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September 07, 2015

Police arrest armed robbers who raped patients and nurses at a hospital in Ogun

The Ogun state police command have arrested two robbers identified as Demola David and Dare Oladunjoy suspected to have raped patients and some nurses after robbing them at the Amazing Grace Hospital, an Ijebu – Ode based hospital recently.The Ogun state police command spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement said the suspects were arrested at Ijebu – Ode following a tip-off."The command made the arrest while acting on a tip-off that the armed men, who had been terrorizing Ijebu-Ode and its environ, were sighted at Molipa-Ikanga area in Ijebu-Ode about 5:30p.m. on Saturday. The police operatives attached to Igbeba Division of the command swung into action immediately the information got to them and rushed to the said area where the suspected armed robbers opened fire on the police operatives, who responded with heavy fire power before eight of them were arrested. These suspects have been identified as the killers of one Alayande Oladipo, who was shot dead in Ijebu-Ode on August 25 and those responsible for the robbery and rape cases at a hospital in Ijebu-Ode. The suspects had robbed patients and staff of the said hospital and raped some of them during their operation at the hospital."he said

Masquerades invade Ondo church,flog pastors and worshippers

Four masquerades incvade the Christ Apostolic Church in Epinmi Akoko area of Ondo state. The four masquerade invade the church service and flogged the pastors and the worshipers.

One of the masquerades, Tunde Arohunmolase was however arrested while others fled after flogging the pastors and the worshipers.Police source said that the masquerades invade the Christ Apostolic Church in the town while the service was on-going and abruptly ended it.

Two of the Pastors were reportedly injured by the time the masquerades left the church premises.Vanguard learnt that when the masquerades arrived the church premises they were challenged by some of the church workers.

But they reportedly ‎overpowered them and went straight for their target.While other worshipers fled leaving the Pastors , their attackers reportedly had a field day dealing with them.
Vanguard learnt that the matter ‎was later reported at the police station and one of the suspect was apprehended.

Police detectives are probing the reason for the attack of the church by the masqueraders during the service.When contacted the police Image Maker, Wole Ogodo, confirmed that two Pastors were wounded during the attack and have been treated.

He gave the names of the Pastors as Jacob Ogunmola and Kehinde Ilori.

The Police Spokesman added that one of the suspect- Tunde Arohunmolase is in Police custody and has made useful statement.
Ogodo assured that the fleeing masqueraders would soon be arrested from their hideouts.

Former Gov Akpabio Discharged From Hospital After Yesterday

Morning's Accident
Yesterday Senator Godswill Akpabio,the former governor of Akwa Ibom state was involved in an Accident at Bolingo Junction In Abuja ...
He was driving in this Mercedes ML 'Jeep' when his convoy tried to beat the traffic light and the unthinkable happened....

Senator Akpabio who suffered some minor injuries spent the whole day in Hospital under observation and was discharged at dusk of same day

A Nigerian woman, three Canadians and a Pakistani are among at least 10 people killed in a fire accident inside a Saudi Arabian residential compound, according to the Associated Press (AP).

Over 200 people were also injured in the fire outbreak involving workers of the Saudi national oil company, Aramco, in Khobar town.

Though the identity of the Nigerian and three Canadians who died in the outbreak had not been made public, their nationality has been confirmed.

According to AP, Ali bin Saad al-Qahtani, a civil defence spokesman for the kingdom's eastern province, provided the update in comments carried by the official Saudi Press Agency early Monday.

"He said a total of 10 people died and 259 were injured. The civil defence directorate previously said 11 people were killed."

Al-Qahtani did not provide the nationalities of the other five people killed in the incident.

"A preliminary investigation suggests a short circuit in an electrical transformer in the building's basement sparked the blaze, which quickly spread through 130 cars parked in the basement," he said.

The complex, known as Radium, is a gated community of eight six-storey buildings with a total of 486 residential units as well as swimming pools and other leisure facilities, according to Aramco's website.

Saudi Aramco says it employs more than 61,000 workers worldwide from 77 countries. Foreigners represent around a third of the kingdom's population of 30.8 million.

