriminately at unarmed civilians in Oyigbo town. Oyigbo lies west of the Imo River, the location of the oil wells that straddle Abia State and Rivers State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta.

“They did not care,” a distraught Mr Bakor told PREMIUM TIMES as he sobbed intermittently. “They were directly shooting at people. It was not stray bullets. They were directly shooting people. They killed people and they were using grammar to explain it.

“They came to the street where people were and I saw everybody as they were locking their shops. I was rushing to lock mine when a bullet pierced through the iron door of my shop. I saw particles all over me but the bullet hit my fiancée and she fell.

“I did not even care if they would kill me. I carried her to the hospital with the help of a person who brought a bike. It was at the hospital, Divine Light, that she was confirmed dead. Nobody was confronting anybody in that area. I am not IPOB. I don’t meet with anybody. You can only see me at my house and church and that shop.

“I am angry. They killed innocent people and they are still denying. They killed a woman I am about to marry next February. I opened this shop for us to make some money to use for her return to school.”

Mr Bakor said he and his late lover had fled Oyigbo to Etche on Wednesday, before they returned on Thursday, believing calm had returned. He said he took the woman’s remains to a mortuary around Timber Road in Oyigbo, a claim verified by PREMIUM TIMES. Informants at another mortuary at Imo River, which a resident, Emmanuel Maduabuchi helped locate, said families were bringing dead bodies to deposit amid the siege.

“It was divine grace that I was not also killed when I took her to hospital and later to the mortuary. Everywhere was dry and there were shootings everywhere,” he said.

Another victim, just like several others who were killed by the troops, Excellent Moses was, on the evening that the fatal cockktail opened in Oyigbo, standing hundred metres from the Mbano Camp Junction where an armoured combat vehicle of Nigerian soldiers was stationed, powering gunfires to different directions . He was hit by a bullet. Fallen and soaked in blood, Mr. Moses, a young Christian minister, let out a loud painful screech, before some low dying moans.

His friend by whose house he was standing, Willy Callistus (surname not included over safety concern), hurtled towards him. Given a fireman’s carry, Mr Moses was taken to a nearby hospital, Glorious Medical Centre.

“By the time I got to the hospital after his friends called me, my son was already dead,” Mr Moses’ mum, a civil servant, visited by PREMIUM TIMES, began, struggling to hold back tears. “I saw two holes, one on his chest and the other by his side, meaning the bullet pierced through the front and blew open his side. His shirt was also perforated.”

Mr Moses, a pastor serving at the Living Faith Church, Igwuruta, a Port Harcourt suburb, had travelled to his Oyigbo family home on Tuesday, October 20, to get a carpenter and interior decorator for some work at his Igwuruta apartment. It was a journey of no-return. He was shot dead by soldiers, his family and two friends, who witnessed the fatal incident, said.

“They said soldiers did not kill anybody in Oyigbo but my own first son was killed and those who witnessed the incident and carried him, like these boys (pointing to Willy Callistus, and Emmanuel Maduabuchi, another of Mr Moses’ friend) said the bullet was from the APC (armoured personnel carrier) at the (Mbano Camp) Junction,” his mother, a civil servant, told PREMIUM TIMES at her Ohita Street family home.

This reporter saw bullet holes on the houses close to the spot where Mr Moses stood before he was killed.

The video in this tweet has been verified to that of a young man called Justice, who was shot by Nigerian forces in Oyigbo. We showed the video to a set of young men at a football field off the road that leads to the Glorious Medical Centre. They identified him, as did Willy Callistus separately.

A brutal reprisal mission to Oyigbo

The killer soldiers launched out on a vengeful mission after mobs, whom the authorities alleged were members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), an Igbo separatist group, killed some security personnel. As fully-loaded military trucks rolled into the town, soldiers, armed to the teeth, jumped down in combat fashion, then took strategic positions on the streets of Oyigbo, also called Obigbo. The carnage soon began in earnest.

The official narrative provided by authorities was that the troops were deployed to the town to fish out separatists who murdered soldiers and police officers. Authorities also said the soldiers were there to recover stolen arms.

