15-year-old who scored the highest in JAMB cries out for help

 Ekene Franklin, the Best student in JAMB Examination, 2019 has cried out for help, asking the government to help, as he’d not want to sit at home for a year, despite having the highest score in this year’s UTME.

Though Ekene is still hopeful that something can be done to avert him losing out in forthcoming admission exercise.

“I know it is their law and, if it is the will of God, something can done to change the situation. I know I cannot change the law on UNILAG admission criteria. But I hope someone can come to my aid on this age issue,” says hopeful 15 year-old Ekene.

“Initially, I wasn’t aware of the UNILAG law which states a student must be 16 years old. Based on that I picked UNILAG as first choice. It is the university law, no one is above it. If I don’t get support from government or JAMB on the age issue, I may wait for next year to write another UTME but if I get scholarship I will accept it. I prefer scholarship that will enable me travel abroad.”

Ekene, speaking exclusively to Daily Sun, said his focus is to get a scholarship and go abroad to study Chemical Engineering at MIT.

The 15-year-old student from Imo State, who is currently writing the May/June 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), says if he does not get admission or a scholarship, he will prepare for another UTME next year.

”But I don’t want waste my high score,” he said.

According to him, he was expecting to be among the ten highest scorers in the UTME and that he prepared for the Matriculation examination like other candidates.

In the just released UTME results, Ekene emerged the highest scorer with 347, with the following subject scores: Englis, 78, Mathematics, 91, Physics, 86 and Chemistry, 92

Seaman wins N10m Fidelity Bank grand prize

Mr John Pouba, a Seaman with an oil servicing company, has emerged winner of the N10 million grand prize in the Fidelity Bank’s Get Alert In Million (GAIM) Promo Season 3.

Pouba, who was announced the winner at the grand prize presentation ceremony in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, collected his cash prize at the occasion.

Alongside Pouba were four other winners of millions of Naira, namely; Mr Kingsley Ibenegbu, N3 million; Mr Nasiru Dokpesi, N2 million; Mr Oliver Okoye, N2 million and Nwodo Edeh, N1 million.

Ibenegbu, who is a technologist at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, described his prize as a miracle of God. He said that he was billed for an eye surgery but due to lack of fund, he could not go.

He said that he was involved in a road traffic accident in November and his left lense (black eye) fell off the eye to the ground.

“I picked it up and took it to a hospital, the doctors immediately referred me to UNTH (University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital) which said I have retina detachment but unfortunately, the hospital did not have the equipment to help my case.”

Ibenegbu said that he got to a private hospital in Enugu and was told that the surgery would cost him N1.1 million which he did not have.

He said that further enquires got him to a private hospital in Ibadan where he was charged 350,000 but because he did not have such an amount, he pleaded to pay by instalments.

He said that the doctors refused but advised him to go and scout for money fast, adding that by that time, the remaining right eye had started paining him.

“I went round my relations and friends but I couldn’t get any money, so one of my friends advised me to pray to God for a destiny help.

“I went home that night and prayed earnestly to God, asking for the forgiveness of my sins and to bless me with a miracle; the following day, I got a call that I have won N3 million,” he said.

Ibenegbu, however, commended Fidelity Bank for the gesture and described it as a destiny help, adding that he would be going for the surgery in June

Bus driver detained for six years wins N10m against police

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the immediate release of a commercial bus driver, Jones Ofori, who was detained for alleged robbery without trial since 2013.

The court also ordered the police to pay him damages in the sum of N10m for his unlawful detention.

Justice Muslim Hassan, who gave the judgment on Monday, noted that though the defendants filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to the suit, they never served it on the plaintiff. He said he had no other option but to grant the relief sought by Ofori.

Joined as defendants in the suit are the Federal Government; Attorney General of the Federation; Inspector-General of Police; and the Deputy Controller of Prisons.

In the suit filed on his behalf by his lawyer, Adewale Fadipe, Ofori explained that he was arrested by the police in 2013 after a bus entrusted to him by his employer, one Mr Ikechukwu, went missing from where he parked it overnight in the Ajah area of Lagos. He said following a complaint to the police, he was first detained for two weeks at the Ajiwe Police Station, Ajah; from where was subsequently transferred to the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ikeja, where was further detained for two weeks.

He told the court that he was later charged with robbery before a state’s magistrate’s court after which he was remanded in the prison custody.

