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A member of Bishop David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church has gifted his pastor the latest Land Cruiser Prado worth N55 million. Pastor Chris Abraham was gifted the car as a farewell gift after he was recently transferred from Abuja to another state in Nigeria. According to Church Gist, the Land Cruiser was given to him by a member popularly known as Major Mega. 

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says her country is ready to partner Nigeria to identify the sponsors of Boko Haram and extremism in the country. She disclosed this on Monday, August 30, during a meeting with journalists in Abuja. The envoy was asked if the US was ready to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. She, however, said talks were ongoing on the matter. According to her, “That is something we are very eager to partner Nigeria on. I have had at least three conversations in the last two months on this subject. I won’t like to go into details. I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a lot, it does not match up. When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed. That is a different construct. The sovereign nations who have had strong bilateral relations. I don’t actually think the two match ...

A narcotrafficker, Ibeh Kenneth Ejike, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 87 wraps of coc*ine. The 41-year-old suspect who was arrested on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight 911 from Kigali via Addis Ababa was taken in for secondary check during which he tested positive to ingestion of illicit substance.  According to NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, while under observation, he excreted 87 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.884 kilograms. Ibeh who imports cloths for sale hails from Owerrizikeala village in Orumba LGA of Anambra State. 

The Edo State Police Command have arrested a 21-year-old nanny, Precious Mmaduike, who allegedly kidnapped her boss’ children in Lagos and took them to Benin City, Edo State. The suspect was arrested alongside two others on Thursday, August 26, 2021, three days after she abducted the kids from their residence in Surulere area of Lagos. The other suspects are identified as Jane Osas, 35, and 45-year-old John Obasu.  The command’s spokesperson, Kontongs Bello, in a statement said, “The abduction was planned and executed by their housemaid. Precious Mmaduike, used her familiarity with the children as househelp and abducted them from Lagos to Benin City, Edo state. The father of the children said they were given N500 by his wife to buy biscuits outside the compound in the company of the nanny, but failed to return. He said the phone of the nanny was later switched off and efforts to find the children proved abortive. The father reported the situation to the Aguda police sta...

A father of five, Zakaria Waye, who allegedly broke his wife's lower jaw and d*maged her left eye during a quarrel has been arraigned in Chief Magistrate Court 4 in Yola, Adamawa State. It was gathered that the accused, who hails from Girei town in Girei LGA of the state, a*saulted his wife, Ruth Zakaria, on Wednesday, August 25.   The victim, Ruth, could not talk when she was brought to court on Thursday, August 26, as she had undergone surgery to stitch and wire her broken jaw.   Zakaria, who is accused of constantly b*ating his wife, sometimes in the presence of their children, pleaded not guilty to the charges of causing a grievious hurt among other offences.  He told the court that his wife should be blamed for the trouble in the family, alleging that she held his private part hence he had to b*at her.   The court presided by Magistrate Abdulrazak Adamu, ordered that the accused be remanded at Yola Correctional Centre and adjourned the matt...

The Committee on Prison Reforms and Decongestion has freed Rahma Hussein, a young woman accused of k*lling her husband to protest her forced marriage. In 2014, Hussein, then 16, was arrested and charged to a High Court in Kano State for st*bbing her husband to d*ath, barely 24 hours after their wedding. In 2018, Justice R. A. Sadik ordered her “detained at the pleasure of the governor of the state” because she was forcefully married and committed the offence at the age of 16. . The spokesperson, Kano correctional centre, Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, in a statement on Saturday, August 28, said Ms Hussein’s release on Friday was “based on the recommendation from the officials of the correctional centre who attested to her sound character.” The committee also advised Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who holds the power of prerogative of mercy on her judgement, to consider the circumstances that led her to commit the offence and grant her pardon. 

. The police in Kwara State have arrested six suspects who allegedly abducted a 300-level female student of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Isiaq Khadeejah.  Khadijat was abducted last Sunday at one of the Malete off-campuses of the institution, allegedly, by the suspects, who demanded N50million ransom for her release.  The commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Tuesday Assayomo, in a statement on Saturday, August 28, said the suspects were arrested as police rescue the victim unhurt. It was gathered that the K*dnappers were tracked through a POS they wanted to use to collect the ransom in Shao, the next town to Malete in the Moro LGA of the state. ”Six suspects involved in the act have been arrested, different categories of weapons used in the k*dnap were also recovered,” he said. 