But under what seemed a deliberate blackout, with a 24-hour curfew in force, the Nigerian Army inflicted a cocktail of devastation and bloodshed on the town, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation found, based on on-the-ground reporting, interviews with multiple sources, including families of victims, witnesses, military, mortuary attendants and hospital sources, and a review of verified citizen-generated videos and photos.

The soldiers took vengeance on defenceless people in what ranks among the cruellest use of excessive force against unarmed civilians in the country’s history. The carnage at Oyigbo is comparable, in its execution, to the massacres in Odi (1999) and Zaki Biam (2001), under former President Olusegun Obasanjo; and Zaria(2015), under incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. Both leaders were military dictators before becoming democratically elected presidents.

For several days between the last week of October and November 3, soldiers, day and night, fired bullets around Oyigbo, indiscriminately targeting unarmed civilians, several of whom were either killed or injured, multiple witnesses, among them rescuers of victims, said. They planted fears in the community and triggered forced displacements, with residents fleeing westwards to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, or eastwards to neighbouring Imo and Abia States.

“My family was able to escape to Port Harcourt,” Christian John told PREMIUM, adding that a friend, with whom he attended preparatory lessons for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations in the past was killed during the shootings. He only identified the friend by his first name, Olisa.

At Mbano Camp Junction, on the old road to Aba, the economic nerve centre of Abia State, an armoured combat vehicle was stationed, ferociously powering gunfires in different directions, according to multiple witnesses, including residents and tricycle operators, who operate in the vicinity. It was some hundred metres away from that spot that, Mr Moses, the young Christian minister, was hit by a bullet.

Amid the siege on Oyigbo, gory pictures depicting man’s inhumanity to man emerged on social media at the end of October and Rivers State, once the main theatre of Niger Delta militancy, became Nigeria’s latest epicentre of gross human rights abuses, competing with Lagos where soldiers descended on peaceful protesters, killing yet an unknown number of them and injuring several others.

As public concerns rose, #Oyigbo #Obigbo #Oyigbomassacre trended on Twitter days after Mr Moses and several others, including at least one child, whose case was verified by our reporter, were killed by the soldiers. Many of the soldiers who executed the massacre were deployed from the Operation Delta Safe camp protecting Imo River oil and gas installations, sources familiar with the matter said.

The Terrible Things of Oyigbo

“Terrible things happened in Oyigbo,” a worried Ifeanyi Egesi said, as he drove this reporter towards the subdued community. On this day, Mr Egesi was the only Port Harcourt airport cabman who agreed to take an Oyigbo-bound passenger. Others were fear-stricken, aware of the grisly crimes that had happened there and the possibility of being killed by soldiers.

Henry Shield, who told PREMIUM TIMES he had spoken with people on the ground, including one person, Monday Bakor, whose fiancée, Queen Nwazuo, was shot dead, said, “what happened in Oyigbo was total suspension of people’s rights, like a declaration of martial law.”

Residents unable to flee the town complained that they were left starving in their homes as they were unable to go to work or buy food to eat for days because of the indiscriminate shootings by soldiers. They said they only began to enjoy some reprieve after the 24-hour curfew was reviewed to 7 PM – 6 AM on November 3.

With a 24-hour curfew in force and with the Rivers State Government and the army denying extra-judicial killings of innocent and defenceless people and human rights abuses, a clear and factual picture of the situation was slow to emerge.

During our week-long investigation in Oyigbo, we observed that fears rang clear among the people and many of them had to clear their telephones of pictures of victims or military in action over fear soldiers could forcibly take their devices and punish them for having recorded abuses.

By interviewing several residents, many of them still terrified, our reporting showed nearly every individual in Oyigbo is aware of the abuses, having witnessed them happen, seen mourning families, or seen fleeing residents and dead human beings abandoned by the roadside like the two at Trailer Park.

We obtained disturbing pieces of evidence suggesting war-grade violence by the military on unarmed people and challenged the claim by the government and the army that the Oyigbo operation was only in search of stolen arms and members of the separatist group, IPOB, accused of carnage.

Oyigbo Massacre Victim — 14-year-old Victor Eme

Among multiple witnesses interviewed by PREMIUM TIMES, a motorcyclist, who did not want his name mentioned, said he saw seven persons die from gunshots fired by soldiers at three different locations.

