The entire residents of Mariri Quarters in Kano was thrown into shock on Friday, 21st of August after a decomposing corpse of a woman was uncovered after she was locked up in a room by the husband for three days Over a yet to be identified reason.
According to reports, the entire neighborhood of Mariri quarters in Kano was thrown in shock after discovering a decomposing corpse in the neighborhood. The stench from the decomposing corpse forced the neighbors to alert the security operatives in Kano state who conducted a sweeping operation that led to the discovery,
The woman was allegedly locked up by her husband for three days at Mariri Quarters in Kano Metropolis.
Meanwhile, The police had evacuated the corpse to an undisclosed health facility in the city for postmortem.
DSP Abdullahi Haruna , Spokesman of the Kano Police Command, while confirming the incident to reporters in Kano disclosed that investigation has been launched into the matter to unravel the circumstances behind his death and to bring to book the culprit.
It would be of note that, the suspected killer of the deceased, the husband has been arrested as further investigation is still ongoing.
Villagers were thrown into dismay as a dead man who went missing on Sunday night, was cut out of a seven-metre long python’s stomach after being swallowed whole in a remote village on the island of west Sulawesi, Indonesia.
A giant seven metre-long Python snake which swallowed an Indonesian man whole, has left some residents of a village with the grisly task of removing him from the animal’s belly. Some gruesome photos which emerged online and have been circulating on social media, appear to show the moment Akbar Salubiro was pulled out from the reptile’s belly on a remote island.
According to The Sun UK, the 25-year-old had set off for work harvesting palm oil on the island of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sunday night. But when he didn’t return home, concerned friends and relatives began looking for him the next evening. It was learnt that they found the python lying in Akbar’s back garden with a giant bulge in its stomach on Monday night.
The locals gathered round as one man used an 18-inch long hunting knife to slice open the serpent and claim to have found Akbar’s body inside.
Incredible footage shows the corpse being slowly removed from the killer reptile as the leathery skin is peeled away.
While speaking with a correpondent, a neighbour identified as Satriawan who knew Akbar said: “He was found in the location of the garden. Initially Akbar set out from his home to go to harvest palm, after not returning to his home, people looked for him.’’
Local media reported that Akbar’s wife Munu was away at the time and only found out when pictures and video emerged in the news, adding that they believed Akbar was attacked from behind.
Village secretary, Salubiro Junaidi said: “People had heard cries from the palm grove the night before Akbar was found in the snake’s stomach” adding that “When the snake was captured, the boots Akbar was wearing were clearly visible in the stomach of the snake. Resident cut open the belly of the snake and Akbar was lifeless.”
The Nigeria Police Force are conducting physical and credential screening for various applicants who applied to join the force online albeit “constable” level, which will come up between August 24 and September 6.
Mr.Frank MBA,the public relations officer said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. All applicants are expected to appear in an all white T- shirt and shorts. Applicants are also to come with their National Identity Number and Original Copies of their credentials.
“Other mandatory requirements are O”level results, Certificate of Origin and Birth certificate arranged in two white flats along with two passport photographs.”
“Applicants who are unable to provide the aforementioned shall not be allowed to partake in the screening process” the spokesman said.
He(Mr Mba) also added that the exercise will hold at appointed places in all the 36 states including The Federal Territory, Abuja, saying “each states should follow due protocols as announced by the PRO of each state which will include the Covid 19 safety measures”.
“The process will be conducted in the best tradition of transparency and accountability” Mba said.
Finally, he adviced all applicants to be alert to wave off any shady or scammers trying to impersonate the police by taking advantage of the screening exercise to dupe innocent people.
After Nigeria Air Force releases a full investigation over the event that led to the death of the flying officer Tolulope Arotile, the real killer after been arrested, told Magistrate Court on Thursday, 20th of August that it was not his initial intention to kill her.
According to reports, the first female combat pilot who contributed significantly to combat operations against insecurity in the Northern Nigeria, Tolulope Arotile died of head injury sustained from a moving vehicle accident.
After investigation, it was discovered that Nehemiah Adejoh, was the one behind the steering of the vehicle that knocked her down at the airforce base on July 11 before she was pronounced dead at the Air Force hospital and there after was arrested.
On being charged to the Kaduna Magistrate Court on Thursday, August 20, for deliberately killing the the deceased, the suspect has said it was not a deliberate act.
