Quote:Nigerians Are Leading Suppliers Of Cocaine To Drug Abusers In Hyderabad, Indian Police Claim

Nigerians have emerged as the leading suppliers of cocaine to drug abusers in Hyderabad, enforcement officials in Indians have said.

Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

According to officials, all Nigerian suppliers operate from Bengaluru and Mumbai.

"They keep shuffling between the two cities not to get identified," said an excise official.

This year alone, 235 gm of cocaine had been seized in the city, which had led to the arrest of 12 peddlers, a report by TimesOfIndia noted.

Enforcement agencies have identified Emmanuel Ummudu alias Imma, James, Devine Ebuka, Suzu alias Ebuka, Ugochukwu Cheema, Good Luck and Ben, alias Banard, MTN, as the kingpins behind the supply of cocaine into the city.

In the two recent seizures, the arrested accused had confessed that they were provided with the drug by Ebuka, Ben and Ummudu.

"These Nigerians have multiple cases registered against them in the city.

"They were arrested a few times before and are out on bail. To avoid imprisonment, they started using associates to supply the drug here," assistant excise superintendent, N Anji Reddy, said.

While Ebuka and his brother, Cheema Good Luck, have been into cocaine peddling, excise officials said Ben is more enterprising as he also operates an escort service from Uganda.

Ummudu married a Mumbai-based bank employee, Leela Shivakumar. Cyberabad police arrested the couple in 2018. A fellow Nigerian, Bongani Lucky, is supplying the drug to his associates in Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Since it is difficult to zero in on suppliers who use SIM cards of Ivory Coast and operate through WhatsApp in other states, law enforcement agencies are apprehending carriers who enter the city to deliver cocaine.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/09/05/nigerians-are-leading-suppliers-cocaine-drug-abusers-hyderabad-indian-police-claim

Quote:A fast-rising entertainer, MC Real Abah, is dead.

Idoma Voice gathered that the multiple award-winning rapper, dancer and compere, died after he was allegedly poisoned by a friend identified as Solomon.

The talented dancer, who hailed from Ogbadibo, died on September 2 in Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital.

It was gathered that before he gave up the ghost, he said they should locate one of his friends he identified as Solomon.

One of his friends, Caroline Michael, who spoke with ]IDOMA VOICE Saturday morning, described Abah’s demise as a sad one.

In a moving tribute to the fallen entertainer, Michael wrote, “My heart bleeds for this promising young star. Another homeboy is gone again. I still Can’t believe you are gone Oyine, rest on big sis as you usually call me I will miss you big time bro, I love you, but God loves you most dear. Rest on sweetheart. Till we meet to part no more.”

WATCH VIDEO BELOW...... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSf-aJ8tjps

SOURCE: https://www.idomavoice.com/2020/09/fast-rising-idoma-born-rapper-and-dancer-mc-abah-poisoned-to-death-by-friend-in-abuja-graphic-pic-video.html

Only 200 passengers allowed on incoming international flights - NCAA







International flights coming into Nigeria have been directed to carry a maximum of 200 passengers by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). 
 
The Drector-general/CEO of NCAA Musa Nuhu in a memo released on Friday September 4, also disclosed that there is no limit on the number of outgoing passengers. 
 
Each operator has only one frequency on an approved day of operation irrespective of the capacity of aircraft utilised. It is expected that the limit on the number of passengers on incoming flights will be increased in the coming weeks and additional flight frequencies will be allocated to airlines.
 
It read; 
 

Quote:“Following the announcement by the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the partial resumption of international flights effective September 5, 2020.
“Kindly note due to the limited number of approved incoming passengers (1,280) allowed daily per each airport, it is not possible to accommodate the requested schedule of airlines.
“The approved schedule is based on a maximum number of 200 passengers per each incoming flight to Nigeria. There is no limit on the number of outgoing passengers.
“Each operator has only one frequency on an approved day of operation irrespective of the capacity of aircraft utilised.”

Quote:There was palpable joy on Saturday as the first international flight landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

This is coming after five months of the closure of the Nigerian airspace due to lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.

The aircraft operated by Middle East Airlines touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The Nation gathered that the plane which took off from Beirut, Lebanon, landed at the airport at exactly 02:27 pm.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/breaking-first-intl-flight-lands-in-lagos/amp/

Two ABTU final year students and a prospective Corps member die in auto crash







Students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi are mourning the death of two final year students and a recent graduate.
 
Aminu Ahmed, a 500 level Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Abubakar, also 500 level, died in ghastly motor accidents on Wednesday September 2, and Thursday September 3.
 
According to reports, one Dahiru Musa Hardo, a recent graduate of the institution, who was preparing for the mandatory one year national youth service also died in an accident on his way to his hometown, Toro, two weeks ago. 
 
See more photos and posts mourning the dead students below..
 




 


 
 

Buhari loses family doctor, Marliya Zayyana


 
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 September 5, 2020



President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of his family doctor, Marliya Zayyana.
Zayyana, who was the former Chairperson of the Governing Council, Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State, died within the week, NAN reports.


Reacting, Buhari described the deceased as an outstanding physician whose death was a “personal loss because of our close association with her.”

The president’s remark was contained in a condolence message signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu.

“Marliya was not only a distinguished medical doctor, but she was also a woman of integrity as her tenure at the Federal University Dutsinma had testified.

”Her demise is particularly touching because she was my family doctor in addition to the fact that her brother, Dr Suhayb Rafindadi is also my personal physician,” Buhari said.

Edo girl, 9, rots away and dies after being' raped for rituals' by a 60-year-old chief who is now on the run







A 9-year-old girl has tragically died after her body began to rot following a "ritualistic rape" incident.
 
Habiba was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old chief in Edo state. According to Priscilla Usiobaifo, the founder of Brave Hearts Initiative, the chief confessed to the crime and begged for forgiveness but he fled the community when he discovered that the girl's parents were bent on getting justice.
 
Habiba, who was raped on June 11, 2020, soon began rotting away. It began with her suffering seizures hours after the rape incident. Then she became unwell and her health continued to deteriorate, causing people to suggest that she had been raped for rituals.
 
Last week, rashes appeared on Habiba's skin and her skin started peeling. 
 
She died last Saturday, August 29, while she was being transferred to a more advanced hospital where she was expected to get better care.
 
Ms Usiobaifo revealed that Habiba had become so deformed before her death that it was "extremely difficult" to recognize her.
 


 
The mother of the deceased is inconsolable and the suspect is still free. Police at the Igarra division in Akoko-Edo, Edo state, have reportedly made repeated attempts to capture the chief, all to no avail.
 



 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZrmh6d2_-M

Quote:A video making rounds online shows a native doctor (Babalawo) making some incantations on a billboard erected for the PDP Governorship candidate of the upcoming elections in the state; Eyitayo Jegede. The aim of the native doctor was to prevent vandals from destroying the billboard.

Earlier, the campaign organisation of Eyitayo Jegede has alleged that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is preventing him from displaying his posters and billboards.

Mr Jegede is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is considered the main challenger to Mr Akeredolu who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement on Thursday, the organisation, through its spokesperson, Samuel Fasua, accused the governor of “muzzling political opponents in the state, by preventing them from erecting campaign billboards.”
READ ALSO: Ondo Deputy-Governor: Nine lawmakers dump impeachment plan, back Ajayi

Mr Fasua said the development reeked of abuse of power and flagrant disobedience to extant laws granting political parties equal rights to relevant public utilities.

“Quite shockingly, the governor who is a senior advocate and one who should be passionate on the need to uphold the rule of law, looks away as the Ondo State Signage and Advertisement Agency (OSSAA) stands the law on the head,” he said.

“The agency has consistently rebuffed applications by opposition parties, most especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to mount billboards of their respective governorship candidates.

“One particular approach to perpetrating this subterfuge by the OSSAA, has been the deliberate hiking of their charges on signage permit to a ridiculously high level, all aimed at checkmating opposition parties.

“Besides, the agency has been withholding the signage licence to any advertising agency with application to mount billboards of the PDP governorship candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), without any justification for its action.

“Whereas, it keeps giving express approval to the mounting of Akeredolu’s ‘Aketi’ billboards, in any location whatsoever; and from feelers, such approvals are often granted free of charge.”

Mr Fasua called on Mr Akeredolu to call officials of OSSAA to order, noting that only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is empowered by law to regulate the activities of political parties, and not the OSSAA.

He, however, said Mr Jegede’s supporters had been calm in the face of mounting hostilities.

But the state’s Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo, refuted the allegation, advising the PDP to focus on its campaign and stop looking for excuses for its imminent failure.

“We urge the PDP to face its self-imposed challenges and work assiduously for the election if only to register yet another presence on the ballot,” said Mr Ojogo.

“We doubt if they even have billboards to erect in view of the daily depletion the party has suffered lately.

“It is better for them to withdraw from the race rather than scouting for straws.”

However, the spokesperson for the Deputy Governor, Tope Okeowo, told PREMIUM TIMES that the Zenith Labour Party candidate, Agboola Ajayi, was yet to witness such frustration from the agency.

“For now, nobody has stopped us from erecting billboards or posters anywhere,” Mr Okeowo said.

“Maybe because he is still the deputy governor and he still enjoys his immunity. Otherwise, we have not experienced that kind of thing, at least for now.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/409898-ondo-2020-jegede-accuses-akeredolu-of-blocking-billboards-posters.html

Quote:WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Mum-of-three Kate Wise suffered second and third degree burns all over her body, including her entire face, her hands, and even her legs and feet

A mum has suffered horrific burns all over her body after a bottle of hand sanitiser caught fire and exploded while she was lighting a candle.

Kate Wise, from Austin, Texas, said she put some sanitiser on her hands on Sunday before trying to light a candle at her home in the suburb of Round Rock.

Kate put her three children in bed to watch a movie before using some hand sanitiser; shortly after, she went to light something and her arm caught fire in a "bomb-like explosion".

The incident left her with second and third degree burns all over her body, including her entire face, her hands, and even her legs and feet.

Two of her daughters ran to the neighbour to call the emergency services.