Reality TV Star, Anita Natacha Akide aka Tacha, has said she can’t date a broke man. Speaking in a recent interview with YourView hosts on TVC, she said, “I am so sorry, I can’t date a responsible but broke man. Everyone has his/her own spec so I will urge people to go for their spec.  As for me, my market is expensive. My man must be rich, hardworking, sweet and encouraging, God fearing.” 

An 18-year-old boy, Segun Bakare, who was hypnotized by a suspected rit*alist while on his way to work in Mushin, Lagos, and taken to Ore, in Ondo State, has narrated how he narrowly escaped. The unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday morning, August 19, 2021, Vanguard reports. According to him, “The elderly man wore a native buba and sokoto.  He beckoned me to come, I walked up to him, immediately I got close to him, he held my hand. As soon as he held my hand, he gave me his bag. I don’t know what happened thereafter. I just saw myself following him. I became a bit conscious of my environment when we got to Ore. That was when we alighted from the vehicle. The man took his bag from me. We were about to board another vehicle when I asked where I was. I started acting strangely and was shouting that I was on my way to work in Lagos. I didn’t know how I found myself there’. While I was demanding to know how I got there, one man hit me on the chest. But I kept shouting...

A California parole board on Friday, August 27, voted to release from prison Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of sh*oting d*ad Robert F. Kennedy in a 1968 a*sas*ination that rocked the United States. This comes after RFK’s two sons went against several of their siblings’ wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars, AP News reports.  Douglas Kennedy was a toddler when his father was g*nned down in 1968. He told a two-person board panel that he was moved to tears by Sirhan’s remorse and that the 77-year-old should be released if he’s not a threat to others. Born March 19, 1944, Sirhan is a Palestinian militant who was found guilty of a*sas*inating the New York Senator and brother of slain president John F Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel on June 5, 1968.  Robert F. Kennedy was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination to follow in the family footsteps when he was g*nned down. His m*rder came ...

Bandits have released 32 of the remaining 63 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi, Kaduna state.   The Chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Joseph Hayab, who confirmed the students’ release to newsmen, said they were released on Friday, August 27, and have since been reunited with their parents.   On July 5, 2021, bandits had invaded the school located some few kilometers from Kaduna metropolis and abducted 121 students. 28 of the students were released on July 25 after their parents allegedly paid N100 million as ransom. Last week, the bandits released 15 of the students who were in their captivity. 

Manchester United’s shares, which is publicly traded in the United States, has surge 8% with market cap currently over $200million, just few hours after they announced they have reached agreement to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese footballer played for the club from 2003 through 2009, when he left to join Real Madrid. He departed that team in 2018 for Juventus.  In a statement on Friday, August 27, United announced they have agreed to pay £12.8m for the 36-year-old five-time Ballon d'Or winner, with the deal subject to personal terms, visa and a medical, the club. 

Manchester United have confirmed they have reached an agreement to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus. United have agreed to pay £12.8m for the 36-year-old five-time Ballon d'Or winner, with the deal subject to personal terms, visa and a medical, the club said in a statement on Friday, August 27.  Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 games in his first spell at Old Trafford before leaving for Real Madrid in 2009. 

A Nigerian man who walked into a police station with a “cheating” complaint in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, India, has been arrested after it was discovered that he had been staying in India without a valid visa since 2011.  The suspect Robert Otujeme, was arrested on Wednesday night, August 25, and is now being interrogated by intelligence agencies, The Times of India reports.  According to the police, Otujeme had allegedly transferred “duped money” into the bank accounts of four Bareilly residents and was in the city to meet them as they had “cheated” him.  Upon questioning the Nigerian, the cops realised that he was involved in an alleged cyber fr*ud worth Rs 80 lakh. He was accused of misusing the bank accounts of several individuals by “transferring the money duped from others and sharing 20% with the real account holder.”  “Robert Otujeme, a resident of Lagos city in Nigeria had approached the cops at Faridpur police station on Wednesday to lodge a com...

A middle-aged man identified as David Akpokpokpo has been arrested by a vigilante group for allegedly raping and impregnating his teenage daughter in Amukpe area of Sapele, Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect had carnal knowledge of his daughter, Mercy Akpokpokpo, which resulted in pregnancy and birth of a three month old baby.  According to reports, the suspect threatened to kill his daughter if she opened up to anyone. However, when she could no longer bear it, she reported to the vigilante group in Amukpe on Friday, August 27.  During interrogation, the man claimed to have slept with his daughter only once under the influence of alcohol but the victim countered him, saying that her father raped her four times.  The suspect also admitted being the father of the child. 