He said since being remanded in prison six years ago, he was never tried..He urged the court to declare that his arrest and detention without trial without violated his fundamental rights. He prayed the court to award damages against the respondents in his favour

Justice Hassan, in a judgment on Monday, upheld his prayers and awarded N10m in his favour.

Police appoint new head for Complaint Response Unit

The Nigerian Police Force has appointed Markus Basiran as a new head for its Complaint Response Unit.

Mr Basiran, an assistant commissioner of police, is to replace Abayomi Shogunle who was re-deployed last week as Area Commander Nkalangi, Ebonyi State.

Prior to his appointment, ACP Markus Ishaku Basiran has held different positions within the Force, some of which include; Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 12 Bauchi, Unit Commander in the Police Mobile Force (PMF) in Abuja and Bayelsa.

ACP Markus, who has attended Policy, Strategy & Leadership Course at Kuru Jos and Tactical Intelligence Command & Mgt Course in Enugu is a graduate of Sociology from Ahmadu Bello University & holds an M.Sc in Crime Mgt & Prevention from Bayero University, Kano.

ACP Markus is expected to use his wide field experience in refocusing the CRU on its core mandate of running a community oriented Complaint Management System using multi-platform reporting mechanism through which citizens’ complaints, concerns and queries touching on professional Police misconducts as well as malfeasance by members of the public can be reported and addressed in real-time via a 27/7 Call Centre at Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The Inspector General of Police on Monday, IGP M.A Adamu, urges all members of the Public to give the new CRU Boss their full support, cooperation and all relevant information needed to effectively discharge his duty.

According to a statement made by the Nigeria Police Force via its official twitter account,the new head of the CRU resumed duty fully on Monday.

ACP MARKUS ISHAKU BASIRAN RESUMES AS NEW HEAD OF COMPLAINTS RESPONSE UNIT (CRU), FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA@seunokin @tvcnewsng @vanguardngrnews @PremiumTimesng @MobilePunch @SaharaReporters @MrFixNigeria @AIT_Online @daily_trust @NTANewsNow pic.twitter.com/iLcF45ttLJ

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) May 13, 2019

The Complaints Response Unit (CRU) can be reached through the following:
Calls: 08057000001, 08057000002
SMS: 08057000003
Whatsapp: 08057000003
BBM Pin: 58A2B5DE
Twitter: @PoliceNG_CRU
Facebook: https://t.co/TKFR9WDNjh
Email: complaint@npf.gov.ng or policepcrru@gmail.com

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) May 13, 2019

Breaking: AMBODE's COMMISSIONER, BAMIGBETAN, ESCAPES DEATH BY WHISKERS

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan has escaped death by the whiskers as his vehicle was involved in a serious accident.

According to PM News report, Bamigbetan’s jeep rammed into an armoured carrier as his driver dozed off while on top speed on their way from farm.

The impact of the crash flung Bamigbetan at the windscreen, but God saved him from death.

According to Bamigbetan on his Facebook wall, “His mercy endures forever. The driver drove into an armoured carrier on our way from the farm. I was taking a nap in the rear seat.

“The impact flung me at the windscreen. He dozed off on speed. But our Creator was in charge. He saved us from the calamity. To God be the glory.”

#Photosource: PM News

15-year old boy emerges best UTME candidate as JAMB releases 2019 results

Ekele Franklin, a 15-year-old boy, has emerged the overall best candidate for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between April 11 and 15.

Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), disclosed this at a news conference while announcing the release of the 2019 UTME results on Saturday.

Having chosen the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as his first choice, the Imo state candidate had a cumulative score of 347. However, there are speculations that Franklin may not be admitted on account of his age.

Franklin was closely followed by Emmanuel Chidiebube, a 16-year-old boy from Abia state, who had a cumulative score of 346, while Isaac Olamide, 17, from Osun state, came third, having scored 345.

According to Oloyede, 57, 579 candidates scored between 250 and 299 while a total of 2,906 scored over 300.

He further revealed that 366,757 candidates scored between 200 and 249, a feat which, according to him, represents a plausible improvement in comparison with 2018 results.

“361,718 candidates scored between 180 and 199 as against 325,152 in 2018, while 494,484 scored between 160 and 179 as against 455,898 last year,” Oloyede said while hinting that 15,145 results were withheld for further clarifications.

“410,844 candidates scored between 140 and 159 as against 346,825 recorded in 2018 while also 99,463 scored between 100 and 139 as against 64,712 in 2018.”