Despite being on fire, the mum-of-three carried her 14-year-old disabled daughter and her dog out of the house.

The woman is currently in intensive care in Austin and needs major reconstructive surgery.

In the incident, which left her kids traumatised, their home was damaged too and they lost all their possessions.

Speaking from her hospital bed, Kate said: "Because of the hand sanitiser, it just lit my whole ... everywhere I had hand sanitiser on my hand, it just lit my hand with fire.

"It’s something that you never want your kids to see." After being released from hospital, the mum will need to find a new home for the family.

Kate now wants to raise awareness about what happened to her in order to prevent others from getting hurt.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Round Rock Fire Department, KHOU reported.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/mum-suffers-horrific-burns-hand-22632458

Quote:The Trade Union Congress and 79 other civil society organisations and labour unions under the aegis of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond codenamed ASCAB, are set to hold nationwide protests and strike action next week over the increment of the fuel price and electricity tariff.

It was learnt that the Nigeria Labour Congress, which is part of ASCAB, was still holding a meeting as of Friday evening to determine its next line of action.

Apart from NLC and TUC, some other affiliate members of ASCAB include: United Action for Democracy, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, Journalists for Democratic Rights, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Services Technical and Recreational Services Employees, Civil Liberties Organisation (Bayelsa), and COPEAIDS Foundation, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, among many others.
Confirming the development to one of our correspondents on the telephone on Friday, Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), said it was evil of the government to increase the prices of essential commodities during a pandemic.

He said while other countries were making life easier for their citizens through tax cuts and palliatives, the Nigerian government was doing the exact opposite.

The activist said, “There is going to be a general strike and protest. We will fix a date after a meeting this evening. ASCAB is meeting today (Friday) with TUC leadership and about 79 others have indicated that they will take part in the national day of action against these anti-people developments. It will be next week but the date has not been picked yet.

“Other nations are giving cash to their citizens, cancelling rents but Nigeria is imposing taxes and all other levies on its citizens. We will fight against it.”

Falana said the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, which announced the fuel price increase, had no power to do so.

He also faulted claims by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, that there was nothing the government could do to intervene in the new petrol price

The senior advocate said Section 6 of the Petroleum Act gives the Minister of Petroleum the powers to determine the price of petroleum products and this had been affirmed by the courts.

Falana said, “The PPMC has no powers under the law to fix fuel price. Section 6 of the Petroleum Act makes it clear that it is the minister that can determine the price of petroleum products and the courts have affirmed this.”

Meanwhile, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria says the recent hike in fuel price was not caused by the global price of crude oil but a deliberate devaluation of the naira by the Federal Government.

The President of PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme which was monitored by one of our correspondents on Friday.

Sylva had stated that the recent rise in fuel price was caused by the increase in global crude oil prices.

He said, “What are the drivers of the pump price? The driver of the pump price is the currency exchange. What has necessitated this today is not actually because of the fact that the product pricing is increasing internationally. The crude oil price relatively in the last six months has been hovering between $40 and $45 per barrel

But what has necessitated this is actually the devaluation. Today, we observe that in the last three months, we have had a 25 per cent devaluation of our currency. The government did it deliberately to have more money.

“They now have more money having done the devaluation and are now passing the burden to us because petroleum is not refined in Nigeria but abroad and everything is priced in dollars. The cost of crude oil, labour cost and all other costs that go into it are priced in dollars.

“So, by the time you bring it to Nigeria and ask us to pay in naira which has been devalued, by the time you factor in the 25 per cent devaluation of the naira, you will have to pay more.”

The PENGASSAN boss further stated that the landing cost which had increased was solely determined by the Federal Government and was paid in naira; hence it ought not to have been reviewed upwards.

“For us, this is not the best time. If as a government you have devalued your currency and you are making 25 per cent excess on top of your currency, which is fine, (then) you have more money to pay workers and meet your naira need, it is fine.

But again, you are telling us that the landing cost has increased in naira. Not necessarily in dollars, and you are also passing that unto the majority of the Nigerian citizens; I think this is double jeopardy and all stakeholders need to engage with the government,” Osifo said.

Jonathan’s subsidy removal better than Buhari’s – PENGASSAN

The PENGASSAN president said the fuel price hike executed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was worse than that of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Jonathan had in January 2012 removed fuel subsidy which caused nationwide protests, especially in Lagos where thousands of people took to the streets to express their displeasure.

Responding to a question on Friday, however, the PENGASSAN President said removing the subsidy in 2012 was actually a better decision because it would have had less effect on the people.

He said increasing fuel price in 2020 in the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic and a worsening economy would exacerbate the suffering of Nigerians.

Osifo said, “I think the timing today is even more problematic compared to 2012 because we are battling a pandemic. I can tell you that for a lot of households, their income has diminished; a lot of businesses have been shut down since March.

“I can tell you that today, Nigerians are facing hardship. I believe that 2012 was a bit better than it is today because the pandemic has ravaged the average household in Nigeria. You have seen the recent figures from the National Bureau of Statistics. We are actually in negative Gross Domestic Product. By the next quarter, we could be in recession. This is not the right time to have done this.”

Osun rights’ group gives FG five-day ultimatum to reverse increment

Members of Coalition for Civil Societies in Osun State on Friday stormed streets in protest against the hike in electricity tariff and pump price.

They subsequently gave a five-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to reverse the increment or face mass street protests.

The protest, which started from Freedom Park, Osogbo around 8:30am, moved to Oke Fia area, and later terminated at Olaiya Junction, where the conveners spoke with journalists.

Members of the civil society groups, leadership of students’ movements in South-West, and some members of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, were joined by some artisans in the protest that lasted some hours.

As the protesters, accompanied by the men of the Department of State Services in mufti and policemen, moved through major streets in Osun State capital, traffic flow was disrupted, leading to gridlock.

The participants, who carried placards with the inscriptions such as “Buhari, enough is enough,” “PMB, people are hungry,” chanted anti-government slogans as they moved from street to street.

Speaking with Saturday PUNCH during the protest, one of the conveners, Waheed Saka, said Nigerians were experiencing untold hardship under the current regime.

He said, “We are here because Nigerians are angry. Buhari has betrayed the trust of Nigerians. We are here because Buhari has failed Nigerians.

“His decision is putting more pressure on the already pauperised Nigerians. We say no to increase in electricity tariff, we say no to incessant increase in pump price. We say no to the illegal Water Resources Bill that is before the National Assembly.”

Also speaking during the protest, Olatunji Ishola, the Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students, South West Zone, said the students rejected the hike in electricity tariff and pump price.

10 #RevolutionNow members arrested in Osun

Ten members of #RevolutionNow Movement were on Friday reportedly arrested in Iree, Osun State for distributing awareness fliers in the community.

One of those arrested, Omolola Pedro, gave the names of others as Owoeye Olaoluwa, Osungbaro Adeoti, Oguntola Sunday, Abraham Omowunmi, Akande Michael, Sunmbade Tunde, Akinbobola Jumoke Vivian, Luke Tega and Emmanuel Samuel.

Omolola also accused the police of brutalising one of those arrested, saying they were apprehended around 2:00pm in Iree but were later moved to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department at Osun State Command headquarters, Osogbo.

According to her, the group of ten member of #RevolutionNow Movement was in the town to sensitise the people to the need to speak against some policies of government.

Omolola said, “We addressed people in the market, telling them they needed to speak up against misgovernance. We also distributed fliers.”
Divisional Police Officer, Iree Division ordered our arrest and we were later moved to Osogbo where we were made to write statements at SCIID. Two of our members were assaulted for not wearing face masks but we were later released on bail around 7:00pm.

“Three people stood sureties for us. Olawale Bakare, Agbogunlori Michael, who is NANS Chairman, Osun Axis, and Akinyemi Morakinyo were our sureties. Our lawyer, Mr. Alfred Adegoke, later secured our release on bail. We were told to come back next Tuesday. Our banner was confiscated.”

Also confirming the development, Adegoke said all the 10 persons arrested had been released.

When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command, Yemisi Opalola, said she had not be briefed.

Don’t take Nigerians for granted, northern groups warn Buhari

The Coalition of Northern Groups has warned Buhari against taking Nigerians for granted following the government’s announcement of the recent hikes in electricity tariff and fuel price.

The CNGs demanded the immediate and unconditional reversal of the multiple increments or risk mass resistance.

The group said it was in touch with other regional groups such as Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and PANDEF to ground activities in the country.

They described the government’s action as insensitive and unjustifiable in the face of sundry challenges in the country, warning that its demand must not be taken lightly.

They called on Nigerians to brace for mass resistance against the Buhari-led government, saying that Buhari had yet to learn lessons after being booted out as head of state for something similar in 1985 by the military.

The mass resistance, the group said, was the first phase of its planned protest against the Buhari- led government. The second phase, according to the CNGs, was to force Buhari to resign from office.

These were the positions of the northern group at a press conference in Kaduna on Friday.

CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, anchored the press conference titled: ‘Our stand on the rise on cost of essential services and survival in Nigeria’.

While directing all its branches across the region to brace in case the government failed to heed their calls, Suleiman said the hikes in electricity tariff and pump price of fuel were a recipe for anarchy.

“We have reached out to all segments of society. We have liaised with Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, PANDEF, except the Indigenous People of Biafra for necessary action,” he said.

Suleiman added, “Despite the administration’s claims of fighting a war against corruption, the entrenchment of mediocrity has left the country worse than it was five years ago in the global corruption perception index.

“The present administration had been tolerated for too long even with its level of impunity in the dispatch of goods and services which gravely endanger the peace, unity and development of the country.”

Meanwhile, Benue State Chairman of the NLC, Godwin Anya, who condemned the hikes in both fuel pump price and electricity tariff, said that the present administration was inflicting pains on the masses.

He said, “The hikes in electricity tariff and fuel pump price are to make the masses suffer; this government has consistently inflicted pains on the ordinary citizens.”

NURTW, NGO condemn fuel, electricity tariff increments

The Executive Director, Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy, Mr Taiwo Otitolaye, has urged the Federal Government to reverse the current increment in the price of petrol and electricity.