The UK  says it will end its evacuation mission in Afghanistan today, August 27 citing security concerns. The UK defence ministry says it has closed its refugee processing centre in Kabul following the terro bomb attacks that killed over 90 people in Kabul on Thursday, August 26. The Abbey Gate of Kabul airport, the scene of a deadly explosion yesterday, was shut in the early hours of the morning. The Baron’s hotel, which has been used as the processing centre to deal with thousands of claims from those trying to flee the new Taliban regime, has also closed.   UK defense minister, Ben Wallace said efforts to get tens of thousands of people out of the country is entering its final stages and conceded ‘the sad fact is not every single one will get out’.   Mr Wallace told Sky News on Friday , August 27: ‘We will process the people that we’ve brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately in the airfield now and we will seek a way to continue to find a few people...

A young man identified as Isaac Opoku has been arrested at Ejisu Kranpa, for allegedly trying to sleep with his male friend.  Opoku who was being interrogated in a viral video shared online, is said to be a native of Bonwire in Ghana and was visiting a friend he met just 3 months ago at his home in Ejisu Kranpa. It was alleged that after his friend left the room to get water for him to drink, he came back home to meet Opoku naked. He then allegedly tried to force himself on the friend but got overpowered. Opoku was subsequently reported to authorities, leading to his arrest. 

Rano Local Government Area of Kano State has banned lovers from meeting in public places at night. The bye-law enacted to this effect is as a result of the reported cases of immoral activities between girls and boys, including divorcees. According to the local government information officer, Habibu Faragai, the council chairman, Dahiru Muhammad, announced the law at a security committee meeting attended by residents and traditional leaders. Mr Muhammad said the committee had raised alarm over the high rate of immorality in the LGA, adding that the concern guided the council to come up with the new law. He said the law was meant to sanitise the council area of immoral activities occurring during night discussions between the opposite s*x. The council boss directed the state’s Hisbah board (moral police) and other security agents at the local level to ensure compliance and arrest defaulters. 

  Olaotan who had been bedridden for five years after being involved in a ghastly accident which occurred at Apple Junction, in Festac, Lagos while he was driving to movie set, died at the age of 69.    His wife, Julia Olaotan confirmed his death, saying she is grateful that he can finally rest after suffering for years.   Julia told Premium Times;   “He has tried. It is not easy to be trapped in your own body for five years. He can finally rest now."   Before his death, Olaotan had been battling for his life in a Turkish hospital for almost three years. 

Channels TV has denied media reports claiming some of its reporters were arrested by security agents on Thursday, August 26. According to the media house, the entire anchors of its flagship programme, Sunrise Daily,  were invited for a meeting by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in Abuja and they have since returned from that meeting. News made rounds on social media yesterday afternoon that the presenters were arrested by the DSS for an interview they granted to Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom. 

  Former US president, Donald Trump has blasted Joe Biden on his foreign policy failures and dereliction of duty saying the Kabul terror attacks which has so far killed 13 service members and 70 Afghans is the result of "the dumbest move ever made perhaps in the history of our country" saying Bide  surrounded himself with "woke generals" who've shifted their priorities from national security to liberal politics. In an Interview on Thursday night, August 26 on Fox News, Trump warned host Sean Hannity that Biden's "wokeness" and that of his top generals like Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley are misinterpreting the power of the US military members and incoherently shuffling their priorities: "Biden and the woke generals are just woke. I was saying even at the end of my time, I was seeing letters being sent out about equality and all of these different things -- the soldiers, they want to fight, they want to be prepared to fi...

Operatives of the Department of State Services, on Thursday, August 26, dispersed medical doctors, who stormed the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, to take part in the ongoing recruitment exercise organized by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health here in Nigeria. Saudi Arabian authorities are in Nigeria to interview some Nigerian doctors who are willing to work in their country for better pay and working conditions. Punch reports that that medical consultants in their hundreds had gathered at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the hotel to participate in the recruitment exercise, however, it didn't go down well as DSS operatives allegedly stormed the hotel to disperse the attendees as well as journalists who had come to cover the exercise. An eyewitness told the publication; “When I came here, we saw the DSS operatives dispersing the people that came for the interview and before we knew it, everywhere had been scattered. A journalist with the ICIR, Marcus Fatunde, was also arrested, but he ...

