Michael Adeniran, the father of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. According to posts making the rounds on social media on Saturday night, Adeniran said his daughter died on Thursday at the Agege Stadium, where the school used for its sporting activities. According to him, the child had no health condition or sickness as at when the school bus picked her up for the event   Adeniran, who also said that there was no explanation given to himself and his wife from the school, added that his wife was present at the stadium, but the school did not call her attention to the incident immediately. He has subsequently called on the Lagos State Government and the police to look into the matter and get justice for his slain child. Adeniran wrote, “To the biggest shock of my life by 1 pm in the afternoon, I got a call from my wife that she was informed that our daughter slumped at the inter-house sport and she was rushed to the clinic. “My wife was at the venue even before the event started. She was never informed or called until they have conveyed our child out of the venue before they informed her. On arrival of my wife at the health center where they took my daughter. my daughter was lying dead with her lips black and her tongue black. “My wife called me urgently, I left my office to the place and found my 12year old daughter lying dead on the ground. I asked questions about what happened to my daughter and the school authority could not get me any information as to what happened to my child in their care. “I gave Chrisland school a healthy vibrant young girl what Chrisland returned to me is a dead child. My entire family is in deep sorrow but the school Authority claimed they know nothing about my daughter’s death and all they know is that my daughter slumped and died.” Adeniran further said the school had no ambulance or paramedics at the event, except for a nurse he described as a “quack,” who he said later confessed that the child died at the stadium He added that, “My question is what happened to my daughter at Agege stadium? As a father, I demand answers from Chrisland International High School. I am in deep pain and sorrow right now. If you are a father you will understand my pain. My daughter is highly loved by us. We cherished her existence and we can never allow an institution to gloss over the death of our daughter. “Since we started asking this question. The school has been asking us to back down from the autopsy and I know they know their way into the system. I am calling on the pathology department of @lasuth to please be honest with their result. Lagos State government, Nigerian Government, please intervene.” Many Nigerians have taken to social media to demand justice for the dead child, calling on the government and the police to intervene. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report as he did not pick calls or respond to text messages sent to him by our correspondent. Also Chrisland school could not be reached as at the time of filing this report to comment on the matter, as calls to their administrative lines were unanswered.

  The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has confirmed an oil spill incident in Ebubu, Eleme LGA of Rivers state. SPDC is the Nigerian subsidiary of oil multinational Shell Plc. Micheal Adande, a spokesperson for SPDC, in a statement on Saturday, said a government-led joint investigation team is working to identify the cause and impact of the incident. “The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) confirms an incident within our right of way on the Ebubu and Oghale Manifold 12 pipeline in Rivers State,” the statement reads. “A government-led joint investigation team is working to identify the cause and impact of the incident.” Fineface Dumnamene, executive director, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC), in a statement seen by TheCable, called on industry stakeholders to investigate the incident. He said the spill has been ongoing for the past three days and that the spill point was yet to be clamped. Dumnamene quoted community sources as saying the spill is suspected to have been caused by equipment failure and is subject to joint investigation visit (JIV) confirmation. He alleged that some residents were trying “to cover up the oil spill for Shell” in exchange for aggrandisement and gains. “Advocacy Centre, a frontline youths and environmental advocacy organisation in Nigeria that works with communities in the Niger Delta region to address environmental concerns, seek ecological and environmental justice as well as campaign against environmental pollution among others is in direct contact with members of the network in the community as well as some community leaders and would release more details about this new oil spill in Ebubu Community (Ogoniland) as soon as practicable,” the statement reads.

  The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states, is dead. He died Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief illness. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a terse Whatsapp message on Sunday. He said: “Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. With a heavy heart but total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, I wish to announce the death of A.I.G Lawan Tanko Jimeta “He died at the Teaching Hospital, Benin Edo State, this morning after a brief Illness. “To Allah, we belong and to him, we shall return, a real departure of a Godly man. “May Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomings and reward him with aljannatul fiddausi. “May he give the families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss, amin.” The PUNCH reports that AIG Jimeta is a graduate of English Language from the University of Maiduguri and also a Masters holder in Peace and Conflict Studies from the National Open University. He took over his appointment as AIG Zone 5, on January 13, 2022. He served in various capacities in the Nigeria Police Force including as Edo State Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Commissioner for Police, Personal Assistant to the AIG of Police, Department of Training and Development, FHQ Annex, Lagos State and Chief of Training, Directorate on Peace-keeping, FHQ, Abuja. He also served as the Area Commander, Suleja Area Command.

  A mother of nine children, Maimuna, has reportedly committed suicide in Sajeri, Gumari ward of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that the incident happened around 6:00pm on Saturday. One of the witnesses, Baa Modu, said the deceased children rushed out to inform them that their mother hanged herself “When we entered, her first son managed to cut the rope and her lifeless body was on the floor. And beside her was her 4-month-old baby, ” Modu said. He said there was no suicide note left by the deceased and the children said they had no prior knowledge of her intetion. However, another witness, who’s close to the family told our correspondent that she started acting strangely after her family moved into a house she didn’t like. “One of her children said the mother was opposed to their relocation to the house after being dislodged from their former house in Bulunkutu Kasuwa. “In protest, the deceased angrily packed to her parents house, but was brought back yesterday, not knowing that she had plan to commit suicide this evening” he added. Effort to reach the Police for comment wasn’t possible as the Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Shatambaya, neither picked calls nor responded to messages.

  Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu was conspicuously absent as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, visited Umuahia Saturday for a rally. The Governor’s absence, was however not surprising considering his loyalty to the Gov. Nyesom Wike-led G-5 Governors of the PDP currently at loggerheads with Atiku over power balancing in the PDP National leadership. Meanwhile, Umuahia Township Stadium, venue of the presidential rally was filled to its capacity as members and supporters of the party mobilized from all parts of the state.   Addressing the mammoth crowd at the rally, Atiku promised to give recognition to Ndigbo if elected into power. He pledged $10 billion business support fund to boost businesses and economic activities in the state. The former Vice President further promised actualise the proposed Abia Dry port, and rehabilitate federal roads in the state. He urged Abians to vote for the PDP at the forthcoming polls, saying that while PDP was in power Nigerians were evenly treated contrary to marginalisation and discrimination being witnessed currently. Atiku promised to carry all parts of the country along irrespective of the religious creed or ethnicity. The former Vice President said his administration would not discriminate against Nigerians because of their religion or ethnicity, but would rather address the various challenges confronting the people. He specifically promised to fix the deplorable Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road, and rehabilitate the Eastern rail way corridor. “We are aware of all the suffering that Nigerians are through because of the naira redesign and lack of petroleum products in the country and we sympathize with you all. “Our party is not playing ethnic or religious card. What we are playing is the Nigerian card. “When the PDP was in power, we ensured that people from the south East and other parts of Nigeria were given a sense of belonging and do it again. “I have seen your request and they are all inline with our campaign manifesto, I want to appeal to the people to vote for us and we will meet all your request. ” I approved the construction of the inland dry port in Abia State as Vice President, and I will ensure that it is completed when we take over power”. In a remark, the PDP National Chairman Senator Iyorchia Ayu, solicited the support of Abians and the entire Igbo for Atiku, assuring that Atiku presidency would protect the interest of all Nigerians. Speaking at the event, Chairman, Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, South East zone, Senator Theodore Orji, Atiku would unite Nigeria if voted into power. The former Governor who solicited support for Atiku, said the former VP would improve the ease of doing business and provide opportunity for Igbo people to thrive in their business. Senator Orji said that Nigeria would again witness peace, security and prosperity under the PDP presidency. In his remarks, PDP governorship candidate in the state, Chief Okey Ahiwe, assured Atiku of landslide victory in Abia. Abia PDP Chairman, Asiforo Okere, who also assured Atiku of victory in Abia, pleaded that Abia be given due attention by his administration. Okere regretted that since the PDP lost the presidential election in 2015, Abia had been grossly marginalized in infrastructural development. He appealed to Atiku to address the infrastructural deficit in the state and to give the people a sense of belonging.

  Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country. It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not collect them from marketers. This followed the controversy about whether the Central Bank of Nigeria would phase out the old naira notes on February 10, as traders and other retailers also rejected the old currencies. Sunday PUNCH gathered that many traders in the Federal Capital Territory, Ogun, and Lagos states had started rejecting the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes. The traders claimed that old notes collected from sales made were rejected by banks on Friday morning. The development left many residents stranded with many having to find means to do bank transfers. Explaining why some of the stations were rejecting the notes, the Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abuja-Suleja, Mohammed Shuaibu, said, “There is a serious crisis now; bankers are not helping the system. “They are passing circulars around now, asking filling stations not to collect old naira notes again. The bankers are saying filling stations should stop collecting old notes. And now, many of these filling stations are closing because where they make their deposits, the old notes are no longer permitted there. “If this should continue, it is going to lead to a serious problem. They are asking us not to accept old notes because they won’t collect them from us. This is what is happening. So many of our members are now closing sales.” He said some of these banks closed operations for the day before the expected time, stressing that Nigerians should not blame the filling stations for not selling products whenever they noticed the closure of retail outlets. by the Federal Government that marketers should use point-of-sales machines and accept bank transfers, the IPMAN official said his members were willing to comply. “Some of these bank transfers are usually reversed, while at times, the transferred money will not get to the receiver. These are the problems we face with the network providers. “However, we’ve been taking the pains to see that we help the government in alleviating the plights of the masses. But if these banks are now telling filling stations that they are not going to collect the old notes, it is going to be a problem. “So, it is better for the authorities to call these banks to order immediately, otherwise, by the time we shut down, it is going to create a massive problem nationwide,” Shuaibu added. The spokesperson for the Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks, Rasheed Bolarinwa, promised to reveal the position of the banks when he was contacted but had yet to do so as of the time of filing the interview. Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government has taken bold actions to stop the ongoing petrol crises across the country. Sylva, who gave the assurance after his tour of some selected petroleum dispensing outlets in Lagos on Friday, also assured Nigerians of massive distribution of the product. “Fuel is everywhere, both in Lagos and Abuja. I visited many stations in Ikeja and on the mainland. From every indication, there are products everywhere and I want to assure you that the queues will disappear in a matter of days,” the News Agency of Nigeria quoted him as saying.

  Sunday 12 February 2023 DHQ dismisses claim of plot with candidate to disrupt poll Banks reject old naira notes, oil marketers threaten strike Father demands probe as 12-year-old Chrisland student dies during inter-house sports We Will Apologise To All Victims Of Police Brutality, Peter Obi Vows Atiku Has Vowed To Release Nnamdi Kanu, Says Senator Wabara ‘Emi Lokan’ Is A Personal Agreement With Buhari Not Yoruba, Says Adebanjo Two-Month-Old Baby Among Those Rescued As Turkey-Syria Quake Death Toll Tops 25,000 We Have Materials To Print More New Notes – CBN Obi Supporters Attacked As LP Candidate Campaigns In Lagos Gunmen Attack Okowa’s Security Team, Kill Three Police Officers CAN Decries Naira Shortage, Urges Buhari To Ease Nigerians’ Hardship US court jails Nigerian for 60 months over $200k romance scam Ikpeazu absent at Atiku’s presidential rally in Abia Mother Of 9 Hangs Self In Borno Visit a newspaper stand this morning, buy and read a copy for yourself…