Otitolaye said the hikes were condemnable, adding that the Federal Government was dancing to the dictate of the International Monetary Fund to deregulate the economy of Nigeria.

He said, “The price increase in fuel and electricity is meant to cause hardship for ordinary Nigerians who are already impoverished. The price increase will affect everyone including those in the rural areas.”

Kwara State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Ariwoola, while condemning the increase in fuel price, said it would cause hardship for the people.

Ariwoola lamented that those in the transportation business had yet to get out of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, before the government added “insult to injury of transport workers by increasing the pump price of fuel.”

He said that the government had previously assured the transport workers that it would reduce the fuel price, adding that the reverse is now the case.

Government should immediately reverse the price of fuel if it does not want the transport workers to jerk up the transport fare. If the government insists on going with this policy, we in the transport business will have no alternative but to increase the transport fare for the passengers,” he said. ,,

https://punchng.com/tuc-79-others-plan-protests-strike-over-fuel-price-electricity-tariff-hikes/

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES 

SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER.



STAY TRUE TO THE GOSPEL





We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair (2 Corinthians 4:8).





The Christianity that we have today didn’t come to us on a platter of gold. If you read about Christian martyrs, you’d find that many were killed, beheaded, for their testimony of Christ. On one occasion, over six thousand men were slaughtered for their faith in Jesus Christ, and they were soldiers. 





They believed the Gospel with all their hearts, and nothing was going to stop them from transferring to the next generation the same faith that they had received.





All the years that you’ve probably had liberty to worship the Lord, to praise Him in the church, attend crusades and participate in life-transforming meetings, that liberty came through the deep struggle, prayers, sweat, tears, blood, faith, determination and passion of other men and women who staked their lives on the Gospel. 



They weren’t only persecuted, many were buried alive. Some were sawn in two; violently killed, for their faith in Jesus Christ.



Persecution of Christians is still happening in several countries today. Some countries have concentration camps where Christians are subjected to harsh and heinous treatments for their faith in Jesus. A very recent report officially shows that Christians are the most persecuted group in the world.



I’m bringing this to you so you understand that the faith of Jesus Christ that we have, the message of Christ that we’ve believed, is worth everything. In spite of the persecution, those before us maintained their faith and stayed true to the Gospel. It should and must be the same in our day.



No matter what’s happening in your city or nation, stay true to Christ. Don’t vacillate. As read in our theme verse, we don’t give up; we don’t quit. Preach the Word in and out of season. Nothing should be terrifying or intimidating enough to keep you quiet, for greater is He that’s in you than all the adversaries and adversities in the world. Hallelujah!







CONFESSION



Irrespective of the tribulation, distress, persecution or peril in this world, I’m more than a conqueror through Him that loved me—Christ Jesus, my Lord! I’m persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor anything, shall separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. 



I remain steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Amen.





FURTHER STUDY



Romans 8:35-39; 1 Thessalonians 3:7-8 NLT





1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 2 Corinthians 3:7-4:1-18 & Proverbs 16-17




2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 & Jeremiah 23









#AFFIRMATIONTRAIN 


I affirm that my mind is attuned to God’s frequency! My spirit is aglow with the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ; the light of the knowledge of God’s glory shines perpetually in my heart. 


I know my divine origin; I am from Zion, the city of the living God. I am an associate of the God-kind, with the totality of divinity tabernacled in my spirit and uniquely expressed through me today. 


Therefore, I refuse to be subject to the principles
of this world’s system. I am heavenly; I am seated with Christ in the place of authority! Hallelujah. 


My spirit is enlightened; I have understanding and knowledge of my victory in Christ Jesus over satan and the powers of darkness.


 I live to serve the Lord, free from fear of the devil and the wickedness in this world! Today, I go out knowing that no evil shall befall me and I am delivered from wicked and unreasonable men.

I belong in God’s superior class of divine beings; thus, I look beyond the natural realm of existence to my heavenly rights, blessings, and provisions in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah! 


I recognize today and take hold of my divine right to live in health, prosperity, victory, success, dominion, and excellence! 


I reign and rule over circumstances and exercise dominion over satan. Blessed be God. Hallelujah!




God bless you


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Serial rapist allegedly pardoned by state governor, arrested for raping 4-year-old girl inside mosque in Bauchi




 


The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl.
 
The 50-year-old man, Yusuf Bako of Yakubu Wanka Street Bauchi allegedly lured the victim, Hauwa Jamilu to a Mosque located at Aminu Street and had canal knowledge of her.
 
It was alleged that the suspect was among inmates pardoned by the state governor few months ago to deconjest prisons and curb the spread of coronavirus. 
 
Spokesperson for the command, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Awkil, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, September 4, said that the suspect was arrested on Thursday and has confessed to the crime.
 
"On the 03/09/2020 at about 1130hrs one Jamilu Abdullahi 'M' of Igbo Quarters reported at the Township Police Station that on same date at about 0920hrs One Yusuf Bako 'M' aged 50years of Yakubu Wanka Street Bauchi lured one  Hauwa'u Jamilu 'F' aged 4years to a Mosque located at Aminu Street and “had canal knowledge of her”.
Subsequently, the said Yusuf Bako was arrested and he confessed to the crime,"


"When interrogated he stated that he was arrested and imprisoned in 2001 and 2015 for the same offence. He further claimed to be among the fortunate inmates recently pardon by the State on the eve of Corona virus.

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Quote:156 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-36
FCT-35
Oyo-29
Kaduna-10
Abia-9
Osun-5
Ogun-5
Enugu-5
Rivers-4
Nasarawa-3
Ekiti-3
Imo-3
Edo-2
Kwara-2
Katsina-2
Plateau-2
Niger-1

54,743 confirmed
42,816 discharged
1,051 deaths https:///ozVzhEdqlP

Quote:Highlights
On the 4th of September 2020, 156 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
Till date, 54743 cases have been confirmed, 42816 cases have been discharged and 1051 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 156 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos (36), FCT (35), Oyo (29), Kaduna (10), Abia (9), Osun (5), Ogun (5), Enugu (5), Rivers (4), Nasarawa (3), Ekiti (3), Imo (3), Edo (2), Kwara (2), Katsina (2), Plateau (2), Niger (1)
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities

Quote:September 3 https://www.nairaland.com/6096306/125-new-covid-19-cases188-discharged

Quote:Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has suspended the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Bamidele Balogun, for imposing a five per cent tax on digital platforms including Netflix and Iroko TV.

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, said this in a statement on Friday night titled, ‘Lagos State Has No 5% Levy on Audio and Visual Contents of Physical and Digital Platforms’

Omotosho, who is the Spokesman for the state government, said Balogun acted without authorisation and was therefore suspended.

The statement read in part, “There is no levy on audio and visual contents of all physical and digital platforms in Lagos State. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Mr. Bamidele Balogun, is said to have announced a five per cent levy.

“The government hereby dissociates itself from the said announcement in the media. The Executive Secretary, who was not authorised to make such an announcement, has been suspended, pending an administrative enquiry.”

He said the Sanwo-Olu administration is not insensitive to the fact that the industry has been badly hit by the effects of the COVID -19 pandemic and empathises with this and other sectors of the economy.

A Federal High Court had barred the LSFVCB from levying film and video producers.

Justice Chuka Obiozor of a Federal High Court had in a judgment in June 2020 stated that the LSFVCB could not be collecting taxes at the same time as the National Film and Video Censors Board as it amounted to double taxation.

Despite the judgment, however, Baalogun had written letters to several digital platforms including Netflix and Iroko TV demanding five per cent.

A letter, which was addressed to the Managing Director of Iroko TV, Jason Njoku, stated that the firm must pay five per cent on all visual and audio content.

The letter dated August 31, 2020, read in part, “We hereby request for immediate payment of the five per cent levy on all audio and visual content produced, sold, distributed, marketed, exhibited, streamed, downloaded and shared across all physical and digital platform situate, lying and being within Lagos State.”

When contacted on the telephone, Balogun said he could not speak on the matter.

The Executive Secretary of the NFVCB, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, had described the new levy of the state government as wrong and inimical to the growth of the sector.

“There is an existing court judgment on that matter. The move is wrong and I will be meeting with representatives of the state soon to look into the issue,” he said.

The Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria had also lambasted the Lagos State Government for going ahead with the levy despite a court judgment.

The President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, Mr. Pretty Okafor, described the new levy by the state government as illegal and wicked, adding that it would be challenged again in court.

Quote:Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has suspended the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Bamidele Balogun, for imposing a five per cent tax on digital platforms including Netflix and Iroko TV.

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, said this in a statement on Friday night titled, ‘Lagos State Has No 5% Levy on Audio and Visual Contents of Physical and Digital Platforms’

Omotosho, who is the Spokesman for the state government, said Balogun acted without authorisation and was therefore suspended.

The statement read in part, “There is no levy on audio and visual contents of all physical and digital platforms in Lagos State. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Mr. Bamidele Balogun, is said to have announced a five per cent levy.

“The government hereby dissociates itself from the said announcement in the media. The Executive Secretary, who was not authorised to make such an announcement, has been suspended, pending an administrative enquiry.”

He said the Sanwo-Olu administration is not insensitive to the fact that the industry has been badly hit by the effects of the COVID -19 pandemic and empathises with this and other sectors of the economy.

A Federal High Court had barred the LSFVCB from levying film and video producers.

Justice Chuka Obiozor of a Federal High Court had in a judgment in June 2020 stated that the LSFVCB could not be collecting taxes at the same time as the National Film and Video Censors Board as it amounted to double taxation.

Despite the judgment, however, Baalogun had written letters to several digital platforms including Netflix and Iroko TV demanding five per cent.

A letter, which was addressed to the Managing Director of Iroko TV, Jason Njoku, stated that the firm must pay five per cent on all visual and audio content.

The letter dated August 31, 2020, read in part, “We hereby request for immediate payment of the five per cent levy on all audio and visual content produced, sold, distributed, marketed, exhibited, streamed, downloaded and shared across all physical and digital platform situate, lying and being within Lagos State.”

