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A former staff of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Gloria Obioma Elih has been declared wanted for fraudulent practices.    Elih was accused of allegedly demanding and receiving gratification from officials of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources who were being investigated.   It was further learnt that she was declared wanted because all efforts to serve her and procure her attendance in court have proved abortive.   Tweets shared on ICPC's official Twitter handle read;  “The person whose picture appears above, Gloria Obioma Elih, is hereby declared WANTED by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC). “Criminal charges were filed by ICPC against Elih, a former staff of the Commission, before an FCT High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Adeniyi for allegedly demanding and receiving gratification from officials of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources who were being investigated.

A married mother of two, Uchechi Ogoke, was stabbed to death while her two children were injured by suspected armed robbers in Ihitte Uboma local government area in Imo state today June 30. According to an eyewitness who sent the story to LIB, the woman's husband is based in Malaysia. In the early hours of today, neighbors woke up to see the woman in a pool of her own blood while her two kids and the house help were injured. The eyewitness said the unidentified persons also took away her ATM card. The police were invited and her body has been evacuated and deposited in the mortuary. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the incident to LIB and said an investigation into the incident has commenced. ''The persons broke into her house through the window with a gun and a matchete. They beat her and stabbed her all over her body until she gave up the ghost. They stole her jewelries and the sum of N28, 000'' Ikeokwu 

The African Confederation of Football (CAF) has decided to postpone the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to 2022.   The tournament was set to take place between January 9 and February 6, 2021, in Cameroon, but it has now been postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.  "After consultation with stakeholders and taking into consideration the current global situation, the tournament has been rescheduled for January 2022," Caf confirmed in a statement. "The date for the final tournament and the remaining matches of the qualifiers will be communicated in due course." CAF also announced that the 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) has been postponed to 2021, while the 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations was cancelled due to 'challenging conditions.' 

Popular television host, Ryan Seacrest has split from his on-off girlfriend, Shayna Taylor for the third time, and it looks like the split is permanent. A spokesperson for the American TV and radio host confirmed their split in a statement, saying: 'Ryan and Shayna decided to end their romantic relationship amicably some time ago. They remain good friends, each other's biggest supporters and will always cherish their time together as a couple.'  The 45-year-old has already moved on from the 28-year-old chef to a new blonde lady he’s currently on vacation with in Mexico.  The media personality was pictured in a series of photos relaxing with his 'new partner' in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico last week.  A source told E! News that Ryan, real estate mogul Mike Meldman and a group of friends flew to Cabo San Lucas via private jet last weekend for some rest and relaxation in the sun.

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has alleged that Nigerians were forced to accept the Coronavirus pandemic.  The Kogi state Governor said this at a prayer session for late Nasir Ajana, Kogi chief judge on Tuesday June 30. He insisted that Coronavirus is only out to create fear, panic, reduce and shorten the lifespan of people.  Bello who countered claim of the state's Chief Judge dying from Coronavirus, also stated that nothing kills faster than fear. He said at the event “Whether medical experts and scientists believe it or not, COVID-19 is out to shorten the lifestyle of the people, it is a disease propagated by force for Nigerians to accept. COVID-9 is only out to create fear, panic – orchestrated to reduce and shorten the lifespan of the people.” 

An Iran court on Tuesday, June 30, sentenced ex-opposition leader Ruhollah Zam to death. Ruhollah Zam, who was accused of fueling anti-government protests, was arrested and indicted over corruption charges, after his return from exile in France in 2019 . The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the arrest of Zam in October last year. "The court has considered 13 counts of charges together as instances of corruption on earth and therefore passed the death sentence," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said today after his sentencing. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had called Zam a "counter-revolutionary" who was "directed by France's intelligence service".  Zam, who reportedly lived in Paris, had reportedly taken part in anti-government protests in 2017 and ran a channel on the Telegram messaging app called Amadnews. Telegram subsequently shut down Amadnews after Iran demanded the account be removed for inciting an

