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Post Date : March 3, 2022

Igboho begins negotiation with Beninese govt over ‘health status’

  Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has begun negotiations with Benin Republic government over his ‘health status’. The Nation reports Benin Republic had ‘renewed’ the incarceration of the embattled agitator for another six months. Checks by The Nation show the 49-year-old agitator has spent over 227 days in Benin Republic prison. Many supporters have lamented about the continuous detention of Igboho ‘without trial’. The legal battle to either extradite Igboho to Nigeria or hand him back his freedom has witnessed a series of dramatic twists and turns   Protesting his continued detention, the agitator had dragged the government of Republic of Benin before the ECOWAS Court of Justice. Igboho reportedly asked the regional court to award him $1million as general damages for each day he had been imprisoned in the country. But the ECOWAS Court of Justice said that it had not received any matter relating to the trial of Igboho. Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyyu in a statement on Thursday titled: ‘Re: Purported release of Sunday Igboho’, said: “Kindly discountenance any news about the release of Chief Sunday Adeyemo or that he is on his way to Germany. It is not true, please. “With the assistance of a worldwide renowned professor and prof Akintoye and lawyers (Falola and myself), we are negotiating for something more comfortable for him than prison to meet his health demand. “I advise you to remain calm and prayerful.”

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

Nnamdi Kanu asks iPOB members to remain upbeat

  Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has urged his followers and sympathizers to remain optimistic. Kanu, according to his Special Counsel, Mr Aloy Ejimakor stated this when they visited him Thursday at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, where he is currently detained. Ejimakor who took to his Twitter handle wrote: “We just concluded a visitation with Onyendu Nnamdi Kanu. Today’s visitation is very important because of the previously aborted visitations. ” We had very fruitful interactions and mutually debriefed on all issues. He greets his followers and urged all to remain upbeat”. Kanu’s lawyers and family had cried foul over DSS’s refusal to allow them access to the IPOB Leader twice last week, thus, raising concerns over his safety. Both IPOB and the family had expressed doubt and worry over Kanu’s life, arguing that it is either his health had deteriorated or he was dead. The court had ordered the DSS to allow Kanu’s lawyers and family unfettered access to him twice a week ( Mondays and Thursdays).

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

Delta school principal allegedly defiles six-year-old pupil

  The Delta State Police Command has nabbed the principal of Royal Children International School, Asaba, Mr. Emmanuel Okafor, for allegedly raping a six-year-old pupil at the school toilet in Asaba, the state capital. Sources told our correspondent that the principal was arrested, on Tuesday, at the school premises by police officers attached to A Division Police Station in Asaba, where the pupil’s mother reportedly lodged complaint against the school and the suspect. It was gathered that the principal was conducting early morning devotions for the students when he was summoned to the proprietor’s office for questioning over the rape allegations against him. “At the proprietor’s office, the six-year-old pupil narrated how the suspect defiled her at the school toilet, and asked her to keep it a secret or she will be sent out of the school, and nothing will happen. “The proprietor was peeved about the unfolding drama between the principal and the minor who was continuously saying ‘he (the principal) did it’,” source said. Meanwhile, the family source said the secret was made open when the victim’s mother observed that her daughter movement had suddenly changed while walking around, and her attitude also changed. This strange discovery was said to have prompted the mother to question the girl who confessed the alleged rape by the principal. It was also learnt that a test had already been carried out on the pupil and her hymen was damaged. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident, adding that the police is carrying out a thorough investigation on the matter and thereafter will charge the suspect to court. He said, “Yes, it is confirmed, investigation is ongoing. After that, the suspect will be charged to court.”

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

ALERT: ‘We’re Currently Not Recruiting’, Nigerian Army Debunks Reports

  The Nigerian Army says it is currently not recruiting and has warned Nigerians to beware of a fake online recruitment portal being circulated on social media. “Following this unwholesome development, the NA wishes to clearly inform the general public that there is no ongoing recruitment, as published in the fake portal. The information is false, misleading and aimed at defrauding unsuspecting members of the public,” a statement by the Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu said. “The general public is, therefore, enjoined to be wary of fake online recruitment vendors who are desperately hunting for victims”. The Army warned that its recruitment opportunities will only be published in national dailies and therefore, advised members of the public to shun any other portal in its entirety.