Nigeria Newspaper Headlines- Tue. 1st Sept. 2015

THE NATION

*APC, governors, others join row over Buhari's choices

*Akpabio's convoy, U.S. embassy's car collide in Abuja

*Nigeria's first IVF baby to study medicine abroad

*Ambode orders recruitment of more medical workers

*Insurgency 'll end soon, says Defence spokesman

*Fear of competition forced Obasanjo, others out of PDP

*UNIPORT students on rampage over colleague's death

*Court rejects foreigner as surety

*Saraki seeks closer economic ties with S/Arabia

*New Customs chief yet to resume

*APC 'll not tolerate disloyalty

*My administration has delivered, says Wada

*Saraki plunged APC into crisis

*With Buhari, things have improved nationwide

THIS DAY

*Umahi Blames Overload of Vehicles for Abakaliki-Enugu Highway Accident

*Mimiko: I'm A Political Evangelist

*Three Killed as Rival Cult Groups Clash in Abeokuta

*El-Rufai Warns Citizen Against Fraudsters Using His Name

*Plateau Youths Protest Incessant Killings in the State

*US Condemns Recent Boko Haram Attacks in Nigeria

*Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges Calm over Skewed Appointments

*Fayose: Buhari Gradually Cornering Nigeria for Northerners

*China Backs Nigeria's Bid for UN Permanent Seat

*Our Defeat Not Due To Poor Performance, Says PDP

*External Reserves Rise to $31.43 Billion

*Amaechis Legacy Remains Indelible

*Ex-Depot Price of Petrol Drops as Oil Price Crashes

*Military Recovers 94 Cattle, Other

*Buhari Restates Commitment to Polio-free Nigeria by 2017

*Wike's Probe is a Distraction, Says Amaechi

THE SUN

*15-year-old pupil conquers unemployment

*No space for 9000 admission seekers in FUNAAB

*APC post-election summit: Oyegun, Oshiomhole, Amaechi, others storm Calabar

*Central Bank injects N338 billion into 27 states to stimulate economy

*Almost 40% of Nigerians mentally ill, lack medical care

*10 Nigerian women, four others join International 'Women of Influence' Hall of Fame

*Robbers hack security guard to death, set stores ablaze in Imo

*Ambode donates 46 ambulance, power bikes for health, crime

*Military brutality: Victim loses tooth, demands compensation

*Nigeria must not miss polio free certification in 2017, Buhari warns

*Police arrest 22 kidnappers, 192 others in Rivers

*Appointments: Oyegun, Okorocha defend Buhari

*3 killed,scores injured asNavy, Biafran group clash in Onitsha

*Fayose vows to close down banks over tax evasion

*EFCC sets up four-man panel to probe Alison-Madueke

PREMIUM TIMES

*Three killed, houses razed in Ogun deadly cult clash

*Fayose to punish 31 Ekiti civil servants for lateness to work

*Buhari will soon balance appointments ' Oyegun

*Ondo female politician dies after police attack

*Buhari did not appoint us based on ethnicity ' new SGF

*Ex- Governor Akpabio hospitalised in Abuja after own car disobeyed traffic light, then crashed

*Nigeria professor wins N58 million jackpot betting on EPL matches

*Accident claims 7 lives on Ogbomoso-Oyo road

*Council of Imams backs Buhari's anti-corruption drive

*7 communities submerged in Adamawa flood

*Boko Haram:58,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Chad, Niger

*Flood destroys N100 million farm produce in Sokoto

*PDP mess must be cleared for Nigerians to enjoy better life ' APC

Amaechi Challenges Wike To Publish Statements Of Govt Accounts

Amaechi Challenges Wike To Publish Statements Of Govt Accounts, Says he left N7.5bn cash in IGR and others totalling N8bn

Former Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has challenged his successor in office, Governor Nyesom Wike to publish the statements of government accounts with Skye Bank, FAAC, Zenith Bank and Access Bank, insisting that about N7.5 billion cash was left as balance in the state Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, as at May 29, 2015, alongside money in other accounts, totalling N8 billion.

