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Post Date : November 26, 2020

Police Shoot Teenage Trader, Two Others In Bayelsa

Tigger-happy policemen on routine patrol along the Tombia/Etegwe axis of the Yenagoa metropolis have shot a 17-year-old trader and two other residents of Bayelsa State who went to the Tombia market for regular shopping. The unprovoked shooting enraged some residents of the state on Wednesday who called for steep disciplinary measures to be meted to the officers involved in the shooting. Channels Television learned that the teenage victim, Alice Azaghene, would require a surgical operation to enable her to use her legs again. A resident, Kingdom Baine, said the teenager was sent to the market to trade periwinkle before tragedy struck. “I was in my house yesterday when her elder sister sent her to sell periwinkle at the market in the night around past 7 pm. After then, a police van arrived and shot. “After shooting the gun, bullets entered her two legs. That was what they told me,” the resident narrated. Another victim of the shooting, Ebinipre Onojamadu, said the second gunshot fired by the police personnel pierced her legs and put her in her current situation. The 47-year-old Onojamadu may not be able to walk for a very long time as the doctor said the injury she sustained from the gunshot was quite extensive. “About 6 o’clock in the evening, I was coming out to get some foodstuff. When I got close to the junction almost close to the roundabout, I heard a gunshot,” she said. “The second gunshot was the one that pierced through my leg. I didn’t know the first time that something had happened to me. “When they said they were shooting that we should go back, I couldn’t move. That was when I noticed that something had happened to me.” Meanwhile, the State Police Command issued a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer Asinim Butswat, confirming the incident. The police spokesman explained that the erring officers have been identified and taken into custody. According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli, condemned the shooting and called for calm from citizens. The Commissioner also assured residents of the state the case will be thoroughly investigated and all indicted officer brought to justice.

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Post Date : November 26, 2020

LG Elections In Nigeria Are Nothing But Organised Crime – Igini

The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa-Ibom State, Mike Igini on Wednesday said local government elections in Nigeria are nothing but organised crime. Igini who disclosed this during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused state governors of interfering in the conduct of the polls at the grassroots. “Local government elections are nothing but organised crime. They should not be calling them elections at all,” he said. “Look at the Local Government system in Nigeria. We have lost 774 local governments in Nigeria to every sitting governor of the 36 states in Nigeria. “What constitutes free, fair and credible elections with respect to INEC-conducted election is different from the local government.” Igini also reiterated the commitment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deploy more technology and innovation to further enhance the transparency of the electoral process. According to him, the use of its public viewing portal during the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States eradicated possible electoral fraud as Nigerians saw the results of each polling unit online almost immediately after casting their ballots. “I can confirm that INEC has made tremendous progress. The INEC of today is no longer the INEC of before because, since 2011, the kind of elections that we have conducted had a remarkable departure from where we used to be even though we are not where we are supposed to be. “The INEC public viewing portal is a new innovation to deal with the recurring issues of vote changes at the level of collation and that was why it was introduced to ensure that at the polling unit, once the result is published, it should be sent to the viewing portals so that Nigerians can see it,” Igini added.

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Post Date : November 26, 2020

