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A newborn baby thrown into a soakaway has been rescheduled alive in Ogun state.

Insidenaija gathered that the baby(a boy) was rescued after his cries was heard on Saturday, August 8, by children playing near the soakaway located at Oyo Avenue Olorin Community in Adiyan, Ogun state.

However, having heard the baby's cries the children promptly went to inform a woman that a cock has fallen into the pit, the woman got there and discovered that it wasn't a cock but a baby, and alerted people.

People in the neighbourhood then made efforts to rescue the boy and report the incident to Agbado police station.

Policemen from the police station then visit the scene, a welder then helped to cut the iron bars covering the soakaway and the baby boy was brought out.

The baby boy was believed to be a day old due to the appearance of his belly and was taken to the Oke Aro Medical Healthcare Center for treatments.


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/crime-newborn-baby-thrown-into-soakaway-rescued-alive-in-ogun-statepicture/

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Governor Nasir El-Rufia of Kaduna State has said, the Southern part of the country should produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023.

The governor made this disclosure in an interview with the BBC Hausa service on Saturday, August 7, 2020.

According to him, “The southern part of the country is supposed to produce the president come 2023; I don’t support a northerner to vie for the seat after President Muhammadu Buhari, based on Nigeria’s political arrangement."

Mr. El-Rufia said this weeks after president Buhari's nephew mallan Mamman Daura, said in an interview that the presidency should by competence and not zoning.

Recall that in interview granted by the elder statesman to the BBC Hausa Service, Daura said competence should be placed above zoning arrangement in the 2023 presidential election.

His submission however, generated alot of critics as Afenifere and other political interest groups in the South condemned the elder statesman.

The governor said, although the power shift arrangement among the various regions of the country is unconstitutional, it is, however, a political design that must be respected.

“I believe that (there is) no developed country across the world that considers leadership based on where someone comes from. However, in Nigerian politics, there is an arrangement that we all believe on rotational leadership. We are aware of that, anyone who denies that is wrong,” El-Rufai said.

Mr. El-Rufai noted that, although he doesn't relate with people in kaduna, where he is the governor, because they came from a particular zone, saying he work with people based on their capacity to deliver on a task given. He added that he is in support of power rotation at the National level.

“In Kaduna, I don’t work with people because they came from a particular zone, rather, I work with you based on your capacity to deliver on a task given to you and your ability to keep public trust,” he said.

The governor also debunked speculation that he is aspiring to be the president in 2023 saying the speculation has been there right from the time he was a minister of the FCT.

“It is a baseless speculation. I don’t want to be president; only God decides someone’s future whether you like it or not, I have never shown interest for the presidency.”


spurce: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/08/southern-nigeria-should-emerge-next-president-in-2023-el-rufai/

Ebonyi state governor David Umahi, has urged president Muhammadu Buhari not to sack his service Chiefs but rather increase funding and logistics to the Nigerian Army.

Umahi disagreed with the members of the National Assembly over their recent call for the resignation of the nation's Service Chiefs, saying changing them is not what we need at this time when the country is facing insecurity.

The Governor, who stated this during the ground-breaking ceremony of Nigeria Army Reference Hospital, Abakaliki, praised the Army for their gallantry and dedication towards securing the Territory of the Nation.

According to him, the work of the Army is not an easy task, it required the cooperation of the public, adding that without information it might difficult for them to discharge their duties accurately.

In his words:

“I have to disagree with members of the National Assembly over their recent call for the sack of the nation’s Service Chiefs. One thing I have realized in this country is that we like change too much. We want everybody to test every seat. That is not what we need at this crucial time, the country is facing security challenges.

“The Chief of Army Staff is a very big committed person, and very friendly with the civil society.

“So, what these people need is cooperation, information. It is difficult for people to do everything without information. This is very important and at this stage of the change.

“Whoever that is coming is going to be amendable. But I believe strongly that the decision taken by the Service Chiefs are not taken by themselves alone.

“So, I will be suggesting to Mr. President not to consider removing the Service Chiefs.

“But, we should increase their logistics, we should increase the funding of their armed forces. We should increase the programs that will bring information to the security agencies.

“Let me thank the President for finding Ebonyi fit to site this project. Ebonyi is very lucky with the Army. We will continue to partner you we expect him, the Chief of Army Staff to Commission the internal roads we did for the Army.

“But, we should increase their logistics, we should increase the funding of their armed forces. We should increase the programs that will bring information to the security agencies.

“Let me thank the President for finding Ebonyi fit to site this project. Ebonyi is very lucky with the Army. We will continue to partner you we expect him, the Chief of Army Staff to Commission the internal roads we did for the Army.

“The new GOC is more like a brother. We want to thank you and appreciate you for being an Ebonyi man. Thanks for choosing this State for the citing of this project.”


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/08/dont-sack-service-chiefs-ebonyi-state-governor-tells-buhari/

Fine for hate speech was increased from N500,000 to N5 million in the amended National Broadcasting Code to deter people who are willingly to violate the provision to destabilise the country, the Federal government has said.