A man who used super strong glue to ‘seal’ his penis has died. Salman Mirza, 25,  applied glue to his genitals to stop his fiancée from getting pregnant after they checked into a hotel in Juhapura neighbourhood of Ahmedabad, India, on June 22. Mr Mirza was, however, found unconscious outside the hotel the following day. Police say the couple decided to use the glue to prevent pregnancy after taking drugs, by mixing whitener with the epoxy to inhale it and get high. ‘Several witnesses said that Mirza, along with his former fiancée, both of whom were addicted to drugs, had gone to a hotel in Juhapura,’ the officer told the Times of India. ‘Since they did not have any protection, they decided to apply the adhesive on his private parts to ensure that she does not get pregnant. ‘They were carrying the adhesive as they occasionally used it with whitener to inhale the mixture for a kick.’ An acquaintance of the couple, Firoz Shaik found Mirza unconscious in bushes near an apar...

Uche Secondus was on Thursday Augusy 26, restored as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by a Kebbi state high court. The judgement was obtained after three applicants, Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Muhammad, and Bashar Suleman filed an ex parte application dated August 25, 2021 at the Kebbi State High Court for an order for stay of execution of the suspension order issued by the Rivers State High Court on Monday August 23.  The presiding judge, Nusirat Umar ordered that the execution of a previous order barring Secondus from parading himself as national chairman be suspended, pending when the suit is heard and concluded. Umar gave an order of interim injunction “staying the purported suspension of the first respondent pending the determination of the substantive motion on notice No. KB/HC/M.170/2021 now pending before this honourable court”. The Judge also gave an "order granting leave to the first respondent (Uche Secondus) to continue exercising all...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the classification of Nigerians as ‘indigenes’ and ‘non-indigenes’ is a form of apartheid and contradicts the citizens’ aspirations towards equality and unity. Speaking at an event in Abuja, on Thursday, August 26, the VP said said the country’s constitution gives all Nigerians the right to live and work in part of Nigeria without molestation. “In many quarters, there are feelings of alienation and exclusion. To this point, we must recognize the ways in which we perpetuate institutional discrimination and cause people to see their identities as weapons for procuring opportunity, often at the expense of others. We see this whenever Nigerians are denied opportunity on the basis of their state of origin or because they are ‘non- indigenes’. We see it when a Nigerian that has been resident in a state all his life is suddenly excluded from admission into an educational institution or an employment opportunity because he is not considered an ‘ind...

The 136 abducted pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have been released. They were released on Thursday night, August 26, in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State after three months in captivity. Around 136 school children were taken from the school in Tegina town in May but on Monday the school's owner said that six had d*ed of illness. Premium Times reports that the pupils were released after the payment of over N60 million and five new motorcycles as ransom to their abductors. 

Operatives of the Economic  and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Command, have arrested one Ladeji Kelvin Babatunde for allegedly obtaining over N38million from suspected internet fra*dsters in order to prevent their arrest by the Commission. The defendant allegedly impersonated officers of the Commission and obtained the sum of money by false pretence from the suspected cybercriminals. Upon his arrest, a four-bedroom uncompleted apartment located at Ikola Road, Alagbado, Lagos, which was developed with the proceeds of the perpetrated fr*ud, was recovered from him. 

In an unfolding of the terrible humanitarian scenes in Kabul, Afghanistan, at least 60 people including 12 US marines have been reportedly killed after a third bomb explosion was heard at the Kabul airport on Thursday, August 26. Taliban officials earlier said that at least 13 people including children have been reported dead at Hamid Karzai International Airport, with the death toll rising since then. An Afghan interpreter who was there hoping to be evacuated described how he saw a girl believed to be around five killed by the bomb: He told the BBC: ‘I saw a baby there and I went to her and I picked her up and started taking her to the hospital. I took her to the hospital, but she died on my hands.’ Reports say one bomb carried by suspected suicide bombers exploded at Abbey Gate just outside the airport, and at least one other was detonated at the Baron Hotel a short distance away.  This comes as the US under president Joe Biden announced a sudden exit from Afghanistan...

Terror group, ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings at Kabul airport on Thursday, August 26 in Afghanistan. At least 60 people, including 12 American troops, are thought to have died in two blasts that occured while reports say a third blast also occured. A spokesman for the group on Thursday night, released a statement saying that they had carried out the attack on the Abbey Gate. He did not mention the second attack next to the Baron Hotel. The spokesman shared a photo of a fighter posing with a gun while raising one finger in a prayer symbol, saying this was the man who detonated a bomb in a suicide attack. US president, Joe Biden is yet to publicly respond to the attacks. 

