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The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, Edafe Bright has fired back at Nigerian music star Paul Okoye. Okoye of the group PSquare had cried foul over the arrest of rapper, Ice Prince In a post shared via his Instagram Stories on Sunday, September 4, 2022, the singer said if a police officer enters his car and tells him to drive off, he'll assume the officer is a kidnapper. The only reason a police officer will stop you and enter your car is just because they are looking for an avenue to negotiate for a crime you did not commit," he wrote. As long as a policeman enters my car and tells me to drive, he's a criminal or kidnapper. While reacting to the post, Edafe likened Okoye to a category of celebrities without sense. Celebrities with no sense," he tweeted. Okoye's post is coming days after Ice Prince was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer. According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin ...

 I think this is worrisome, but it tells a lot about what is wrong in this nation.  It's campaign season but I have noticed that the 2 political giants Atiku and Tinubu do things as they will without much complaints but whenever Obi does the same, huge complaints come from all angles.. I wonder is this cause he's an Igbo from the SE??  That ancient mentality that he's not right to be the president despite being the best if presented the same in a sane climate.  THIS IS NOT RIGHT.. Let's start with some of these key observations  - Peter travels to Egypt (In Africa) to learn about power for 4 days while Atiku lives in Dubai and Tinubu goes for medical treatment in France yet Peter Obi is castigated and heavily pounded with heavy criticism.  - Both Atiku and Tinubu's supporters attack opponents both online and offline (Agbero blocking PVC registration) yet Obi is lambasted for his supporters actions online...  - Tinubu and Atiku play religious politics, ...

 More than 1.9 million vulnerable Nigerians are to benefit from about N38bn being disbursed as grants of N20,000 each to beneficiaries under the Grant for Vulnerable Groups programme of the Federal Government. Data released in Abuja on Friday by the National Cash Transfer Office of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management indicated that the bank details of the over 1.9 million beneficiaries had been digitised. This came as the Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Farouq, kicked-off the disbursement of N20,000 each to vulnerable and poor residents of the Federal Capital Territory during the commencement of the second round of the programme. Farouq re-inaugurated the programme, which hitherto was known as Cash Grant for Rural Women, as she stated that it would now be known as Grant for Vulnerable Groups in order to encourage inclusivity. She further said the Grant for Vulnerable Groups programme was introduced in 2020 to sustain the social inclusion agenda of the...

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The Body of a Young Woman Identified simply as Kate was found buried in her boyfriend's room at Okaka area of ​​Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Friday morning, July 29, NaijaCover Reports.  It Was Gathered By NaijaCover that the deceased had been missing for days and the boyfriend identified as Joseph denied knowledge of her whereabouts.  According to reports, the lady's family confronted him on Friday morning and demanded that he provide her dead or alive.  After much pressure, he admitted that he killed her and buried the body in a shallow grave dug in his bedroom.  The suspect was beaten by the community and later handed over to the police from Ekeki Police Station.  See Graphic Photos And Video As Obtained By NaijaCover Below:  https://m.facebook.com/ezon.prezugha/videos/

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Bizarre animal stories are heard often, but none are quite like the latest vicious and deadly elephant attack of a 68-year-old woman in India. Maya Murmu was collecting water in Raipai , located in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, where a herd of elephants came her way.  That's when she tried to flee, but one of the elephants rushed toward Murmu and trampled her, Murmu's family brought her body home for funeral preparations to take place the same evening.  That's when a more unusual event occurred. As the ceremony was taking place, The Times of India reported that a herd of elephants appeared from the forest, sending villagers running.  They left Murmu's body behind. One of the elephants then reportedly attacked the woman's corpse by picking up the body and throwing it in the air. The herd then destroyed Murmu's home, with three other houses being damaged because of the attack, No one else in the village was reported to be harmed. A villager told The Ti...

