Police confirm abduction of 73 students by terrorists in Zamfara, as governor seeks forgiveness

 

Shehu Mohammed, the state Police spokesperson confirmed the news in a statement issued on Wednesday evening.

Mohammed said that Ayuba Elkanah, Commissioner of Police in the state has “deployed a search and rescue team that was mandated to work in synergy with the military to ensure the safe rescue of the abducted students.”

According to him, the commissioner appealed “to the general public, especially parents and relatives of the abducted students, to exercise patience and continue to pray for the success of the ongoing rescue operation,” adding that security has been beefed up at Kaya village and environs in order to prevent further attacks.

Terrorists had on Wednesday, abducted a vice principal and 73 students from the school, killing a police officer in the process.

Matawalle seeks forgiveness

Meanwhile, Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has appealed to residents to intensify prayers for God’s intervention to end banditry in the state, while also requesting the populace to pray for forgiveness.

The governor made the call during a special prayer session organised by the Ulamau Consultative Committee (UCC), held all over the state.

The governor who attended the prayer at the Gusau Central Mosque said it had become imperative for the citizens to complement the government and security operatives’ efforts to tackle the rampaging bandits.

”Prayer is the only powerful weapon that can solve any calamity on the people. We must seek Allah’s forgiveness,” he said.

The special prayer session was observed in all the Juma’at mosques in Zamfara.

Popular Pastor Disgraced And Forced To Marry Corpse Of Fiancée Who Died During Forced Abortion

Founder of Life Transformation Praying Ministry, in Akwakuma, Owerri, Rev Dr Sucess Emeka has been disgraced and forced to marry the corpse of his fiancée for aborting her pregnancy, which later resulted in her death to save his reputation.

According to reports, pastor Emeka started dating Chioma Okoye 5 years ago and they got engaged in 2020 and started planning their wedding.

However, Chioma, 32, became pregnant while wedding plans were underway but the pastor rejected the pregnancy, claiming it would damage his reputation.

The family of the deceased alleged that the Pastor drugged Chioma’s drink and took her to the hospital asking the doctor to terminate the pregnancy. The doctor is said to have refused but the pastor allegedly insisted.

Unfortunately, Chioma reportedly started vomiting blood during the procedure and reportedly died before her family could intervene.

Wilfred Okoye, in the family statement, said, the autopsy showed the pastor tried to perform the abortion while she was unconscious before taking her to the hospital after his technique failed

Despite her death, Chioma’s family made the pastor marry her corpse before her funeral.

She was buried on Tuesday, August 31 in Umuahia, Abia.

Amnesty International Has No Right To Exist In Nigeria – Presidency

The Nigerian Presidency has declared that Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization that fights human rights abuses, has no legal right to exist in the country.

In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidency criticized Amnesty International over its ‘support’ for pro-secession groups like IPOB.

The statement read, “Amnesty International’s latest salvo at Nigeria is but more of the same.

“Again, they have decided to side with terrorists, before the liberty of those they injure, displace, and murder.

“Speaking the language of universal human rights, Amnesty International deploys it only in defense – even outright promotion – of those that violently oppose the Federal Government of Nigeria. 

“Parroting the line of Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB, a proscribed terror organization, they work to legitimize its cause to Western audiences. This puts them in bad company. Controversial American lobbyists are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to do the same, laundering IPOB’s reputation in Washington DC.

“IPOB murder Nigerian citizens. They kill police officers and military personnel and set government property on fire. Now, they have amassed a substantial stockpile of weapons and bombs across the country. 

“Were this group in a western country, you would not expect to hear Amnesty’s full-throated defense of their actions. Instead, there would be silence or mealy-mouthed justification of western governments’ action to check the spread of 'terrorism'.

“Despite Amnesty’s self-proclaimed mandate to impartially transcend borders, unfortunately in Nigeria, they play only domestic politics. The international NGO is being used as cover for the organization’s local leaders to pursue their self-interests. Regrettably, this is not uncommon in Africa. There is nothing wrong with an activist stance; there are claims of neutrality when all facts point to the opposite.

“Amnesty International has no legal right to exist in Nigeria. It must open a formal investigation into the personnel that occupies their Nigerian offices. They should reject the outrageously tendentious misinformation they receive and bring some semblance of due diligence to the sources they base their claims on. Currently, we see none.

“The Nigerian government will fight terrorism with all the means at its disposal. We will ignore Amnesty’s rantings. Especially when it comes from an organization that does not hold itself to the same standards it demands of others.”

India Arrests Two Nigerians Among Notorious Four-man Drug Cartel

The Narcotic Control Bureau on Tuesday has arrested four persons in which two are Nigerians in connection with a case registered against alleged drug peddler Ajay Singh alias Mamu and actor Armaan Kohli.

Following the questioning of the two accused, a follow-up operation was launched by the NCB at various places in Mumbai, and the agency seized a total of 118 gram mephedrone and 13 grams of cocaine and arrested four persons, including two Nigerians, making a total number arrested to be six.

According to GhanaWeb, an official said that as part of the follow-up operation, the NCB seized mephedrone and intercepted Mohammed Ajaz Sayyed alias Chiya Bhai from Juhu Gal after his name cropped up in the investigation.