Egypt’s Ibrahim Hamadtou has inspired fans all over the world  after he came out to represent Egypt in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Hamadtou, who lost both his arms at the age of 10, competes at table tennis, but plays with the bat in his mouth. Fans were left surprised by how he tosses the ball up to serve with his foot and generates remarkable spin on the ball, despite his lack of arms. He played South Korea’s Park Hong-ku in the Class 6 qualifiers on Wednesday, August 25 in Tokyo. Class 6 is open to athletes who can stand but have impairments to their arms and legs. The 48-year-old provided stiff competition but was beaten by Park in straight sets, losing 11-6 11-4 11-9. In an interview with CNN in 2014, Hamadtou explained how he started playing ping pong. ‘In our village, we could only play, at that time, table tennis and soccer – that’s why I played both,’ he said. ‘It was logical to play soccer first due to my case, then I played table tennis as a challenge. ‘It wa...

A 26-year-old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Elijah Jude Anuoluwapo, has reportedly committed su*cide by taking illicit drug substances. It was gathered that the 400 Level student of English Language, popularly known as Jude, d*ed on Thursday morning, August 26, at the hospital where he was rushed by his colleagues for medical attention. According report, he had unsuccessfully tried to commit su*cide on two occasions due to alleged rejection by members of his immediate family after the reported d*ath of his mother. A close friend of the deceased who spoke to Tribune said, “His father had abandoned his mother since she was carrying Jude’s pregnancy which later led to his mother’s d*ath out of d*pression. Jude was raised by his maternal grandmother who d*ed of cancer complications last year. The development had become the main factor that had given him severe d*pression and fr*stration and made him attempt su*cide twice before the last one that later led to h...

A comedian, Gabriel Uzoma, reportedly escaped a*sas*ination attempt after his jilted lover, Victory Kelechi Joseph, 20, allegedly hired suspected armed robbers in Military uniforms, who invaded his house in Lagos to k*ll him. PM Express reports that the incident happened at Uwagboe Street, Ipaja area of Lagos, where Uzoma resides with his friends. According to the residents, Uzoma narrowly escaped the onslaught because he did not return home that day but his friends, found in his house identified as Emmanuel Eldon and Austine Alfred, were br*tally attacked at g*n point. The armed men reportedly invaded the house to att*ck Uzoma but when they did not find him, they damaged the television, carted away two laptops, Canon camera including money belonging to Uzoma to the tune of N555,000. Kelechi, who was later trailed to her hideout and arrested by the police, reportedly admitted to engaging four armed men in uniform. She said after the operation she was given N20,000 out of th...

Military personnel in Cameroon have been accused of k*lling two Nigerian teenagers in Ekombe, about 7 miles away from Kumba in the South West Region of the country. The two victims, Precious Ugochi Okudah and Chinasa Okudah, both under the age of 15, were reportedly k*lled as the military rained b*llets at the shop where they sought coverage, on Saturday morning, August 21, Mimi Mefo Info is reporting.  According to a relative of the victims, soldiers heading to Kumba came across a bridge where explosive devices had been planted targeting them in Ekombe.  “Although none of them got hurt by the detonation of the explosive, they angrily decided to enter the town sh*oting randomly for about four hours. It was after the sh*oting spree had subsided that the girls opened the shop to peep how the atmosphere was outside. Unluckily for them, the soldiers saw the girls running back into the shop. The military followed the girls to the shop and started firing b*llets into the...

A zoo in Antwerp, Belgium, has banned a woman from seeing her favorite chimpanzee because their relationship is interfering with the chimp's ability to bond with his fellow primates. Adie Timmermans, a regular at the zoo's primate enclosure, was told this week by the Antwerp Zoo that she would be prohibited from seeing Chita, a 38-year-old chimpanzee she calls the apple of her eye. "I love that animal, and he loves me," Timmermans said to Belgian news channel ATV, adding she had been visiting Chita every week for four years. Timmermans described her interactions with Chita as a "real relationship" and said her bond with the chimpanzee was like "having an affair." She shared clips of herself pressed up against the glass of the monkey enclosure, "kissing" Chita through the glass and waving to him. Timmermans says it isn't fair that she has been banned from seeing Chita, while scores of other people are allowed to. She said t...