According to him, on sighting the deceased who was walking along the roadside at the Air Force base, he started reversing the car to greet her, but mistakenly ran over he, adding that he never had a premeditated plan to take her life,
While the suspect was charged with culpable homicid , the chief magistrate, Danjuma Hassan has ordered for him to be remanded in prison until 3rd of October for further hearing.
As Nigerians continue to mourn the death of the first female combat pilot, The Nigeria government has vowed to ensure justice prevails on her gruesome death.
Indigenes of Southern Kaduna living in Europe have protested against the killings in southern Kaduna, their home town, asking the international community to influence President Buhari to stop what they described as ‘genocide,’ and ‘state-sponsored’ killings of Christians by Fulani herdsmen.
The protesters also urged the federal government to declare Fulani herdsmen a terrorist organisation.
The Southern Kaduna People in Diaspora (SOKAPDA) Europe numbering about 25, converged at the country’s most famous landmarks, Trafalgar Square, at the early hours of Thursday, August 20th, matching to the Nigerian High Commission in nearby Northumberland Avenue, with the cheerleaders chanting “what do we want?” as others responded saying “justice.”
The protest then went into full swing at the Embassy, where they chanted “southern Kaduna can’t breathe”, “ Southern Kaduna lives matter”, “Stop the killings and “stop the genocide.” As the numbers increased, the protesters continued with chants of “Buhari wake up”, “Nigeria does not belong to one tribe”, “Nigeria does not belong to Fulani”. ‘We say no to Jihad, we say no to sharia law, stop El- Rufai”.
There were also chants of “Fulani jihadist are killing us”, “Buhari wake up, we have the right to choose our faith, and we have chosen to be Christians.”
They accused both the federal government and the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, of letting the Christians in southern Kaduna down, and turning a blind eye to the killings of over 2000 people. They urged “El-Rufai to go, if he cannot protect the lives of Christians”.
While addressing The Guardian reporters, Rita Allahmagani, the SOKAPDA President said the reason they have decided stage this protest is to make the international community know that what is happening in southern Kaduna is not a “conflict, but genocide.”
Asked what they want the international community to do, she said: “let them rise up to their responsibility and help. We want the UK, US and France to come in, and prevail on the government to end the killings.”
They later handed a letter to an official of the Nigerian High Commission, who assured them that their message will surely get to the president through the ambassador as reported by Guardian Newspaper
Recall that, countless events of herdsmen and boko haram killings have been on the top notch in Southern Kaduna resulting into the loss of more than 2000 lives being murdered in cooled blood, yet no tangible measures have been taken to curtail or bring a lasting solution by the federal government and the Kaduna State government.
The Economic and financial crime commission has been lashed out by Nigerians after embarking on “stop” and “search” operations around Lekki Axis.
According to reports on social media, the EFCC officials were spotted around Lekki Axis and Ikoyi searching commuters specially private car owners plying the road.
Nigerians while reacting to this unprofessional act, see this as the least expected from a prestigious law enforcement agency, whose responsibility is to secretly investigate issues relating to financial crimes, as failure to stick to this objective, generated into hilarious comments from social media seen as a backlash. See below
However, the EFCC has come out with a press statement, debunking the accusation as claimed, asserting that EFCC operatives cannot be involved in such operations, urging the members of the public to ignore such insinuations.
The statement signed by the EFCC media and Publicity personnel reads;
EFCC Not Involved In “Stop And Search” Operations
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) has been drawn to some spurious news circulating in the social media, linking its Operatives with some contrived ” Stop and Search” operations around Lekki axis of Lagos State.
We wish to state very clearly that our Operatives were not and can never be involved in such operations.
Members of the public are enjoined to ignore such insinuations. EFCC is a professional law- enforcement agency and should not be linked with any traffic management operation on our roads.
Expressing his dissatisfaction over the recent development in Mali which has put the country in chaos, President Buhari through is twitter handle at the noon hours of Thurday, 20th of August sent a note of warning to the mutinying soldiers in Mali.
According to the president, who sees the events as a set back and threat to peace and security, advised Malians to act responsibly and ensure full restoration of constitutional order and stability,
His tweet reads;
“The events in Mali are great setbacks for regional diplomacy, with grave consequences for the peace and security of West Africa” adding that “It is time for the unconstitutional ‘authority’ in Mali to act responsibly and ensure restoration of constitutional order, peace and stability”
President Buhari further maintained that “Nigeria strongly supports the efforts of ECOWAS Chairman, President Mahamadou Issoufou, for wider regional and continental consultations with ECOWAS, the AU and the UN, and the adoption of strong measures to bring speedy resolution to the situation.”
