Soldiers stop gunmen attack in Abia

Soldiers from the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, 14 Brigade Headquarters in Ohafia, successfully repelled an attempted attack by gunmen on police and military checkpoints in Abia State. 

The gunmen targeted police officers conducting a stop-and-search operation near Aro Ngwa along the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway. However, soldiers from the 144 Battalion in Ukwa West responded swiftly, preventing the attackers from setting the police patrol van on fire.

Upon learning of the attack, soldiers stationed at Aro Ngwa alerted the Forward Operation Base (FOB) in Aba for additional support. Witnesses described the ensuing gunfire as intense, with several commuters abandoning their vehicles to seek refuge in nearby bushes.

A source within the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, told The Nation that the gunmen were suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), allegedly seeking weapons. 

The attackers, who were in a white Sienna SUV, were eventually overpowered by the soldiers’ superior firepower, forcing them to flee into the surrounding bush. During the confrontation, one soldier was wounded and is currently receiving medical treatment. The gunmen ultimately retreated through the Owerrenta axis of the Owerri-Aba Expressway. 

Donald Trump appoints former ICE director Tom Homan to lead the biggest mass deportation in U.S. history

Donald Trump has said former ICE director Tom Homan would serve as 'border czar' to oversee the largest deportation of immigrants in US history. 

The US president-elect, 78, said on Truth Social that Homan would oversee the country's borders in the incoming administration just days after his landslide victory against Vice President Kamala Harris.

'I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation's Borders ("The Border Czar"),' Trump posted on his social network Truth Social.

'I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders.'

Trump said Homan will be in charge of 'all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.' 

Homan has said all of the estimated 20 million people residing in the US illegally would be targeted by the unprecedented campaign.

He said: 'Bottom line: if you come to the country illegally, you're not off the table.'

He was asked during an interview on 60 Minutes last month whether large scale deportation could take place without separating families. 

'I hear a lot of people say, "The talk of a mass deportation is racist. It's threatening to the immigrant community,"' he said, while adding it should only 'be threatening to the illegal immigrant community.'

Homan appeared at the Republican National Convention in July, telling supporters: 'I got a message to the millions of illegal immigrants that Joe Biden's released in our country: You better start packing now.'

 

The move by Trump comes after he announced that Susie Wiles would be his chief of staff in the White House. The 'Ice Baby' - as she has been nicknamed - will be the first female chief of staff in U.S. history.

NAFDAC seizes counterfeit wines worth N41.2 Million in Nasarawa raid

The Nigeria Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has conducted a major raid on wine shops in Mararaba Market and the New Nyanya and Masaka areas of Nasarawa State.  

In a statement released today, the agency said the operation targeted counterfeit and adulterated wines and spirits, resulting in the seizure of products valued at over N41.2 million.

The agency said its Investigation & Enforcement team is actively investigating the importers or manufacturers behind these counterfeit drinks.

NAFDAC urged consumers to remain vigilant and report suspicious products to the nearest NAFDAC office for immediate action.

Woman who bragged about her achievements on social media shares how multiple tragedies befell her afterwards as she warns people to keep things private

A woman who took to X months ago to brag about her achievements has returned to the platform to warn against it. 

The woman, who is now using a wheelchair after suffering two accidents, was on X last year, sharing her academic achievements after an X user urged people to brag about their achievements. 

At the time, she revealed that she had the highest overall performance in her department and shared photo proof. 

 

Yesterday,  Nov. 10, 2024, she revealed that she is now paralysed from the neck down after sharing her good news publicly. 

She wrote: "When people say don’t post your achievements on social media, I now believe them. On my way home after final exams I got involved in an unexplainable car accident that left me paralysed from the neck down. 

"I couldn’t even graduate because I wasn’t done with my research. I’m still not done because I can’t write or type on my laptop anymore. From being completely dependent to having to be 100% dependent on others. 

"I spent 6 months in hospital (3 in ICU), had 4 high risk operations, and was on life support. At some point they called my family at 4am to come say goodbye to me. But they ended up successfully resuscitating me. I’m in awe of how God has carried me through. 