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, says those who cannot show proof of taking at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine may not be allowed into large gatherings in churches, mosques, banks, wedding or burial receptions among others. Obaseki disclosed this on Monday while flagging off the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination exercise in the state.  According to him, “Beginning from the second week of September 2021, large gatherings, as well as high traffic public and private places, will only be accessed by persons who have proof of taking at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. People who have not yet been vaccinated at all will depend on remote access to these gatherings. From the second week of September, people may not be allowed to worship in churches and mosques without showing proof of their vaccination cards at the gates. Similarly, people will not be allowed to event Centre’s, receptions or parties, without showing proof of their vaccination cards. People w...

The military officer, Major Christopher Datong, who was abducted in the early hours of Tuesday, August 24, by armed bandits at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, has been found d*ad. According to reports, his body was found on Tuesday evening, hours after news went viral that the bandits are demanding for N200million ransom to set him free. The major was k*dnapped during a raid at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, which left two others d*ad.  The deceased major is said to be expecting a child with his wife. 

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara State Command, have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly stealing a Toyota Camry saloon car.   The command’s spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement in Ilorin on Monday, August 23, said the suspect, Abubakar Aliyu, a father of two, committed the offence at one private hostel in the Kwara State University (KWASU), in Ilorin. According to him, “On Thursday, August 19, 2021, our intelligence and investigation department were deployed to look out for the said car upon receiving the complaint about a missing car. Through an effort of the surveillance team of intelligence and investigation department, Abubakar Aliyu was arrested with the car. The owner had parked the car in front of the hostel on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, around 11 p.m but was shocked when he could not find the vehicle the next day.  Abubakar broke through the window of one of the hostel and made away with the car ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has raised an alarm that 1,094 returning travellers have run away from isolation centres in the state. . The governor made this known on Monday, August 23, while giving an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state at the State House, Marina.  He revealed that a total of 1,073 inbound passengers out of 88,847 who arrived in Lagos via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport between May 8 and August 21 – have tested positive. According to him, as of Saturday, the state has identified 5,998 of the returning travellers and successfully isolated 4,500 people who arrived from the red-listed countries, while 1,094 have absconded. He decried that Nigerians who disregard the protocols and abscond from isolation were directly putting the rest of the country at risk of unending waves of the pandemic. 

The seven women died while returning from a relative's wedding ceremony and will be laid to rest in Bomadi community on Wednesday, August 25.   LIB reported that the wedding guests perished in the auto crash which occurred along Orogun Round in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State last Saturday. 

Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna state in the early hours of today, August 24. The armed bandits who were said to have dressed in military attire killed two officers and abducted another. The bandits were said to have come to the NDA in a vehicle and headed to the officers quarters where they shot sporadically, causing fear and confusion in the Academy which is located not very far from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka. Confirming the attack, the Academy's Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Muhd Jajira, in a statement released, said “The security architecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy was compromised early this morning by unknown gunmen who gained access into the residential area within the Academy in Afaka. During the unfortunate incident, we lost two personnel and one was abducted. The Academy in collaboration with the 1Division Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other secur...

A woman and her four children have been rescued from their abductors in Imo state. The four victims identified as Chinenye Odika 'F' age 27 years,  Chika Mark 'F' age 9 years, Chisom Mark 'F' age 14 years and Princess Odika ' F' age 6 months, all of Human Race Estate Naze , Owerri North LGA of Imo State, were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in their Estate on August 19.  The matter was immediately reported to the police by the husband and father of the victims, Obinna Odika.  The Imo State command's Control Room immediately disseminated the report to all the police formations and tactical units for prompt interception and arrest of the kidnappers.  The spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Michale Abattam, who confirmed the incident, said the efforts of the police paid off as an investigation into the incident was ongoing. ''On the same day at about 2230 hours, luck ran against the kidnappers, when the ever active Ngor Okpala ...

The Kano State Hisbah Board has docked a Kannywood actress and social media blogger, Sadiya Haruna, for allegedly uploading sexual contents on her social media accounts. According to Daily Trust, Sadiya, a resident of Kabuga Quarters was initially arrested on Friday by the Head of Surveillance Department of Kano State Hisbah Board, Malam Aliyu Usman. The actress was then detained in the custody of the Islamic police until early Monday, August 23, when she was brought before the Sharia court sitting in Sharada area of the state. According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed against her, she was alleged to have consistently posted indecent videos in which she was dancing seductively and making sexual comments on her social media handles and on her YouTube channel. The accused person pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of obscenity and indecent act, which contradicts section 355 of Penal Code Law 2000. The presiding judge, Justice Ali Jibril Danzaki thereafter convict...