When contacted on the telephone, Balogun said he could not speak on the matter.

The Executive Secretary of the NFVCB, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, had described the new levy of the state government as wrong and inimical to the growth of the sector.

“There is an existing court judgment on that matter. The move is wrong and I will be meeting with representatives of the state soon to look into the issue,” he said.

The Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria had also lambasted the Lagos State Government for going ahead with the levy despite a court judgment.

The President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, Mr. Pretty Okafor, described the new levy by the state government as illegal and wicked, adding that it would be challenged again in court.

https://punchng.com/sanwo-olu-suspends-director-for-imposing-5-levy-on-netflix-iroko-tv-others/

Quote:The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Enugu depot, has warned that petrol may cost more in the South-East.

It said this is because the Federal Government failed to reactivate the Emene depot.

The Chairman of Enugu depot of the association, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Friday.

Anyaso said that petrol might be sold for N170 in the South-East because of the cost of delivering the products at the stations in the zone.

Anyaso said that the depot had been lying moribund since 2005.

He was reacting to the increase in the pump price of petrol and the challenges faced by marketers in the zone.

He said the depot was strategic to the national economy, adding that it was serving Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, parts of Imo, Abia, Cross River and North-Central, including Benue State.

The IPMAN chief described the cost of transporting products from Lagos, Warri, Benin, Calabar and other locations as huge.

According to him, marketers do not get their equalisation fund as and when due.

He said that marketers in the zone were incurring huge losses due to incessant road crashes and spill involving their trucks as a result of the poor state of the roads.

“We want to use this opportunity to renew our appeal to the federal government to repair the Emene depot in Enugu so that our members can start loading products from here.

“This depot has been shut down for over 15 years due to what they called pipeline vandalism.

“Our members are suffering and the people of the South-East and other areas that source products from the depot are suffering.

“For instance, the ex-depot price has been increased to N151.56, we will have to pay additional N14 for transportation and other expenses per litre depending on where we loaded before it is discharged in our stations.

“That will not be the case, if the product is pumped to the depot in Enugu and lifted from there, it will be much cheaper for us and enable us to sell between N160 and N162 per litre.

“We are ready to work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the security of pipelines. And fixing the Enugu Depot will also help a better-deregulated sector, which the federal government is pursuing,” Anyaso said.

He called on members of the association in the zone to continue to provide quality services to the people to the best of their ability.

(NAN)

Source: https://punchng.com/petrol-may-cost-more-in-south-east-ipman/

Do I look like someone that will date Ebuka and leave him'' - Cee-C replies 'rumormongers' alleging she dated media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu







Cee-C has fired back at social media users who are making allegations of her having a romantic affair with media personality and show host, Ebuka. 
 
The reality show star in her Instastory post stated that if she had dated Ebuka, she would never have left him.
 
Cee-C wrote; 
 

Nigerian student, 21, accuses her father of battering her mother for years and threatening to do worse







A 21-year-old student has accused her dad of domestic violence towards her mum and she shared photos of her mother with the injuries inflicted on her.
 
Gloria Ezeobi, a student of pharmacy at LUTH, said her parents have been married for 22 years and her father, Sunday Vincent Ezeobi, has allegedly been "brutally beating" her mother, Maureen Ezeobi, for all of those years.
 
She claimed that her father's apprentice also beats her mum in front of her dad. She said the alleged domestic violence from her dad has caused her mother to have miscarriage twice.
 
She added that her mother recently gathered courage and reported to the police but they did nothing.
 
Gloria claimed her father also abuses her and her sister and that he once stripped her naked and flogged her with a fan belt before sending her out of the house late at night.
 
She said her father also regularly locks her mother out of the house, causing her to sleep in the streets for days.
 
The student said her father has boasted that nothing can be done to him.
 
"My money will get me anything in Nigeria so no one can save you," she claims her father told them.
 
Read her tweets below.
 

EFCC arrests 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos







13 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). 
 
The suspects were identified as Olowosoke Temidire; Oladoyin Tolulope; Adeyemi Toyese Jubril; Agbeluyi Olusola; Olayinka Azeez; Abdullahi Olalekan; Gbenga Ade; Nwokeso Innocent; Obodoukwu Godstime; Mba Emmanuel; Oluwadare Ibisiola, Damilola Ogunsemire and Christopher Ubong.
 
They were reportedly arrested at Plot 109 Obas Street off AIT Estate, Lagos State, and some other areas within the axis on Wednesday September 3, after the anti-graft agency received credible intelligence received from concerned members of the public on their criminal activities.

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Scores reportedly dead as truck rams into cars in Auchi







Unconfirmed number of people reportedly died on Friday September 4 when a truck rammed into several cars in Auchi, Edo State.
 
According to an eyewitness, Austine Imonche Oviosun, the accident happened in the afternoon along First Bank Road.
 
See more photos below...
 



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Petrol price hike: God told me Nigeria will break up – Primate Ayodele


 
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 September 4, 2020



The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has reacted to the recent increment in electricity tariffs and fuel price in Nigeria by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.


The federal government had a few days ago hiked the fuel pump price of petrol to N151.6 per litre, a piece of news that was greeted with widespread reflection.


Ayodele, however, said the development marked a confirmation of one of his prophecies in 2015 during the release of his annual book of prophecy titled ‘Warning to the nations’.

He frowned at the government for making policies that will not make life better for Nigerians, noting that the government is in a confused state, hence, difficult for it to know what to do.

He further prophesied that Nigeria could break up and warned citizens to brace up for more crises.


While berating the performance of the government in security and employment, he lamented that the dollar may soon likely exchange for N500.

“Nigeria has just started to suffer, this government has nothing to offer, they don’t know what to do, they don’t have direction, we are not talking about that alone, we are talking about security, the government of Buhari is not interested in making lives better for the citizens, how long do we continue to manage this?


“The Lord spoke to me that Nigeria will break, international debt is nothing to write home about, the rate of unemployment is high, Nigeria will still go into recession no matter what, the people in charge of the economy are confused, this is the fulfilment of my prophecy.

“I said in 2015 that Nigeria will still buy petrol at 150 if care isn’t taken, the dollar will jack up to 500 naira, some governors will not be able to pay the N30,000 minimum wage.


“Nigeria needs prayers, the crisis has not started, as from next year, there will be a water shortage, famine, food scarcity.’

Three burnt to death in Lagos -Ibadan expressway auto crash

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 September 4, 2020


Three persons were on Friday burnt to death in an accident involving a pick-up van around Danco filling station on the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway.


Mr. Ahmed Umar, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta.


According to Umar, the crash occurred around 4:37pm and was caused by excessive speeding and loss of control by the pickup van driver.


He said that the pickup van with no registration number was on top speed, when it lost control, hit a truck in its front and immediately burst into flame.


The sector commander explained that five persons, all males were involved in the accident, with one person sustaining injuries and three others burnt to death.
“One vehicle was involved; a pick-up van with no registration number on it.

”The suspected cause of the lone crash is excessive speeding which led to loss of control and the van hit a truck in his front and immediately went into flame,” NAN quoted him as saying.


The FRSC boss added that the injured victim had been taken to Idera Hospital in Sagamu for medical attention while the corpses were deposited at the mortuary.

Police arrests security guard for killing, burying missing boss in Delta


 
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 September 4, 2020



A Police Patrol Team Nine from GRA Division on routine patrol at Summit Junction in Asaba, Delta State have arrested a security guard, Sunday Isaac for killing his boss, Joy Onekanse.


Sunday Isaac reportedly murdered Joy Onekanse who was declared missing nearly a month ago.


The suspect who already confessed to the crime led Police detectives to the shallow grave where he buried the deceased with her head faced down in her residence.


When contacted for comments, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the report in a text message sent to our correspondent in Warri.

The State Police boss said, “Exhumation of the corpse and autopsy is now on.”

It was learnt that the suspect was arrested in possession of a suspected stolen black Colored Toyota Avalon Car with Registration number KSF 322FK.

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The suspect who was arrested because he could not give a satisfactory account of how he came about the car.


The brother of the deceased, John Onekanse had earlier reported a case of his missing sister on 27/08/2020.


He identified the recovered car at the Police Station to be that of his missing sister.

He also identified the suspect as his missing sister’s security guard.

Quote:VIDEO: Why I disrupted my wife and her boyfriend’s wedding in Lagos – Jilted husband


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMoRi0JhrHg

https://punchng.com/video-why-i-disrupted-my-wife-and-her-boyfriends-wedding-in-lagos-jilted-husband/

First lady, Aisha Buhari shared stunning pre-wedding photos of her daughter, Hanan, in a series of posts on Instagram.

According to IgbereTV reports, Hanan Buhari is set to get married to her fiance, Turad Sha'aban, in the presidential villa, Abuja, today September 4.

See photos below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEttyU5MiFv/?igshid=qj4mne4b2j9f

Nigerian man withdraws his engagement ring from his girlfriend via Facebook







A Nigerian man, Elliot Ihwia, has publicly withdrawn his engagement from his girlfriend, Success Oyoviwkose.
 
Elliot had in the past, invited friends and family, to his house where he publicly went on his knees and proposed to his girlfriend.
 
He announced the withdrawal of his engagement on his Facebook page. According to him, there was an ''Abuse of engagement''. His post reads
 

Quote:''Special announcement to the general public That I Elliot Ihwia have openly withdrawn my engagement ring from Success Oyoviwkose . nor in anywhere regards her with me or call her joined my name's any kind, Abuse of engagement''

Two young lovers from Okija, Anambra State reportedly took their lives by drinking a poisonous substance (sniper) because their parents refused to give their consents to their getting married to each other.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/251102935417443/permalink/1030420210819041/?app=fbl

Buhari gets five days ultimatum to reverse fuel price, electricity tariff


 
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 September 4, 2020



The Coalition of Civil Societies, Osun State and National Associational of Nigerian Students (NANS), have given the Federal Government of Nigeria five days ultimatum to reverse the petrol pump price and electricity tariff.


