Lecturer, Three Students Kidnapped While Returning From Vigil In Kogi

A lecturer and three students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State have been kidnapped on Monday while returning from a night vigil in the state.

According to an eyewitness, the students including a female student identified as Jumai and the lecturer were returning from a church service at the Living Faith Church, Osara when they were accosted at the Abuja-Lokoja–Okene highway.

The kidnappers who were said to be carrying dangerous weapons including AK-47 riffles forcefully dragged them into the forest.

A community leader in Osara who does not want his name in print confirmed the incident and described the highway as “very dangerous to ply for motorists” especially those on night journeys.

He said: “In this year alone, not less than 12 cases of robbery and kidnapping have been recorded in the area,” adding that those living in the communities around the highway are living in fear.

He also called on the state government, the police and other security agencies in the state to do more to arrest the security situation in the state.

One of the principal staff of the institution who does not want to be mentioned also confirmed the incident and said the university community has been thrown into panic as a result of the incident.

When contacted, the police public relations officer, Willy Aya, said he was yet to be briefed about the incident and promised to contact our correspondent later.

The Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara was established in 2020 and the kidnapped students are one of the pioneer students of the institution.

NDA: Banditry, Boko Haram, Terrorism Didn’t Start With Buhari Govt – Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has said banditry, Boko Haram insurgency and terrorism did not start with the present administration.

The presidential aide stated this in his latest article titled, 'It's Evil, Pure and Simple’ and posted on his Facebook page on Friday, Naija News understands.

There have been unreserved condemnations from Nigerians on the Buhari administration following an attack by bandits on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday.

Naija News reported that two officers were killed and one abducted during the disheartening attack.

The development stirred mockery and stone throws at the government which one of its promises during campaign was to fight insecurity frontally.

Reactions and words thrown at the Buhari government were, however, described as an act to intentionally shamed the administration for political gains.

Adesina pointed out that since the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009, Nigeria had been at war, and the security challenge confronting the land has mutated in many ways.

According to him, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings for ransom, cult killings, and all sorts had started with the previous government,s and that it was one of the factors that led to change in leadership in the 2015 elections.

Referring to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s administration, Adesina said “Nigerians simply got rid of an inefficient, ineffective government, and voted in Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The man had done it before, showing strength as a military leader, and he could do it again.”

He added that “Buhari took the battle to the insurgents, directing on Inauguration Day that the command centre of the Boko Haram war be moved to the Northeast, where the issue was domiciled. And since 2015, the man has not relented, recording series of successes, and some reversals, which are typical of all human endeavors.”

The presidential aide stressed that it is both sad and disheartening to observe the construct that some people try to give certain developments in the country.

Adesina said it is important for Nigerians to know that “we were not where we started, when bombs went off like firecrackers in major cities of the country, killing and maiming people in their scores.”

“As at recently, insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, evildoers were on the back-foot, being killed daily in their hundreds, and surrendering in droves. Light had appeared at the end of the tunnel.”

Kano Council Bans Women From Meeting Lovers In Public Places At Night

Rano Local Government Area of Kano State has banned people of the opposite sex from meeting together 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.

Lovers can now only meet at daytime to discuss, the local authorities stated.

The local government information officer, Habibu Faragai, said the council chairman, Dahiru Muhammad, announced the law at a security committee meeting attended by residents and traditional leaders.

Muhammad noted that the committee had raised alarm over the high rate of immorality in the local government area, 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 sex.

The council boss directed the state’s Islamic police Hisbah board and other security agents at the local level to ensure compliance and arrest defaulters.

Also, the district Head of Rano, Mannir Tafida-Abubakar, called on the village and ward heads as well as Imams across the council area to ensure that residents comply with the new law.

Tafida-Abubakar said there are about three major issues bordering on immorality happening in the area and had become a source of concern to residents.

“Parents must welcome the decision and support it. If parents do not cooperate and such things happen again, the affected will face the consequences of their negligence,” the traditional ruler said.