Citing some of the infractions committed by candidates in connivance with CBT centres, Oloyede decried the persistent examination malpractices which he said “has eaten deeply” into Nigeria’s educational system.

He noted that the board has made representative arrests on accounts of varying infractions, some of which led to the delisting of a total of 116 CBT centres across the country.

“In Nigeria, examination malpractice is exacerbated by the insatiable greed and desperate antics of parents, who are hell-bent on inducting their innocent and not-so-innocent children into the world of sharp practices and corruption,” he said.

“Double registrations led to the cancellation of some results last year. This year, we realized not only double registrations but also multiple. Someone, for instance, registered as many as 23 times for just a single examination.

“Most of the tutorial masters specialise in recruiting professional writers for the candidates. We were able to identify a large number of impersonators who have been writing UTME for candidates.

“We have also tracked registration centres. In cases where we were able to ascertain the culpability of the centres, we delisted them. We have made representative arrests and we must thank the Inspector-General of Police and the Commandant-General of the NSCDC for their wonderful cooperation.”

WASSCE: Lagos school to face sanctions for registering over 50 external candidates

Jibril Martin Memorial Grammar School, Iponri, Lagos is to face sanctions for registering external candidates for the ongoing 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.

The school owned by the Anwar-Ul-Islam Movement of Nigeria, was one of the mission schools returned by the Lagos State government to their owners in 2001.

Director-General, Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo, who monitored the WASSCE English paper on Thursday, discovered the school had 127 SS3 pupils on its register compared to over 180 candidates presented for the examination.

Some of the 18 external candidates her team physically identified were SS3 pupils from public schools and unapproved private schools or candidates retaking the examination some of who were clearly over-aged.

Some of the candidates also came from far-flung places within and outside Lagos – like Ilorin, Kwara State and Abia State.

Soyombo said registration of private candidates clearly contravened the laws for WAEC school examination and was fertile ground for perpetration of examination malpractice.

“For us to check your students today to see that they are not your own bonafide students, that means you are not supposed to be an approved school.

“There is a section in place in law that every approved school must stick to their students alone. You are not supposed to condone unapproved schools to be sending their wards to your school,” she said to the school’s principal.

The DG said sanctions would be meted out after she reports the case to the Deputy Government, Dr  Idiat Adebule, who oversees the Education sector.

Soyombo also said her office would conduct a whole-school evaluation for the school because of lapses noted during the visit.

She observed that the school allowed external people use its facility as parking lot, which contravenes Lagos State School safety and safeguarding laws; there was naked wire close to toilets used by students in one of the blocks, the home economics laboratory lacked facilities and was dumping ground for old documents and the library had no furniture or books. It was rather used to store old books and bags of packaged water.

At the nearby Estate Senior High School, Iponri, a public school, 80 candidates registered for English were all SS3 pupils of the school.

 The DG commended them from writing their examination in their school rather than seeking miracle centres in private schools

Ramadan Kareem Message from Ward E Councillor Egbe-Idimu LCDA

As the crescent moon is sighted and the holy month of Ramadan begins. May Allah bless you with happiness and grace your home with warmth and peace!

Regards,
Alhaja (Hon) Fateemah Olajumoke Asiwaju
Ward E Councillor, Egbe Idimu LCDA

BREAKING: President Buhari reappoints Godwin Emefiele for a second term as CBN Governor

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The President has written to the Senate to seek legislative approval for another tenure for Emefiele, whose tenure empires on June 2, 2019.

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read the letter on the floor shortly before the plenary was adjourned.

If his nomination is approved by the senate, Emefiele’s five-year tenure will end in 2024 after a new president is elected in 2023.

UPDATED: Court of Appeal nullifies Adeleke’s tribunal victory

The Court of Appeal on Thursday in Abuja nullified the victory of Ademola Adeleke at the Osun State governorship election petition tribunal.

This was after the appeal filed by the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the declaration of Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor by the state election petition tribunal.

The appellate court also set aside the judgement of the tribunal of March 22, which declared Mr Adeleke winner of the election.

A five-member panel of the appeal court led by Jummai Sankey delivered the judgement with three members of the panel agreeing with the lead judgement.


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UPDATED: Court of Appeal nullifies Adeleke’s tribunal victory
May 9, 2019Halimah Yahaya
The Court of Appeal on Thursday in Abuja nullified the victory of Ademola Adeleke at the Osun State governorship election petition tribunal.

