Imo radio host arrested, not kidnapped
The Imo State Police Command has dispelled the speculation that Professor Jachimike Adiele was abducted on Saturday at a radio station in Owerri, the state capital. A statement issued in Owerri by the police spokesperson, Micheal Abattam, said that the don was arrested by the officers of the Command following a petition written against him. Viral reports on the social media had stated the don who was anchoring a political programme at the radio station was abducted by gunmen. “The news is false, because he was never abducted rather, he was arrested by police operatives from Police Area Command Owerri, lmo State. “On the strength of the complaint, Prof Jachimike Adiele was invited.
Source:Punch
June 13, 2022 01:13 UTC
Equities investors earn N158bn in five days
Consequently, equities investors earned N158 billion as the market capitalisation followed the direction of the ASI to close at N28.68 trillion. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX-Main Board Index, NGX Banking Index, NGX Pension Index, NGX Insurance Index, NGX-AFR Bank Value Index, NGX AFR Div Yield Index, NGX MERI Growth Index, NGX Consumer Goods Index, NGX Growth Index and NGX Sovereign Bond Index. 29 equities appreciated in price during the week, lower than 36 equities in the previous week. 36 equities depreciated in price, lower than 45 equities in the previous week, while 91 equities remained unchanged higher than 75 equities recorded in the previous week. How Gunmen Attacked Ondo Church Killing Over 50 During MassEquities investors earn N158bn in five daysWe Will Sanction Tinubu For Insulting Buhari ― Adamu, APC National ChairmanEquities investors earn N158bn in five days
Source:Nigerian Tribune
June 12, 2022 23:54 UTC
Veteran filmmaker, Wale Fanu, is dead. The death of the filmmaker was announced by his associate, Jide Bisayo, on Sunday.
Veteran filmmaker, Wale Fanu, is dead. The death of the filmmaker was announced by his associate, Jide Bisayo, on Sunday. Announcing the death of the veteran filmmaker, Bisayo noted that Cinekraft contributed to the birth of Nollywood. “A titan has gone home indeed!”Though Busayo didn’t state the time or cause of death, Fanu was known as a sickle cell survivor. In an interview with The PUNCH in 2018, Fanu noted that the condition robbed him of certain experiences as a child.
Source:Punch
June 12, 2022 21:48 UTC
At least six killed in Burkina suspected jihadist attacks | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
At least six people were killed in northern Burkina Faso in several attacks attributed to jihadists, local and military sources told AFP on Sunday. Several hundred people took to the streets of Burkina over the weekend to protest the wave of jihadist attacks engulfing the poor West African nation. “A terrorist attack cost six civilians their lives in Alga,” a town in the province of Bam, on Saturday a security source told AFP. A gendarme brigade came under a “terrorist attack”, the military said, adding that they died along with “several terrorists”. After a relative lull, jihadist attacks resumed, inflicting a toll of more than 200 civilian and military deaths over the past three months.
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 17:26 UTC
Nigerian gunmen free train hostages, get own children back | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Gunmen who attacked a train in northwest Nigeria in March have freed 11 of their hostages in return for the release of their own children, security sources told AFP on Sunday. The attackers had issued a video in May threatening to kill the hostages if an agreement was not found. “Eleven of the passengers being held by the gunmen were released yesterday,” one source said. “They were swapped with eight children of the attackers who were taken in a previous (army) raid,” the source added. Gangs of bandits with no ideological or religious motives are known to kidnap for ransom in the northwest and central Nigeria.
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 16:10 UTC
Liz Truss accused of ignoring evidence of rendition of UK citizen to Nigeria
The family of a British citizen have accused the foreign secretary of ignoring “overwhelming evidence” he was taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary rendition and failing to end his “unlawful” imprisonment there. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a prominent separatist movement proscribed in Nigeria, has been held there since June last year. In a pre-action legal letter to the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, the family’s lawyers, Bindmans LLP, say there is “overwhelming evidence” that he was subjected to extraordinary rendition. Bindmans, which has previously threatened legal action over lack of consular assistance for Kanu, says Truss must take a view on whether there has been a breach of international law or face a court challenge. The UK Foreign Office and the Nigerian and Kenyan high commissions in London were all approached for comment.
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 15:46 UTC
My fears for Nigeria!
In fact, they become more like vacuous clichés that epitomize the crass failure of those in government to protect the lives of innocent citizens, as enshrined in Section 14, Sub section 2(b) of the 1999 constitution(as amended). It would be recalled that I warned back then that: “the battle has just started, at least, here in Nigeria. But the then Governor Yari claimed that the victims were not Christians and that they were killed over a false alarm. For how long are we going to tolerate the mindless killings of innocent citizens, including even people at the places of worship, meant to be sacred here in Nigeria? Isaiah 26:10Instead, we should heed the Word of God that says: “Therefore, put away from among yourselves that wicked person”.