The police in Oyo state have arrested 26-year-old Shagbada Erigga pictured above for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Happiness Winifred, 30, for refusing to have sex with him. Parading the suspect before newsmen today June 30, the Oyo state Commissioner of Police, CP. Chuks Enwonwu, said that the suspected murderer, Erigga invited Happiness, a mother of three, to his home to spend the night with him on June 21. They got into a heated argument after she refused to have sex with him. He punched her three times. She slumped and died and then he dumped her body inside a well in the Ojoo area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The police boss said men of the Ojoo Police Station began an investigation after one Mr. Agu Benson, a resident of Oritoke Area of Ojoo, Ibadan came to the police station to report that he went to fetch water in the well in his compound on June 25 and discovered a floating body. When interrogated, Shagbada confessed to the crime but sa

A porn star is wanted by police after she filmed a sex scene on a bus without wearing a face mask. The actress, named in reports as Kaori Dominick, filmed the scene in Cali, Colombia. The video was then uploaded to Pornhub before it was later deleted, after breaking Valle del Cauca regulations that require a mask to be worn at all times on public transport. In pictures shared online, the woman is seen wearing gloves and a facemask when she is approached by a man as she is buying a ticket for the bus. The pair agree for her to use a "Lovense" vibrator which is controlled by an application on the man’s phone and he records her while she uses it on the bus.

Lagos residents who are unable to get themselves tested in government own facilities would henceforth pay N50,400 in a private laboratory to conduct COVID-19 test. The state’s commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi disclosed this while launching the Lagos State Private-Public Consortium on the management of COVID-19 to increase the capacity of the state government in the management of the pandemic. He said though the tests were being conducted in government owned laboratories free, the approved private laboratories will conduct COVID-19 tests in the state at a cost of between N40,000 and N50,400. With this development most residents, particularly those with suspected symptoms are apprehensive that they might not get adequate attention from the public hospitals or other facilities, where they usually undergo the screening free of charge on the excuse that the testing kits are inadequate. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Abayomi said the inclusion of the

Medical experts have warned of an imminent surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and deaths in the next two weeks, as the Federal Government yesterday announced easing of lockdown measures and reopening of schools for graduating students.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ They, however, said the only solution remained total compliance with the World Health Organisation (WHO) protocols – regular washing of hands, physical/social distancing – and wearing of facemasks.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ A consultant virologist and chairman, Expert Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, told The Guardian: “Lockdown or no lockdown, if you don’t obey the simple rules of washing your hands regularly, social and physical distancing and wearing of face masks, the number of cases and deaths will increase. I think we are getting back to a surge. In another two weeks, the situation will get worse if we refuse to obey the basic rules.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Government was forced to make the decision because of the economic reasons, and inability t

The National Union of Road Transport Workers has commended the Federal Government for lifting the ban on interstate travel in the country. Acting General Secretary of the union, Kabiru Yau, called on the government to subsidise operation cost for motorists. He said the guidelines outlined by the government for the resumption of operations amid the coronavirus pandemic require operators to carry fewer passengers on each trip, thereby reducing their income. Yau said, “We thank the Federal Government for lifting the ban; it is a welcome development because it is over three months that our members have been out of jobs and without income. “At least, our people will now start working and get something to feed their families. “But at the same time, due to the spacing in the vehicles which will require the drivers to carry only nine or ten instead of the usual 18 passengers, the income of the drivers will be reduced. “So we want the government to help subsidise the cost of those p

The nation’s electricity grid has collapsed 108 times after the power sector was privatised, data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria have shown. The TCN, which manages the national grid, is still fully owned and operated by the government. While the TCN says the grid has a wheeling capacity of 8,100MW, the highest power generation ever attained in the country stands at 5,375MW. The sector was privatised by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration with 11 electricity distribution companies and six generation companies handed over to core investors on November 1, 2013. Between November 1, 2013 and May 2020, the number of total grid collapse recorded was 83 while the grid partially collapsed 25 times. A total system collapse means total blackout nationwide, while partial system collapse is a failure of a section of the grid, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission The grid has continued to suffer system collapse over the years amid lack of spinn