Amaechi in a statement, yesterday, by his media aide, said: "Our attention has been drawn to comments by Governor Wike, where he attempted to justify his sham probe of the immediate past governor of the state and distort our statement on the amount of money Amaechi left in the state treasury.

Wike and Amaechi
"However, what the public may not know is that Wike's deceptive probe of Amaechi is a distraction to entertain and keep the public focus on his circus show, while he siphons and salt away billions of naira from the state treasury. From the moment he stepped into Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike has run a government of lies, deception and fraud.

"Wike claimed he met a completely empty treasury. That again is another big lie and grand deception to steal state funds. We have said that Amaechi left billions of naira and we even went ahead to mention the banks and give the names of the accounts the money were, as at May 29, 2015.

"We repeat that N7.5 billion cash was left behind as balance in the state Internally Generated Revenue account with Skye Bank, FAAC account with Zenith Bank, balance with Access Bank and funds in the State reserve fund account in First Bank. This is besides other balance in the state Government House account with Zenith Bank and other government ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs accounts, like the Bureau for Public Procurement, BPP. Amaechi left N939m in the Commercial Agric Credit Scheme Account in Zenith Bank.

"By the time you pull all these together, we are looking at readily available cash in the region of N8 billion to N10 billion left for the Wike administration. We have mentioned banks, account names and funds left in the accounts. These are facts that cannot be distorted by Wike.

"If Wike says he's not lying that he met an empty treasury, we challenge him to publish the statements of these government accounts that we have mentioned and other Rivers State Government ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs accounts as at May 29 to prove his claim and show the public that Amaechi left an empty treasury for him."

Vanguard

Landlord Sets Tenant's 3-yr-Old Boy Ablaze

The police detectives attached to ota division of the command in Ogun State have arrested a-65-year-old landlord,Joseph Olaleye for allegedly setting a-three year old boy of his tenant Abdulahi Razaq ablaze to death.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state , Muyiwa Adejobi in a statement said the suspect who lived in Olowosatide, Owode Ijako Ota in Ado Odo Otta Local Government Area of the state committed the crime on Monday around 1: pm.
According to Adejobi, the incident occured when the suspect threw an ignited kerosene stove at the boy, who was a son to one Olalekan Razak, one of the tenants of the suspect, which caused severe injuries on the victim before he was rushed to a Hospital in otta where he was confirmed dead.

"The Commissioner of Police Ogun State CP Abdulmajid Ali, who described the incident as unfortunate, has directed that the suspect be charged to court after investigation without any delay.

"The Police boss has however sympathised with the family of the late young boy and assured them, as well as Good people of Ogun state, of justice in the matter", he said.

Vanguard report.

Man Jailed 5 Years For Setting Pregnant Lover On Fire

A 37-year-old lucky Esonahae was on Monday sentenced by an Egor Magistrate Court in Benin, Edo State to five years imprisonment for setting his pregnant lover ablaze.
Lucky, a bar operator, was arraigned on a one-count charge of causing bodily harm.

The charge read, "That you, Lucky Esonahae, on July 6, 2015, at Uwelu Quartres, Benin, in Egor Magisterial District, did unlawfully cause grievous harm to one Stella Isaac, by setting her on fire with kerosene, which cause her bodily harm and, thereby, committed an offence punishable under Section 355(B) of the Criminal Code Cap 48, Vol. II, Laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable to Edo State."

While testifying in court, the prosecuting officer, Sergeant Ganiyu Yahya said the incident occurred at Uwelu Quartres in Benin on July 6, adding that the victim identified as Stella Isaac reported the matter to the police the same day.

The prosecutor said the convict poured kerosene on the head of the victim, who was said to be seven months pregnant before setting her on fire.

‎Ganiyu Yahaya told the court that the woman was rescued by one of her sons and a neighbour who forced their way into the room as she had been locked in.

He disclosed that the woman was later rushed to the Central Hospital where she was treated for the burns she sustained on her hands and forehead.