The state government had banned the opposite sex from boarding the same commercial tricycles in 2019.

Of recent, the Kano State Hisbah Board banned the use of mannequins to display clothes by tailors, supermarkets and boutique owners in the state.

Hisbah Commander-in-Chief, Ustaz Harun Muhammad Sani Ibn Sina, said the use of mannequins by tailors, boutique owners and others contravenes the provision of Islamic injunctions.

He added that the agency would educate them on how Islam frowns on the use of mannequins and send its officials to apprehend and prosecute offenders.

Despite the public condemnation, the destruction of beer and other alcoholic beverages by Hisbah has continued in some northern states, including Kano.

For instance, in November 2020, about 1,975,000 bottles of beer estimated at N200million were confiscated and destroyed by the Islamic police in Kano State.

Meanwhile, during the recent wedding reception of Yusuf, only son to President Muhammadu Buhari and his heartthrob, Zahra Ado-Bayero, whose father is a traditional ruler in Kano, the Hisbah corps is nowhere to be found.

Some videos of the lavish wedding of which surfaced on the internet show attendees in breach of the laws for which the Islamic police which has diligently punished poor Nigerians.

Yusuf and Zarah Ado Bayero, daughter of Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Ado Bayero got married in Kano State last Friday.

Also, private jets doted the runway of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano as members of Nigeria's political and ruling class flew in for the wedding.

A video of the wedding party shows Nigerian singer, Mayorkun singing and some of the party attendees spotting Afro, Mohawk or any of the hairstyles Kano State Hisbah has labelled as “unIslamic” and an insult to Islam.

Also, secular songs Hisbah has vehemently frowned upon were played at the party, with young northern men and women dancing to them.

All these have attracted punishments from Kano Hisbah, in cases where poor Nigerians were involved.

Afro Singer Tems Shares ‘Prison’ Experience

Born 1995 Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems has shared her ‘prison’ experience.

Recounting her past experiences in a post on social media, the ‘Try Me’ crooner said she will someday narrate what prison is like after losing her office job three years ago.

Tems in her post noted that she’s still trying to find stability from the past events.

Tems wrote: “Sometimes you just have to recognize that balance is needed. There will be a time when I’ll talk about everything that has happened, is happening.

“What prison felt like, everything from the moment I quit my office job 3 years ago. But for now, I’m just finding that balance.”

It is reported that Tems was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and British father.

Her family moved to the United Kingdom shortly after birth. Tems' parents had parted ways when she was five, and relocated to Ilupeju, before moving to Lekki, then Ajah.

Her music journey began at school after she was noticed by her music teacher and subsequently she learnt the piano and would practice with her brother’s guitar accompaniment.

29 year-old Ugandan man dies two days after his wedding

 

A 29-year-old clinical officer at Villa Maria Hospital in Ugandan, Dominic Ssemwogerere, has died in a road accident two days after his wedding.

Ssemwogerere, from Masaka town in Southern Uganda, and his wife, Josephine Namunju, tied the knot on Saturday, August 21.

He was involved in an accident when his motorbike hit a pothole and swerved into an oncoming vehicle. He died in the early hours of Monday, August 23, while receiving treatment at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.

   

May God rest his soul.

Nnamdi Kanu To Lead IPOB Monday Broadcasts From Detention

 

Simon Ekpa, the Finland-based member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has said the detained leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu, directed that he would henceforth lead the group’s Monday broadcasts from the Department of State Services’ detention.

Ekpa added that he (Kanu) had asked him to broadcast the topics he (Kanu) decided every Monday on Radio Biafra.

He also reiterated that Kanu would continually steer the ship of the Biafra struggle from the detention of the DSS.

Recall that IPOB through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, had banned Ekpa from broadcasting following his alleged neglect of laid down rules and regulations of the station.

However, Kanu's Finnish-Nigerian disciple said the pro-Biafra seccessionist group leader had re-ordained him.