Interpol Nabs Three Nigerians ‘Who Scammed 50,000 Victims Worldwide

Three Nigerians have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a criminal organisation which is said to have compromised thousands of government and private companies in more than 150 countries across the world. The arrest was carried out by a joint operation of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), Group-IB — a cyber security company — and the Nigeria police force. INTERPOL, in a statement on Wednesday, noted that the arrest of the suspects was as a result of a year-long investigation dubbed “Operation Falcon”. “The suspects are alleged to have developed phishing links, domains, and mass mailing campaigns in which they impersonated representatives of organizations. They then used these campaigns to disseminate 26 malware programmes, spyware and remote access tools, including AgentTesla, Loki, Azorult, Spartan and the nanocore and Remcos Remote Access Trojans.” the statement reads. “These programmes were used to infiltrate and monitor the systems of victim organizations and individuals, before launching scams and syphoning funds. “According to Group-IB, the prolific gang is believed to have compromised government and private sector companies in more than 150 countries since 2017.” Speaking on the arrest, Craig Jones, Interpol’s cybercrime director, was quoted as saying public-private relationships are important in “disrupting virtual crimes”, as cooperation in investigation will upset well-established criminal business models. “This group was running a well-established criminal business model. From infiltration to cashing in, they used a multitude of tools and techniques to generate maximum profits. We look forward to seeing additional results from this operation,” Jones said. In a separate statement on Wednesday, Group-IB described the three arrested persons as follows: “«OC» (32 y.o.), «IO» (34 y.o.), and «OI» (35 y.o.)”, adding that they were “identified with the help of Group-IB Cyber Investigations and CERT-GIB teams”. “The data discovered on the devices of the arrested TMT members has confirmed their involvement in the criminal scheme and identified stolen data from at least 50,000 targeted victims, according to Nigerian Police,” the statement by Group-IB reads. “Group-IB has been tracking the gang since 2019 and established that around 500,000 government and private sector companies could have been compromised by TMT gang members. “Based on the infrastructure that the attackers use and their techniques, Group-IB was also able to establish that the gang is divided into subgroups with a number of individuals still at large. The findings on other suspected gang members, whom Group-IB was able to track down, have been shared with INTERPOL’s Cybercrime Directorate. The investigation continues. “The analysis of their operations revealed that the gang focuses on mass email phishing campaigns distributing popular malware strains under the guise of purchasing orders, product inquiries, and even COVID-19 aid impersonating legitimate companies.”

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

Nigeria’s land borders to be reopened soon, says minister

The nation ’ s land borders that have been closed since August 2019 may be reopened soon . The Minister of Finance , Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, gave this indication during an interview with State House correspondents on Wednesday . Ahmed said the presidential committee set up on the matter has completed its job and has recommended the reopening of the borders. She said the committee would soon submit its report to President Muhammadu Buhari following which a formal pronouncement would be made on the matter . The minister did not , however , disclose when the report will be submitted and how soon the land borders will be reopened. Nigeria had in August 2019 closed its land borders to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into country from neighbouring West African nations.

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

Anambra police nab suspect for unlawful possession of firearm

Also recover two other rifles and ammunition in a seperate operations Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Awka Police in Anambra state on Wednesday nabbed a male suspect for unlawful possession of firearms in Oba. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Haruna Mohammed said about 12:30pm,police patrol team attached to the Command Federal Highway Patrol while on stop and search operations at Oba along Onitsha/Owerri road intercepted a shuttle bus with one of the occupant namely Chibuzor Collins ‘m’ aged 23years native of Uzombe in Oguta LGA of Imo State behaving in a suspicious manner and upon search on the suspect,a double barrel locally made short gun loaded with two live cartridges was recovered in his posession. “The suspect was promptly arrested is assisting the police with useful information to unravel his motive of being in possession of firearm inside a shuttle bus after which he would be brought to justice, ” Muhammed said. Disclosing further, the PPRO said In a related development,on Wednesday at about 80:30pm,police patrol team attached to Okpoko Division while on patrol along Owerri road by Obodoukwu junction intercepted a middle aged man carrying a Ghana must go bag,when confronted, the man abandoned the bag and escaped in between vehicles.Upon search of the bag,one G3 rifle containing Seventeen rounds of 7.25×61mm live ammunition,one Pump action gun and one magazine were recovered.Effort is being intensified to apprehend the fleeing suspect in order to bring him to book. Meanwhile,the Commissioner of Police CP John B.Abang,fdc appeal to members of the public to report suspicious activities or individuals to the Police through emergency number 07039194332 or to the nearest Police Statiom for prompt response. The CP also assure the public that their report will be discretely dealt with.