Muslim Muslim Tickets: A Jihadist Agenda Against Christians — By Bolaji Akinyemi  3 min read  5 hours ago Kalu Idika  Fundamentalists are usually very well structured in their drive to establish an Islamic State. They can be connected and yet appear as if they are at cross-purposes, they operate an extremely complex network and very deceptive system to the undiscerning. You will find if hard to connect Tinubu and El-Rufai ideologically, but can these two be disconnected from what APC is today? Yet, it was El-Rufai who came to Lagos to teach Lagosians how to sack a political godfather, the outburst of El-Rufai against Tinubu in the political space in the past has been something else. It is however amazing that Kaduna State was the laboratory where Tinubu's theory of an Islamic state was experimented. The results of that experiment is a leadership apathy seen in the unstoppable killings in indigenous christian settlements in kaduna state! How come nobody is asking the qu...

Tinubu: APC Group Calls For Adoption Of Chief Ezekiel Afunkoyo As VP By Godson Ikpontu A pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) group, on the aegis of APC Youth Development Forum(APC-YDF), has called on the national leadership of the party and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to consider and adopt Chief Ezekiel Afunkoyo as his Vice Presidential candidate. While the party has less than two days to make a decision on who to fly the joint ticket with the presidential candidate, there have been divergent opinions on the personality and geo-political zone to be considered in picking the Vice Presidential candidate. In a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by the National President of APC-YDF Comrade Solomon Audu while reacting to ongoing consultations on the options available to the party in considering a presidential pair for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He said “The call to adopt Chief Ezekiel Afunkoyo as Tinubu's Vice is based on his performance of him as a busi...

A teenager (name withheld) on Thursday narrated to an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Court how her 43-year-old biological father (name withheld) allegedly defiled her many times. She was led in evidence by Lagos State counsel, Ms Bukola Okeowo. The witness said that before the alleged defilement, her mother relocated to South Africa. According to her, her mother relocated in 2014. She said that her father had been having sex with her since she was 14 years. The survivor said that her father told her that “holy spirit” instructed him to have sexual intercourse with her. I was 14 years’ old when the incident happened. It started with him touching my body. When I noticed this, I moved away my body from him. I told my twin brother about it the following morning, but he did not believe me. The next day, he had sex with me. I could not shout nor do anything because my father threatened me,” the survivor told the court. She testified that her father continued to defile her eve...

By the end of the day, let's see what cards the PDP will deal Banky W. The NWC PDP resolved to have re-run primaries in specific contended constituencies, Eti-Osa included.  Recall, that Banky W celebrated winning the primaries only for another winner, Sam Aiboni to be declared days later. The re-run for Eti-Osa is scheduled for today, June 6 , 2022. After very careful deliberations on the reports of the Electoral and Appeal Panels on the Congresses of our Party in Lagos, Imo, Benue and Katsina States, the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved repeat primaries in the following Federal and State Constituencies for the purpose  of nominating our Candidates for the 2023 general elections as follows: Sunday, June 5, 2022. Ahiazu State Constituency of Imo State 2. Orsu State Constituency of Imo State 3. Musawa State Constituency of Katsina State 4. Dandume State Constituency of Katsina State 5. Zango State Constituency of Katsina State 6. Oru East/Orsu/Orlu Federal Constitu...

An Apostle in Bayelsa State known as Apostle A T Win has taken to Facebook to share his displeasure on the Governor for demolishing his Church. According to reports, the church was demolished cause it was marked as an illegal structure.  Before the building was demolished, the church has been served a notice but the said Apostle allegedly gave money to one of the officials who promised him his Church building will be spared. Apostle A T Win made different posts in various Facebook groups laying curses on the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State and the workers that came to demolish the Church ... Calvary greetings good people of Bayelsa State. Here is a church demolished and burnt down by Governor Douye Diri lead government. God's kingdom that's outside the supposed government Land demolished and burnt down. A church that's not an illegal structure, a church that was built outside the government Land was demolished and burnt down by Governor Douye Diri lead government. God...

One miss Chidinma gave a sad side of her story on Owo Massacre as she claimed her uncle, wife and children all killed on the attack. Chidinma also said her 3 years old cousin could not be found immediately after the attack. Members of St Francis Catholic Church were taken on unaware by unknown gunmen today killing scores, information reaching us was that the assillants spent 20mins without rescue from security operatives. Chidinma tweets below.  My uncle,his wife and his children were killed my 3years old cousin is nowhere to be found #ondomassacre #OndoState #ondo To even think I was with him last week Friday through Sunday I even intended of canceling going to see him last week to this week Sunday…if I had gone this week,what would have happened?