Ekpa said this on his Twitter page on Tuesday morning.

"Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from DSS detention has directed that henceforth, my Mondays’ live broadcast topic will be coming directly from him.

"I am Simon Ekpa, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's Disciple on Biafra Restoration. He will continue to lead this struggle from DSS, Aso Rock Detention, from Prison,” Ekpa tweeted.

BBNaija: Veteran Actor Charles Inojie Sends Pere A Cryptic Message Following Clash With Whitemoney

Following the late-night clash between, Big Brother Housemates, Whitemoney and Pere, Veteran actor, Charles Inojie has taken to his social media to pen down words of wisdom to Pere.

It is recalled that Pere attempted to remove his belt and use it on Whitemoney as they got into a fight last night.

His actions infuriated Whitemoney and other housemates that called him out for bullying.

Reacting to a clip of the incident posted online, Charles Inojie wrote;

“ODE TO PERE… From creation day, man’s greatest folly has remained himself, his ego, his pride, his sense of self-worth, his intolerance for competition, his abhorrence of rivalry, his superiority complex.. Hear me, every man that has fallen from grace to grass, crashed from a position of influence and admiration or suddenly become an enemy of those who once adored him and sang his praises; have had their fall traceable to their inability to manage these vices. History is never tired of deconstructing men of such character.”

DSS finally bows to pressure, allows Nnamdi Kanu meet family

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday granted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, access to his family.

Kanu met with his brother, Emmanuel Kanu who was in the company of his legal team at the DSS headquarters in Abuja.

The meeting was confirmed by Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in a series of tweets.

Ejiofor disclosed that the IPOB leader is in good spirit.

According to Ejiofor: “We just concluded today’s routine visit on a very sound note. What made today’s visit unique is that today marks it the first Day Our Client -Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is setting his eyes on his sibling.

“In my company during the Family’s maiden visit to Our Client. Our Client is Prince Emmanuel Kanu (Fine Boy), the Representative of Our Client’s family.

“Our Client- Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is very strong in spirit.

“You will hear the rest from Prince Emmanuel Kanu.”

Kanu has been in DSS detention after he was rearrested and repatriated from an undisclosed African country.

The secret police had failed to produce Kanu during his last court hearing before Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court.

Woman goes to the club to celebrate breaking up with her ex in style

A woman has gone viral on Twitter after she went to a club to celebrate breaking up with her boyfriend. 

 

The Twitter user shared photos from her break-up celebration and wrote in the caption: "At the club healing. "

 

 

She added: "I hope I inspire bi***es to break up with they man's if they're not happy."

 

 

She also had a few word for those claiming she's not over her ex.

 

See below.

 

The Taliban knocked on her door 3 times. The fourth time, they killed her said the deceased daughter

Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door.

Najia's daughter Manizha, 25, knew they were coming -- her mother had told her they'd done the same thing the previous three days, demanding that she cook food for up to 15 fighters.

"My mother told them, 'I am poor, how can I cook for you?'" said Manizha. "(The Taliban) started beating her. My mother collapsed and they hit her with their guns -- AK47s."

Manizha said she yelled at the fighters to stop. They paused for a moment before throwing a grenade into the next room and fleeing as the flames spread, she said. The mother-of-four died from the beating.

The deadly July 12 attack on Najia's home in Faryab province was a chilling preview of the threat now facing women across Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover of the capital Kabul. CNN is using aliases for Najia and Manizha to protect their identity for safety reasons.

In 10 days, Taliban militants captured dozens of provincial capitals left vulnerable by the withdrawal of US and allied troops.

The speed of the militants' advance caught locals off guard.

Some women said they had no time to buy a burqa to comply with Taliban rules that women should be covered up and accompanied by a male relative when they leave the house.

To Afghanistan's women, the flowing cloth represents the sudden and devastating loss of rights gained over 20 years -- the right to work, study, move and even live in peace -- that they fear will never be regained.