Recall that the President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar has at the late hours of Tuesday resigned from his office after armed soldiers seized him from his home in a dramatic power grab following months of protest, demanding his ouster. It would be of note also that Mali is now be rule by a 25 years old Military Officer immediately after the former leader officially tendered his resignation.
Erigga, the Warri born musician also known a Paper Boi has few hours ago shared his pre-wedding pictures with a beautiful lady on his media handle.
He made this known at the early hours of Thursday through his twitter handle and this has generated a lot of controversies on the media space among his fans.
Recall that the Street rapper had consistently been tweeting against love and women, adding “love is scam” in some of his tweets and even songs, in which many of his fans also share the same ideology with him.
To the surprise of everyone, Erriga, today tweeted “in case you hear from anywhere say erriga wan marry no vex na true……. Oct. 3 I don leave market for una” adding numerous studio pictures of himself and a lady (probably his fiancé) in shots with different poses.
However, this has got many reactions from his fans and other celebrities. While some said he was just shooting a music video and was just catching cruise with the tweet, others have already started sending congratulatory messages to him for the new phase of life his is about entering.
Ademola Adefolahan popularly known as Fireboy DML, announced the release of his new album today and has got his fans and celebrities drooling on social media platform, singing his praise.
The 24 years old Fireboy DML is currently shaking the music industry vigorously with tracks, which has got many celebrities and fans lauding his praise.
He is currently under the Y.B.N.L record label and has been releasing series of tracks, recently. He recently also released “Tattoo”, “Goose Bump”, “ELI” among many other interesting hit tracks.
He claimed “Apolo” is about evolution, pain, love and growth while expressing gratitude to God for His blessings during an interview he was featured in.
It was a sad day for residents of Alagba Street in Orile area of Lagos State as a 15years old girl identified as Favour committed suicide in her parents apartment over alleged sexual harassment by her father.
The shocking news came in on Saturday, 15th of August when the residents of Orile raised an alarm, dragging the attention of officers of the police forcers into the sad incidence.
On being questioned, the father of the deceased identified as Mr. Obiora told the police men that his daughter’s death still remains a shock to him as he woke up to see her hanged on the ceiling fan with a rope.
In a remark, one of the residents who pleaded anonymity, said the death of miss Favour is not just a suicide case but one that is very suspicious because she was seen the previous night looking well and healthy.
Another resident who also pleaded anonymity disclosed to news men that the deceased once confided in her about her father, attempting to rape her on several occasions but always turned down his advances. She further added that if much torture and discipline is wrath on him, Mr. Obiora, the deceased father might disclose the true circumstances surrounding the death of his little daughter.
Sequel to this occurrence, the Police Force has commence investigation to unravel the hidden truth. Mr. Obiora, the father of the deceased,has few hours ago been arrested and taken to Area E Police Division in Orile for further questioning as they promise to see to the root of the matter.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered for the re-arrest of the notorious criminal in Oyo state who escaped from the custody of Oyo State Police Command.
This was made known by the Police Public Relation Officer, Mr. Frank Mba who said the IGP has ordered the Oyo State Commissioner of Police to try all means to possible within his power to rearrest the criminal.
Mba made it clear on Wednesdah that Muhammed Adamu has also intensified plans and tactics to assist the Oyo state Government’s Police Force in the search.
Mr. Frank in the statement said “the team Is expected to bring their vast operational, technical and investigative experience to bear in supporting the on going efforts aimed at rearresting and bringing the fugitive to book”, adding that “all persons indicated in the escape are to be identified and made to face the wrath of the law”.
However, the IGP has calmed the nerves of the youths in the communities who are furious about the escape by asking them to provide useful information the Force can use to get the desired result.
Recall that the 19 years old Sunday Shodipe was arrested alongside with two other men on July 17th who were charged to court but firstly remanded in the police custody. Unfortunately, Sunday found his way out of the police custody where he was locked on August, 8th which stirred up annoyance in among members of the communities resulting into a mass protest at the Oyo State Police Command.
We hope he gets caught and brought to book as GGB reporters following this story, are always at alert to reporting the latest happenings as it unfolds.