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the probe of the policemen who allegedly arrested D'banj's rape accuser, Seyitan Babatayo. The IGP gave the order in a letter signed on his behalf by his Principal Staff Officer, DCP Idowu Owohunwa and addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Garki. The IGP's letter was sequel to a petition written by Seyitan’s lawyer, Ojoge, Omileye and Partners. In the IGP's letter titled "Re: Petition Against Inspector Abraham, Supol Ugowe and the Entire Police Officers Team at Ikeja, Lagos Division of the Inspector General of Police", the IGP asked that the petition from Seyitan Babatayo's lawyer be addressed. The petition from Babatayo's legal representative - Ojoge, Omileye and Partners -  allege that policemen attached to the Intelligence Response Team arrested Seyitan on the directive of D’Banj and detained her for over 24 hours. It was

Chinese scientists have warned that pigs are a 'key intermediate host' or 'mixing vessel' for viruses spreading from wild animals into humans and could cause another pandemic if not taken seriously. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have been studying outbreaks of swine flu in pig farms across the country and say the latest strain can pass to humans even though only two people are confirmed to have caught the virus, dubbed G4 EA H1N1, since the first outbreak in 2016. The researchers who say the disease is 'highly adapted' to infect humans are now calling for monitoring of farms and people working on or near them as further transmission could cause the virus to 'adapt and become a pandemic'.  The two cases of a G4-like EA H1N1 virus were of a 46-year-old and a 9-year-old. 'Epidemiological survey found that the two patients had neighbours who reared pigs, suggesting that G4 EA virus could transmit from swine to human, and lead t

Seven-year-old Adamu Haruna has been declared missing in the Kagini area of Abuja. According to family sources, Haruna who lives with his Uncle, Aliyu Usman, was playing in their compound when he went missing on Friday, June 19. Efforts to find him since that day have proved abortive. The family has printed fliers with his face and name on it but no one has contacted them yet.  Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, Anjuguri Manzah, said efforts are being made to find the boy and reunite him with his family. 

Police Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have arrested two suspects for the kidnap and murder of a Medical Doctor, Audu Benedict, his son and one of his associates in Katsina-ala LGA, Benue State while travelling from Taraba State to Abuja on  March 10, 2019. According to a statement from the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Frank Mba, the suspects, Henry Terkula Gwa, 25, from Donga LGA of Benue State and Terhile Tsavbe, 30, from Gawa village, Katsina-ala LGA of Benue State were arrested on June 6 and 11, 2020, following intense search for the victims and manhunt for the perpetrators by the Police team. Mba said investigations by the police revealed that the criminal gang collected 7.5million naira as ransom from the families of the victims as a condition for their release. The suspects forced the late Dr Audu Benedict to issue them a cheque of N500,000.000 which they cashed in a commercial bank in Gboko town, Benue State. Subsequently, the suspects kill

The Nigeria Police Force is currently in search of the families of three children, two girls and a boy, stolen from their families since June 2019. Frank Mba, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, told newsmen on Monday, June 29, that the three children were among six rescued by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in an operation that was launched following reported cases of child theft in the FCT. He said three of the rescued children have been reunited with their parents but the other three, pictured above, are yet to be reunited as their families cannot be located. “We were able to identify the parents of three of the six children and the police have reunited them with their families. Unfortunately until now we have not been able to locate the parents of these three children.” Mba said 

Former French prime minister, François Fillon and his Welsh wife, Penelope, were sentenced to jail on Monday for embezzling public funds as part of the “fake job” scandal.  A French court  found Francois guilty of charges of creating a fake job for his wife, using taxpayer money. The 66- year-old was accused of creating a position that paid his wife over €1 million ($1.13 million) in public funds, a charge that cost him his 2017 presidential bid. Fillon's wife, Penelope, was also found guilty of being complicit in the case. He was additionally accused of getting the millionaire owner of a literary magazine to pay his wife €135,000 for "consulting work." . Mr. Fillon was sentenced to five years in prison, three of which were suspended, as well as a €375,000 fine. Fillon was also banned from running for elected office for 10 years.