According to Yahaya, the convict had earlier accused the victim of infidelity after she allegedly returned home from her antenatal at about 6pm, adding that he threatened to kill her before she ran to her sister's house.

Lucky Esonahae pleaded guilty to the offence and asked the court for leniency.

However, the presiding magistrate, Igho Braimoh while delivering the verdict ‎said the court would not be lenient, stressing that "for a 37-year-old man to set a lover on fire, leaves much to be desired."

Braimoh consequently sentenced the convict to five years imprisonment with hard labour.

-Daily Post

Nigeria News Headline- Sun 30th Aug. 2015

TRIBUNE

*Arik Air drug latest: NDLEA gets CCTV footage of main accomplice

*Over 100 convicted for traffic offences in Oyo

*Boko Haram: Buhari meets parents of abducted Chibok girls

*Wike vs Amaechi: I'll not appear before probe panel 'Amaechi

*Chad executes 10 Boko Haram members

*Kitchen cabinet: Let's not judge Buhari hastily'Sagay

*Buhari's cabinet: North targets top ministries

*We lost 1.3m barrels of crude to oil sabotage in Rivers 'Total

*Nigeria's economy has worsened in 90 Days of APC 'PDP

*Police to promote 40,000 in next two months, says IG

*Air Force to investigate aircraft crash

*Buhari must tread softly on corruption war 'Famuyibo

VANGUARD

*Stolen funds: Buhari, Jonathan may clash again

*Our daughter dumped day-old-baby on the street ' Couple

*The Ooni has spiritual and physical powers

*500 DAYS AFTER ABDUCTION: Remembering the Chibok 219

*500 Days: Borno gives N100,000, materials to parents of Chibok girls

*Nigeria suffered worst economic plunder during PDP admin ' Presidency

*Buhari gives succour to Chibok girls' parents

*Oliseh is an asset 'Howard

*How China yuan's devaluation will hurt Nigeria's economy

*Passport palaver: Oliseh drops Salami from Tanzania match

*EPL: Chelsea, Liverpool suffer shocking defeat

*Why I support my son's music career 'Zack Orji

*Who wins' Anita Joseph challenges Nicki Minaj in the Anaconda pose

*Ban on modular refineries fuels attacks, violent deaths

DAILY POST

*Tribunal: INEC maintains guber election in Delta was never rigged

*NDLEA begins fresh offensive against drug trafficking in FCT

*IG says Police to promote 40,000 in next two months

*DPC National Chairman, NEC members survive traffic accident

*DHQ upgrades STF in Plateau, reacts to Amnesty allegation of war crimes

*Buhari optimistic of Chibok girls’ rescue as Shettima meets 90 parents

*State Governors must be responsible for oil pipelines protection – Rotimi Makinde

*Intrigues as Kogi APC election gets underway

*Buhari disowns documents containing campaign promises of his first 100 days in office

*New appointments: “I never said Buhari disappointed me” – Amaechi

*DSS arrests 14-year-old Boko Haram suspect at Abuja Airport, disrupts spying installations

*Police hunt for kidnappers of 75-year-old grandfather in Delta

*I’m afraid of dying young – Ronaldo

PREMIUM TIMES

*Presidency attacks PDP, says Jonathan's economic achievements fake

*Kogi University ASUU threatens industrial action

*Jonathan, Alison-Madueke, CSO Obuah in trouble over $6.9million 'mobile stage' scandal

*IAAF World Championships: Bolt picks third gold as Jamaica wins 4x100m double

*20 die of cholera in Bauchi State

*Buhari will not marginalize any part of Nigeria ' Presidency

*SSS disrupts Boko Haram spy network at Abuja airport, arrests suspect

*Nigeria-based journalist arrested in Cameroon, accused of spying for Boko Haram

*Ogun Governor's wife denies arrest in London for money laundering

*Late Oba Sijuwade lamented Yoruba marginalisation before he died ' Obasanjo

*Centenary project will create 250,000 direct jobs ' Abdulsalami Abubakar

*Fayose appoints 72-year old illiterate carpenter LG Chairman

PRESIDENT Muhannadu Buhari has reassured the parents of the abducted Chibok School girls of his government’s determination and commitment to rescuing the girls alive and healthy.
President Buhari, who was represented by Governor Kashim Shettima, said “we share the agony and sorrow of our abducted girls, as government we are working hard to rescue your girls alive and healthy. I am optimistic that the girls are still alive and will soon be rescued and handed over to their parents by the grace of God.”
The president said he was with the parents of the abducted Chibok girls, noting that he felt the agony and the psychological trauma they went through, as he is also a father. The president called on them to exercise patience as government was doing everything possible to make sure the girls were rescued.