Two days before the start of summer break, an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing 14 students and one teacher, Gov. Greg Abbott said.[/b] Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police Chief Pete Arredondo said there also were multiple injuries from a “mass casualty incident” at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. The gunman is believed to have acted alone and is dead, he said. Arredondo[i][/i] declined to provide further details or take questions. The suspected shooter is from Uvalde, Abbott said. He was identified as Salvador Ramos, according to officials. “It’s believed that he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun and he may have also had a rifle, but that is not yet confirmed according to my most recent report. He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensively, fourteen students and killed a teacher,” he said. The setting of an elementary school called to mind the Sandy Hook...

The marriage between Mrs. Chidinma Umeh and her husband was said to have scattered after her sex video with partner was allegedly uploaded on the social media by her two jealous female friends in Lagos State. The two ladies, Faith Osemeuieme, 26 and Solace Okonta, 26 have been arrested. According to Police sources, the suspects were not happy that the victim got married and they allegedly planned to scatter her marriage by unloading her sex tape on the social media. It was gathered that the victim and the two ladies in question were friends before she got married and distanced herself from them in order to face her married life. However, the duo were said not be happy with her conduct and they reportedly conspired and planned to scatter her marriage. They were said to have obtained the sex tape and uploaded on the social media in order to disgrace and scatter her marriage. When the victim saw the video trending on the social media, she confronted them because she knew they were her onl...

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Joint Task Force Of Nigerian Army and Navy Destroys Unknown Gunmen Camp In Aguluezechukwu A joint task force which is made up of officers of Nigeria Army and Navy yesterday invaded a camp of the unknown gunmen who have been terrorizing the Aguata/Orumba Axis of Anambra State. This Camp is located in Aguluezechukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of the state, several arrests where made and a number of commodities where recovered, these include food items, cars that were snatched from individuals, this camp also houses a shrine which is said to be used to prepare charms and swear oath of secrecy by members of this crime syndicate, it was also seen that a bulldozer is used to block the entrance into the camp in order to shield it from attacks. This joint task force was formed as a result of the state government’s effort to restore peace in the state and get rid of criminal elements who want to make the state unlivable. It is perceived that members of this group of unknown gunmen are behi...

The crashed Ponzi scheme, Chinmark Group has claimed its first victim DAILY POST had reported over the weekend that some investors in the failed scheme were already threatening suicide, especially with the whereabouts of the owner, Marksman Chinedu Ijeomah unknown. It was reported days ago that one Mrs. Nuella, who invested millions of naira without the husband’s knowledge, was in the verge of committing suicide. She was, however, later rescued and taken to the hospital, with Mr. Charles Awuzie, with a verified Facebook account posting her account details and soliciting assistance for her. But DAILY POST learnt that the victim did not make it and has now departed the mother earth. In a post on his page on Monday night, Awuzie wrote: Nuella – the lady who invested her family’s money with you and attempted suicide last month because of you.. Well, she couldn’t handle the disappointment and she left the world today. I did my best to avoid a possible Chinmark bloodshed… I was called names,...

27-year-old man arrested for matcheting his father to d€ath in Ogun A 27 years old man Ibrahim Sikiru was on the 30th of March 2022 arrested for k*lling his biological father. The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters by one Abiodun Sunday a neighbor to the deceased, who reported that the deceased, Mumuni Ibrahim, a night security man came home and met his son who was still sleeping, and when he questioned him for the reason why he was still sleeping at that time of the day, the suspect got annoyed and brought out cutlass with which he matceted the victim in five different places. Upon the report, the DPO Onipanu division, CSP Bamidele Job quickly mobilized his men and moved to the scene where the suspect was arrested and victim rushed to General Hospital for treatment. The suspect, who is strongly suspected to be a cultist has no reasonable explanation for his action when interrogated. On the 31st of March 2022, the victim gave up the gho...