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

FEC approves N39.7bn, erosion control, road maintenance contracts

THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday approved a total sum of about N39.7 billion for road maintenance and award of contract for erosion/flood and pollution control accelerated intervention projects. This was disclosed at the end of the virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Of the amount, the sum of N20.925 billion was for road repairs and maintenance, while N17.75 billion was for erosion/flood and pollution control accelerated intervention projects and others. Briefing State House correspondents, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said, “The memorandum we presented today was on behalf of FERMA (Federal Emergency Road Management Agency). FERMA is the parastatal of the Ministry of Works and Housing responsible for maintenance of federal roads. “During the meetings of the Economic Sustainability Committee set up to manage the impact of COVID-19, one of the responsibilities of FERMA is to execute extensive labour works on road repairs and the budget of 2020 was then amended to deal with Covid impact. “As a result of that, FERMA then had a total of 191 road repairs, road rehabilitation, road intervention projects nationwide. 92 of those projects have been awarded by FERMA at its threshold level. 89 of them have been approved by the ministry at the ministerial tenders board threshold level. “So, all of those projects are now being issued letters of award, mobilization, and others. Now, there are 10 that require to come to Federal Executive Council because of their financial threshold level. “Out of those 10 projects, three were presented today. So, those three presented and approved by council today was for Gasamu-Hamshi-Gogoram road in Yobe State for N14.528billion to MotherCat, the link road connecting Uneme-Tusamu-Odoga to Okpekpe in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State for N991.851million, and Mamabu Donga Local Government Area road in Taraba South Local Government Area of Taraba State to Wishchina Engineering Limited for N6.397 billion. “These are the late third quarter, early fourth quarter interventions to respond to the Covid-19 impact on the economy. This will tell you some of the things the Minister of Finance was saying that the Economic Sustainability Plan implementation is what will take us out of recession. “So, you see efforts to do that and so many other departments doing different things. This is our responsibility.” Also, briefing, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, said, “FEC gave approval for the award of contracts for emergency procurement of first and second quarters 2020 soil erosion/flood and pollution control accelerated intervention projects in favour of various contractors in the sum of N17.754,717,234.41 inclusive of 7.5 percent VAT with various completion/delivery periods. The contracts are the gully erosion and control contract along Ndam/Agbor road, Nnobi and Alor towns in Idemili/South Local Government Area, Phase two, Anambra State (to Telesis Limited) N.495,878,764 with the completion date of 18 months The erosion and flood menace beside Yem Kem House along Oye-Ifaki road, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State awarded to Strabic Construction Ltd at the cost of N792,311,211.11) with completion of nine months The Somolu/Bariga Local Government Area, Akoka/Ilaje community, Akoka-Lagos flood, and erosion control project, Lagos State was awarded to Partibon Services Ltd at the cost of N1.786,146,630.98 and 10 months completion. Others are, “Gully erosion control at Egbo-Ideh community, Ugheli South LGA, Delta State (Harris & Dome Nigeria Ltd.) N1,328,306,924.00 – 24 months “Gully erosion control and road improvement work in Darazo LGA, Bauchi State (Powerhill Construction Ltd.) N3,897,577,627.79 – 24 months “Gully erosion control works at Ladanal community, Nasarawa LGA, Kano State (U.Y.K. Nigeria Ltd.) N1,337,681,584.69 – eight-month “Devastating effect of gully erosion in Gboko township, Benue State (Gaffar Worldwide Resources Ltd.) N1.503,970.714.83 – 12 months. “Erosion and flood control works in Wase and Bashar towns, Wase LGA, Plateau State (Global Legend Integrated Concept Ltd.) N1,687,162,328.95 – 14 months. “Gully erosion control and road improvement work along Plot 1398, off Kainji Crescent and Katampe Extension, FCT, Abuja (IMB Corporate Synergy Ltd.) N555,569,610.76 – six months “Soil erosion, River channelisation and slope protection within Maitama District (Phase II, FCT, Abuja (Masarki Nigeria Ltd.) N1,887,495,486.63 – 12 months “Supply and installation of 12 nos. on site flameless/smell-less incinerator (50kg/he) for the national blood transfusion centres in some federal medical centres and teaching hospitals (Black Wheel Multi-Links Ltd.) N823.677,900.00 – six months.” Adesina said that a contract for the supply and installation of six number containerised incinerators (250kg/her) for the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) one in each geo-political zone was awarded to STJ Integrated Resources Ltd at the cost of N658,938,450.00 and six months competition.