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

Ukraine, Russia agree to create safe corridors to evacuate civilians

  A member of Ukraine’s delegation in talks with Russia says the parties have reached a tentative agreement to organize safe corridors for civilians to evacuate and for humanitarian supplies to be delivered, AP reported. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who took part in Thursday’s talks in Belarus near the Polish border, said that Russia and Ukraine reached a preliminary understanding that cease-fires will be observed in areas where the safe corridors are established. Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier disclosed Russian military has offered safe corridors to civilians to allow them to leave areas of fighting in Ukraine. Putin, speaking in a video call with members of his Security Council, has charged that Ukrainian nationalist groups are preventing civilians from leaving. The Russian leader said the groups were also using civilians as shields, taking up firing positions to provoke the Russian retaliatory fire. [Associated Press]

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

Why I won’t allow my kids study abroad – Yul Edochie

  Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, on Thursday revealed that though he could afford to send his kids abroad to study, he’d not make such a decision. On his verified Twitter page, the father-of-four noted that his children would study in Nigeria due to his love for the country. He added that for one to be able to build the country, such a person must love the country. According to the actor, he’d only send his child abroad to school if an American actor would bring his kids to school in Nigeria. Edochie tweeted, “Show me an American actor whose child is schooling in Nigeria and I’ll send my daughter abroad to study. That’s what I told my wife. “I can afford to send my kids abroad to study. God has blessed my hard work. But no, they’ll all study here. To build Nigeria, we must love Nigeria.” This comes shortly after the House of Representatives rejected a bill seeking to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. The bill had faced stiff opposition at the second reading on Thursday. It was the second time within four years that the lawmakers would reject the bill sponsored by a member of the House, Sergius Ogun.

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

ABSU rusticates 500 level law student, suspends staff for falsification of degree result

  THE management of Abia State University, Uturu, has rusticated a 500 level Law student, Onwuka Chimezie Princewill for one academic session for falsification of his academic transcript. Onwuka was allegedly claimed to have graduated from the University when he still has outstanding courses to pass. Also, a staff of University’s Institute for Computer Studies, ICS, Bestman Ugorji has been handed six months suspension with half salary, for complicity in the fake result displayed by the student in the social media. In addition, the University management has directed that Ugorji be posted out of the institution on resumption from his suspension. The decisions were arrived at by the University management after accepting the findings and recommendations of the Panel it set to investigate the allegation against the Law student. Announcing the decisions, through a statement by the Registrar, Dr. Acho Elendu, the University vowed to ensure the transparency and credibility of degree certificates it issued, warning that “any case of forgery and other vices will not go unpunished.”

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

2023: I’m contesting to make our children’s future great – Tinubu

  Former Governor of Lagos State and presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said, on Thursday, that Nigeria needed a competent leader who could unite the people, tackle insecurity and rejig the debilitating economy and as well benefit the masses this time around. Tinubu, who was in Ekiti State as part of the ongoing consultation for the 2023 presidential election, said that he decided to consult with the traditional rulers before declaring because of the enormous respect he placed on culture and tradition. He said, “I’m contesting this race to renew the hope and make the future great for our children. For Nigeria to stand united and develop, we require patience and wisdom. We have to be united, that is the only way we can be great.” It was carnival-like at the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, as people gathered for hours singing, dancing and praising the All Progressives Congress National Leader to the high heavens, as they awaited his arrival to meet with the revered monarch. Tinubu, accompanied by the Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Bisi Egbeyemi, who said he represented Governor Kayode Fayemi, and top brass of the Southwest Agenda for Tinubu 2023, led by Senator Dayo Adeyeye, earlier met with the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers at their chambers in the capital city. He said, “We have struggled for democracy and today, we have democracy, but we are not stable yet. There is insecurity, hopelessness, lack of education and suffering in the land. By now, we should have a good farming system and opportunities to produce for other nations to buy. “We are here to answer the call of our children by educating them the right way so that we can leave a Nigeria that is united, prosperous and abundant for them. We chose democracy and we must not fail in this task. “That was why we formed the APC based on principles. I want to tell you that Nigeria needs serious change. I knew how Lagos was when I took over and we have never failed any election. There must be continuity in governance for progress to be attained. “I was the first governor in Nigeria to start paying the WAEC fee of secondary school students. I shall do it again as a President.” Tinubu, who said he had been on Nigeria’s project since the 70s, said, “I was with MKO Abiola in Social Democratic Party. I was a Senator before he came out. I was the youngest Senator of that era. I was about becoming Director of Finance of ExxonMobil, but I rejected it. “I said I wanted to serve Nigeria. They gave me leave of absence to go and do politics for four years and come back, but I only spent two years as a senator when the military came and terminated our tenure. I had an option, which was to go back and enjoy at ExxonMobil, but I decided that I would fight for Nigeria. “We believed that there must be democracy in Nigeria, there must be freedom and there must be opportunities. We joined hands with Professor Wole Soyinka, Chief Anthony Enahoro and others. Governor Kayode Fayemi was in the University of London then, brilliant and he joined the struggle. He worked so hard, in fact, he is an excellent man. So, looking at all these, we should all know that this democracy must not fail. “We have to collaborate, unite and promote ourselves, instead of fighting. We all see what is happening in Ukraine today, we don’t need such experience here. We must elevate our technology and make use of available opportunities to develop Nigeria and that is what we are coming to do,” he said. SWAGA National Chairman, Senator Adeyeye, who said Tinubu had made great investment to the development of Ekiti State in terms of human resources, said, “That APC is in Ekiti today is traceable to God and Tinubu. He struggled for it and restored progressive politics here. “He had made many Ekiti people commissioners, Special Advisers, and local government chairmen in Lagos. Tinubu honoured our own hero in Ekiti, Adekunle Fajuyi, by building a house for him. He had helped so many people including myself. “Tinubu brought a paradigm shift to Lagos governance, in fact, he is a miracle worker. As a governor of Lagos State, he was ranked first and no wonder he remained the last man standing when the then Alliance for Democracy lost grip of the Southwest. “That was why many of us dragged him into the presidential race to replicate what he had done in Lagos at the national level. Nobody can stand shoulder to shoulder out of all the presidential aspirants across party lines with him. He is the best builder of men in the history of Nigeria. This is the best man at this moment to rule Nigeria,” Adeyeye said. The Traditional Council Chairman and the Onisan of Isan Ekiti, Oba Ayodele Adejuwon, who said there was nothing wrong with Tinubu’s aspiration to be president, said the constitution permitted every qualified Nigerian to aspire for any position, saying, “God will help you realise your ambition.” Speaking at his palace, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo, who appreciated Tinubu for teaching people how to fish and for his exploits in Lagos State, said, “That is why I believe you (Tinubu) when you said you would turn the situation of Nigeria around for good.”