By Emmanuel Uti Ngozi Njoku, a Lagos-based trader, has accused a staff member of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) branch in Egbe, Lagos, of defrauding her under the guise of helping her. Njoku also accused the bank of shielding the employee whose name she did not know. She told FIJ that she went to the branch on March 18 to upgrade her account’s daily transfer limit. After she explained why she was there, a male staffer asked her to use the bank app. Seeing she could not use the app, Njoku said the staffer asked for her card and pin to help her set up an account on the app. He did it successfully, and she left for her house. But the following morning, I woke up to four debit alert messages totalling N600,000. What I saw surprised me, as nothing of the sort had happened before. I knew it had something to do with registering the app and with the man who helped me,” she told FIJ. I did not use the application to do any transactions after I left the bank. He told me the app would only work af...

The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for drug trafficking alongside four other policemen, was denied bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had in the charge before the court, accused Kyari and the other four officers of conspiracy, obstruction and dealing in cocaine worth 17.55kg. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwike, ordered the drug agency to transfer the defendants to prison custody, shortly after he denied them bail. The court held that the NDLEA placed sufficient materials before it to warrant the refusal of bail to Kyari and his co-defendants -Sunday Ubia, Simon Agirgba, and John Nuhu, who are former IRT members. Findings on ...

A suspected rapist standing trial before the Samuel Ilori Magistrate’s Court in the Agege area of Lagos State has escaped. PUNCH Metro gathered that the defendant was arraigned on Wednesday for allegedly raping a teenager. The court was said to have ordered his remand in prison custody. The suspect was being processed for remand when he reportedly fled the court premises. Efforts by warders to apprehend him were said to have failed. A credible source said, “The suspect was brought to court by the police and he was remanded. He had been taken to a holding cell by the police when it was discovered that he had not been properly processed. As the police and the prison warders were perfecting the arrangement, he used the opportunity to jump on a vehicle from where he scaled the court fence and escaped. A trader in the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. She said, “I was there yesterday (Wednesday) when the incident happened. I saw security...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alleged that some staff of A Bank defrauded the bank and its customers of N874 million within three days. The agency said this, on Wednesday, when it presented witnesses in an ongoing fraud case. The suspects in the trial are Olusegun Babasola, Abisola Ahmed, Uchechukwu Uma, and Jude Aphaeus, who are staff of the bank, They are being prosecuted for an alleged N874 million fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. They allegedly played roles in the hacking of the bank’s database and cloning of more than 22 ATM cards used to steal and divert to personal use about N874 million belonging to five corporate customers: American International Insurance Company Limited (AIICO); Interswitch; OVH Energy Marketing Ltd.; Fidelity Bank Sinking Fund Account and FSL Securities Ltd. They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, which prompted the ongoing trial. At Wednesday’s proceedings, Peter Ige, a...

PRESIDENT BUHARI ATTENDS SPECIAL SESSION ON UNEP@50 IN KENYA Sequel to an invitation extended to him by his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Tuesday, 1st March to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50), scheduled for 3rd – 4th March, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the Special Session is "Strengthening UNEP For The Implementation Of The Environmental Dimension Of The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development.” According to the organisers of the event, "for 50 years, UNEP has coordinated a worldwide effort with Member States to address the world’s biggest environmental challenges. Member States are vital partners in formulating UNEP’s policy, implementing UNEP's programme and championing solutions to our shared environmental challenges. UNEP@50 is a time to reflect on the past and envision the future. It provides an opportunity to reinvigorate intern...

A lot of people where making negative comments about Nigerians who were reporting the unjust treatment of the Blacks/Africans in the ongoing war between the Russians and Ukrainians. No matter how you look at it or how you think it, Nigerians are not the only Africans in Ukraine. But Nigerians are the only ones calling and they're not just calling for themselves alone, because if you watch the video you see everything they're saying is about the blacks/African unjust treatment. Now their voices have been heard and other Africans from Ukraine are buying the Nigerian flag in Poland for €7 in order to identify as Nigerians. Remember. Those who has someone to call unto, in time of distress call for help. And those who do not have anybody to call, never bother to call because no one will hear them. God Bless Nigeria Nigerian flag selling for €7 in Poland as blacks from Ukraine try to identify themselves as Nigerians. Me: God bless Nigeria!