The protesters in Osogbo, the state capital of Osun on Friday, demanded the government to reverse the pump price to its original N130 and also reverse other anti-human taxes and tariffs increase.

Recall that the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had earlier announced an increment in the pump price of petrol to N151.56 per litre.

The chairman of Osun Civil Societies Coalition, OCSC, Comrade Waheed Lawal, who led the protest, lamented that the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians over unfulfilled promises he made during the electioneering process.

According to him, “Nigeria belongs to all and the masses voted for President Muhammadu Buhari because of the promises he made during his campaign, but Buhari has failed Nigerians.”
They, however, give the President Buhari five days ultimatum to reverse electricity tariff and petrol pump price or see a riot of the masses.

Nigerian philanthropist calls out man who allegedly used fake claim of having colorectal cancer to obtain money from people







Olori Ranti Ajayi, a Nigerian philanthropist and wife of popular fertility expert Dr Abayomi, has called out an Instagram user who allegedly used a fake claim of having colorectal cancer to defraud people of money. 
 
The aggrieved philanthropist who shared a "deceitful" photo the man used in allegedly defrauding people of their money, alleged that he has started using the money to enjoy life. 
 
Ranti wrote; 
 

Quote:How will I not believe that he gas colorectal cancer? @ajayibembeoladej . You used your status to defraud people that you have cancer.

You have started using the money to enjoy life. I'm only sorry for your wife. Her crying is not today. She will ask for help and nobody will listen to her. I'm tagging you so you can deliver the message to her. She has children for you. Ekun e dola.

Quote:To think that this man @ajayibembeoladej @ajayi.2020 is a scam? I can't get over it.

Who will help to look at all the hospitals that wrote medical reports that he has colorectal cancer? @jidesanwoolu pls i need your help on this.

We can't continue to say its a normal thing for people to scam. This man must pay all the money back.
I have medical reports from different hospitals supporting his claim.

I requested for Colonoscopy report he said it was in OSUTH.

I'm so angry

Gunmen kidnap Sarkin Fulani of Ilorin







Some unknown gunmen who struck on Thursday September 3 at about 8:00am around the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in Ilorin, kidnapped the Sarkin Fulani of Ilorin, Usman Adamu Hardo. 
 
The Sarkin Fulani was reportedly on his way to the bank in his car with his son Babangida, when some gunmen barricaded their way in a vehicle.
 
An eyewitness told Daily Trust; 
 

Quote:“They asked him to come out from his own vehicle and join them, I learned that he was carrying some cash to bank when they kidnapped him.


“His car was later recovered with his phone inside, it was right now with the police."

Quote:“They did not go with Babangida (his son). He has come back home.
“He told us that it was three of the gunmen that came out of their vehicle and forced my husband to join them in their car.


“He pleaded with them to collect the money with him and set him free, but they refused, telling him that they have been looking for him for so long.


“They spoke Hausa language with their faces covered and they were wearing kaftan."

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Heartbreaking video of Black man, Daniel Prude's death shows how cops put hood on him during an arrest until he suffocated







A video showing the moment a Black man, Daniel Prude, was killed during an arrest in the United States, has sparked outrage after it was shared online.
 
Daniel Prude, 41,  died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday, September 2, by the man’s family.
 
Daniel Prude died March 30 after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police in Rochester that left him brain dead. His death received no public attention until Wednesday September 2, when his family held a news conference and released police body camera video and written reports they obtained through a public records request.
 

 
“I placed a phone call for my brother to get help. Not for my brother to get lynched,” Prude’s brother, Joe Prude, said at a news conference. “How did you see him and not directly say, ‘The man is defenseless, buck naked on the ground. He’s cuffed up already. Come on.’ How many more brothers gotta die for society to understand that this needs to stop?”
 
The tragedy began when Daniel Prude, who was coming from Chicago, arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother. He was kicked off the train before it got to Rochester, in Depew, “due to his unruly behavior,” according to an internal affairs investigator’s report.
 
Rochester police officers took Prude into custody for a mental health evaluation around 7 p.m. on March 22 for suicidal thoughts — about eight hours before the encounter that led to his death. But his brother said he was only at the hospital for a few hours, according to the reports.
 

 
Police responded again after Joe Prude called 911 at about 3 a.m. to report that his brother had left his house. Daniel Prude had run naked through the streets of a western New York city.
 
Police responded and the videos released on Wednesday by the Prude family show what transpired then.
 

 
The videos show Prude, who had taken off his clothes, complying when police ask him to get on the ground and put his hands behind his back. Prude is agitated and shouting as he sits on the pavement in handcuffs for a few moments as a light snow falls. “Give me your gun, I need it,” he shouts.
 
Then, they put a white “spit hood” over his head.
 

 
One officer said that they put the hood on Prude because he was spitting continuously in the direction of officers and they were concerned about coronavirus.
 
Prude demands they remove the hood but they do not listen to him.
 

 
Then the officers slam Prude’s head into the street. One officer, who is white, holds his head down against the pavement with both hands, saying “calm down” and “stop spitting.” Another officer places a knee on his back.
 
“Trying to kill me!” Prude says, his voice becoming muffled and anguished under the hood.
 
“OK, stop. I need it. I need it,” the prone man begs before his shouts turn to whimpers and grunts.
 

 
The officers appear to become concerned after he stops moving, falls silent and they notice water coming out of Prude’s mouth.
 
“My man. You puking?” one says.
 
One officer notes that he’s been out, naked, in the street for some time. Another remarks, “He feels pretty cold."
 
The officers then remove the hood and his handcuffs and medics can then be seen performing CPR before he’s loaded into an ambulance.
 
Spit hoods have been scrutinized as a factor in the deaths of several prisoners in the U.S. and other countries in recent years.
 

 
A medical examiner concluded that Prude’s death was a homicide caused by “complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint.” The report lists excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
 
The city halted its investigation into Prude’s death when state Attorney General Letitia James’ office began its own investigation in April. Under New York law, deaths of unarmed people in police custody are often turned over to the attorney general’s office, rather than handled by local officials.
 
Letitia James said Wednesday that investigation is continuing.
 
Activists demanded that officers involved be prosecuted on murder charges and that they be removed from the department while the investigation proceeds.
 

 
Daughter of Daniel Prude, Tashyra Prude spoke following her father's death. She called for officers involved to face murder charges.
 

 
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A Minneapolis man has been arrested after shooting dead his wife, dumping her body in their garage then opening fire on two sisters next door, wounding one while she shielded her 18-month-old niece from the gunfire.

Jason Michael Mesich killed his wife Angela Lynn then put her body in the garage of their home in Minneapolis at 11pm on Sunday.

According to police, they'd had an argument about not having enough sex.

He then killed the wife and opened fire on neighbors.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8690259/Man-shoots-dead-wife-dumps-body-garage-opens-fire-neighbors.html?ito=social-facebook

Deadly jihadist attack Cameroon village hosting displaced people, kills 7










Seven civilians were killed on Tuesday, September 1, after a suicide bomber attacked a village housing displaced people in Cameroon's northern tip bordering Nigeria, the United Nations and a police official said.
 
The police officer said the bombing followed a Boko Haram raid on a village, adding: “The people fled and a young man strapped with explosives chased them and blew himself up.”
 
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it “firmly condemns this attack which killed seven civilians and wounded 14 others in Kouyape village.
 
“The suicide bomb attack took place near Kolofata, close to the border with Nigeria, where some 18,000 internally displaced people have sought safety over the past seven years,” the refugee agency said.
 
The jihadist group first launched its insurgency in Nigeria in 2009, before extending its deadly operations to neighbouring Cameroon, Niger, and Chad.
 
The group has killed more than 30,000 people, forcing three million to flee their homes, according to the UN.
 
“We are horrified by these senseless attacks on people who have been torn from their villages, fleeing violence perpetrated by armed gangs which rage in the region, only to be stripped of safety again after they just found refuge elsewhere,” said Olivier Guillaume Beer, UNHCR Representative in Cameroon.
 
“The killing of innocent civilians has to stop,” he said. “We call on armed groups to respect the rights and lives of civilian populations.”
 
The attack comes a month after 18 people died and 15 were injured by an armed group on the Nguetchewe IDP site. Two young suicide bombers were involved in the attacks, according to officials. 
 

What is this joke - Falz reacts to Lagos government implementation of 5 percent levy on all audio and visual content







Nigerian rapper and actor, Falz has reacted to the Lagos state government's implementation of 5 percent levy on all audio and visual content on all phyical and digital platforms. 
 
In the notice addressed to the Managing Director of Iroko TV, the Lagos State Government requested for the "immediate payment of 5% levy on all audio and visual content produced, sold, distributed, marketed, exhibited, streamed, downloaded and shared across all physical and digital platform situate, lying and being within the state."
 
Reacting to this, Falz described it as a joke. He wrote "What is this joke?". 
 

 
Here are comments from other celebrities below; 
 

Former drug addict shows off transformation after he went off drugs







A former drug addict shared a before and now photo to show how his overall health and physical appearance improved when he stopped taking drugs.
 
@dandyseun looks healthier in his recent photo compared to how he looked when he was still abusing drugs.
 
Sharing the photos, he wrote: 'I said "No" to drugs. Then and Now."
 

Self-acclaimed pastor hacks native doctor to death in Anambra; claims God instructed him to kill







The police in Anambra state have arrested a clergyman identified as Uchenna Chukwuma, 21, for allegedly killing a 60-year-old native doctor, Oliver Chukwudi Ugwu, in Umusiome, Nkpor, on Thursday, September 3.
 
Haruna Mohammad, the spokesperson of the state police command, said men of the Ogidi divisional police station were alerted immediately after the incident occurred.
 

 
Police detectives arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect who during interrogation, said he was sent by God to kill the deceased native doctor. According to the police, the suspect said the native doctor was disturbing him spiritually and has not allowed him to progress financially. 
 
The police spokesperson added that the victim was rushed to the Iyi Enu hospital Ogidi for medical attention where he was certified dead by the medical doctor on arrival. His corpse was deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.
 