"I didn’t wake up from one of my surgeries for one and a half hours. I had everyone stressed out. And the weird thing is I received a call from someone I can’t remember offering to pray for me before the surgery. The prayer was so weird that I ended up opening my eyes. 

"I forgot to mention that I got involved in another one 2 months ago ay shame. We were 5 in the car and only my side got hit."

 

Black mother takes DNA test after people said her white-skinned child isn't hers

A black mother with a white-skinned daughter had to get a DNA test after people questioned if the child was really hers.

Mom-of-three Alex, whose husband Rob is white, welcomed daughter Pudge Pudge, 2, via IVF.

The couple said they were 'surprised' by how 'different' Pudge Pudge looked, especially compared to their other two children, who are half-caste.

'I was super surprised,' Alex told Truly. 'Her ears weren't even dark. They were really, really white!'

Due to the difference in their skin tones, Alex said that she gets 'a lot of negativity' from both trolls online and people in real life.

In one situation , Alex said that she was shopping at the mall with Pudge Pudge when she was stopped by a staffer, who said 'things didn't look right' and threatened to call security on her.

'Rob ended up handling the whole thing for me and essentially telling her to leave us alone,' she said.

'I should be able to hang out with my child the way I want to!'

Alex said that she's even received criticism from  black people, who have attacked her for being in an interracial relationship.

'I've seen people that appear to be black online that say I shouldn't have that white man's child, all kinds of things,' she said.

Alex has also been accused of 'renting' Pudge Pudge as a 'content baby' for social media.

She says she had to do a DNA test to prove that Pudge  was her child.

'We decided to do the DNA test because she was so white and we did use IVF to get pregnant with her and mistakes do happen,' she explained.

DHQ confirms emergence of new terrorists’ group in Northwest called Lukarawas

The Defense Headquarters has confirmed the emergence of a new terrorist group known as ‘Lukarawas’ in the Northwestern part of Nigeria. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, November 7, while speaking on the operations of the military.

Buba said that the new terror group emerged from the Republic of Niger after the coup that led to the breakdown of military cooperation between Nigeria and Niger.

He said that the terrorists began incursion into northern parts of Sokoto and Kebbi States from the Niger Republic and Mali axis, particularly after the coup in Niger Republic.

According to him, before the coup, there were joint border operations with Nigerien security forces, which kept the terrorists at bay.

“The terrorists took advantage of the gaps in cooperation between both countries and exploited difficult terrains to make incursions in remote areas in some North Western states to spread their ideology,” he said

Buba said that the group was accommodated by the locals, who initially thought that the group meant well for them, adding that they failed to report the movement to the military and security agencies.

He assured Nigerians that the Nigerian troops have sustained intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) to degrade the terrorists. He added that the terror group had continued to take advantage of the vast under-governed areas to hide and evade troops as well as harass the locals.

According to him, troops are locating them and eliminating the threat. 

Always check your spouse’s phones. Your children need you alive and healthy - Nigerian mother says

A Canada based Nigerian woman Chisom Chigbo, has advised people to always check their spouses phones even if it ends in tears. 

The mother of two, who stated this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, said a cheating partner can put one at risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections. 

 

“Another reason you should always check your spouse’s phones is to save your self from local, national and international embarrassment,” she wrote. 

When you find out you have a meandering partner you will know how to guard yourself.

Aside heartbreak, you won’t like to be treating segzually transmitted dizezez every eke market day, you might end up with one that is terminal and untreatable.

In this 21st century if you still have the mindset of “what I don’t know won’t harm me”, you are in for a rude awakening.

You have children that need you alive and healthy, even if you don’t love yourself enough remember those children you brought to the world.

Ransack his “private” property. Check all checkables.

It may end in tears but it’s better you know what’s up and know how to mount your guard and also when to sachie your savannah. 

 

S3x scandal: Equatorial Guinea govt dismisses anti-graft chief, Baltasar Ebang Engonga

The government of Equatorial Guinea has dismissed Baltasar Ebang Engonga as Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) after widely circulating s3x videos involving him and numerous women surfaced online.