A funny, albeit grave report making rounds on the internet, reveals that a man named Darius Makambako has sued his neighbour who he hired to impregnate his 28-year-old wife, Precious. According to the report, the man was sterilised which rendered the marriage childless six years after marriage. The man unable to withstand the pressure from her wife over his inability to produce a child, recruited his neighbour, Evans Mastano to impregnate his wife. Evans was already married and the father of two beautiful daughters, and was said to look very much like Darius, so the plan seemed good. Makambako paid Mastano 2,000,000 Tanzanian Shillings (N360k) for the job and for three evenings a week, for 10 consecutive months in 2016. Evans tried desperately, a total 75 different times, to impregnate his friend’s wife Precious, but failed. Reports say Precious, a nurse at a private clinic, had decided to get a three months’ vacation leave (March to June 2016), to dedicate her time to sleeping with he...

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria in a split decision voted 6-1 to nullify Executive Order 10 through which the Federal Government of Nigeria had sought in 2019, to give effect to Section 81 (3) and Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution, as altered by the 4th Alteration Act No. 4 of 2017, with regard to the financial autonomy of state judiciary and legislature which had been observed more in the breach by state governments and their Chief Executives. The Governors of the 36 states of the Federation had kicked against the Executive Order as an abbreviation of their rights under the 1999 Constitution. Collectively they elected to go to court, and hence asked the Court (a) to declare the Executive Order 10, unconstitutional and illegal; (b) compel the Federal Government to take up funding of capital projects for State High Courts, Sharia Court of Appeal and Customary Court of Appeal, and (c) refund to the 36 states a sum of N66 billion, being amount which they claimed to have spen...

Lagos Introduces Resident Card, Targets Six Million Registration Figure In 2022 LAGOS – The Lagos State Government has introduced a new Resident Identification Card for Lagosians in order to plan appropriately and curb criminalities in the state. The government also said projected that no fewer than six million Lagos residents would access the new ID card by the end of 2022. The government however said that for those who have already enrolled for the resident cards in the past, they only needed to update their registration to be qualified for the new card. Engr. Ibilola Kasumu, the General Manager, Lagos State Registration Agency (LASRRA) stated these on Friday at the agency’s office at Alausa, Ikaja, Lagos. According to her, the government in conjunction with Sterling Bank Plc has already printed three million new ID cards with enhanced security features and chips to be distributed to Lagos residents on completion of registration. Kasumu explained that the ID cards would enable the St...

A Senegalese teenage boy was on Friday, February 4 caught allegedly trying to slit the throat of a 3-year-old girl in an abandoned building in the city of Touba, Senegal. According to report, the 15-year-old suspect said to be an apprentice driver was spotted by the manager of an auto garage walking with the little girl at about 5pm into an abandoned building located few meters from the said garage. The manager who became suspicious alerted two of his apprentices and began to monitor the movement of the suspect. Upon being followed, the apprentices found the suspect holding a knife over the little girl in bid to slit her throat. The suspect was however apprehended and handed over to the police. The little girl who has now been reunited with her parents is identified as KS while her parents as KY and DM so as to protect their identities.

 1. Border closure- Nigeria has no comparative advantage to produce rice and cettain ban goods in commercial quantities. General insecurity is preventing most villagers to farm. Hunger is hitting people bad. Solution-land borders should be opened for food importation. 2. Borrowing - you don't borrow if you don't have stable mean of paying back. Reckless borrowing is affecting forex because we have to pay back in dollars. Solution-no more foreign loan. Local loan may be considered for vital national needs. Capital projects should be executed using IGR to grow our economy. We don't need gigantic projects to impress people. We need meaningful projects but easy to maintain. 3. Devaluation of Naira. Black markets benefit more from devaluation. Abacha fixed $1=#22 for 5 years heaven did not fall. Prices of commodities were stable. To hell with foreign reserve. 4. Wasteful socialist programmes like trader moni etc are not ideal in emerging capitalist economy. Instead of giving poo...