Based on the initial interrogation of Chiya Bhai, one Imran Ansari was caught for his alleged role in dealing drugs from Sayyed on Monday. The names of two Nigerian nationals came to the fore in their questioning.

Accordingly, a team of officers intercepted one Nigerian, Uba Chinoso Wizdom, with a commercial quantity of mephedrone at Nalasopara late Monday night. He was allegedly the main supplier of mephedrone in this case.

The NCB intercepted the other Nigerian, Nwachiyaso Israel Nwachukwu alias Sam, with a commercial quantity of mephedrone and intermediate quantity of cocaine early Tuesday at Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai.

“During the operation, he attacked the NCB team and one officer was injured. He was rushed to the nearest government hospital. Nwachukwu has been residing in Mumbai for five years and running the African drug cartel. He was the main trafficker of this international link as the cocaine seized has South American origin,” an official said.

The official noted that with this action they have busted a major drug network supplying cocaine to the high-end party circuits in the city.

Another African drug cartel member was apprehended with the seizure of intermediate quantities of mephedrone and ecstasy. The Nigerian national, identified as Sunday Okeki alias Sunny, was arrested from Nalasopara on Tuesday.

 “The intercepted person works as a bouncer/bodyguard and is an actor by profession,” the official added. An official said that he worked in fight scenes with top Bollywood actors.

FG says it’s disbursed N56bn to over 1m Nigerians as Covid-19 survival fund

Nigeria’s federal government says it has disbursed N56.8 billion to over 1 million persons and businesses under the survival fund scheme.

Minister of state, industry, trade and investment and chairperson of the survival fund steering committee, Maryam Katagum, who made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, explained that the scheme targeted 100,000 beneficiaries, but that as at the time the portal closed, only 65,976 applications were received, of which 50,032 scaled the pre-qualification test and were shortlisted.

She also flagged off the guaranteed offtake scheme which according to her, is the last track of the government’s micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) survival fund scheme.

The initiative is a component of the Nigeria economic sustainability plan (NESP) which was developed by a committee headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

“To date, we have successfully disbursed the sum of N56,842,780,000.00 to 1,079,323 including those registered under CAC,” she said.

“The federal government is set to roll out the last component of the survival fund known as the guaranteed off-take scheme (GOS).”

According to the minister, Covid-19 pandemic caused a drop in demand for corporate and household products and commodities.

She noted that the commencement was delayed due to issues from other programmes such as failed payments, balancing value and ensuring equity among states.

On the issue of verification and pre-qualification, the minister said the beneficiaries must be Nigerians with valid BVN and have a staff strength of not less than three.

The minister said the survival fund had also made great progress in other schemes that had been implemented.

Police arrest lady for pouring a 10-year-old girl with hot water mixed with pepper for breaking a plate. (Graphic Photos)

 

Abia State Police Command have arrested one Mrs. Zazi David for allegedly pouring her 10-year-old house help with hot water mixed with ground pepper because she broke a plate.

According to the command’s spokesperson, Geoffrey Ogbonna, Mrs. Zazi also allegedly forced the girl, identified as Ifunanya, to drink the mixture.

It was gathered that the suspect was arrested after a patent medicine dealer she took Ifunanya to, raised alarm over her condition.

The suspect had also on several occasions meted inhuman treatments on the maid said to be an orphan, resulting in visible marks of assault on her body.

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“A lot of married women are s3x starved” – Relationship expert, Blessing Okoro shares

Controversial relationship expert, Blessing Okoro, in her latest nugget about relationships has said quite a lot of married women are sexually starved by their husbands which leads them to cheating on their men.

Blessing who’s known to give quite controversial relationship advise on her platform shared her recent thought on her Instagram page, where she shared a text image which reads,

A lot of married women are sex starved …… Married women are very easy To get now. Men 4ck ur wives you won’t hear.

She wrote as caption,

If you just smile at them they are wet ooooo. I am not joking , they are not loose women they are sex starved ,many married women are messed up emotionally, their men have turned them to Funitures 

Akeredolu Signs Anti-open Grazing Law

 

Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has signed into law the Anti-Open Grazing Bill passed by the state House of Assembly.

The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, made this known in a statement Tuesday, adding that the governor signed the law in his office.

Akeredolu, while signing the law, said: “The move is in line with the resolution of the Southern Governors’ Forum at its last meeting in Lagos where September 1st was set as the deadline for governors in Southern Nigeria to sign the Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law.

“This is worthwhile and a very laudable development aimed at stemming needless instances of skirmishes, conflicts as well as infractions on the enviably peaceful disposition of the good people of Ondo State.

“It is very pertinent to aver and indeed, reiterate that the law shall rather, engender a more cordial, mutually benefiting relationship amongst residents of the state irrespective of ethnicity, religion or creed. For emphasis, no particular group of persons is the target.

“While it is the hope of government that all residents would take an ample advantage of this law to enhance our socio-economic well being in Ondo State, compliance of same shall be given the utmost attention. Government shall pursue with vigor, through lawful means, to ensure strict compliance.

“In this regard, details of the new law shall be made available to the public for proper information, more depth of understanding on contents as well as other relevant areas.”

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.