Legendary Nigerian guitarist, Berkley Ike Jones of the defunct BLO is dead. Berkeley Ike Jones died weeks to his 72nd birthday. He died last night, June 28, in Asaba where he went for a job. Ike first appeared on the Nigerian music scene in the mid-1960s, as the drummer in the Port Harcourt-based teen pop group The Figures. In 1970, at the end of the Nigerian civil war, he signed on as lead guitarist in the rock n’ soul band The Funkees, where his adventurous guitar lines got him noticed by talent scouts who instantly whisked him off to Lagos and installed him in the high profile rock group The Clusters. The Clusters soon morphed into the Afro Collection under the leadership of Tee Mac Iseli, and then into SALT under Ginger Baker. Eventually the group splintered, giving birth to Nigeria’s first afro-rock power trio BLO–Berkley Ike Jones, Laolu Akins, and Mike Gbenga Odumosu. BLO was the rave in the 70s and early 80s. The group was one of Nigeria’s most respected and influen

The Federal Government has approved a reduction in marriage licence fees. Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, Mr Mohammed Manga, made this known in a statement on Monday. Manga quoted the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, as making the disclosure in a Public Notice signed by the Permanent Secretary and Principal Registrar of Marriages in Nigeria, Georgina Ehuriah. The minister approved that the reduction of fees chargeable for services related to the Statutory Marriage under the Marriage Act CAP M6 LFN 2004 to commence from Wednesday, July 1. He appealed to stakeholders to take advantage of the reduction in fees to licence their Places of Public Worship. According to him, the fees chargeable for the Issuance of Fresh Marriage Licence to a place of Public Worship has been reduced from N30,000 for two years to N6,000 yearly, payable for five years in the first instance. He said further that “for the Renewal of Marriage Licence by a Place of Public

Operatives of EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office,  have arrested one Babatunde Oyerinde Abidoun, a.k.a. Kashy, for his alleged involvement in cyber crimes. . Abiodun, who is the owner of CashNation Ent. Ltd., a music record label with singer Barry Jhay as one of its signees, was arrested recently at his residence in Lekki Conservative Estate, Lagos. Abiodun, who shuttles between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, allegedly used the proceeds of his fraudulent activities to fund his lavish lifestyle. Investigations linked his fraudulent activities to his domestic staff, Thomas Aliu Akwu, who confessed to having different accounts domiciled in UBA, Ecobank, GTB, Zenith Bank and FCMB and also receiving money for his boss through the accounts. 

On the 20/6/20 at about 9:pm, following a tip off, Police operatives attached 33 Division in collaboration with Nsugbe Vigilante group arrested one Chidera Nwaoga, 24, in Anambra State. She was arrested with a premature baby girl concealed inside a rubber bucket on her way to bury  the child inside the bush before she was apprehended. Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman, who was heavenly pregnant, approached a quack and untrained chemist, Odimegwu Ikunne, who allegedly administered injection on her and aborted the pregnancy. Meanwhile, search was executed at the premises of the quack chemist and some  quantity of expired drugs/ syringes were recovered while the said Chidera, who was weak and lost much blood when arrested has now fully recovered due to urgent medical attention she received at multicare hospital 33 since 20th June, 2020. Consequently, the decomposing baby was buried based on experts advise in order not to constitute health hazard to

Dr. Dre and his wife of 24 years are ending their marriage ... she's filed for divorce. Nicole Young filed the paperwork Monday, citing the usual irreconcilable differences as the reason for her split from the hip-hop mogul. Dre married Nicole on May 25, 1996, and they have 2 adult children together -- a son named Truice and a daughter named Truly -- so they won't have to deal with child support. Sources connected to Nicole say there is no prenup. Dre's net worth, according to Forbes, is estimated at $800 million. Nicole is also seeking spousal support. 