Haruna said the machete used in perpetrating the crime was recovered as an exhibit and that the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka for discreet investigation in order to unravel the actual circumstances surrounding the incident.
 

Quote:Fuel marketers across the country adjusted their pump prices on Thursday to between N158 and N162 per litre of petrol, saying a further increase in global crude oil prices would push the pump price of petrol higher.

Petrol prices have increased for three straight months, rising from N121.50–N123.50 per litre in June to N140.80-N143.80 in July, N148-N150 in August and N158-N162 in September.

The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had, on Wednesday, increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to N151.56 per litre from N138.62 per litre but later reduced it to N147.67.

The ex-depot price is the price at which the product is sold to marketers at the depots.

When the collapse of global crude oil prices triggered the reduction of the pump price of petrol from N145 per litre to N125 in March, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency said it would advise the NNPC and oil marketing companies on the monthly “guiding retail price” at which the product shall be sold across the country.

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, in a statement on May 15, said deregulation was approved on March 19 this year.

“But as you all know, PMS and other petroleum products are very strategic commodities, so you cannot allow the prices of these commodities to be determined wholly by the marketers,” he added.

In June, the Executive Secretary, PPPRA, Abdulkadir Saidu, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, it is instructive to state that no private individual or group has the mandate to fix prices of petroleum products, however, the statutory regulatory body is saddled with the responsibility of advising guiding prices.”

But the PPPRA failed to issue any guiding prices in August and September and has remained silent since then, despite repeated calls and messages sent to the agency by one of our correspondents on the issue.

The spokesperson of the agency, Kimchi Apollo, however, told our correspondent on Thursday that he would get information on the development and revert. He had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.

The National Operations Controller, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Mike Osatuyi, told one of our correspondents that the increase in petrol pump prices was a reflection of the global oil prices.

“In July, the crude oil price was around $43 per barrel. But rose to about $44-$45 in August. Last Monday, it increased to $46. If the crude oil price falls to $40, petrol prices will come down. But if it goes up to $50, we should be expecting petrol price to rise to about N163 per litre if the exchange rate remains the same,” he said.

Osatuyi stressed the need for government to create a level playing field by allowing marketers to also have access to foreign exchange at the official rate like the NNPC to enable them to import products.

The Chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Adetunji Oyebanji, said earlier on Thursday that pump prices would have to be adjusted to reflect realities of the increase of ex-depot prices by PPMC.

“However, the magnitude of the increase, timing and location is a decision left to each company. Consistent with global best practices, MOMAN does not dictate prices to its members as this would be anti-competition in a fully deregulated market.

“We welcome government’s action in allowing the market to determine prices, as we believe it will prevent the return of subsidies, while allowing operators the opportunity to recover their costs. This will, in the long run, encourage investment and create jobs,” he added.

But a groundswell of public opposition across the country have greeted the hike in petrol prices.

TUC says government action wicked, demands immediate reversal

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria condemned the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff in the country.

In a statement titled, ‘Killing the dead,’ and signed by its president, Quadri Olaleye, and Secretary-General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, the TUC said, “Like the book by George Orwell, titled ‘1884’, the government and its agencies have resorted to doing the opposite of what they were set up to do.

“Government, instead of providing welfare, is killing the people systematically.”

It said increasing petrol prices and electricity tariffs, among others, “at a time people are losing jobs, businesses are not moving in the light of COVID-19, is, to say the least, wicked.”

The union said, “In droves, Nigerians flee the shores of this country. Just two days ago, we protested the hike in electricity tariff and sadly, yesterday, they slammed us with fuel [price] hike at a time countries like Ghana and Canada are giving out palliatives to cushion the effects of coronavirus pandemic. It is difficult to cope in this circumstance.

“Do we still wonder why unemployment and insecurity have increased? This is disgustingly shameful. We urge the government to listen to the voice of reason and reverse the [petrol] price immediately.

“Stop pushing Nigerians to the wall. This is too daring. The congress is calling a meeting of its organs to take decisions on this obnoxious move. The dead are dying again; stop killing the dead!”

PUNCH

Quote:A coalition of civil societies in Osun state have stormed the streets of Osogbo, the state capital in protest over hike in fuel price and electricity tariff.

The protesters, mostly youths, gathered at the Freedom Park at Old Garage,Osogbo to demand immediate reversal of the increments, AMILOADED gathered

Armed with placards bearing varying inscriptions like “Enough is Enough!, Revert Pump Price Now!, All We Want Is a Better Life, Electricity Tariff Hike Is ill-Conceived,” among others, the protesters chanted anti-government songs while marching peacefully along the road.

Source: https://amiloaded.com/2020/09/happening-now-protest-hits-osun-over-hike-in-electricity-tariff-fuel-price-photos.html

Ojota Protest: I Will Not Join You To Protest, Nigerians Trust President Buhari

The recent increase in the price of fuel to N151.56 per litre by the federal government has been generating reactions among Nigerians who have planned to stage a protest tomorrow at the Ojota to drive home their demands.

One inquisitive Nigerian who want to know if aide to president Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie will join them in protest tomorrow just as she did when the APC and some Nigerians protested fuel price increase during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, got this reaction from her:

“No I will not be Joining you and for good reasons too. Not sure you can understand but I'll try

If the subsidy was removed in 2012, the savings would have gone into private pockets Looted

Today, Nigerians have a President they trust. The recovered subsidy, would serve Nigerians”
Some Nigerians on social media have been trending various hashtags in preparation for a protest march since the current increase in the price of fuel was announced. A protest march at Ojota has been planned for tomorrow.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Laurestar/status/1301535251320233984

A police officer identified as Akoms Ability died when Oshiomhole's convoy was involved in accident.His friend said he died a painful death.A look at his social media profile revealed that he is a graduate of Ebonyi State Universit.May his soul RIP.Amen!

Source:. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2020/09/see-police-officer-who-died-when.html?m=1

Woman arrested for defrauding a job seeker of N3m










The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Hajiya Hadiza Umar Abubakar for allegedly defrauding a job seeker, Nuradeen Abubakar of N3million.

 

The businesswoman who promised the unsuspecting job seeker an instant employment in EFCC, was nabbed in a bank where she was making a transaction on her account.

 

It was gathered that the victim met the suspect through her son and was asked to pay N6m, but he only paid N3m into the suspect’s account on October 29, 2019. He promised to pay the balance after receiving his employment letter. 

 

The letter was promised to be delivered on November 7, 2019, two weeks from the date of the part payment.

 

Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesman said in a statement on Thursday September 3; 

 

Quote:“The suspect was arrested in a bank she sent her son to make a transaction, unaware that the EFCC had placed a Post No Debit (PND) on all her accounts. 
“The victim stated that he had not received an employment letter nine months after paying the suspect."

46-year-old Benue man arrested for impregnating 14-year-old maid







A 46-year-old motorcyclist identified as Sunday Alexander has been arrested for impregnating his 14-year-old house help. 
 
The father of 5 who was accused of forcefully having carnal knowledge of the girl several times in June 2020, was arrested after an activist, Mrs Julie Okoh reported the case to Otukpo Police Station. Alexander's wife also confessed to catching him once in the act. 
 
Okoh said; 
 

Quote:“A neighbour of the victim gave us the information and we went to the house located on Lokoja Street, Otukpo.


“The man, an okada rider, has five children; his last child is five months old.
“The wife confirmed that she caught him sometime in June this year, when she heard strange sounds from the maid’s room.”

Quote: “My name is Sunday Alexander; the girl is 14 years old and she is my maid. It is true that I slept with her." He said 

Quote:There is tension in the camp of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, over increasing protests from lawmakers, following recent actions taken by President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

The fear, Daily Sun gathered, is borne of claims that some of the lawmakers drawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were plotting to convene an emergency sitting next week.

The emergency sitting, it was further gathered, is to provide an avenue for lawmakers to question the response of the leadership to recent hikes of electricity and petroleum products.

The Petroleum Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC), had on Wednesday announced a new ex-depot price of N151.56k for petrol.

However, some filling stations owned by Independent marketers dispensed the product at between N162 and N164 per litre, depending on their location.

Lawmakers spearheading the move against Lawan are complaining that the inaction of the leadership was fueling a conspiracy against them.

“There’s this sentiment against lawmakers in our constituencies. They think that we are not doing enough and they’ve now labelled us stooges of Buhari. They call us rubber stamp and Lawan and other leaders of the Senate are not doing anything. Yet, Lawan wants us to approve everything sent to us by Buhari because they put him in office. We made a mistake by not insisting on having our own as president. We wanted to be loyal to our party, the APC. Today, we regret it,” a senator said in confidence.

Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, in a chat with newsmen, said he was currently out of town and could not confirm if there were plans to convene an emergency sitting.

“President of the Senate called me a while ago. I’m not sure what he wanted to discuss with me. It may have been related to that. But I can’t tell. The Senate committee chairman on Rules and Business can confirm that,” he said.

As part of moves to further escalate the issue, the senator told Daily Sun that a world press conference was being planned. He said consultations were ongoing at the zonal caucuses about the protest which according to him, could be concluded by the weekend.

He said many senators were disappointed in the hurried manner the fuel price hike was done without consultation with the National Assembly.

Senate president had earlier this year claimed he waded into a planned hike in the electricity tariff. He had also claimed the development resulted in its postponement till the first quarter of 2021.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports, Obinna Ogba, said the increase in electricity tariff and fuel price at a time the economy was yet to recover from the deadly effects of COVID-19 showed government’s insensitivity.

“The country and indeed the whole world is facing serious problem right now because of the pandemic. Therefore, these increases are not good at all. It is adding salt to injury,” he said.

But Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has defended Federal Government’s decision to hike petrol pump price and electricity tariff, saying the right amounts must be paid to attract investments to the sectors.

He told journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari to present a publication on his first one year in office that Nigerians should be able to pay the slight increase since they will also enjoy lower prices when the prices of crude oil drop.

“First, you want to enjoy lower prices when the prices of crude are low and then not want to pay for a slight increase when there is an increase in price of crude.

