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  • Visiting family friend ‘drugs, rapes’ teenager

    The police in Lagos have arrested a 34-year-old man Innocent Ifunayachi for allegedly drugging and raping a teenage daughter of his host.

    The suspect was said to be a family friend and had visited the family at their Bariga Lagos residence on September 11.

    He was said to have met the 14-year-old victim eating noodles and laced the staple with dried Marijuana when the teenager left her meal to get him a drink.

    The teenager was said to have returned to her meal and eaten it not knowing that it has been drugged.

    She was said to have lost consciousness afterwards and he allegedly took advantage of her.

    Similarly, the Police arrested 24-year-old Dayo Maker for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl and threatening to do same to her younger sister.

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    Maker, a resident of 26, Oreshegun Street, Elaje Bariga, was said to have conspired with one Kazeem Bello, 26, to rape the victim last November. The victim was said to have gotten pregnant after the incident and was delivered of the baby five weeks ago.

    Although the girl never told anyone how she got pregnant following threats from Maker, it was gathered that she opened up to her family when the suspect threatened to rape her younger sister.

    According to police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), the suspects were arrested by detectives attached to the Family Support Unit (FSU) Bariga.

    He said the 14-year-old victim was taken to the hospital for treatment and forensic examination.

    Elkana said efforts were on to arrest Bello, who is currently at large, adding that the suspects in custody would be charged to court.

  • Plentywaka begins operations Monday

    Crowdyvest is set to launch a bus hailing company, Plentywaka, which will begin operations on Monday, 16th September with 25 brand new buses.

    According to the MD/CEO of Crowdyvest, Onyeka Akumah, Plentywaka is all about using technology to affect lives.

    He noted that unlike other transport hailing companies, it is out to make millionaires of investors and staff, including drivers and vehicle assistants.

    “We are building a model to empower the drivers to become millionaires, creating jobs and are particular with the values as against just business making venture.”

    Drivers become bus owners after three years of driving a bus for Plentywaka on the condition that the bus is left in the impeccable state in which it was handed over to them and vehicle assistants can also own buses by investing, Akumah revealed.

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    He noted that the organsation’s decision to veer into transport business stemmed from the huge success that Farmcrowdy enjoyed in few years of operation and the need to change the way our buses are in Lagos. “We are particular about quality, safety, efficiency, time management.”

    Noting that Farmcrowdy investors are also investors in Plentywaka, Akumah said: “people that invested in Farmcrowdy have been moved to a platform called Crowdyvest.

    “The goal was to get them to Crowdyvest so that they won’t just invest in agriculture alone, but they can see investment opportunities in Plentywaka.”

    Akumah revealed that Ajah-CMS/CMS-Ajah and beyond will be the pilot route of Plentywaka, from where Plentywaka would expand to other routes within Lagos even as they add to their fleet.

    Akumah introduced Plentywaka’s Founding team in the following order, Johnny Enagwolo, Co-Managing Director, Plentywaka, John Shaibu, VP, Customer Engagement, Afolabi Oluseyi, VP Operations.

    Other partners are Pastor Debo Omotunde and Pastor Godman Akinlabi.

    Akumah called on all stakeholders in the transport sector to work with Plentywaka to make Lagos the desired mega city, adding that Plentywaka is not in completion but seeks to partner with the Lagos state government and indeed every stakeholder in the transport sector.

  • Dwarf beaten to pulp in Enugu for “causing” disappearance of manhood

    A dwarf, simply identified as Anayo, escaped lynching by whiskers as he was accused of causing the disappearance of the manhood of a man whom he shook hands with.

    He was beaten to a pulp by an irate mob before the arrival of the police who rescued him.

    A statement by spokesman of Enugu state police command, Superintendent Ebere Amaraizu said the alleged victim gave his name as Sunday Ebubechukwu.

    States Amaraizu: “The Enugu state command of the Nigeria police force through its operatives of Ogui Division are trying to unravel the mystery surrounding an alleged complaint of feeling of weakness of a male genital organ of a man shortly after his handshake with a man in Enugu.

    It was gathered that the alleged victim who gave his name as one Sunday Ebubechukwu of Obiagu axis of Ogui Enugu had raised an alarm which had attracted sympathizers to the scene at Obiagu on the ground that someone whom he allegedly had handshake with, may have caused the instant weakness of his manhood thereby causing his manhood disappear.

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    It was however gathered that this instantly prompted sympathizers around to descend heavily on the alleged suspect identified as one Anayo who is also said to be a physically challenged person.