One of Nigeria’s most celebrated contemporary artists, Prof. Yusuf Grillo, has d*ed at 86. In a statement released by his family, the pioneering modernist artist d*ed on Monday, August 23, after a brief illness at the Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos.  According to the statement, he was buried at the Atan Cemetry, Yaba on Monday according to Islamic rites. 

A Nigerian pastor, Marvin Osaghae, and his congregation, have been fined $35,000 (about N14million) for holding illegal church service in New South Wales, Australia. Osaghae, who is a pastor at Christ Embassy Sydney, and 30 of his members were fined on Sunday, August 22, hours after he led a prayer for an end to lockdowns. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that about 60 people, including children, who travelled from COVID-19 hotspot suburbs, attended the illegal church gathering. 30 adults were each fined $1000 for failing to comply with a COVID-19 direction, while the organisation was fined $5000. 

Residents of Nairobi, Kenya, risk up to 12 months jail term if they are caught blowing their noses without handkerchief or tissue in public, or spitting on the streets, according to a newly passed bill. The new rules and regulations introduced by the Nairobi County government and signed by Nairobi Deputy Governor, Ann Kananu, are aimed at keeping the city clean and hygienic. According to TheInformer, contained in the Nairobi City County Public Nuisance Bill, 2021, the new regulations also prohibits one from urinating in undesignated spaces, sleeping in kitchens or food stores, among others. Persons found flouting the new law will be liable to a fine of anything between Sh10,000 and Sh500,000, and imprisonment of six to 12 months depending on the offence committed. 

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed the record of 135 fatalities in the current third wave of the pandemic, highlighting the havoc being wreaked by deadly strains of the virus spreading in the country. The Governor during a briefing on Monday at the State house, Ikeja revealed that the State has taken the delivery of Moderna vaccine from the Federal Government. Sanwo-Olu disclosed the State received a little above 300,000 doses of Moderna vaccine to boost the State drive towards achieving herd immunity. The test positivity rate, the Governor added, has also increased to 12.1 per cent in the past weeks, compared to seven per cent recorded at the end of July, 2021. This, he said, resulted from non-adherence to the laid-down health protocols designed to stop the spread of the pandemic. Sanwo-Olu said the situation called for more responsibility, urging the residents to adhere to the preventive protocols put in place by the Government. He said: “We are now...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has reacted to claims by former Big Brother Naija housemate, Dorathy Bachor, that her house was broken into by its operatives. Recall that earlier today, Dorathy took to her Instastories to call out the agency after its operatives allegedly broke down the door of her apartment in the early hours of today while on the trail of a suspected fraudster. Read here. Reacting to Dorathy's claim, EFCC in a statement released this afternoon, said its operatives broke into the house because they refused to open the door. The statement reads The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a post on Instagram by one Dorothy Bachor, alleging that operatives of the Commission broke into her home in the early hours of today, 23rd August, 2021 The Commission can confirm that operatives from the Lagos Command of the Commission, acting on verified intelligence, executed a Search Warrant at a block of flats l...

Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, the wife of late Nigerian head of state, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, is d*ad. The former first lady passed on Monday morning, August 23. She was 97. Victoria’s husband Aguiyi-Ironsi was the supreme commander of the National Military Government for six months before being overthrown and a*sa*sinated in the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup. 

Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, a dr*g dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom (UK), has been arrested. . The suspect had tried to move the substances through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives traced him to a popular pentecostal church in Ojodu Berger, Lagos. Stephen was picked up after he stepped out of church service. His arrest followed the interception of a consignment of the illicit dr*gs going to the UK through Lagos on Thursday, 12th August, 2021. The baggage had been sent to the airport for export through a freight forwarding company, which in turn gave a driver to deliver at the NAHCO export shed. . After his arrest, investigation revealed the identity of the actual owner of the consignment, Stephen. The dealer was apprehended in a sting operation, three days after the driver’s confession. 

The NDLEA operatives have arrested an Italy-bound passenger, Abibu Miminu, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airways flight to Italy via Addis-Ababa for ingesting illicit drugs. While under observation at the Agency’s facility between Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August, 2021, the trafficker excreted 68 wraps of heroin in three excretions, all weighing 800grams.