NAVY DESTROYS 175 ILLEGAL BUNKERING SITES, IMPOUND 27 VESSELS The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Friday said the command deactivated 175 illegal refining sites and seized 27 vessels within 11 months. The outgone Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Sanusi Ibrahim, stated this in Calabar, Cross River State, while handing over the leadership of the command to his successor, Rear Admiral Ibrahim Dewu. Ibrahim said the vessels were arrested for engaging in illegal bunkering, crude-oil theft and other maritime illegalities, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. He said the achievements were made possible through the command’s sustained patrol of its area of responsibility as well as undertaking several clearance and swamp buggy operations in the backwaters. He stated, “These operations resulted in a considerable reduction of piracy in Nigeria’s maritime domain, as well as led to the arrest of 27 vessels engaged in illegal bunkering, crude-oil theft and o...

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the members of IPOB, to avail themselves in the ongoing peacemaking process. This was Kanu’s stand as revealed to newsmen in Owerri, on Monday by his lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor after they had visited Kanu last Thursday at the Department of State Security, DSS, detention facility in Abuja. He said the peace process, was important because enemies were trying to cause disharmony regarding the struggle for the actualization of Biafra. According to Ejiofor said: “Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu deeply appeals to UmuChineke to avail themselves of the peace initiative presently ongoing and not to be distracted anymore. He further implored all UMUCHINEKE to keep their eyes on the ball because enemies are struggling in vain to entrench disharmony. Onyendu reiterates that the ongoing interventions towards peaceful coexistence must be respected, encouraged and abided by. His call for unity among the entire UmuChineke at a...

A 30-year-old man, identified as Emmanuel David, is currently on the run after allegedly killing his friend, Fabian Antia, who gave him accommodation in Benin city, Edo state. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday, January 23, 2022. According to a source, “Emmanuel was squatting with the Fabian and his brothers. They were four of them living in the apartment. On Sunday, Fabian’s brothers went out, leaving him and Emmanuel at home. However, when they got back the next day which is Monday, they noticed blood stain everywhere in the house, but they couldn’t find neither of them. Their numbers were unreachable and the victim’s car was not in the compound. They thought they probably fought and got themselves injured, they also assumed the victim drove out after the fight. However, after waiting for several hours and no sign of them, they looked through the victim’s window then saw his body lying lifeless in the room. They quickly went to call the police who broke ...

There was confusion at the headquarters of the  Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Abuja, where 18-year-old 200 level student of Baze University, Ifoema Obalum accused her father of sexual assault and resisted attempts by officials of the agency to forcefully hand her and the younger brother over to the accused. The duo, had in December last year, ran to NAPTIP seeking protection from the father who is medical personnel at the State House clinic and a lecturer at the same Baze University, Abuja. She accused her father of sexual assault, physical abuse and inflicting serious injuries on her 15-year-old younger brother since June 2020 when they began living with him. Before then, they lived in their maternal home after their mother and sole custodian died of cancer on May 21, 2018. However, after a legal fight, the father was granted custody of Obalum and the younger brother by a Lagos family court. The accused arrived at the headquarters of the agency wi...

Gov Bello has not commissioned one bedroom in Kogi, 6yrs after- Activist Miliki, allegesPublished on January 27, 2022By John Akinfehinwa The Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution,(CHRCR), Idris Miliki has lambasted Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for his alleged poor performance in the last six years in office. Miliki, while speaking on Bello’s sixth year anniversary in office, on Thursday, alleged that the present administration since inception six years ago, have collected billions but could not build or commission one bedroom flat. The activist who cited several deficiencies in Governor Bello’s administration ranging from staff verifications, demolition of roundabouts, illegal composition of Sole Administrators in the 21 LGAs of the state for almost four years, “kangaro Local Government elections, collection of Bailout and Paris club refund, said the government has nothing substantial to show for tho huge resource inflow into Kogi State except t...