    He was said to be receiving beating of his life before police operatives from
    Ogui Division promptly intervened.

    A full scale investigations has begun over the alleged incident.”

  • Police rescue kidnapped Baze University lecturer

    The FCT Police Command said it has rescued a university lecturer that was kidnapped in Abuja last week.

    The Command disclosed this as part of measures to clarify claims made on social media that FCT was under siege.

    The message, which went viral reads: “FCT is under siege, be warned. Its been officially confirmed that 6 persons have been kidnapped within the capital city just yesterday, 14th September,2019.

    “They include a lecturer with Base university who was kidnapped in broad day light, two teenagers returning from Islamiyyah at 6 pm in Wuse zone 6, one Mrs Hannah Azuibuike at 8.30 pm near Habiba plaza in Maitama and Miss Ummi Umar Ardo who was kidnapped at 7,45 outside Blickers Super market Asokoro.”

    Reacting to the security alert, the Commissioner of Police in charge of FCT, CP Bala Ciroma, disclosed that the kidnapped lecturer has been rescued.

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    He also stated that the Command has commenced investigations into the kidnap that took place on Saturday in Abuja.

    The statement reads: “The FCT Police Command wishes to reassure the public that the Federal Capital Territory is safe and the Police have reinvigorated its crime-fighting strategy to ensure the protection of lives and property in FCT.

    “It is pertinent to inform the public that the Police has successfully rescued the Baze University lecturer who was kidnapped on 8th September, 2019.

    “The Command wants to also inform the public that it has commenced a discreet investigation into an unfortunate kidnap case which occurred at Asokoro on Saturday 14th September, 2019. The Police are currently making concerted effort to rescue the victim.”

    The statement added “Contrary to speculations on social media about an upsurge in this crime, the Command wishes to correct the notion and inform the public that the aforementioned were the only cases reported to the police, and efforts are being intensified to arrest the suspects behind the crime.

    “The Command wants to reaffirm its commitment to the protect lives and property by deploying proactive security measures that will nip this crime in the board.”

  • UPDATED: Two feared dead, Three injured in Lagos accident

    Two people have been confirmed dead while three other persons have sustained injuries after a container fell on a truck along Ikorodu Road.

    It was gathered that the accident occurred around 8:30pm at Agric, Ikorodu.

    The truck which was inbound Ikorodu was alleged to have carried unleashed container.

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    As at 9pm, many persons were trapped underneath the container.

    Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Dr. Femi Oke-Osayintolu confirmed the accident but said he was yet to ascertain the number of casualties.

    “We have deployed our men there. I do not know the number of casualties. We are there to move the container and safe lives,” he said.

  • MOSOP welcomes military operations in Ogoni

    The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has described as a step in the right direction, the current military operations in parts of Ogoniland, Rivers State to weed out criminals, vandals and cultists, who it says have turned the area into a river flowing with innocent people’s blood.

    MOSOP, in an online statement by its President, Chief Legborsi Pyagbara, declared that end must quickly come to the criminal activities in Ogoniland.

    The umbrella organisation of Ogoni people said: “While we commend the deployment of military personnel in Ogoniland, we urge that the operations be carried out within the ambit of the law and respect for the human rights of innocent citizens, so that unnecessary collateral damage will not be experienced.

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    “We are calling on Ogoni people to remain peaceful, law abiding and support the legitimate operations.

    “We assure Ogoni people that we are monitoring the process to ensure that innocent lives are not lost.

    ‘’We will promptly take actions against any of such operations that lead to any unnecessary attack on innocent individuals.”

    MOSOP also stated that any breach of professional rule of engagement observed during the military operations should be reported to the appropriate military authorities and to the office of the umbrella organisation of Ogoni people.

  • Repentant bandits release 30 more kidnapped victims in Katsina

    The repentant bandits in Katsina State have released additional 30 kidnapped victims, following the dialogue initiated by the state government with their leaders.

    The victims were presented to Gov. Aminu Masari at the Government House on Sunday in Katsina.

    The victims were kidnapped by the bandits from Kankara and Shimfida, both in Jibia Local Government area of the state.

    They were thereafter taken to their hideout in Damsadau forest, Zamfara State, where they spent some weeks.

    Addressing the victims, Masari said that government would continue to persuade the bandits to release more kidnapped people until all of them were freed.

    He directed that the released victims be taken to hospital for medical check-up before reuniting them with their respective families.