The government earlier suspended Mr Engonga following the leak of over 400 alleged s3x tapes of him in intimate situations with multiple women, some linked to high-profile figures in the country. 

Real Equatorial Guinea reported that President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ordered the dismissal of Mr Engonga, the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjo, current president of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC).

The newspaper added that according to Decree No. 118/2024, dated 4 November, the dismissal cites Mr Engonga’s alleged misconduct in office, alongside family and social behaviour deemed incompatible with public office.

A state television station in the country, TVGE, reported Mr Engonga’s sex tapes were leaked when he was remanded in custody at Malabo’s infamous Black Beach prison over an embezzlement of public funds.

Meanwhile, Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue directed the country’s telecommunications ministry, regulator, and telecommunications companies to curb the distribution of pornographic videos.

He emphasised that the government cannot continue to allow families to be harmed by the viral circulation of the 54-year-old economist’s video.

Equatorial Guinea’s chief prosecutor, Anatolio Nzang Nguema, has assured the people that if medical tests confirmed the economist had a sexually transmitted disease, he would face prosecution for endangering ‘public health'.

Police arrest man who staged his kidnap and demanded N10m ransom from his brother

Men of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested a man identified as Biobarakumo Gamade, for allegedly staging his abduction and demanding N10m from his brother. 

The suspect was arrested alongside his accomplice, identified as Frank Thompson, on Tuesday, November 5th, after receiving N2m ransom. Parading the suspect at the state police command headquarters, on Wednesday, November 6, the State Commissioner of Police, Alonyenu Francis Idu, disclosed that a case of alleged kidnapping was reported by one Mr. Gemade Esua Igoniamine in October, and a search was mounted.

The police boss said a search was carried out and there was no trace through the security surveillance cameras at the point where the kidnapping occurred or the exit of the state.

“We got a distress call that a black jeep with military personnel kidnapped a man; we searched all our cameras, and no car of such identity was seen. Later, we got a call from someone who claimed to have kidnapped a victim, demanding a N10 million ransom.

The operatives of the anti-kidnapping swung into action, leading to the arrest of Frank Thompson, who hails from Nembe Local Government Area, through the ransom that was paid.

Upon interrogation, the suspects revealed that they staged the kidnapping to enable them to collect ransom. They had earlier demanded for N10 m random, but two million naira was paid, which was used to trace them to the hotel where they had lodged outside the state.”

The Commissioner of Police used the medium to appreciate Bayelsans, youth groups, and other partners who have joined the command in ensuring crime and criminality are nipped in the bud.

He assured residents that the police will not stop in the fight of making Bayelsa a safe place.

DisCos raise meter prices by 28.03% for second time in four months

Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, have announced a rise in the price of various electricity meter models, making it the second price hike in four months.

According to the DisCos, the cost of a single-phase meter has risen from N117,000 to as much as N149,800, an increase of 28.03 per cent or N32,800, depending on the distribution company and meter vendor.

The new prices posted on the official X handle of the Discos reportedly took effect on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 and reflected the deregulation of meter asset providers as directed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

In April, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission introduced a significant policy shift by announcing the deregulation of meter prices under the Metre Asset Provider, MAP, scheme for end-user customers.

The move was targeted at addressing lingering issues surrounding meter supply and pricing transparency within the electricity sector.

According to the new pricing, Eko DisCo’s price of its Single Phase Metre is now between N135,987.5 and N161,035, while a Three Phase Metre was pegged between N226,600 and N266,600.

Ibadan DisCo said customers will pay between a range of N130,998 and N142,548 for a single-phase meter and N226,556.25–NN232,008 for a three-phase meter.

Abuja DisCo customers will pay N123,130.53–NN147,812.5 for single-phase meters and N206,345.65–NN236,500 for three-phase meters.

Kano Electricity Distribution said its customers will pay N127,925–N129,999 for a single-phase metre and N223,793–NN235,425 for a three-phase meter.

Kaduna DisCo said N131,150—N142,548.94 would be paid for single-phase meters and N220,375—N232,008.04 three-phase meters.