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

“I hope we can play in the sky’, Pele mourns Maradona

Brazilian football great Pele has mourned his fellow legend Diego Maradona who died at the age of 60 an Wednesday. Renowned alongside Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time , the Argentine World Cup- winning captain died of a heart attack , having undergone brain surgery earlier this month, a member of his entourage said . “ What sad news. I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend. There is still much to be said , but for now , may God give strength to family members . “ One day , I hope we can play football together in the sky , ” 80-year – old Pele wrote in Portuguese on Twitter . President Alberto Fernandez has announced three days of national mourning in the South American country. Shortly before the announcement that shocked a nation , Argentine media reported Maradona had suffered a serious health setback on Wednesday and was being treated by doctors at his home north of Buenos Aires . “ There are four ambulances at the door of the residence. They have summoned family members to come . It is serious, ” the TyC Sports channel reported .

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

Life and times of Maradona

The whole world was thrown into mourning following the demise of football legend and Argentine hero, Diego Armando Maradona. Maradona spearheaded Argentina’s exploit in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico where the South American nation lifted the coveted trophy. All through his playing career, Maradona shone like million of stars and till his death there has been a dispute between him and another legend, Brazilian hero, Pele, who won three world cups with Brazil, who really is the greatest footballer ever. Born on 30 October, 1960, at the Policlínico (Polyclinic) Evita Hospital in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Maradona was raised in Villa Fiorito, a shanty town on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province. The Argentine legend is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, and by many as the greatest ever. He was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. Maradona’s vision, passing, ball control and dribbling skills were combined with his small stature (1.65 m or 5 ft 5 in), which gave him a low centre of gravity allowing him to manoeuvre better than most other football players; he would often dribble past multiple opposing players on a run. On the field of play, Maradona was a leader as captain of the Argentine national team, His presence of the pitch always sent shivers in the spine of opponents. He was a bundle of talent with a knack for goals. Wearing the jersey number 10, Maradona always carried the burden of his country and the clubs he played during his days. Because of his talent, he was was given the nickname “El Pibe de Oro” (“The Golden Boy”), a name that stuck with him throughout his career. According to Wikipedia, Maradona was the first player in football history to set the world record transfer fee twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then-world record £5 million, and second, when he transferred to Napoli for another record fee £6.9 million. He played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys during his club career, and was most famous for his time at Napoli and Barcelona where he won numerous accolades. At the international level, Maradona had 91 caps and scored 34 goals for Argentina. He played in four World Cup for Argentina-1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994. In 1994, he was expelled from the tournament by FIFA for drug-related offence after two games for Argentina, one of which he spearheaded Argentina to beat Nigeria 2-1. Of all the World Cups he took part, the 1986 tournament in Mexico was where he shone as stars. Maradona single-handedly deliver the trophy to Argentina, scoring five goals in the tournament and unlocking the defence of opposing teams. Maradona’s first goal against England which he scored with his hand, is still being regarded as the ‘Hand of God’ till this day. He scored a second goal that won the quarter-final for Argentina against England. The second goal followed a 60 metres dribble past five England players. That goal was voted “Goal of the Century” by FIFA.com voters in 2002. In all, Maradona made 694 appearances and scored 354 goals for club and country combined, with a goal-scoring average of 0.51. Maradona’s career as a coach was not successful. He was made the coach of Argentina in 2008 and took the country to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, with a dismal showing for Argentina. Argentina crashed to 4-0 defeat against Germany in the quarter-final of the tournament. He was later sacked by his country. Maradona also coached several clubs sides which are Textil Mandiyú (1994) Racing Club (1995), Al-Wasl (2011–2012) of Dubai; Deportivo Riestra (assistant), 2013–2017; Fujairah (2017–2018), Dorados de Sinaloa (2018–2019) and Gimnasia de La Plata (2019–2020). Gimnasia de La Plata was the last club he coached before his demise. The former Argentine star, until his death had serious issues with drugs. He was addicted to cocaine. He was sent expelled from the 1994 World Cup due to drug issues. This has been his undoing till he died. He had been in and out of hospital, aftermath of decades of doing drugs. On 2 November 2020, Maradona was admitted to a hospital in La Plata, supposedly due to psychological reasons. A day later, he underwent emergency brain surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, a blood clot on the brain. He was released on 12 November after successful surgery and was supervised by doctors as an outpatient. On 25 November 2020, Maradona died of cardiac arrest at his home in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