Nigeria students stormed the street of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory today protesting against the closure of higher institutions of learning, urging the Government to re-open schools if market and religious gatherings could be allowed.
Great numbers of students were at the noon hours of Wednesday, 19th of August seen protesting peacefully on the street of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with placards containing different write-ups ranging from “Open our institutions now”, “We say no to schools closure”, to “FG, end issues with ASUU”, ” We want to learn and graduate”, among many others.
The angry students changed the sweet atmospheric sound in the cool environment to an uncomfortable one through lyrical songs, choruses and chants depicting anger, grief, dejection and oppression.
While addressing news men at the scene of the protests, Elijah Felix, the President of the National Association of University Students said;
“How do you close our Universities, Polytechnics and other academic Institutions and you are telling people you want to close the virus? Our demands are that our schools should be re-opened. ASSU strike has been lingering in this country for so long. Everytime the Government has issues with ASUU, it is the students that are at the receiving end” adding that “Everybody who is in school for a four-year programme ends up spending 6 or more years” adding that”.
While stating clearly their demand, Elijah said “We want the Government to find a way to address this and stop putting our generation at risk”.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government in April has ordered the closure of all Tertiary Institutions as part of the measures taken to curbing the spread of Covid 19 and ever since then, it has remained shut even after worship centers, Airports, Markets, social gatherings among many others shut alongside are now opened.
The clash between Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide and Bishop Oyedepo of Living Faith Church Over the New CAMA Law has further stirred up debates and disputes among top political and Religious in Nigerians.
The provisions of this Law as it pertains to religious bodies pose agitations since Nigeria is made up of people of diverse religions, basically Muslims and Christians in which, anything relating to religion in Nigeria is considered sensitive.
Apparently, the provisions of this new law seek to regulate the activities of religious bodies and other associations. Section 839 provides that the Corporate Affairs Commission (“CAC”) may by order, suspend the trustees of an association or a religious body and appoint an interim manager(s) to coordinate its affairs, where there has been misconduct or mismanagement of properties of the association or religious body for the interest of the public.
Looking deeply into this, it’s a clear case of lack of trust in government, fear of exploitations, suppression and mismanagement of funds and properties.
Reacting to this, Bishop David Oyedepo questioned the rationale behind the inclusion of religious centres and charity organisations into the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA). According the Bishop, the church works on the pattern delivered by God not the pattern of man. The government has no power to appoint people over churches.
Responding to the statement made by the Oyedepo, the Lauretta Onochie, a Presidential aide through her twitter handle said, “I hope this is not true. If it is, Oyedepo will have to manufacture his own country and live by his own laws” adding that “as long as he lives and operates within the entity called Nigeria, he will live by Nigerian rules and laws, he will do as he’s told by the law”. “Enough of lawlessness!” She further stated
This clash of disagreement between these two top leaders has further generated a lot of war of words among top Nigeria political and religious leaders including the average members of the public.
Dr. Charles Omole, a lawyer and political strategies has responded to the issue maintaining that the controversy over the new CAMA Law is unnecessary, as most of the provisions are standard practice in many nations, but the lack of trust in government has made folks suspicious of anything that seems to give government more powers, due to the culture of abuse, overreach by government.
On the other hand, Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church who described this act as a means of fighting the church, saying it is a strategy the government employed to meddling with church affairs, which is totally unacceptable by him, He said: “Nobody can shut down my account. No one can can get a trustee for me. The government needs to be cautioned. They don’t have any thing to do with the church. It’s not the government that brought land for me. They didn’t do evangelism for me. They didn’t build for me.”
“They are just jokers” he asserted.
From voice-pop gathered by GGB reporters concerning this issue, some Nigerians are of the view that “a secular person can’t interpret how a religious organisation conducts its activities when he does not even understands it” Itobi Gideon Opined. Ani Precious asked “can you entrust a muslim to the affairs of a mega church? or can you entrust a christian to the affairs of a central mosque? In a state like kaduna, can you entrust the affairs of the church to anti christian government?” adding that “we need to be careful with this act before we open a pandora boxs”.
Reactions from Twitter users as gathered by GGB reporters are shown below;
Monday, 17th of August was a day never to be forgotten in a jiffy due to the remarkable experiences the Indonesians had as the dead bodies of family members that had been buried for many years, now resurfaced.