He took our reporter, accompanied by Willy Callistus, to the three locations. At one place, a right turn after the roundabout on Old Aba Road, facing Imo River eastwards, three persons were said to have been killed there. But the families refused to comment on the record, firmly rejecting requests for details after confirming the fatalities only.

One family member said they were scared as soldiers were stationed just across the Imo River bridge and that they remained suspicious that the soldiers had planted informants among the civilian population.

Next was to Bernard Eme, who operates a restaurant on the Old Aba Road, and had two of his brothers helping him. One of them, Victor, a 14-year old schoolboy, was hit by bullets during the siege of Oyigbo, Mr Eme confirmed.

“We thought he (Victor) was in the shop during the shootings but I was called that he was shot and lying on the ground. I said ‘no’ that he was in the shop with my other brother but he left the shop when the other boy had slept off,” Bernard said. He said neither he nor his brothers had any link with IPOB.

He said Victor was taken to Heritage Hospital where he was confirmed dead.

The third place the motorcyclist took PREMIUM TIMES to was the market “by St. Paul Catholic Church” where three men were said to have been shot dead. One person at Mr Eme’s restaurant corroborated this claim, apart from traders, who also said their wares were destroyed.

"Six persons confirmed dead at Glorious Hospital, Oyigbo”

For the days the soldiers besieged Oyigbo, six persons hit by bullets were taken dead to Glorious Medical Centre, authoritative sources at the private facility told PREMIUM TIMES. One of the six persons was Excellent Moses whose grieving family PREMIUM TIMES visited.

“We confirmed six persons dead as they were brought severally,” one person at the hospital said. “14 persons were admitted and we referred some to the University of Port Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH.” The hospital sources did not disclose the identities of those admitted and transferred to the teaching hospital.

At the teaching hospital, Choba, in Port Harcourt, a front desk nurse, identified as Mercy, confirmed victims from Oyigbo were referred to the public facility. She declined to disclose details of patients, citing hospital rules as reason.

But our reporter told another nurse that he was in search of a friend who went missing in Oyigbo and believed to have been brought to the teaching hospital.

The nurse checked the register for the fictitious name our reporter provided. Of course, it was not found. However, the nurse disclosed that there were Oyigbo victims admitted but that access to the wards would not be granted since the fictitious name of the missing person our reporter provided did not match any entry in the register.

But she said, “one person among those brought during the incidents in Oyigbo is now dead, and was a Cameroonian, called Eriga. But there was no serious person with him and he was on the bed there (pointing to one of the beds in the hospital’s Accident and Emergency reception area) before he died the following day.”

“Ambulance burnt with dead bodies inside”
The commercial motorcyclist, who said he witnessed how seven persons were killed by soldiers, and led this reporter to the restaurant of Mr Eme, whose 14-year old brother, Victor, was also killed, again took us to the Market area to see and photograph a burnt ambulance in the middle of the road.

One person, at Mr Eme’s restaurant, – who also corroborated the motorcyclist’s claim of having witnessed fatal shootings of three persons at the Market “by St. Paul Catholic Church” – confirmed the account on the burnt ambulance with the dead bodies in it.

We saw and took photographs of buildings the motorcyclist and residents said were razed by soldiers. One of such buildings, on Timber Road, was used by IPOB members as a place of worship and they called it synagogue, we were told. Another was razed by soldiers on suspicion it has links with IPOB but residents said there was no link to the organisation.

Oyigbo suffered for “harbouring” IPOB
We described our findings to the spokesperson of the Army’s 6th Division based in Port Harcourt, Charles Ekeocha, who asked if we had been to Oyigbo, and then said “no comment”. Our letter of November 11 to the Division’s General Officer Commanding (GOC) also detailed our findings. We did not get a response by the time this story was published.

Despite its proscription, IPOB is becoming increasingly radicalised, observers say, and its leader, Mr Kanu, continues to fire incendiary remarks, usually against Abuja and the Muslim Hausa-Fulani north. In Oyigbo, particularly, residents accuse the separatists of hoisting the Biafran flag and of exhibiting violent tendencies.

Governor Wike has repeatedly denounced the group, insisting the state subscribes to Nigeria’s corporate existence and indivisibility.