“The price of crude is directly proportional to the price of refined products. So, I believe that is what is happening at the moment.”

On electricity tariff increase, he observed that there had not been an appropriate pricing, which had militated against the value chain of the power sector.

He said there was, therefore, the need make the electricity value chain profitable to attract investment and have enough electricity for transmission.

“In terms of the tariff increase in the electricity industry, again, we also have to decide what we want to do. We all complain that we are not generating enough electricity and we all complain about the fact that we don’t have the right infrastructure to transmit electricity, we complain about the fact that the distribution companies do not seem to be efficient. The problem is because, perhaps, the pricing is not right.

“If you want people to invest in production of gas, in gas floatation, which our turbines and our power plants rely on, we must ensure that the entire value chain is profitable. Because if one part of it is not profitable, that means there will be a short fall in one of the value chains, if we don’t have enough investment.

“So, if you don’t have enough investment in gas gathering, if we don’t have enough investment in gas transportation, we will not have enough gas supply to sustain the quantum of generation we require as a government or as a nation. And when we don’t have that, we don’t have enough that will be transmitted to our homes and the transmission grid, and then, we continue to complain. So, really the truth is that it’s a cache 22 situation.“

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/senators-protest-fuel-electricity-hikes/amp/

Quote:I represented my husband, @PastorIzeIyamu at the Women Rally from Ward 1 to 10 of Esan Central and Esan West LGAs of Edo State respectively. I took the message of empowerment from the Simple Agenda by @PastorIzeIyamu to empower one woman per ward in both Esan.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Idiaizeiyamu/status/1301638561691766785






Esan Central and Esan West (20 women) and five widows who desperately needs urgent financial intervention. I requested that their names be forwarded to @PastorIzeIyamu for immediate empowerment before the Sept 19th gubernatorial election.






I also informed the women of the plans by
@PastorIzeIyamu to provide loans for market women and that I will stand as guarantor for the beneficiaries. On youth empowerment, I intimated them of plans to provide gainful employment for Esan Youth through Private Public Partnership.

On their non-functioning health centre and hospital, I promised them that when
@PastorIzeIyamu assumes office as Governor of Edo State, the complete overhaul of the health facilities would be a priority to him for the good people of Ogwa.






The highlight of my day was when I joined my husband, @PastorIzeIyamu briefly on the campaign train. I thank the good people of Esan land & in particular, APC Women in OGWA, Esan Central and Esan West LGAs for the warm reception & hospitality.

Nine-year-old girl dies after her mum applied pesticide on her lice-infested hair







A nine-year-old girl has lost her life after her mother applied a pesticide, Sniper, on her hair to kill lice in Rivers state.
 
Dr Gloria Nwosu,  a paediatrician at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, disclosed this to newsmen at a press conference on Thursday, September 3. She said the woman followed the advice of her hairdresser and put the pesticide on the hair of two of her daughters, aged nine and four, respectively.
 
Nwosu said after applying the harmful liquid, the nine-year-old girl convulsed for hours before she died and that the prompt effort of the doctors in the hospital helped save the life of the four-year-old.
 

Quote:“Their mother felt that the hairdresser would know what to do since it has to do with lice. We did everything we could to bring the child back to normal, but it was all abortive.


“She (the deceased) was very sick. The second child slumped in our presence and we immediately admitted her and gave her an antidote. So, the question now is how many of these children may have gone through this?


It affected her brain because she convulsed for over two hours. Now, there is something we do to check for oxygen saturation; it remained low. It never went back to normal. Then they can have something coming out from their mouth. This child kept pouring out saliva. It never went off until she passed on.


They also have high blood pressure. This child’s blood pressure was high. We saw all those symptoms on this child,” Nwosu said

Flights: Only 3-day old COVID-19 results acceptable – Nigerian govt


 
on
 September 3, 2020



The federal government has informed international travelers to obtain their COVID-19 results before flying in or out of Nigeria.


Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, spoke on Thursday at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.


Sirika assured that all preparations have been completed.


He said passengers must register online, pay for COVID-19 test fee and upload the negative result not older than 72 hours before boarding.

The minister reiterated that airlines would be fined $3,500 per passenger without the result.
In addition, such a traveler will be turned back if he or she was a foreigner.

The government is acting on the principle of reciprocity, meaning planes from countries that banned flights from Nigeria will not enter the country.
International flights resume on September 5.

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES


 FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER.



SEE YOURSELF THROUGH THE WORD


There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Romans 8:1).


In our opening verse, the Spirit, through the Apostle Paul isn’t telling us that there’re two groups: those in Christ Jesus who walk in the flesh, and those in Christ Jesus who aren’t walking in the flesh. That’s not the essence of His communication; rather, He’s holding out a picture of who you really are.


When you study and understand the New Testament, you’d observe what’s called the “Mirror Principle”; God’s Word is a mirror. You’re what you see in the Word (2 Corinthians 3:18). Therefore, don’t read our theme verse and assume you’re not free from condemnation or that you’re still “walking in the flesh” because you err sometimes; no!


Read the 9th verse of the same chapter; it clarifies it by saying, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you…” (Romans 8:9). That’s God talking! When He describes those in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit, He’s referring to you.


Therefore, see yourself through the Word. Now that you’re born again, there’s no condemnation for you. When you understand this and live accordingly, you’ll never again struggle with sinful habits, bad thoughts or works of the flesh. 


The Bible says, “Sin shall not have dominion over you” (Romans 6:14); see yourself thus, for that’s how God sees you.


God knows that if you saw yourself the way He sees you, you’d act accordingly. Accept who He’s made you—His righteousness in Christ Jesus—and walk in that light. Glory to God!



CONFESSION

I’m a child of God, with the nature of God in my spirit. I’m justified before God, without guilt, fear, inferiority or condemnation. Sin has no power over me and I can’t be entangled by any yoke of bondage. I’m conscious of my nature of righteousness and walk accordingly. Glory to God!


FURTHER STUDY


Romans 6:11-15; Romans 8:2-4; Galatians 2:20-21


1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
2 Corinthians 2:5-3:1-6 & Proverbs 14-15


2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
1 Thessalonians 4:9-18 & Jeremiah 22










#AFFIRMATIONTRAIN 


I affirm that God had set up His headquarters in me; I am His centre of operation in the earth. The Spirit of God has made me a success for life because I love the Lord and keep His Word. 


I acknowledge His mighty power that is at work in me mightily, and celebrate His glory in my life. I have an extraordinary amplitude of comprehension because the wisdom of God is in my spirit. 


I have the ability to make the right judgments and choices and I refuse any attitude, habit or lifestyle that is inconsistent with the Gospel. 


No matter what happens around me, I don’t bow to pressure. Rather, I hold myself in from within. My mind is anointed to produce excellence, for I am anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power, and the love of God is shed abroad in my heart. 


I am excellent, full of power, love and the glory of God. I walk in righteousness and manifest the dominion of the Spirit. 


The virtues and perfections of divinity are expressed through me today. As I study the Word and meditate on the Spirit, 


God’s power is activated in me, causing His glory in my spirit to impact my physical body, producing health, strength, and vitality. 


No sickness, disease or infirmity can thrive in my body, because the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in me, and has vitalized my body through and through!


 I am complete, sound, and excellent. I walk in victory today and experience success in all I do. Blessed be God. Hallelujah!





God bless you

Man faces life after bodies of two women are found in his freezer







A man who killed two women and hid their bodies in a freezer has been convicted of murder.
 
Zahid Younis received a life sentence, with a minimum jail term of 38 years.
 
The remains of Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were discovered at Zahid Younis's flat in Canning Town, east London, in April 2019.  He had subjected both victims to "very significant violence" in the days before he killed them, it was reported.
 
The body of one of the women, Henriett Szucs was hidden in the chest freezer for almost three years before it was found by police in the 36-year-old killer's flat in east London in April 2019.
 
Ms Szucs, 34, a Hungarian national, was last seen in August 2016 and is believed to have gone to live with Younis at his home in Canning Town.
 
The second victim, mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa, 38, had not been seen or heard from since May 2018.
 

 
Ms Szucs and Ms Mustafa were "vulnerable women living somewhat chaotic lives", including periods of homelessness and drug addiction, the court heard.
 
Jurors were told Younis purchased the freezer shortly after killing Ms Szucs "for the sole purpose" of concealing her body.
 
Prosecutors at Southwark Crown Court said Younis preyed on the vulnerable women, subjecting them to "very significant violence".
 

 
The four-week trial heard police made the "grim discovery" when looking for the defendant at his home following a call about his welfare.
 
He was not in but officers gained entry and noticed the lockable freezer, around which flies were gathering.
 
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding said the freezer had been forced open by one of the officers on "an old-fashioned police hunch" about what was inside it.
 
He said: "He broke open the freezer and discovered what could only be seen, at the time, as only one body.
 
"It actually took the freezer being taken away and X-rayed for it to be seen there was another body underneath that. It was a gruesome discovery for the officers."
 
The nature of the crime scene meant a cause of death could not be established, but the scientific evidence showed that the women had been subjected to serious violence before their deaths.
 
They had both suffered numerous rib fractures while Ms Szucs had sustained "dreadful" head injuries and Ms Mustafa's sternum and larynx had been fractured.
 
The court heard that Younis has several previous convictions for assaulting partners.
 
Younis, known as "Boxer", denied murder but did admit putting the women in the freezer, pleading guilty to two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body.
 
He claimed he was out when Ms Szucs died at his flat and did not tell police because he was "panicking".
 
Jurors deliberated for over 16 hours before returning majority verdicts.

Quote:125 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-42
FCT-25
Katsina-14
Kaduna-11
Kwara-8
Ondo-7
Delta-4
Anambra-3
Oyo-3
Edo-2
Ogun-2
Osun-2
Cross River-1

Quote:Highlights

On the 3rd of September 2020, 125 new confirmed cases and 21 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
Till date, 54588 cases have been confirmed, 42627 cases have been discharged and 1048 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 125 new cases are reported from 13 states- Lagos (42), FCT (25), Katsina (14), Kaduna (11), Kwara (, Ondo (7), Delta (4), Anambra (3) Oyo (3), Edo (2), Ogun (2), Osun (2), Cross River (1)
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities

Quote:September 2 https://www.nairaland.com/6094044/216-new-covid-19-cases-429

Police arrest Cameroonian kidnappers in Cross River


 
on
 September 3, 2020




Policemen attached to the Marine Division of the Nigeria Police in Mfum in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State, have arrested five suspected Cameroonian kidnappers in the state.