BREAKING NEWS The Federal Government has approved what it called “safe reopening” of schools nationwide in the next phase of the gradual easing of lockdown ordered to curtail further spread of COVID-19. It has also lifted the ban placed on interstate travels with effect from July 1, provided such journeys are made outside curfew hours. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed these at the ongoing daily briefing of the task force in Abuja on Monday. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also said the government has approved the safe resumption of domestic flights in the country. He said the reopening of schools was meant to allow students in graduating classes resume preparation for examinations. He disclosed that the latest developments were contained in the task force’s fifth interim report which was submitted to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), earlier in the day. Mustapha sa

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others over the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday, June 29, that Trump and more than 30 others who Iran accuses of involvement in the January 3 strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani face "murder and terrorism charges", the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Apart from Trump's name, Alqasimehr did not identify the other suspects. He stressed that Iran would continue to pursue Trump's prosecution even after his presidency ends. Alqasimehr also was quoted as saying that Iran requested a "red notice" be put out for Trump and the others, which represents the highest level arrest request issued by Interpol. Local authorities end up making the arrests on behalf of the country that request it. The notices cannot force countries to arrest or extradite suspect

A graduate of the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Shuaib Isola, has died after being hit with a magic ring, following a disagreement during a football match he was officiating over the weekend in Iwo, Osun State. One Lateef Ahmed has been arrested by the police in connection with the death. The deceased allegedly collapsed after being hit with the magic ring by his friend, Lateef. According to reports, Lateef hit the deceased following a dispute at St Mary’s Grammar School football field on Sunday. Isola was confirmed dead at the General Hospital, Iwo, where he was rushed to, as all attempts to revive him proved abortive. . . Yemisi Opalola, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, while confirming the incident, said the family of the deceased evacuated his corpse and declined autopsy. But investigation will continue into the incident. 

A teenager who raped a girl has been jailed after his parents forced him to the police station and made him to confess when they found he had texted his victim to say sorry. Restaurant worker Jack Evans, 18, forced himself on a virgin and he would have escaped justice because the student never reported the attack. However, when he apologised to her by text two months after the sex attack, his dad Jonathan and his stepmother Sarah Morris, both 47, saw the message and told him to tell police. They marched him to a police station where he told officers his name and what he had done. They tracked down his victim, who told them about the attack and he was charged with rape. The victim said she was left feeling "worthless" and unable to trust men again. Evans' father Jonathan Evans, 47, said outside Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court: "I wanted him to tell the truth, he had to do the right thing and admit his guilt. "It's been difficult for all of us and it

French media outlets RFI and France 24 have named Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen as the winner of the 2020 Marc Vivien Foe prize for the best African player in the French Ligue 1 for 2019-2020 season. The 21-year-old Lille striker emerged the winner from a list of 11 African footballers who were shortlisted for the award named after Cameroonian great and former Olympique Lyonnais midfielder, Marc Vivien Foe. Marc Vivien Foe died at the Stade de France while playing for Cameroon, during the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final game against Colombia.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Olabode George, has slammed former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, saying the All Progressive Congress party leader is responsible for the reported crisis in the ruling party . Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP,  slammed Tinubu for allegedly mishandling the affairs of Lagos State, stating ''his time of reckoning was near and he'll vomit everything he's stolen.'' Bode George was reacting to Tinubu's Saturday statement  addressing his purported 2023 presidential ambition and the crisis that has befallen the APC. In the statement, Tinubu said he hadn't made up his mind as to a 2023 presidential ambition but was rather focused on helping Nigerians during the current economic crisis caused by Covid-19. . Speaking in an interview with The IndependentNg published on Monday June 29, Chief Bode George said; "From the very beginning, I used to tell them that the party APC is a