Oyigbo killings triggered by Lekki Shooting, but more tragic

The shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on the night of Tuesday, October 20, immediately triggered a wave of anarchic violence across parts of Nigeria, with mobs targeting police stations and private and public assets.

The protests turned violent in Oyigbo too and mobs broke into two police facilities, one on the expressway to Aba and the other at Afam, stole arms and ammunition and set inmates free in the early hours of Wednesday, October 21.

Residents said among the mobs were IPOB members, with whom the police had endured a prolonged period of hostility. “It is hard to show evidence that IPOB were the only ones that destroyed the stations and killed the policemen but we, who know them, could identify them among the hoodlums,” said one resident, Emmanuel Maduabuchi.

Four police officers were savagely hacked and burnt and police stations were razed, the police and residents said. The spokesperson for the police in Rivers State, Omoni Nnamdi, told PREMIUM TIMES that two of the slain cops – Ona Amaechi and Sunday Dubol – were Inspectors, and the other two – Swale Orlan and Umulla – were sergeants.

After it became clear the police had been overpowered, soldiers intervened that morning, and one senior army officer said it was on the invitation of Governor Wike. “As they saw soldiers arrive, they should have withdrawn but they continued and murdered seven soldiers,” the army officer said in Port Harcourt. “The soldiers were not killed. They were slaughtered by IPOB.”

PREMIUM TIMES saw two burnt military vans at the market before the Imo River bridge in Oyigbo.

Wike, army lied

Beginning from the evening of Wednesday, soldiers re-mobilised and invaded Oyigbo. But with the media hardly gaining access, both Mr Wike and the army continued to make official claims that the military operation was aimed at arresting IPOB members and recovering stolen arms.

On Sunday, November 8, Igbo leaders and governors from the Southeast zone visited Mr Wike in Port Harcourt on what they called a fact-finding mission. During that visit, Mr Wike repeated the claim that the military was in pursuit of IPOB whom he suggested were criminals. The visitors accepted Mr Wike’s claim that defenceless residents, in the community majorly occupied by the Igbo, were not targeted.

Particularly, Governors Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and David Umahi of Ebonyi said they had determined that what circulated on social media as killings of unarmed civilians was fake news. Similarly, the President of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Jim Nwodo, praised Mr Wike and rhetorically asked the audience if there was any threat to them in Rivers State.

The visiting Igbo leaders were never in Oyigbo. But, perhaps unknown to them, they were used to validate Mr Wike’s claim, a misleading narrative aimed at covering up the army’s excessive use of force.

Mr Nwodo was twice contacted by phone but he said he could not comment “for now” and he also did not reply a text message informing him our findings showed his delegation was misled by Mr Wike. We could not get through to the governors.

Our findings contradicted substantial parts of the claims by the army and Mr Wike. While the soldiers indeed went after Oyigbo residents suspected to be IPOB and suspected to have participated in the attacks on security operatives and destroyed their buildings, they indiscriminately shot at defenceless and innocent people, leaving many dead. They tortured residents and several persons are missing in Oyigbo.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/427469-investigation-inside-the-horrific-bloodshed-and-massive-extrajudicial-killings-in-nigerias-oyigbo-community.html

Journalist, Gimba Kakanda calls out Nigerian sailor allegedly threatening to release his ex-girlfriend's nudes because she refused to have sex with him







Journalist, Gimba Kakanda, has called out a Nigerian sailor, Mohammed Nafiu, pictured above, for allegedly threatening to release the nudes of an 18-year-old girl after she refused to continue having sex with him.
 
In a Twitter thread, Gimba shared screenshots of Nafiu's alleged chats with the eighteen-year-old girl in which he threatened to release her nudes if she doesn't come chill with him in any hotel of her choice.
 
According to Gimba, Nafiu and the young lady started dating when she was underage but broke up recently, yet he still wanted to continue having sex with her.
 
On Sunday, November 22, Nafiu reportedly reached out to her, asking that they meet in a hotel. When she refused, he allegedly threatened to release her nude photos.
 