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

Ukraine: FG Postpones Evacuation Flight From Poland To Nigeria

  An Air Peace charter flight scheduled to evacuate Nigerians fleeing Ukraine from Poland on Thursday has been postponed. According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Bolaji Akinremi, the flight was postponed due to a delay in preparing passengers for the check-in process. The flight has now been scheduled for Friday morning. About 2,000 Nigerians have fled Ukraine, amid a Russian invasion, to neigbouring countries, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. The Federal Government on Wednesday said it has approved $8.5m for the evacuation of citizens. According to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, the countries where the pickup flights would be headed include – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Two flights from Air Peace and one from Max Air are expected to carry out the evacuation exercise.

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Post Date : March 3, 2022

ISWAP Training Suicide Bombers To Attack Security Agents – DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has intelligence that members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) are training suicide bombers to carry out deadly attacks on security agencies and vulnerable communities. The DSS also revealed that elements of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in the Lake Chad area who fled Mali following increased military pressure from Russian mercenaries have entered Nigeria’s territory to support ISWAP terrorist activities. The Chairman of Zonal Quarterly Conference of State Directors of Security (SDES) Northeastern States, Babagana Bulama, disclosed this on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The meeting was initiated by the Service to identify basic and contemporary threats confronting the region. “The most prominent of these security challenges in the zone are terrorism and insurgency, occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram terrorists and its splinter Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP which have over the time left an indelible mark in the zone, interms of security and development.” “Although, attacks by the Insurgents in parts of the zone recently have reduced, owing to counter terrorism operations by security forces, available intelligence has indicated that ISWAP are training suicide bombers with a view to carrying out deadly attacks on security agencies and vulnerable communities “Most worrisome is recent intelligence on the convergence of elements of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in the Lake Chad area , within Nigerian territory. These terrorists who fled Mali following increased military pressure from Russian mercenaries, see the Lake Chad areas as save heaven and apparently have come to support ISWAP to continue it’s terrorists activities.” Bulama further disclosed that kidnappers and bandits have persistently exploited the vast ungoverned spaces especially mountains and forests in the states of the zone, as hideouts from where they carry out their nefarious activities, adding, “Investigation indicates that some of these criminals elements come from the North West and North Central zones, where they were dislodged by security forces.” Bulama said the farmers/herders conflicts have subsided within the last quarter due to completion of harvest by farmers. Bulama revealed that the Sub-Saharan threat profile is youth restiveness manifesting in the activities of groups and gangs such as Sara-Suka in Bauchi, Kalare in Gombe, Shilla Boys in Adamawa Marlian and Azonto gangs in Taraba among others, “Unemployment and idleness amongst youths in the zone have greatly been responsible for their easy recruitment into activities inimical to law and order.

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