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for criticizing President Buhari over the use of the federal executive council (FEC) chamber for the conduct of the national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP spokesman had described the president’s action “as the height of corruption as well as a desecration of the sanctity of the seat of power and our national values” in a statement released on Friday June 25. . However reacting to PDP's statement on Sunday June 28, Garba Shehu stated that no one can choose or dictate where President Buhari can hold his meeting. He also insisted that the meeting was virtual and not a physical meeting. . Garba Shehu said “The stubborn opinion held by the critics of the administration is that President Muhammadu Buhari had called a political meeting in the ‘hallowed’ chamber of the federal executive council as if there is a law that says the

The body of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped to death by yet-to-be-identified person, has been found inside a mosque located at New Road, Kurmi Mashi by Nnamdi Azikiwe bypass, Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna State. Spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Muhammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident, said the body was discovered on Friday, June 26. He said the community members called men of the Kurmi Mashi police division to make a report after seeing the dead body at about 3.20pm which is close to the time they were supposed to converge for their Friday prayers. . Jalige said no arrest has been made but that the police is investigating the matter. ''Though no arrest has been made in connection to the crime, but police detectives attached to Kurmi Mashi division of the Command have launched an investigation to unravel the misery. Yes, the case was reported at Kurmi Mashi division on Friday. Our men in that division received a call from the peopl

Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe and Nigeria is conspicuously absent. Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe until the epidemiological situation in their countries with regards to COVID-19 improves. . According to the report, the countries whose citizens have been granted permits into Europe as the union open its borders that were shut to curb the spread of COVID-19, include Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada. Others listed are Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Serbia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Va

Ahead of the planned reopening of airports across the country, the Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has stated that passengers on international flights may have to be at the airport five hours before their flight’s takeoff. The Minister who said this during an inspection of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos on Saturday June 27, said they are putting the necessary equipment in place to help passengers adapt efficiently to the new normal and ensure that time is not wasted. Sirika said “We will announce all the protocols again before opening. But you need to be at the airport three hours ahead of your flight. The experience is quite nice but it takes a bit of time which is why you will need to be at the airport three hours before your local flight. For an international flight, we may do five hours.” On profitability of the aviation business upon the resumption, the Minister said; . “Those new norms are coming and we will imple

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state says he is happy about the crisis rocking the ruling APC and prays that the party continues to make mistakes and remain in crisis. Wike, a chieftain of the PDP, said this in a recent interview with Arise TV. “I am happy that APC is in crisis. It is not my business to help APC to be united. Remember that we also had our own crisis under Ali Modu Sheriff and APC jubilated about it then. It is my prayer that they should continue to be in crisis. We have taken another state. Unfortunately, APC isn’t really a political party. They came together just to take overpower. I want my party to be in power and therefore, I cannot be praying for APC not to have crisis. I hope they continue to make mistakes everyday and my party will continue to grow” he said

A 42-year-old woman has been arrested by the police in Naivasha, Kenya for reportedly killing her 4 children (three girls and one boy) who are between the ages of 2 and 8 years. . The mother of 6 identified as Beatrice Mwende Kimotho, allegedly locked her children in the house before giving them poison at Kabati Estate. K2TV reported that the police said they received a distress call from Jackson Kimani Kimotho, the woman’s brother saying that she had asked him to check on the children who she had killed at her house. He further revealed that his sister shared pictures of the children in a family WhatsApp group after killing them, asking for prayers. Upon entering the two-bedroom house, the police found the bodies of the four children on their beds with traces of vomit and blood in their mouth. . Naivasha Sub County Police Commander Samuel Waweru confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect is in lawful police custody. He said; . “The accused first told her friend that h

The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nasir Ajanah is reportedly dead. TheCable reported that a member of the late Judge's family who confirmed his death on Sunday morning, said he died at the COVID-19 isolation centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja. Ajanah died a week after the death of Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga, the president of the Kogi customary court of appeal was reported. . The late Judge who died at the age of 64, served in various capacities such as chairman, Kabba disturbance tribunal, Kogi, (1994); chairman, election petitions tribunal in Adamawa state (1998); member of governing council of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (1999 and 2006) and chairman, panel on Murtala Mohammed international airport fire incident (2000). It was further learnt that he will be buried in Abuja on Sunday June 28. 