“We leaders are responsible for taking care of our people and are accountable before the Almighty God, as such, the government will continue to render assistance to the parents of the abducted girls, as most of the parent cannot go to their farms nor carry on with their petty trading, because of the psychological trauma and agony they are going through,” the president lamented.
He said this was a calamity that had befallen the country and it had no religious or tribal connotation, as the terrorists were killing both Muslims and Christians and all tribes they came across with. President Buhari, however, appealed to the non governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop politicising and making the abduction issue a money making business.

While appealing to the parents to be calm and patient, he also assured the parents that the girls would be rescued and the insurgency would come to an end, saying government was fully committed to fighting the insurgency to a stand still, as the country now had credible and dedicated service chiefs.

The government also gave each parent of the abducted girls the token sum of N100,000 and some clothing materials to alleviate their suffering, adding that ‘‘this token is not a compensation of their daughters, but just to assist them.’Responding on behalf of the parents, Lawan Shettima thanked the president for his concern about their plight and assured the president of their cooperation, as this administration is doing everything possible to rescue. He also thanked the government for the assistance rendered them.
Source:Tribune

DSS uncovers Boko Haram spy ring at Abuja Airport

Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) says it has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport in the capital Abuja apparently aimed at selecting targets for attack, the country's national security agency said.

In a statement late on Friday, the DSS said it discovered the ring on Monday and was working with aviation authorities to pre-empt any attack.President Muhammadu Buhari has made halting Boko Haram's six-year-old insurgency a priority, but a Reuters tally shows the jihadist group has killed more than 700 people in Nigeria in bomb attacks and shootings since he came to office on May 29.

The DSS said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy who said he had been instructed to spy on the airport's security procedures, including passenger screening and boarding processes, and report what he had learned.It said the man who directed the boy had not been located."The service, in liaison with the aviation security of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, disrupted a spying network mounted by the Boko Haram terrorists," DSS spokesman Tony Opuiyo said in the statement."The service is working closely with major aviation stakeholders, especially the Aviation Security Department, to forestall any possible attack and to ensure adequate security at the airports."Boko Haram, whose insurgency mainly focuses on the northeast, has carried out some attacks in Abuja including the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in the city four years ago, which killed 23 people.
Source: pmnews

Photos: A Thief/Burgler Captured By CCTV Surveillance camera

We woke up this on the morning of the 27th august yesterday to discover our guest house had been burgled. Someone scaled the fence, raided the bar. He had a drink or two and even urinated inside the empty bottles and on the leather seat at the lounge. The fellow further removed a 42 inch led tv which he then passed to an accomplice across the fence before disappearing into the night. I heard that other residences around the area were also burgled.
I here by attach available cctv footage of the thief. Note that the camera was working with night vision hence the picture is not to clear but anyone who knows the fellow will surely recognize him.
Lets expose this thief!

Nigeria Police has appointed its first Female Police Public Relations Officer ,PPRO. She is Ag. ACP Olabisi Kolawole. Her appointment was ratified by the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase today August 28th. Congrats to her. Read her profile.....

She is a graduate of Nigeria Police Academy; she studied Law in Ogun State University and graduated with Bachelor of Law degree (LL.B) in 2000. She graduated from the Nigeria Law School where she obtained a (BL) degree and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002. She attended University of Leicester, United Kingdom where she obtained a Masters degree in Police Leadership and Management (PLM).