Barely Three Weeks After Declaring Interest In 2023 Presidency, Tinubu Travels Out for Medicals Tinubu left the country after admitting to having a stressful time touring states for his "lifelong presidential ambition". National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has again jetted out of Nigeria to seek medical attention abroad, SaharaReporters has learnt. This comes barely three weeks after he informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition to contest the position of president in 2023. Tinubu also paid visits to some Northern states including Niger and Katsina to sell his ambition. He also recently met with former Head of State and annuller of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, General Ibrahim Babangida, over his plans to be President of Nigeria. According to sources, Tinubu left the country after admitting to having a stressful time touring states for his "lifelong presidential ambition". His destination was, however, not disclosed. He...

The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, according to BBC Pidgin. Mrozek was, however, yet to respond to an email inquiry by The PUNCH as of the time of filing this report. In a plea agreement document sighted by The PUNCH, Hushpuppi had pleaded guilty to various offences bordering on internet scam and money laundering, among others. The document was signed by Hushpuppi; his lawyer, Loius Shapiro; Acting United States Attorney, Tracy Wilkison, amongst others. It stated that Hushpuppi risks “20 years’ imprisonment; a 3-year period of supervised release; a fine of $500,000 or twice the gross gain or gross loss resulting from the offence”. Also, the court had ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to arrest the suspended Head of the Intelligence Respons...

A midnight thief operating around Ighwreovie community in Ughelli North Local Government area of Delta State must have sustained fatal injuries after a house owner (name withheld) severely macheted his outstretched hand during the course of an operation. Focus Naija can report that the thief had successfully tore the the victim’s net but the noise made by the window blind gave him away. According to the victim, he learnt to be vigilant after surviving an attempt by burglars to gain access into his apartment sometime ago. His vigilance paid off when this particular thief, unknowing of what will befall him, stretched forth his hand to operate. Efforts to apprehend him was futile as he escaped into the dead of the night after the cut. Residents are by this notice requested to report anyone found nursing such type of injury within the neighborhood.

A bullion van belonging to a yet-to-be-disclosed bank was on Thursday afternoon attacked along the Otor-Owhe section of the Ughelli/Asaba Dual carriageway in Isoko North council area, Delta State. They were unconfirmed reports the hoodlums carted away an undisclosed amount of money. It was gathered that they shot sporadically into the air and sprayed bullets on the van during a shootout with operatives. Residents were said to have scampered for safety following the heavy shootings. Fortunately, no casualty was recorded. Delta Police spokesman DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the attack. He however clarified that the money carted away were “condemned currencies which were being conveyed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)”. He added that the hoodlums escaped with gunshot injuries in the ensuing gun duel with policemen.

Pastor arrested for allegedly having unlawful sex with woman and her two daughters in Ogun A pastor-in-charge of the spirit-filled International Christian Church Olumore Abeokuta, Timothy Oluwatimilehin, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly luring a housewife and her two daughters away from their home, keeping them in his own house, and having carnal knowledge of the women. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, says the pastor was arrested following a complaint lodged at Adatan police station by the husband of the victim, who was accompanied by an official of the Ministry of Women Affairs and reported that his wife and two daughters were lured by the pastor of their church who took them into his custody and has since been having sex with both the mother and her two daughters. Upon the report, the DPO Adatan division, SP Abiodun Salau detailed his detectives to effect the arrest of the randy pastor. On ...

The Borno State government on Wednesday said that it would commence the confiscation of seven properties belonging to the United Nations agencies which are domiciled in the state over tax evasion. The Executive Chairman Borno State Board of Internal Revenue Service (BO-IRS), Mohammed Alkali affirmed this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri on Wednesday. The affected properties are the World Health Organisation(WHO), World Food Programme(WFP), United Nations High Commission for Refugees(UNHCR), United Nations International Children Emergency Fund(UNICEF), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA), Food and Agricultural Organisation(FAO), and United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) with operations offices in Maiduguri. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned organisations are generally exempted from payment of tax from their operational funds. They are, however, mandated by law through the provisions of the personal income tax act, CAP P8 Laws of the Fe...