The Lagos state police command has arrested a 61-year-old man, Eke Kanu, for allegedly raping and impregnating his 19-year-old daughter in the Igbogbo area of Ikorodu, a suburb in the state. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana, says men of the Ikorodu Police Station received a complaint from a member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers FIDA, that Kanu who resides at Ebute Road, Igbogbo, Ikorodu was having unlawful sexual intercourse with his 19 years old daughter (name withheld). According to Bala, the daughter said that her Father started having sexual intercourse with her when she was small and threatened to deal with her if she tells anybody. She further stated that when her father discovered that she was pregnant, he took her to a chemist where she was administered some drugs and injection to abort the pregnancy. ''The survivor was taken to Mirabel Center by the Police, for medical attention and forensic

A 26-year-old man from Umuaka in Imo State, identified as Chinedu Obi, has confessed that he started sleeping with his employer’s 10-year-old twin girls since 2019 after offering them N200. The suspect,  who was arrested on June 16, 2020, after the mother of the twins suspected foul play when she returned from the market and overheard the twins fighting over how to share the N200 he gave them after sex, confessed that the incident had been occurring at his madam’s restaurant located at Soluowu Street in Surulere, Lagos. . He stated that since he got the job in 2018 , he had dedicated his life to the job and not had the opportunity to befriend any woman. He then decided to try his luck with his boss’s daughters in June 2019. . “They used to come to the shop to stay after school and during this coronavirus period, they were always around. I was so close to the family that the children were free with me and took me as their elder brother. . One day, they came straight to the s

Suspected cultists have abducted Patience Emmanuel, a 20-year-old Pharmacology student at the Bauchi State University, and informed her father that all they need is her "virginity" and not his money. Narrating his ordeal to newsmen, Mr. Emmanuel Kushi, who is a civil servant, said his daughter whom he described as a well-behaved girl, left his younger brother's house in Rafin Zurfi in the state on Wednesday, June 24, with the intention of coming to pick up something from his home.  However, she never got to his place and has remained unreachable since then. “On Wednesday, June 24, around 2pm, she left my younger brother’s house in Rafin Zurfi and told him she was coming to my house at Kafin Tafawa, which is a distance of about four kilometers, to pick something and he gave her permission to come. By evening my younger brother’s wife kept calling her mobile to know if she had arrived but there was no response. They thought she was already in my house working. L

The Director-General of The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has said that young boys in Nigeria are currently more vulnerable to rape than girls. She attributed this to the fact that many people tend to focus more on girls being raped and forget that the reality is that the incident of rape for boys in Nigeria is currently on the increase. She said this at the flag-off of the ‘Cover me’ campaign aimed at exposing perpetrators of child abuse, advocate for stricter punishment for rapists, and advocate for stronger mechanisms for preventing approach on Saturday June 27. “I do not advocate for capital punishment of death sentence because it will make rapists become brutal because they will not want to leave witnesses and it will also encourage jungle justice with people using it to accuse and kill people falsely. Boys are more vulnerable to rape because we tend to focus more on girls so we need to focus on all our childr

. A lady, identified as Bukola Agboola, was on Thursday, rescued by neighbours after attempting suicide. . The mother-of-two was said to have committed the act in her residence at No. 2 Kuburat Lawal Street, Abule-Egba, Lagos. It’s reported that Bukola drank a poisonous substance on the basis of being frustrated by life’s hardship. She was, however, rushed to Ile Epo General Hospital by her husband’s brother who was living nearby. Speaking on the hospital bed, Bukola, revealed that she was tired about life and maltreatment by her husband, Mr Wasiu Agboola, who she said, used to beat and inflict her with pain. . She also claimed that her husband forced her, on Thursday night, to break into her improvised save (Kolo) to buy foodstuffs for her children who barely ate any food days back. Iya Idris, as she is fondly called by her neighbours, was said to have suffered so much in the relationship. Her neighbors, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed that her’s was an unending case of b