This was after the appeal filed by the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the declaration of Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor by the state election petition tribunal.

The appellate court also set aside the judgement of the tribunal of March 22, which declared Mr Adeleke winner of the election.

A five-member panel of the appeal court led by Jummai Sankey delivered the judgement with three members of the panel agreeing with the lead judgement.


The three other judges in agreement with the lead judgement read by Jummai Sankey are Abubakar Yahaya, Isaiah Akeju, and Bitrus Sanga.

A panel member, George Mbaba, gave a dissenting judgement.

Mr Adeleke contested the governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Mr Oyetola winner after a supplementary poll but the tribunal said Mr Oyetola won the election at the first ballot.

Specifically, he faulted the judgment as unknown to the law because Justice Peter Obiorah who prepared and read the lead judgement did not participate fully during the hearing of the petition.

Mr Oyetola whose appeal was first heard by the court of appeal drew the attention of the court to the February 6 proceedings in which Mr Obiorah was absent at the tribunal and did not sign the proceeding of that day.

The appellant contended that what Mr Obiorah did amounted to judicial hear-say because the proceedings of February 6 when he was not in court was copiously copied in his lead judgement.

Insisting that judicial hearsay has no place in law, Mr Oyetola asked the appeal court to quash the judgement, allow the appeal and uphold the governorship election.

On his part, the counsel to APC, Akin Olujinmi, also faulted the judgment of the tribunal led by Ibrahim Sirajo, on the ground that the petition was based on the rerun election of September 27.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announce the name of their son

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have announced the name of their newborn son to the world.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made this announcement via their official Instagram account. The 2-day-old baby’s name has been given as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

@sussexroyal wrote:

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are pleased to announce they have named their first born child:

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

This afternoon Their Royal Highnesses introduced Her Majesty The Queen to her eighth great-grandchild at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duchess’ mother were also present for this special occasion.

Gov. Ganduje ends Sanusi’s dominance in Kano, gives assent to emirate bill

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has given assent to the bill passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on breaking up the emirate in the state.

With the development, Kano now has five emirates: Kano, Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi, while the domain of Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of Kano, has been reduced.

Ganduje had earlier vowed to give assent to the bill immediately it is transmitted to him.

The Assembly had on Wednesday passed the bill approving the amendment of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs law.

In a motion presented to the House by the Majority Leader Baffa Babba, the House unanimously agreed that creation of more Emirates will assist in job creation, dispute, and community conflict resolutions among others.

The passage of this bill paves way for the decentralisation of the Kano Emirate council thereby decentralising the power of Emir of Kano.

PMB returns after 10days Private Visit

President Buhari returns after 10 days Private Visit to United Kingdom on 5th May 2019

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Remembering Ex Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua 9 Years After His Death

Today, May 5, marks the 9th year remembrance of the death of Nigeria's former President Umaru Yar’adua.

Yar’adua was Nigeria’s President between May 29, 2007 and May 5, 2010.

Yar’adua who was Nigeria’s President between May 29, 2007 and May 5, 2010 died at the Presidential Villa in Abuja after protracted illness.

The late Yar’adua was born on August 16, 1951 and died at the age of 59. Yar’adua became the first Nigerian graduate to become president.

He had seven children from his first wife, Hajiya Turai, and two from another wife, Hauwa, whom he had divorced long before he became president.

The deceased became PDP’s flag-bearer after former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who had ruled for eight years, failed to get a third term in office.

His successes as a president were reflective of his landmark achievements when he served as governor of Katsina State from 1999-2007.

May His gentle soul continue to rest in peace.

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Police officer redeployed over controversial tweets

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has ordered the redeployment of controversial police officer Abayomi Shogunle to Nkalagu, in Ebonyi State, reports say.

Daily Sun gathered that Shogunle’s transfer, which took immediate effect on Friday May 3, may not be unconnected with his controversial comments on social media which the police said was unbecoming of an officer.

Sources at the Police Force headquarters in Abuja told our correspondent that Shogunle, who until his redeployment was head of the Nigerian Police Force’s Complaint Response Unit (CRU), had been given several queries for his comments on controversial issues on social media.

It was gathered that Shogunle’s comment on social media where he said having sex in public was not an offence did not go down well with the authorities who immediately directed the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to debunk the claim. The comment also forced the Solicitor General of the state to issue a statement to that effect.

He was said to have been served a query with a warning to stop dragging the name of the Force in the mud.