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    One of victims, Zinatu Sani from Kankara, while narrating her ordeal in the hands of the bandits, said that she was kidnapped from her matrimonial home, with two of her children.

    She said that the bandits demanded for a N20 million ransom before they could release her and the children.

    Sani explained that the ransom was later reduced to N6 million which, she said, her family could still not afford to pay.

    She said that the suspected bandits used to give them rice to cook, with only water and salt.

    “For 55 days, we slept in an open place without a roof, not minding the rainfall or heat,” she lamented.

    Sani expressed appreciation to the governor for securing their release, adding that there were still several other victims in the forest yearning for their release from the bandits.

    The returnees were handed over to the Transition Committee Chairmen of Kankara and Jibia local government councils to ensure that they were reunited with their families after medical checkup.

    (NAN)

  • Xenophobia: Take South Africa to ICJ, Akinyemi tells FG

    Former Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi has advised the federal government to take South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for allegedly sponsoring xenophobic attacks against Nigerians.

    Akinyemi said there was no doubt South African government and officials had a hand in the organised attacks against Nigerians across the nation.

    He accused South Africa leaders of inciting the attacks through hate speeches and profiling of Nigerians, stating they too should be reported at the ICJ.

    In a statement on Sunday titled South African culpability on Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, Akinyemi also pointed out the anti-immigrant acts of South Africa against Nigerians at the point of evacuation offered more than enough evidence for the federal government to seek legal redress.

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    According to him: “I have come to the conclusion that the Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other immigrants are acts sponsored or condoned by the South African state in violation of:

    “Article 2, paragraph 2 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

    “Article 2, paragraph 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

    “United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination International Convention on the Protection of Migrant Workers.”

    He called for filing of suits against South African officials and diplomats who incited and fuelled the attacks, stating there were guilty of “failure of care and protection of Nigerian citizens resident there.”

  • Police arrest ‘fake’ EFCC official in Lagos

    The police in Lagos have arrested a 29-year-old man Emeka Emmanuel alleged to have impersonated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Emmanuel was arrested on Saturday morning at Iyana-Iba in Ojo for allegedly defrauding innocent people under the guise of providing jobs for them at the EFCC.

    Police said the suspect was found with a fake EFCC identity card in his possession which he allegedly used to deceive his victims.

    It was gathered that his arrest followed complaint by one Olaposi Semiu at the Ojo Police Station that the suspect collected N51,000 from him over a month ago with a promise to secure his son an employment at the EFCC.

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    Police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said Emmanuel confessed to the crime, adding that detectives also discovered he was running an illegal medical facility at his premises.

    “Other items recovered include medical equipment and fake certificates. The command is advising the public, especially job seekers, to be mindful of the activities of such scammers to avoid falling prey of their antics. Investigation is ongoing and the suspect will be charged to court,” he said.

  • Rural/urban migration threat to national security- Don

    A Professor of English at the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure, Prof. Aborisade Adebayo, has raised the alarm on the continued migration from rural settlement to urban centres of the country.

    Adebayo said the influx of rural people without requisite training or education in any area of human life constitutes a threat to the urban areas in various degrees as result of their undefined background nature.

    The don spoke during the weekend at Oke-Mesi Ekiti at an economic development sensitisation programm, organised by ‘The Likes Group (TLG) to mark the investiture of the new Mayor, Prince Isola Akingbade.

    He stressed that many of those leaving the rural communities in search of better life in urban cities, but without requisite training in any area of human life, are the ones who ultimately opt to become touts or ready tools for politicians in their quest to survive.

    He however blamed governments at all levels for the ugly trend, saying everything possible must be done to tackle it without further delay.

    This, he said, governments can do by providing all needed developmental infrastructures, such as higher schools and skills acquisition centres capable of making would-be migrants stand on their own feet rather than become hangers-on wherever they go later in life.

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    ” I am not saying migration is not good. It is good and it is a global phenomenon,especially when it us done for economic reasons and further advancements. However, where such migration stops from being good is when it is done baselessly

    ” Nothing is wrong with migration. It is normal if it is also done either in pursuit of educational advancement or business growth

    ” It is wrong for people without any skill or anything to transfer to others to suddenly move to places where they become useless to themselves and their host communities.

    Adebayo, commended TLG for its initiatives, urging other socio-cultural organisations and clubs to emulate them towards promoting local communities

    Outgoing Mayor of TLG, Mr Ropo Okunmuyide, he said the group was formed to promote the socio-economic aspirations of the community as well as empower the less privileged to become self-reliant.