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 15:07 UTC
Stealthing: A Dangerous Sex Trend
Stealthing is a term that denotes the non-consensual removal of a condom during sex. Simply put, a woman says yes to sex but no to condom-less sex. Victims of stealthing may also experience many of the same traumatic effects that other survivors of sexual violence do. Stealthing: An actual case of rape, sexual assault or what? In other words, in those 18 states, men could not be considered rape victims under the Law,” Nwagbara explains.
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 14:48 UTC
Swiss side Luzern hunt for Nwakali’s signature
Three-time Swiss Cup champions Luzern are weighing up a move for Super Eagles midfielder Kelechi Nwakali according to a report on Transfermarkt. The 24-year-old is currently without a club after Huesca terminated his contract in April. In the 2021-22 campaign, he featured in 19 league games before joining the Nigeria national team for the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Nwakali, who was named FIFA U-17 World Cup Player of The Tournament in Chile in 2015, joined Huesca in 2019, following an unsuccessful spell in England with Arsenal. Following his inability to break into Arsenal’s first team, the Gunners sent the Nigerian to Dutch second division side MVV Maastricht.
Source:Punch
June 12, 2022 13:55 UTC
Police confirm attack on Plateau students, one killed
One person was killed on Friday night while three others were injured when gunmen suspected to be terrorists opened fire in Kuru community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that all the victims were students of a boarding school within the locality. So, last night (Friday), they sent terrorists to attack the community. “Unfortunately, around Science School, Kuru, by Emmy fuelling station, opposite Assemblies of God’s Church, close to the school, the bandits who came in J5 vehicle opened fire on people. “A few of the students of Science School, Kuru, who went there to charge their phones, were affected.
Source:Punch
June 12, 2022 10:44 UTC
‘Nigeria on path to greatness’
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described Nigeria as a country on the path to greatness just as he urged the citizens to play active roles for this to be fully achieved. According to the Speaker, Nigeria had, since 1999, experienced what could best be described as the teething stage of its democratic journey with the need for unity taking the centre-stage of public discourse. “The new story that we all anticipate, envisage and dream about for our country is achievable and right before us. All that is required is our collective resolve to be part of progress,” Obasa said. “We are honoured to be the current bearers of the baton of democracy and we look forward to upholding the labour of these heroes.”
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 09:24 UTC
Group canvasses creation of disability smart business environment
A group Sightsavers Nigeria has begun the campaign for the creation of a disability-smart business environment for persons with disabilities to enable job seekers to blend with the soft skill training in the country. In addition, it stated the aim of the pet project was to generate evidence on how the labour market system could embrace physically- challenged persons, saying, “There is productivity in disability.”Country Director, Dr. Sunday Isiyaku, who spoke at Inclusion Works-Closeout Ceremony in Abuja, said: “We intend to invest in persons living with disabilities to measure their economic contributions to businesses.”Isiyaku said the soft skill training proved significantly successful as “we have seen more than 200 people transiting into employment in the course of inclusion works, and we hope to serve as the drivers of the project of implementation.”“We can only realise change when critical stakeholders come together to commit and deploy their resources through a public-private partnership.”Also, Esther Akinnukawe of MTN Nigeria, said their Foundation has been an advocate for inclusion in the society in different ways, including supporting the Federal Government on Disability Act and celebrating the Day yearly. Akinnukawe regretted that lack of accessible facilities was one of the challenges they faced in employing persons with disabilities, pledging to support the Inclusion Works Project embarked upon by Sightsavers. On his part, Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disability, Mr. James Lalu called on government agencies and employers to ensure five percent of their workforce are from this group before January 2024. “We have a data bank of 50,000 people with disabilities, and also have 500 who are fully qualified at the moment, and others whose data is not very well are refilling their information so that we can send them to different organizations,” Lalu added.
Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 09:24 UTC
Things are changing as the Bible has predicted (II)
Last time we began looking at how Daniel’s prophecy in the bible made in 2BC is being fulfilled today. We saw the fact that the bible is for our good and that we need to read it with understanding powered by the Holy Spirit. The world has its highest number of migrants, immigrants, refugees, internal displaced persons and asylum seekers at any time in its history. Things are changing as the bible has predicted. “Current estimates are that there are 281 million international migrants globally (or 3.6% of the world’s population).
Source:Nigerian Tribune
June 12, 2022 07:28 UTC
Suspected assailant in Edo traders’ conflict alive – Police
The Edo State Police Command has said that the assailant, who inflicted a cut on an Igbo trader with a machete at the New Benin Market, Benin, early Saturday morning, is unknown and may likely be mentally unstable. Law and order broke down on Saturday morning after the attack, as hundreds of angry youths mainly traders at the market went on a rampage in protest. A viral video on social media showed angry youths beating the suspect and destroying goods in the market. But reacting to the development, the Edo Command spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the victim did not die as being speculated. Read Also Edo traders protest rising fish pricesCopyright PUNCH.
Source:Punch
June 12, 2022 05:07 UTC
Groups advocate improved healthcare for adolescents in slums
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Source:The Guardian
June 12, 2022 04:20 UTC