Sources at Force headquarters also hinted that Shogunle’s social media post, where he advised Nigerians to resort to pidgin English in order to avoid extra judicial killings by reckless police officers also got the authorities worried.

It was gathered that his latest comment on the raid of prostitutes by the Federal Capital Development Authorities (FCDA), where he said prostitution is a sin, sent him packing to Ebonyi State.

Shogunle’s comment on Twitter Wednesday where he said:

“Those making noise on the clampdown on prostitutes in #Abuja;

•Prostitution is a crime under the law

•P is a sin under the 2 main religions of FCT residents

•Medicine says P is spreading HIV & STD

•P is lifeline of violent criminals

•P don’t pay tax

•Culture frowns at P, received bashing from his followers who are also calling on police authorities to do away with him.

Already, the issue has been trending, with hashtag #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen.

It was gathered that Shogunle had received at least four official queries before being transferred from the Force headquarters.

When contacted, Force public relations officer Frank Mba confirmed the report.

Mba said Shogunle has been transferred to Nkalagu, in Ebonyi State, as Area Commander”. He, however, refused to state the reasons why Shogunle was redeployed

Nigerian Man cries out as his wife marries his “best man” without divorcing him.

After several years of marriage, Marian Ekiomado is married to her husband’s best man while she is yet to divorce her husband.

In an interview with the Vanguard, Shola Motunbi, 39, the husband to Marian, on Friday, has accused his wife of betraying their marriage by getting married to a man who he has said, best him on their wedding day.

According to Shola “I am married to Marian Ekiomado, on August 6th 2016 both tradition and the white wedding took place, we also had marriage registry. However, a few months into our wedding I caught her with different text messages on her phone and discovered Facebook account with her boyfriends”.

“whenever I leave the house she always removes the wedding frames from the house and invites her boyfriend in, meanwhile she has a little girl called Treasure that was her first daughter outside wedlock. Whenever I came home the daughter will tell me that daddy mummy removes the frame from the house and one brother came, she almost kills her daughter that night if not that I was around. After all the arguments the parent begged, and so I let go until again, I caught her chatting with a man she was having an amorous affair with on Facebook I confronted her and the mother, but she vehemently denied having anything to do with the man”.

“But what got me suspicious was that after she was 3 to 4 months pregnant, having terminated 2 pregnancy in the name of stress. she called her younger brother to fight and injured me in the house and I left and returned after she delivered on the 5th September 2017, I went there just once to see the child with my family after then she refuses to take my calls and refuses to bring the child for me to see. These made me get suspicious the more and so demanded a DNA test which she and her parent refused, to my greatest surprise I receive a call on Saturday 27th if April 2019 that she’s getting married in her mother’s house at Sapele road. I later found that she was getting married to the man who bests me.”

“Meanwhile whenever I leave the house she always removes the wedding frames from the house and invites her boyfriend in, meanwhile she has a little girl called Treasure that was her first daughter outside wedlock. Whenever I came home the daughter will tell me that daddy mummy removes the frame from the house and one brother came, she almost kills her daughter that night if not that I was around. After all the arguments the parent begged, and so I let go until again, I caught her chatting with a man she was having an amorous affair with on Facebook I confronted her and the mother, but she vehemently denied having anything to do with the man”.

Shola has since filed a suit in a magistrate court to seek redress in what he termed has “breach of marital laws”, he has, however, not disclosed the one in particular to journalists as at the time of filing this report Marian Ekimoado, when contacted denied the statement but refused to give newsmen detail information to confirm the veracity of Shola’s claim. A source close to the Ekiamados, who spoke under a strict condition of anonymity, has however confirmed the story, according to the source “ Marian has been dating her recently wedded husband long before she got married to shola without his knowledge.” According to the source, their relationship grew stronger after Marian had succeeded in chasing shola out of the house with thugs, the source claimed

Soldier dismissed, paraded for raping girl in front of parents.

Police in Yobe has put on a parade a solider who raped his victim in front of her parents in Buni Yadi. Private Akhigbe Tijjani, attached to 27 Taskforce Brigade was on a cordon-and-search operation when he entered a girl’s home and raped her in front of her family.

Police spokesman ASP Abdulmalik Abdulhafiz said Tijjani forced the girl’s brother to have sex with his sister. “When the boy refused, [Tijjani] used a pestle and hit him in the head,” Abdulhafiz said.
A colleague on the cordon-and-search operation reported Tijjani to the military, prompting his courtmartial and dismissal. Twenty-six other suspected rapists, alongside a kidnapper and three armed robbers, were also on parade at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office, in Damaturu.