EndSARS: UK Parliament Does Not Speak For British Govt – FG

The Nigerian government has reacted to the deliberations on the recent #EndSARS protest by the United Kingdom parliament. It stated that while debates on all matters were allowed, the UK parliament does not speak for the British government. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made the position of the Federal Government known while addressing reporters on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to him, the Nigerian Government is in communication with the United Kingdom and has informed the British authorities of its side of the situation, especially as it relates to the shooting at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos. “On the issue of the UK parliament, yes, we have reached out to the UK government on this question. “The meeting that took place was of parliamentarians, they don’t speak for the UK government and the UK government which acts for the United Kingdom has also heard the side of the (Nigerian) government regarding everything that happened,” Onyeama said. He added, “So we are in touch with them and engaging with them but, of course, as in any democracy, the members of parliament are able to also air their views but what is important is that a balanced picture is made available to them all before they take any decision.” The minister briefed State House correspondents at the end of the 25th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. He also noted that he had recently paid a visit to his home state, Enugu, on the instruction of the President to engage with the youths and leaders on the #EndSARS protests. The minister revealed that governors of the South East were already reaching out to their contemporaries across the country to ensure that the lives and properties of the people of the region were protected during any crisis. He added that the leaders have given an assurance that they would do the same for non-indigenes in the South East. Onyeama made the remarks in reaction to the call by UK parliamentarians for sanction against Nigerian authorities and security agencies over human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings during the #EndSARS protests which held in October in various parts of Nigeria. On Monday, a member of the UK parliament, Theresa Villers, informed the lawmakers that about 220,330 people had signed an e-petition and they have a credible case. Members of the parliament had asked the UK government to consider imposing sanctions on Nigerian officials found culpable of human rights abuses during the demonstrations.

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Post Date : November 25, 2020

Lawyer Asks Court To Compel Imo House Of Assembly To Disclose Salary And Allowances Of Members

A lawyer, Ikedi Agunkwu, has dragged the Imo State House of Assembly and its Clerk to the Federal High Court, for refusing to comply with a request he brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act He is also seeking for court order compelling the Imo State House of Assembly and its Clerk to disclose the salaries and allowances of members “A DECLARATION that the Defendants have completely defaulted and/or failed in their Statutory duties as encapsulated in Section 4(a) & (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2011 “AN ORDER compelling the Defendants, jointly and severally, to immediately with Section 4(a) & (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2011.” the reliefs partly reads Lastly, he wants the court to direct the Defendants to pay him the sum of N1 Million as cost of filing the suit. In a 14 paragraph affidavit deposed to by himself, the Applicant said he does not belong to any political party and has “bias for justice, Freedom, Rule of Law, Anti-corruption stance, Observance of Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance.” He said he was consulted by clients as to the qualifications for election as members of the Imo State House of Assembly and also “sought to know from me as to how much does an elected member of the Imo State House of Assembly earn as monthly salary and as monthly allowance/office running cost” but unfortunately he could not provide them with answer He said his clients strongly believed that, as a legal practitioner, he ought to know. On that basis, he “wrote an application letter for an information to the 2nd Defendant, but the 2nd Defendant under the aegis of the 1st Defendant has completely failed, refused, and/or neglected to accord appropriate response to my application, hence this suit.”

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