Gimba vowed to ensure that Nafiu who is currently a student of The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport in Egypt, ''pays for his actions. ''
 
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Heartbreaking photos of a father weeping inconsolably after seeing the body of his son allegedly shot dead by police officer in Rivers State







A Marine Police officer attached to a company at Abonnema wharf in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday, November 22,  allegedly shot dead a 28-year-old man identified as Gospel Gbaraka.  
 

The victim 
 
It was gathered that the deceased, was until his death, a security guard attached to Bulk Strategic Reserve Limited, a company located at the Abonnema Wharf area of the state capital while the alleged killer police officer, one Inspector James, serves at the Marine Base Police Station in the city. 
 

 
Details about what led to the incident are still sketchy at the moment, however, eyewitnesses claimed that Inspector James shot Gbaraka dead with his AK 47 assault rifle.
 

 
Comrade Legborsi Yamaabana, President-General, Ogoni Youth Federation/President, Rivers State Ethnic Youth Leaders Coalition, who confirmed the incident in a statement shared photos of the deceased's father weeping after seeing his body, while demanding for justice and thorough investigation into the killing. 
 
 

 
The statement reads;

Quote:"The Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) worldwide today Sunday 22nd November, 2020 received a distressing and shocking news of the extra-judicial murder of one of its youths and shining lights, Mr. Gospel Gbaraka at the hands of a gun-wielding member of the Nigerian Police Force, one Inspector James, serving at the Marine Base Police Station in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, now being detained at the Mile One Police Station,"
 
"Late Gospel Gbaraka, prior to being untimely cut short through the barrel of a gun was a 28 year old native of Gwara Community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State and a Security Staff with Bulk Strategic Reserve Limited, a company located at the Abonnema Wharf area of Port Harcourt,"
 
"Gospel Gbaraka was on duty at his security post this morning. The said Inspector James is also a police security personnel attached to the company. There were no altercations, riot or crisis situation at the company involving groups of persons requiring the use of live bullets to disperse crowds, neither was there any existing problem between the deceased and Inspector James.
 
"Eyewitness accounts state that Inspector James mistakenly or deliberately discharged his AK 47 assault rifle and thereby killed Mr. Gospel Gbaraka in cold blood.
 
"As a youth body, we are incredibly pained that the life of this young man has been taken, particularly now that Nigeria is at a crossroad and the world has been awoken to the demands of #EndSars protesters whose focal point is to end the recurring decimal of police brutality and extrajudicial killings. This is one of too many as other Ogoni sons/daughters have been killed by the Nigerian Police in like manner.
 
"The Ogoni Youths immediately demand for justice over the life of Gospel Gbaraka. We call on the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command to cause an investigation into this horrific incident and ensure that the erring officer is prosecuted and brought to book. The family of the deceased, at least deserves the consolation that their son’s life was not wasted unjustifiably for nothing.
 
"Conclusively, OYF invites media outfits to a PRESS CONFERENCE with the parents of Gospel Gbaraka on the above subject matter tomorrow 23rd November, 2020 by 9am at Ernest Ikoli Press Centre (NUJ Secretariat) Moscow Road, Port Harcourt."

Quote:Wazobia FM official has died of apparent suicide two days after losing his job, colleagues told Peoples Gazette on Sunday.

Hillary Okechukwu was a sales executive with the Lagos-based broadcaster until November 18 when he was asked to resign after being accused of misappropriating company funds.

Mr. Okechukwu, whom colleagues said had been with Wazobia FM for at least 10 years, suffered cardiac arrest from drug overdose on Friday, colleagues said.

The station’s management held an urgent meeting on Saturday night to discuss the matter, but officials largely used the meeting to clear themselves of any wrongdoing in the circumstances that led to Mr. Okechukwu’s exit and his eventual death, sources told the Gazette under anonymity to prevent official reprimand or worse.

A management official at Wazobia FM did not immediately return a request seeking comments.

Colleagues said Mr. Okechuwuku did not appear to suffer from any mental health crises before the incident.

Suicide prevention centres are rare in the country, which could have contributed to Mr. Okechukwu’s inability to get help before it was too late.