This is a festival known as Ma’nene, usually done once in a year in Toraja area of Indonesia where deceased families are to dig out the corpse of their loved ones from the grave and celebrate with them.
As the culture of Toraja demands according to “FactWacts report”, the dead will be taken out of their coffin, cleaned and given a new set of clothes.
Relatives from far and wide come to celebrate Ma’nene, feasting, swapping stories and honouring the deceased as they(the dead) are offered food, water, cigarette or some other interesting hobbies they (the dead) love doing while still alive.
The Indonesians from Toraja believe that the spirit of the dead is still very close to them and it craves for care.
It would be of note that these bodies are often being preserved by preservatives.
The football legend, Evans Obutu, who was a defender for Posta Ranger has died at the late hours of Monday, 17th of August while playing a friendly match for his loaned team, Shabana FC in Kenya.
The incident occurred in the 40th minute of the match when Obutu collided with the opposing goalkeeper which led to the halt of the game.
He was quickly rushed to a government hospital Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital (KTRH) but was abandoned due to the strike the doctors had embarked on prior before his arrival and was finally moved to Nyangena Private Hospital where he was treated and discharged the same day.
Shockingly, the situation got worsened and a surgery was done on him as a remedy to treating his ailment but unfortunaly, Obutu, the 33 years old footballer died on Monday due to intestinal complications resulting from the Injury he sustained in the stomach.
While confirming the sad incident, Jasper Marube, Obutu’s brother said “My brother cried loud ‘Jesus! Jesus!!’, we tried to administer first aid but he was in a lot of pains so the referee had to stop the match in the 40th minute”.
The funeral rites of the Late Evans Obutu are currently in top gear by the family as the remains of the football legend have been moved to the Nyangena Hospital mortuary where he died.
He was blessed with a wonderful family; a wife and four kids. May his soul rest in peace.
Malam Bello in a statement on Monday, has come out to tell President Buhari to urgently enlist the spiritual support of African witches and wizards, to combat the epidemic challenges of insecurity and corruption, navigating the ship of the Nigerian state towards a huge rock.
Abdul-Rahoof Bello proffered this option in a statement he issued and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
The Politic Scientist noted that the time was ripe and right for Buhari to apply this unorthodox method of African native intelligence in warfare, to defend Nigeria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty against the insurrection of Boko Haram, ritual killings and systemic corruption.
He said that the government had continued to apply the same methods that have yielded no positive results over and over again, even with the deafening prayers by both Muslims and Christians in the country, while querying the reason behind Presidency’s failure to fumigating the nation’s security architecture in obedience to public outcry.
He reminded the President on how Allah (SWA), Commanded the hordes of charger flying birds (Taeran Ababeela), each with a pebble, to flatten the rebellion of the people of elephants who had attempted to demolish the House of Allah (Q:105:1-5), adding that the deployment by Allah (SWA) of Taeran Habaabeel against Ashiaabil feeli, was a symbolic expression of the modern day witchcraft science.
The former university lecturer also decried the worsening security situation and the systemic corruption that had become thump arthritis dwarfing the landmark achievements of Mr President and campaign material for the opposition group to blackmail the governing party.
”The APC stakeholder advised the President not to rest, retreat nor surrender to the forces of darkness in religious killings, ritual killings, ethnic cleansing, kidnapping, corruption, and all other centrifugal tendencies, threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence,” he said.
The Lagos State Government has extended market operations for food and non- food sales at the late hours of Sunday, 16th of August.
The state’s Commisioner for Local Government Affairs and Community affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed in a statement released said the State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu took the decision to ease hardship and has given the economy a lift in respect to the Covid 19 pandemic.
According to the Commissioner, food markets are to open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays while non-food markets are to open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The markets are to open by 6am and close by 6pm daily with immediate effect.
He urged the traders to however adhere strictly to the Covid 19 guidelines for their own good.
Recall that Lagos State is the state topping the list of total states with the highest number of Covid-19 cases having 16, 456 cases, followed by FCT being 4,714 cases, Oyo is 2,952 cases, Edo with 2,423 recorded cases as other states within the country follows suit according to document published by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on the Saturday, 15th of August, 2020.
It would also be of note that as cases are on the increasing side, Lagos State few days ago also lifted ban on worship centers within the state with measures issued out to curbing the spread of the deadly virus.