Information and culture minister Alhaji Lai Muhammad, gave this explanation, on TVC live Programme, “This Morning”, on Friday, August 7, 2020.

Recall that in 2019, president Muhammadu Buhari directed the minister to increase the fine which was later stipulated in the in the amended Broadcasting Code.

“What motivated the amendment was that when the fine was N500,000 we saw the provision being violated at will because the amount was very easy to pay,” he said.

He noted that some desperate people knowing fully well that their broadcast content contain hate speech will insist that the broadcast stations should go on air, while they bear the cost of the fine.

According to him, those criticising the government over the increment should remember that hate speech could damaged the country.

He recalled that Rwandan lost 800,000 lives to hate speech while Bosnia and Cambodia equally lost thousands of lives to the menace.

He said, Nigeria is not the only country that placed sanction on hate speech, saying that some nations have more stringent provisions.

“Chad has today slow down the speed of its internet service to slow down the growth of hate speech.

“Iceland has a provision in its penal code against hate speech and the punishment is up to five years in jail.

The sanction in Norway is up to two years imprisonment while South Africa separated hate speech from the protection their citizens can get from the constitution,” he said.

Muhammad also explained that gate speach is not new, but the fact that it could be spread fast through the the social media platforms make it to be more problematic.

Therefore, the minister reiterated government commitment to regulate the social media without stifling the freedom of speech.


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/07/fg-explains-why-hate-speech-fine-was-increased-n500000-to-n5-million/

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I can bet he made this statement while not wearing a mask

President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces Muhammadu Buhari has directed all State government and the Federal Capital Territory to enforce the use of face mask in public places nationwide.

Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVD-19 Boss made this known at daily press briefing on Thursday in Abuja.

Mustapha, while reviewing the activities of the committee, said the president also approved that the current phase of the National Response to COVID-19 should be maintained for another four weeks, but with some modifications.

“President Buhari also asked the PTF to partner with states and local governments to improve community sensitisation and engagement to step up response to the COVID-19 response.

“He also encouraged state governments to collaborate with local government authorities to intensify necessary measures such as contact tracing, grassroots mobilisation and risk communication.

“He also ordered that collaboration with other mandate groups at federal/state levels to harmonise the country’s COVID-19 response be strenghtened on the short, medium and long-term basis,” he said.

Mustapha warned against stigmatisation and skepticism among Nigerians in the fight against COVID-19.

“I wish to remind all Nigerians that this fight is for every one; everyone must take responsibility.

“Disbelief and skepticism will further complicate our situation; we should not stigmatise anyone infected. Our communities should own the response and educate our citizens,” he said.


source:
https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/06/president-buhari-orders-compulsory-use-of-face-masks-nationwide/

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When First bank opened a branch at Kano in 1929 , alhaji Alhassan Dantata the grand father of Aliko Dangote opened an account depositing 20 camel load of Silver coins, making him the first businessman to deposit money into a bank in Nigeria.

Aliko Dangote is now the richest man in Africa, he borrowed a huge amount of money to start his business but today he is a billionaire.


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/06/throw-back-pictures-of-alhassan-dantata-dangotes-grand-father-in-first-bank-in-1929/

A 62-year-old Kenyan woman identified as Joyce Wairimu Kariuki, has been sentenced to 35 year imprisonment after been convicted of robbery with violence by the Loitoktok Law Courts.

According to a statement released by Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Joyce Wairimu Kariuki had previously served a 15-year jail term but resumed her thievery after being released from prison.

“Following numerous reports of stolen motor vehicles, especially lorries in Nakuru, Nairobi and Mombasa between 2018 and 2019, DCI detectives narrowed down on the suspect around whom the thefts revolved,” the DCI said.

Wairimu was an ex-convict of Shimo La Tewa GK Prison who was on 23rd April, 2019 arraigned at Loitoktok Law Courts charged with six different offences, including theft, forgery, attempted theft, among other crimes, was on Tuesday, sentenced to 35 years in prison following her case verdict.

She was first arrested in 2005, prosecuted and found guilty by the then Kwale Senior Resident Magistrate D.O. Ogembo.

The convict had, in 2008, filed an appeal at the High Court in Mombasa, but her application was dismissed by Justice M. Muya, who, on November 14, 2013, ruled that Wairimu’s appeal was “convoluted, disjointed and without merit”.

Following her arrest early last year, Wairimu was arraigned at the Loitoktok Law Courts on April 23, 2019.

Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/06/62-year-old-woman-bags-35-years-jail-term-for-robbery-in-kenya/

A traditional ruler of Awara Uba-Agwa Autonomous Community in Ohaji Egbema Local government area of Imo State Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, his cousin and gang have been arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder of 3 Nigeria Drug L Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) staff that went missing.

The traditional ruler was among suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate, that included a native doctor,all their operation were blamed on 'fulani herdsmens'. They were paraded at the Imo State Police Command in Owerri, on August 3, 2020.