Abdulhafiz said among the 26 reported rape cases that happened between January to April, two were unnatural offence that involved two Nigeriens, Abubakar Sadiq Dauda and Tasiu Zilla that lured boys of nine and 13 and had sex with them in Potiskum town. In one incident, eight men took turns to rape a 15-year-old girl.

“When pregnancy test was conducted, she was found pregnant. In fact, it’s was through the pregnancy test that most of their parents discovered that their children are being raped,” he said. The PPRO noted that the command had concluded investigation on the 26 rape cases and sent the diary case to office of the directorate of public prosecution for legal advice.

Other suspects paraded include: Tasiu Abdulkareem, in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy who later died in his captivity in Potiskum. He demanded N8m from the boy’s family but was bargained to N50,000. He was arrested by the police at the point of picking the ransom.
Similarly, the command has paraded an armed robbery gang that specialised in cattle rustling and robbing traders and passengers their hard earned money at Garin Alkali village. 46 cattle and AK47gun have been recovered from the suspects.

Also, the command has paraded one Ahmadu Ibrahim of Kyaleri village in Bauchi state, that was arrested with fake N1,000 notes trying to defraud his victim that sold a cow to him at the cost of N140,000 in Ngalda market in Fika local government, Yobe state.

Police arrest lady who lured man she met on Facebook and arranged for him to be robbed in Imo

The Police in Anambra State have arrested a 27-year-old lady identified as Ogochukwu Onourah, for luring her male friend on facebook, Emerole Ikechukwu, from Imo state to Ogidi and arranged for him to be robbed.

According to a statement from the police, Ikechukwu from Irete village Owerri, had reported at the Ogidi Police Station that a female facebook friend lured him from Imo State to Ogidi and that upon arrival at about 1:15pm, the supposed friend directed a bike man who picked him and took him to the bush where was robbed at gunpoint of his money cash sum of Seven thousand Naira (#7000), his ATM card where another sum of Ten thousand Naira (#10:000) was withdrawn and other valuables.

Following the report, Police detectives attached to Ogidi Division traced and arrested one Abuchi Mba aged 23 years of Ikenga Ogidi and recovered Ikechukwu’s bag containing his clothes from him.

Discreet investigation also led to the arrest of the Ogochukwu.

Ooni of Ife & His Queen Looking Elegant In New Photo.

Ooni of Ife & His Queen Looking Elegant In New Photo.

This beautiful new photo of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and his lovely wife, Prophetess Naomi has melted hearts on social media, with the couple looking all shades of adorable.

Saudi releases another Nigerian, Ibrahim Abubakar in the middle arrested for drug trafficking !!!!

The government of Saudi Arabia has released Ibrahim Abubakar (pictured middle), a Nigerian arrested over alleged drug trafficking.

Bashir Ahmad, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, made this known via Twitter on Thursday.

“Saudi Authorities release Mallam Ibrahim Abubakar to the Nigerian Consulate in Jeddah, KSA. He was arrested over alleged drug trafficking, the same offence as Zainab Habib Aliyu, who was also released recently,” he tweeted.

Suleiman Mustapha, permanent secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs, had earlier announced that Abubakar would be released.

Abubakar’s release comes two days after Zainab Aliyu, a student of Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano, regained freedom after being detained by the Saudi authorities for alleged possession of illicit drugs.

Aliyu spent four months in prison.

178 reps-elect endorse Gbaja for speaker!!!

Supporters of Femi Gbajabiamila say 178 newly elected members of the house of representatives have endorsed him for speakership.

The incoming lawmakers endorsed Gbajabiamila during a meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

Gbajabiamila is the current majority leader of the house and is favoured by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari to become speaker in the ninth assembly.

Reckless’ driver hits LASTMA official into lagoon

A driver, who was over speeding hit an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on the Third Mainland Bridge.

Kehinde Sonaike, a Senior Traffic Law Enforcement Officer from Zone 11, landed inside the lagoon.

He was rescued by four fishermen.

The incident occurred around 11am near Adekunle.

The driver, sensing that gravity of his action, ran away with his vehicle.

Insecurity: IGP orders redeployment of Kaduna Police Commissioner

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Abdulrahaman, to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force headquarters, Abuja.

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