The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday, listed the suspects to include: Egbe Horatus ‘m’ 24yrs, Enow Faith Takang ‘m’ 24 yrs, Nkwa Ayuk Boris ‘m’ 36yrs, Agbor Ntuii ‘m’ age 36yrs and Enoh Livingstone ‘m’ 16yrs.

The items CP Jimoh said recovered from the suspects include three locally-made revolver guns, and five live cartridges.


“On August 28, 2020, policemen attached to Marine Division, Mfum in Etung Local Government Area, while on routine patrol of the waterways, arrested the suspects.


He further said that the suspects allegedly kidnapped eleven Cameronian/Nigerians and kept them in their forest in Cameroon before they were apprehended, adding that investigations have since commenced and further development will be communicated.

The CP Jimoh also said that on August 29, 2020 at about 1725hrs, the Divisional Police Officer, ‘A’ Division raided two black spots at Edim Otop Street and opposite UNICAL Small Gate , Etta Agor, Calabar, where some suspects were arrested.


The suspects, according to him were Uduak Ekong ‘m’ age 32yrs, Life Ndarake Ekpo ‘m’ age 22yrs (Seller), Bassey Lawrence ‘m’ age 45yrs, Mathew Effiong ‘m’ age 25 yrs, and Ifiok Ime ‘m’ age 30yrs.



“Upon search, wraps of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp/N900.00 was found in their possession” the CP stated adding that the command is committed to waging a total clampdown against unscrupulous criminal elements operating in the State and its environs.


The CP assured the general public that the command will not relent in discharging its constitutional functions, especially as the state has entered the ember months.


CP Jimoh said that the Command in its bid to curtail spike in criminal activities during the ember months will engage in robust and aggressive stop/search and operation Show Your Vehicle Particulars, “This operation is targeted at unregistered vehicles which are being used as a conduit pipe to commit heinous crimes in the state,” he stated.

Mother of 15 children reveals she's pregnant with her 16th child







An American mother of 15 children has revealed she is pregnant with her 16th child. 

Patty Hernandez, 38, and her husband Carlos, 37, live with their gigantic family in North Carolina, and they gearing up to welcome their latest addition. 

All 15 of her children have names beginning with “C” in honour of their father, Carlos, who is a floor cleaner.
 

 
Patty and Carlos have five boys and 10 girls, and six are sets of twins. 

Carlos Jr, 12, Christopher, 11, Carla, nine, Caitlyn, nine, Cristian, eight, Celeste, seven, Cristina, six, Calvin, five, Catherine, five, Carol, four, Caleb, three, Caroline, three, Camilla, two, Charlie, one and Crystal, four months, will be joined by a baby girl due in May 2021.
 

 
Despite admitting that raising so many children can be stressful, the mother-of-15 is happy to have more kids.
 
She said: "It is a bit more stressful and difficult with a newborn. The babies are always crying and I have to take care of them. But it is a blessing, we enjoy it.
 
"We have left everything to God so whatever God wants to give us we will be happy.
 
"We don't use contraception. It's always crazy at our house."

Patty who spent over a decade making babies after welcoming her first child in 2008,  said: "I'm so happy when I'm pregnant.

"Around three months after I have a baby I usually get pregnant again.”
 
The proud mother added that having so many children creates a lot of housework but she is already training the older children about house chores.
 
"Right now I have a thousand clothes to wash - that's at least five hours of folding clothes every two days.
 

 
"I do laundry at least four times a week. When the kids play, they often leave toys on the floor so I need to clean that up too.
 
"I try to give them a daily routine to clean up after themselves. They have their own chores.
 
"The older one makes his own pancakes sometimes, but most of the time I am the one doing the cooking."

According to Patty and Carlos, they spend £375 a week on groceries and nappies and are currently shopping for a new vehicle as they have outgrown their 16-seater bus.
 

Five kids found dead in apartment after 'mum kills them and jumps in front of train'







The bodies of five children have been found by police in an apartment building in Solingen, Germany.
 
The horrific discovery was made at a private apartment in Hasselstrasse Street, in the western German town, around 2pm on Thursday, September 3.
 
Pictures from the scene show emergency vehicles parked up as police sealed off the area.
 

 
According to German tabloid, Bild, the children's grandmother had called police to tell them her daughter, aged 27, had killed five of her children and was out of her home with another child.
 
The police then found the dead children, aged 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8.
 

 
The mum reportedly jumped in front of a train in the early afternoon and survived with serious injuries, Bild reported.
 
She is now under police protection.
 
Reports added an 11-year-old son was found unharmed at the grandmother's home.
 
Officers were called to the private apartment at around 2pm, Tag 24 reports.
 

 
How the 5 children died is currently unknown.
 


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FG bars Air France, Lufthansa, Etihad, KLM, others from flying to Nigeria







As Nigeria plans for the resumption of international flights on Saturday September 5, September 5, the Federal Government has barred some airlines from operating in Nigeria.
 
Speaking at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday, September 3, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the international airlines denied flying approval include Air France, KLM, Etihad, Rwandair, Lufthansa, TAAG Angola Airlines and others.
 
According to Sirika, the airlines that have been given licence to operate include Middle-East, British Airways, Delta Airlines, Qatar Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Egyptair, Air Peace, Virgin Atlantic, Asky, Africa World Airways (AWA), Air Cote-d’Ivoire, Kenya Airways, Emirate, and Turkish airlines.
 

Quote:It is important that we announce the airlines that are allowed for operations into the country. The ones not approved are Air France. Middle East Airlines is approved for only Lagos (airport). British Airways (is) approved – allowed entry under Covid-19 protocol.


The reason for Air France is that tourists business holders are not allowed entry. KLM not approved for the same reason as Air France. Delta Airlines, no restrictions – USA, we have an Open Skies with them and they also allow us in.


Qatar Airways are allowed and approved under Covid-19 protocol. Etihad, not approved. Ethiopian Airlines allowed entry under Covid-19 protocol. Egyptair approved, allowed entry under Covid-19 protocol.


Rwandair not approved. Air Peace, not applicable, they are our own carrier in Nigeria, we thank them. Virgin Atlantic, approved, allowed entry under Covid-19 protocol. Air Namibia, not approved. Asky, approved. Royal Air Maroc, not approved. African World Airways, Ghana, approved.


Air Cote d’Ivoire, approved. Lufthansa, not approved. Kenya Airways approved. Emirates Airlines, approved. Turkish Airlines, approved. Cabo Verde not applicable as international flights are not resumed. Angolan TAG, not approved. South African Airways not applicable as international flights are yet to resume.” he said

Quote:“All intending travellers to Nigeria must have tested negative for COVID-19 by PCR in country of departure before boarding. This has not changed,” he said.


The PCR test must be within four days before departure and we prefer 72 hours pre-boarding and note that in certain countries, the PCR test will only be accepted from identified laboratories.
Tests done more than four days before departure are not valid.

This is very important. And persons will not be allowed to board; but for the 72-hours minimum, this is advisory and will not preclude boarding.” he said

Lagos state govt dismantle illegal abattoirs; seize cow and butchered meat (photos)







The Lagos state government has begun a clampdown on illegal abbatoirs in the state.
 
Earlier today September 3, men of the re-inaugurated Monitoring, Enforcement, and Compliance Team dislodged an illegal slaughter slab at Oke Rube, Ikotun, Alimosho Local government in furtherance of the sanitization of the red meat value chain.
 
The monitoring team seized a cow and butchered meat from the illegal slab and also arrested the operators of the illegal slab.
 
Speaking on the exercise, the state acting Commissioner for Agriculture,  Abisola Olusanya,

Quote:“The dismantling of the abattoir is necessary because the state is concerned about the production of wholesome and healthy meat for the citizens as well as ensure that the streets are free of stray animals, which has lately become more rampant in the state.


We will also strictly enforce meat transportation, using only the designated vehicles and stray animals control''

Man arrested for attempting to kill woman for 'ritual purpose' in Anambra (photos)







41-year-old Ogbonna Nwankwo pictured above has been arrested by men of the Anambra state police command for allegedly attempting to kill a woman, Bella Joseph, and cutting off her breast on Wednesday, September 2.
 
Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, said Ogbonna took Bella to Dollar Inn motel in Ihite in Orumba South local government area to lodge. He said while they lodged in their hotel room, the suspect allegedly used a knife to stab Bella and was attempting to cut off her breast when her cry for help was heard by the motel manager who came to her rescue.
 

Quote:''Suspect allegedly  attempted to murder the lady inside the motel room by stabbing victim with a knife on her stomach and tried to cut off her right side breast using the same knife probably for ritual purpose thinking she was dead before he was apprehended following her shout for help which attracted  attention of the motel manager'' 

LASTMA officials caught on camera fighting passengers over N100







Two officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) were caught on camera fighting passengers in a vehicle going from Ikeja to Obalende. 
 
The LASTMA officials with badge name E. A. Fagbuyi and N. Oladega accosted the bus driver at Toll Gate (7up) bus-stop, along Berger road in the Lagos metropolis. They accused him of boycotting them since last week and demanded money for the supposed ‘offense’. 
 
The bus conductor told a Premium Times correspondent in the vehicle that they were seeking N100 bribe, and things took a different turn after Fagbuyi took charge of the vehicle and began heading to an unknown location. 
 

 
It was gathered that after the passengers protested, the heated argument which ensued degenerated into a physical combat. During the fight, Mr Oladega assaulted one of the passengers identified as Sandra and also broke her phone screen. 
 
The officials allegedly threatened to harm the lady for demanding that her phone be repaired. Sandra told the Premium Times reporter at the scene;