Mohamed Abdullahi, the Somalia’s President in a Live broadcast meeting held on Saturday, 15th of August got angry, resulting into exchange of blows with his Deputy who was seated beside him.
The meeting was held by the leaders of Somalia in a view to resolving issues plaguing the country ranging from mismanagement of public fund, insecurity to the deadly coronavirus outbreak among other related issues.
As at the time of filing this report, the misunderstanding that ensued between the two leaders resulting into the fight which was seen as a national disgrace according to some individuals, is yet unknown but investigations are still on going to unravel the true cause of the leadership conflict.
VIDEO: Somalia’s President Exchanges Blows With His Deputy
Wilberforce Juta, a former deputy governor and ambassador died at the late hours of Saturday, 15th of August.
Juta was the deputy governor of Gongola State from 1979 to 1983 and finally became the governor after the then governor, his boss, Abubakar Barde had resigned from office in early 1983. Juta remained Governor till October 1983 when his successor Alhaji Bamanger Tukur was elected.
In a statement released, the present Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri described the news as shocking and thereby declared a 3-day mourning for him which will take effect from Saturday, 15th of August being same day of his death.
He also described the late governor as a Humanitarian and a loyal server to the state who will be missed by many, “Adamawa felt his impact in various sectors especially in education and politics”, Fintiri said.
Wilberforce was Nigeria’s ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2000-2004 and also a stake-holder in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) up until his demise at the late hours of Saturday, 15th of August after a brief Illness.May his soul rest in peace.
In a time like this where the masses are still in limbo due to the rising state of the economy in Lagos, there came some moments of Joy for Lagosians as the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed inspected the new Standard-guage Train at noon hours Saturday, 15th of August.
The atmosphere was indeed a lease of fresh air as people trooped and cheered the Ministers while they rode the new trains.The inspection started from The new Ebute metta Train Station,moved to Apapa,came back before jetting to Ibadan for further inspections
However,the Ministers urged the contractors in charge of the project,China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC)to double up the work in order to meet the April 2023 target. This speech was done when the trained stopped briefly at the Agege Train Station. It is worthy of note that the Lagos -Ibadan Rail is just about completion.
Raising concern over the Nigerian youths sexual behavior, The Arewa Youth Consultative Council (AYCC) has asked the Federal Government to block ‘sexual and immorally-related’ websites from the Nigerian cyberspace.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Muhammad Ibrahim, on Friday, 14th of August, who said they are concerned over the high rate of sexual exposure and vulnerability among the youths.
According to the group, the exposure of the youths to sexual content has brought about moral and cultural decadence which if not curtail, can deteriorate our value system.
“We resolved to write to you as concerned citizens to call on your quick intervention in blocking sexual and immorally-related sites in the Nigerian cyberspace to sanitise the reckless behaviour and continuous immoral engagements among youths for sustainable development and progress of our societies,” the statement reads.
AYCC also pleaded with the government to force service provider to protect Nigerians from any violence or terrorism related content, which will help to curb further damage.
The group added that individuals or companies that refuse to comply with the censor should be fined millions and billions of naira, respectively.
GGB gathered that, this request was first forwarded to Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and later to the Ministry of Information and Culture, headed by Lai Mohammed on the Friday, 14th, August, where it was obtained by our reporter.
Feedback from the federal government relating to this letter sent by the Arewa Youth Consultative Council(AYCC) is yet to be received as our reporter following-up this issue is “at alert” to giving us feedback as soon as it unfolds.
Lanre Razak a former commissioner and member of the Governor’s Advisory Council, has reportedly died at the early hours of Saturday, 15th of August.
Before his death, Lanre Razak was a former Lagos State commissioner for public transportation and a member of Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) who was said has died today after battling with an undisclosed illness,
The death of the 74 years old APC chieftain however, came as a shock because he was reported to have been recovering from the ailment plaguing him only to hear again that he has passed on this morning.
The Imam of Peace after wishing Indians in diaspora a wonderful celebration at the early hours of Saturday, as they mark their 74 years of Independence, received a backlash by Indians who claim his comment is irrigating and misinforming.
Mohammed Tawhidi, popularly known as Imam of Peace made a tweet at the early hours of Saturday, 15th of August saying “Happy Birthday Incredible India 🇮🇳 your peace is not only on the map but also in the heart”.