Some colleagues told the Gazette that the development had left them demoralised, hoping it would nudge the station’s management to start prioritising personnel welfare.

https://peoplesgazette.com/wazobia-fm-official-dies-by-suicide-days-after-losing-job/

Seven soldiers feared dead in Borno landmine attack







A landmine ambush in the northern axis of Borno state on Saturday November 21, reportedly led to the death of at least seven soldiers. 
 
Channels Television reported that the soldiers were on escort duty en route Baga, when they came upon the landmines planted by suspected Boko Haram members.
 
The convoy which consisted of truckloads of food heading to Baga town of Kukawa local government and meant for returning Internally Displayed Persons, was attacked with heavy gunfire by the insurgents. 
 
Relatives of some civilians who escorted the food, reportedly confirmed the attack and also revealed that some of them were maimed in the explosion and have been evacuated from the scene of the attack to a hospital in Maiduguri.
 
Soldiers who survived the attack said the terrorists seized weapons and a gun truck. It was further gathered that the incident occurred at Gazarwa village, a popular Boko Haram checkpoint after Gajiram, before Monguno.
 
It was alleged that seven corpses of soldiers and one of CJTF were seen on Sunday morning  November 22, at Gajiram. Military sources that took part in the evacuation of injured persons said they are being treated at the military hospital in Maiduguri.
 
While the spokesperson to Governor Zulum, Isa Gusau confirmed that neither Zulum nor any component of his detail was part of the attacked convoy, the military is yet to comment on the incident.

Quote:Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has imposed a 24 hour total curfew for two weeks on the entire area around the Okoro-Nu-Odu flyover in Rumuokoro, due to upsurge of cult activities and related violence.

The governor has also warned that government will spare no efforts to deal appropriately with anyone who decides to disturb peace and security in the State with cult activities and associated violence and killings.

Governor Wike, in a state wide broadcast explained that decision to impose the curfew was taken after the State Security Council meeting on Sunday in Port Harcourt.

He explained that the Rivers State Government was seriously disturbed by the recent upsurge of cult activities and related violence and killings around the adjoining areas of the Okoro-Nu-Odu flyover in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.

The governor stated that government has repeatedly warned misguided youths that engaging in cultism because of its abhorrent anti-social effect on society.

“As part of measures to tackle this menace therefore, Government has imposed a 24-hour total curfew for two weeks on the entire area along and around the Okoro-nodu flyover up to one-kilometer radius from Saint Emmanuel Anglican Church, Rumuokoro, extending to the Rumuodomaya Slaughter and Local Government daily market with effect from Monday 23rd November 2020.

“Consequently, no form of trading, human or vehicular movement is allowed within the afore-mentioned restricted areas until further notice. Only staff and vehicles belonging to Julius Berger Nigeria Limited are exempted from the curfew and associated restrictions on movement so that construction work on the Okoro-Nu-Odu flyover is not stalled.”

The governor directed security agencies are to enforce strict compliance with the curfew and arrest and summarily prosecute any person, trader or vehicle that may attempt to violate the curfew.

“Again, we wish to warn that community leaders that allow cultism and related activities to thrive unabated in their communities would be treated as collaborators to the resulting crimes and dealt with accordingly.

“We urge all citizens to be part of the efforts to curb cultism in the State by reporting any suspicious cult activity, including gatherings and initiations in or around their neighbourhoods to the security agencies for immediate action.”

Governor disclosed that the State government will construct the 7th flyover in Port Harcourt to traverse Ikokwu to Azikiwe Street.

He appealed to residents of Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpor Local Government Areas to bear with the State government for traffic challenges that they may encounter in connection with the ongoing construction of the Oro-Abali and other flyovers.

“As you know our promise to construct and five flyovers to ease the perennial traffic challenges and accelerate socio-economic development of the State is well on course. we delivered and commissioned the first of the initial five flyovers, (the Rebisi flyover) to the glory of God and the good of our State, while construction work on the rest has reached advanced levels of completion.

“Indeed, the Okoro-nu-do flyover is next on the line to be delivered and commissioned, latest, in the first quarter of 2021.

Two days ago, the State Executive Council approved the award of the contract for the constructing of the sixth flyover along the Oro-Abali (Kaduna street) intersection of Aba road to Julius Berger Nigeria Limited.”

KELVIN EBIRI
Special Assistant (Media) Rivers State Governor

22 November, 2020

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