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has added a runny nose or congestion, nausea, and diarrhoea to the growing list of Coronavirus symptoms. The new symptoms are likely to appear between two to 14 days after exposure to the virus. The CDC reports that anyone with the following symptoms may have COVID-19: Fever or chills A cough Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing Fatigue Muscle or body aches Headache New loss of taste or smell Sore throat Congestion or runny nose Nausea or vomiting Diarrhoea "This list does not include all possible symptoms. CDC will continue to update this list as we learn more about COVID-19," the website states. The US federal department also warned: "Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness." This comes as almost 10million people have been infected by the disease wo

Respected singer and music producer, Cobhams Asuquo, firmly believes that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, entertainers are needed now more than ever. He told Saturday Beats, “Entertainment has always been a tool to bring joy and comfort to people and these are times when people need as much of that as possible. That the world is going through tough times is even more reason to keep our spirits up and one of the ways to do that is through entertainment. I would encourage entertainers to continue to perform their craft because we are needed now more than ever.” Weeks back, Asuquo had trended on Twitter after posting a video of himself, recording a cover of DJ Neptune’s song, ‘ Nobody’. Asked why he did a cover of the song, Asuquo said, “I generally like to ‘mess’ around with different types of music and I happen to love this particular song. It’s one of those tunes that are hard to forget. I ‘covered’ it because it was fun, which is a strong motivation behind almost any

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says airports in Nigeria are 90% ready for reopening. He said this today Saturday, June 27, 2020 after he and other government officials partook in the dry run simulation exercises held at the domestic terminals of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos respectively. The exercise, which was aimed at assessing the readiness of the airports for reopening post Covid-19 was witnessed by the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnibe Mamora, Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force, Dr. Aliyu Sanni, the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, Chairman, Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema, amongst several other stakeholders. The simulation exercise began in Abuja as p

Lagos State Government has said that it may have to consider a fresh lockdown due to the increase in coronavirus cases in the state and the country.⁣ On Friday, June 26, 2020, the total number of confirmed cases of the pandemic in Nigeria rose to 23, 298, with Lagos recording the highest number of cases.⁣ According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos had 9,741 cases of the virus as of Friday.⁣ While speaking at a briefing on Friday, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi said Lagos will not hesitate to consider another lockdown should cases of the pandemic go out of hand.⁣ He said, “We believe we are managing a delicate balance between the public health crisis and the economic livelihood of Lagosians. If things are getting out of hand, we will certainly consider another lockdown.”⁣ Abayomi explained that Lagos has not yet reached the peak of the pandemic, adding that the number of cases would continue to rise in the next one or two months

Nine persons traveling from Lagos to Abuja have been abducted by suspected herdsmen along lsua highway in Akoko South East area of Ondo State. A family member of one of the victims, Bamidele Ojo, who confirmed this to Vanguard, said the victims were on board a Toyota Sienna space bus when they were ambushed by the suspected herdsmen.  The victims were allegedly marched into the forest by their abductors after their vehicle was stopped on the highway. Bamidele said the abductors have reached out to the families of the abducted travelers and are demanding N100 million ransom. Spokesperson of the Ondo state police command, Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed the incident and said one of the victims has been rescued. Ikoro said police detectives in the state were working with hunters, local vigilante, and other agencies to ensure the release of the remaining eight victims. 

Amnesty International has criticized the police for allegedly failing to prosecute members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad whom it accused of engaging in torture of suspects. The group noted that the squad had continued to use torture and other ill-treatment to execute, punish, and extract information from suspects. In a new report, ‘Time to End Impunity,’ released on Thursday, AI said it documented at least 82 cases of torture, ill-treatment, and extra-judicial executions by SARS between January 2017 and May 2020. It said the victims are predominantly males between the ages of 18 and 35, from low-income backgrounds and vulnerable groups. The Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, said in a statement, “The complete failure of Nigerian authorities to bring an end to the gross human rights violations perpetrated by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad or to bring any SARS officer to justice is shocking and unacceptable.” She added, “Nigerians are outraged by the