However, Indians after seeing this message coming from a reputable personality, attack his comment box, claiming that India wasn’t born today, they only gained independent from their colonial masters in August 15th, 1947, and that if at all he wants to wish them, it should be a “happy independence” not “happy birthday”.
@iamsnowking, an India twitter user claimed that Indian has been in existence even before Adam, stating that “15 Aug should not be marked as independence but repentance day of ignorance”
Other reactions gather under the 38years old Australia based Imam reformist tweet are;
@ananyakalita “it is not India’s birthday sir, India is more than 20k years old.. It is our independence day”
“thanks sir! but with due respect civilised India came into existence between 10000bc to 5000bc”– @bidhuri_amit
@namannmehta “it’s n9t birthday it’s independence day Birthday of India can’t be determined. It’s tens of thousands of years old country @imamofpeace”
“it’s not our birthday, we are the oldest existing civilization.”–@prakashneha22
Recall that the 38 years old Mohammed Tawhidi, popularly known as Imam of Peace, who is a Muslim and social media influencer currently based in Adelaide area of Australia and also doubles as the President of Islamic Association of South Australia.
Fire guts the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) yard located in Oshodi at about 10am today as properties worth millions of naira are already in the scary fire.
About 10 cars and 1 trailer are already damaged with other vehicles still in the scary heated fire at the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority premises in Oshodi.
According to findings by our reports, the fire started where various vehicles were kept but fortunately, no one was are the scene when the fire start. So we are glad to announce that no lives were lost in the outbreak.
As at the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire outbreak has not been confirmed yet as GGB reporters are currently on the scene of the incident to know more as events unfold.
According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA), the fire was halted by the first responders from the state’s Emergency units.
The federal government has on Friday during a briefing decided to replace plastic identification number to digital format.
This was made known by the Minister of Interiors Mr. Rauf Aregbesola while briefing the state house on the latest development.
According to the Minister, the reason behind this development is for easy and quick access, “The card is just for convenience, the real thing is the number you have; with that number, you are on the data bank, everything about you is there.”
“We are just upgrading it such that, your DNA too will be there very soon. Even if you are in a car, I will know if you are the one in the car through your DNA. It’s already captured. You are already captured, you cannot run away anymore,” he added.
Buttressing further, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Isa Patami, stated that the world had gone digital and stopped focusing on the production of cards.
“What the chairman (Aregbesola) is saying now is that we are no more talking about plastic cards, the whole world has gone digital, so that plastic card is no more”, he said.
The Minister concluded by adding that the digital process will be domiciled in the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Sen. Shehu Sani, a former senator of Kaduna central has blown hot on Federal government through his media handle to condemning the the killings and the high rate of insurgency in the Northern region of Nigeria and the unequivocal imposition of the hate speech act on citizens.
The human right activist has raised an alarm over the killings of Bauchi lawmaker Hon. Musa Mante and the abduction of his wives, describing the situation as “tragic” adding that the number of victims of insecurity has risen to the stratum.
Sani, the ex-law maker further maintained that the NBC shouldn’t be a tool for the restriction of freedom of speech as people have the right to criticize those they elected and hold them accountable, adding that “Maliafylia Obadiah shouldn’t be used as a distraction.”
He went on to urge all the Northern leaders especially the Northern Governors to come together in fighting the insurgency, “bloodshed and violence” which is presently “consuming and demonizing the region”.
Recall that the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission(NBC) has on Thursday, 13th of August fined Nigeria Info, a radio station in Lagos State five million naira (N5m), for the violation of hate speech act by allowing its radio to be used as a medium of promoting unconfirmed sensitive information that could incite the public and there by resulting into chaos between the citizens and government.
The former CBN Deputy Governor, Obadiah Mailafiya, was few days ago featured in a program in Nigeria Info radio station where he publicly said that a Northern Governor is currently the commander of Boko-Haram terrorist group terrorising the country. This state by the ex-deputy CBN Governor has since then raised a lot of issues within the country as reactions trails the air from both well meaning individuals and different organizations.
Mr. P has recently taken to his media handle, blasting one of his top fans who begged him to consider the impacts the defunct “Psquare” had made and the respect it had carved for itself whenever the name is been mentioned, while advising him(Mr. P) to shown every enmity going on within and reunite with his brothers, so the “Psquare” hood can come back to life.