She is an officer with vast policing experience at both national and international levels. At national level she has held several positions including Legal Adviser, Administration officer, Intelligence officer and Force Gender Adviser among others. At the international level, she served in the following United Nations Missions; in East-Timor 2000, Kosovo 2004, Liberia 2006 and at the DPKO UNHQ, New York 2007. She is a member of the pool of investigators assisting the office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague in the investigations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as international crimes. Besides her core academic trainings and attainments, Ag. ACP Kolawole attended several professional Police courses within and outside the country namely;
• Standing Police Capacity Training at the National Police Institute, Bramshil, London, United Kingdom in 2007
• Counter Terrorism Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom in 2008
• POC/Sexual and Gender Based Violence Course at COESPU in Vicenza, Italy in 2013
• Investigating cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as International crimes at the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre, Doha, Qatar in 2013.
• Protection of Civilian Train of trainers course, National Defence College, Abuja 2014.
• Policy, Strategy and Leadership Course, National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Jos 2014.
• Tactical Leadership and Command Course (TLCC) Police Staff College, Jos 2014.
• Public Relations Course, Public Service Institute, Abuja 2015

She is a member of a number of organisations and associations such as; Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA),International Association of Women Police (IAWP), International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), United Nations Women Police Network.

Until her appointment as the Force Public Relations Officer, Ag. ACP Kolawole was the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Peacekeeping and the Police Force Gender Adviser.
She is happily married with children. Her hobbies include reading and travelling, her sport is Table Tennis.

The Ohaneze Youth Council, OYC have released a statement expressing their displeasure at the non inclusion of the Ibos in all the appointments made by President Buhari so far. Their statement signed by its president Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro below ..

"We stand to condemn this glaring hatred for Ndigbo by the administration of President Buhari. We recall that apart from several other appointments, Buhari’s government has also appointed Service Chiefs and in a similar manner, he sidelined the South-East zone.
As if that was not enough, the long-awaited position of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, has come at last and this government deemed nobody from the South-East qualified enough to occupy that position, which was earlier zoned to Ndigbo. We are indeed shocked by this turn of events, which are totally at variance with Mr. President’s earlier stand that he was for nobody but that he was for everybody. We are at a loss where this statement fits in, considering all the actions he has taken so far, which are all against the interest of Ndigbo. Where is the justice; where is the equity; where is the one Nigeria? How long shall Ndigbo be pushed to the walls? The Ohaneze Youth Council is saying it loud and clear that these appointments are unacceptable to us and we urge Mr. President to reverse them, otherwise it would appear that there is a grand-design to annihilate the Igbos out of the political and economic system in this country. The Second Niger Bridge is a project that touches on the economic life of the entire South-East and we find it curious that the Federal Government is not ready to attach any priority to it. “We use this medium to urge Mr. President to right these wrongs and move the country forward as one. Tribalism has never paid Nigeria and this period will not make any difference”.

The troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Nigerian Army today uncovered and destroyed another Improvised Explosives Device (IED) making factory at Miyati and Nyaleri villages along Maiduguri-Bulabulin-Damboa road, in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

A statement released by the acting director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, states that the discovery was made during a cordon and search operation at Sandia, Kokakowa and Nyaleri villages suspected to be Boko Haram enclaves early today.

The statement in part reads

"Three terrorists were arrested comprising an “Ameer”, a high contact and a foot soldier. Among items discovered apart from the IED making equipment, were a Peugeot pick up van, foodstuffs, 10-KVA Lister generator, gas cylinders, borehole, pumping machine, 3 bags of maize, 1 bag of millet and 13 empty AGO jerry cans, amongst others. The joint operation between the Brigade and Nigerian Air Force who provided air cover and tracking, was part of the determined effort by the military to rout out terrorists in the general area and open more roads hitherto held by the terrorists for public usage. It is also part of the renewed effort and vigour on the part of our troops to meet up with the set dateline that has turned the tide and momentum of the battle against the Boko Haram terrorists in our country. I am glad to say that the troops are on high morale and very excited with their accomplishment thus far. In a related development, troops have made substantial progress in an advance to reclaim and destroy terrorists held areas within Gamboru Ngala general area".