On receiving this, Mr.P in a harsh manner, responded, telling the well meaning fan the level of successes he(Mr.P) has attained since the break up with his brothers and vowed never to go back
Following the controversy trailing ex-CBN deputy governor’s allegations, the National Broadcasting commission(NBC) has fined Nigeria Info N5m over the recent comment made in the radio station by the former CBN debuty governor, Mailafia Obadiah, as contained in a statement signed by the NBC on Thursday.
The state titled: ‘The National Broadcasting Commission Fines Nigeria Info 99.3 For Unprofessional Broadcast ’.
Part of the statement reads; “The station provided its platform for the guest, Dr. Mailafia Obadiah to promote unverifiable and inciting views that could encourage or incite to crime and lead to public disorder”.
Mailafia, who was the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in 2019 presidential election, in an interview with a broadcast station, whose video later went viral, had said he had a chat with two repentant Boko Haram members who named a northern governor as a commander of the terror group.
In relation to this development, the NBC claims Nigeria Info, provided it’s station as a platform for the guest, Dr. Mailafia Obadiah to promote unverifiable and inciting views that could encourage or incite insecurity which could lead to public chaos.
Tragedy struck as goods and properties worth millions of Naira got burnt at the early hours of Thursday in Lagos warehouse reportedly owns by Guinness Nigeria limited.
The warehouse located along Wempco Road, in Ogba, Ikeja area of Lagos State was consumed by fire at about 3:00am on Thursday, 13th of August.
GGB reporters gathered that the warehouse which was engulfed with fire, had been stocked with plastic crates and bottles full of liquid contents belonging to Guinness Nig Ltd.
It would be of note that, as at the time of filing this report, the major cause of the fire outbreak is still being investigated.
However, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said emergency responders, which includes the LASEMA response team and some officials of the states fire service, were present to curtail the situation, He further added that “the immediate cause of the fire could not be ascertained”
Meanwhile, there was no loss of life or injury sustained during the incident.
Obadiah Mailafia, a former CBN Deputy Governor has recently come out to state clearly again while insisting with facts that a Northern Governor is the commander of Boko-Haram.
This weighty allegations has raised a lot of dust within the country which couldn’t be swept under the carpet.
This was made known in an interview he had with Abuja 95.1 fm on Monday.
According to the Ex-deputy Governor, Boko Haram was plotting to start civil war in Nigeria by 2022, in which part of the plan was to wipe out some prominent politicians in Nigeria from their homes in the urban areas after citizens in rural areas have been totally wiped out.
Mailafia said ‘’During the lock-down, the insurgents were moving and distributing arms and ammunition across the country. We have met with some of their repentant high commanders, they have sat down with us not once, not twice” adding that “They told us that a prominent elected Nigeria politician in the North is their(Boko-Haram) commander”.
The 63 years old Economist further clearified that “Boko Haram and the bandits are one and the same”, saying “during this lock-down their planes were moving up and down as if there was no lock-down.”
He said, “President Buhari’s government is blamable for the southern Kaduna killings. The body language of this administration shows clearly that they have a hand in the killings, no doubt about it.”
On hearing this allegation, the Northern Governors Forum( NGF) Chairmaned by Gov. Lalong who doubles as the Governor of Plateau State has through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, said the forum was worried about the weighty allegation made by Dr. Mailafia which must be thoroughly investigated, stating that “We as Northern Governors have met severally to discuss insecurity in the northern region and the nation at large where we did not only condemn the activities of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram, bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminals, but also engaged the President and all heads of security agencies in finding solutions to the problem.”
Lalong further stated clearly that the Forum does not and will not support the activities of any criminal group.
The Northern Governor’s Forum (NGF) further calls for investigation which led to him(Obadiah Mailafia) being summoned by officers of DSS on Wednesday, 12th of August for questioning which he honoured.
Mailafia who spoke with journalists immediately after his release by the Department of State Service(DSS) which was facilitated by a public peace advocate , Rev Para -Mallam, who signed for his release at the end of his encounter with the security officers, maintained that He is a man of peace who wouldn’t give room for any form of violence.
Boldly saying “If I retract anything , I won’t be able to leave this place. I am a man of peace , I am not a man of violence.”
“I must never give up on Nigeria , if need be , I will die for Nigeria” he added.
It would be of note that measures to revealing the name of the Northern Governor whom he allegedly accused of being the commander of the Boko-Haram terrorist group was aborted as questions in this regard were stylishly turned down.
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