Speaking during the parade, Imo State Police Commissioner, Isaac Akinmoyede, said: “On 28/7/2020 at about 04:00hrs at Umuokuzu Awara in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, operatives of Special Anti-robbery Squad, SARS through painstaking and diligent investigation, arrested one Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, male, 59-year-old of Uba community in Awara community in Awara, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State in connection with kidnap and other armed robbery incidents.

“Investigation further revealed that the arrested suspect, Andrew Okuegbunuwa, provided the operational vehicle, Lexus RX330 SUV with number plate: URM 404 EL, for the kidnappers.

“Having lost the vehicle in the operation, Andrew was given N3,000,000 to replace his vehicle by the kidnappers. It was discovered that the vehicle was not recorded in the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, database.

“His arrest also led to the arrest of one Bernard Uzoma, a native doctor at Umunoha in Mbaitoli local government area, whose job is to provide the gang with protection from death and arrest. He was paid N200,000 as his own share from the loot.

“A total sum of N4, 200,000 was recovered from the suspects out of the combined ransom of N7,500,000 paid for the release of two victims.”

When Vanguard spoke to Eze Okuegbunuwa, he said: “They collected my car and they did not tell me what they want to use it for. When they came, they said my car got lost and they gave me N3.5 million to replace my car. Let me state this, I have received money from them only four times.
“I did not know that they used it for kidnapping and they only gave money for my car that got lost. I have only received money from them only four times.”


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/05/traditional-ruler-his-cousin-and-gang-arrested-for-killing-kidnapping-in-imo-statephoto/

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No fewer than 78 people have been confirmed dead and over 3,000 injured after massive explosions erupted in with Beirut port area devastating vehicles and buildings in Lebanon.

According to Lebanon’s health minister, Hamad Hassan, the figures were “preliminary estimates,” adding that the blasts had caused a ‘very high number of injuries’ and huge damage.

It is a disaster in every sense of the word,” he said in an interview with several television channels while visiting a hospital in the Lebanese capital.

The explosion which occurred twice about 6pm local time in the city’s port where warehouses are believed to contain explosive materials.

Dramatic footage posted on social media shows smoke billowing from a building in the port area before an enormous fireball explodes into the sky, sending a vast shock wave across the city that was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus – more than 200km (180 miles) away.

The explosion which rocked the city’s port on Tuesday afternoon, destroyed many buildings, including former Prime minister Saad Harri’s house, who have been confirmed safe by his party.

Beriut’s Hotel Dieu Hospital was said to have been overwhelmed by patient having received more than 500 patients, couldn’t admit anymore, while Lebanon’s Red Cross confirmed many others were still trapped in their homes.

General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim said: ‘It appears that there is a warehouse containing material that was confiscated years ago, and it appears that it was highly explosive material.’

Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Hasan Diab has declared Wednesday, August 5, a day of mourning, and President Michel Aoun called for ‘urgent’ defence council talks

He However, said Beirut explosions was caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate left unsecured for 6 years in a warehouse, and promise to punish officials responsible.

Israel has denied any involvement amid escalating tensions with the militant group Hezbollah along the country’s southern border.

However, the United States has promised to assist Lebanon after about 78 people have been confirmed dead and 3000 others injured.

US President Donald Trump who made this disclosure at a press briefing on Tuesday, said the explosion was a bomb blast, describing the incidents as a terrible attack.


source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/05/78-people-dead-3000-other-injured-as-two-explosions-rocks-beirut-lebanon/

One of the wives of governors Nasir El-Rufia of Kaduna state celebrate her birthday yesterday. She share adorable pictures of herself and some of the governor's children.

El-Rufia daughter, share the pictures via her twitter handle today. And her father took to the comment section to appreciate and wish his wife, happy birthday.


Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/04/governor-nasir-el-rufias-wife-celebrates-her-birthday-yesterday-share-adorable-pictures/

Although scientists have not found any vaccine for the novel corona virus disease ravaging different countries in the world, in some countries, all cases have recovered from the infection.

Complete list of countries with no active cases of corona virus disease, according to worldomteter statistics, bellow:

San Marino: The country had a total number of 699 confirmed cases, out of which 657 recovered and 42 deaths.

Mauritius: The country had a total number of 344 cases, out of which 334 recovered and 10 deaths.

Cayman Islands: The country had a total number of 203 cases, out of which 202 recovered and 1 death.

Brunei: The country had a total number of 141 cases, out of which 137 recovered and 3 deaths.

British Virgin Islands: The country had a total number of 8 cases, out of which 7 recovered and death.

As at August 3, 2020, the total number of people infected by corona virus disease worldwide stands at 18,254,627, out of which a total number of 11,457,248 recovered and a total number of 693,154 people have die of the virus.


Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/03/covid-19-complete-list-of-countries-with-no-active-cases/

Living faith church popularly known as winners chapel general overseer Bishop David Oyedepo, has threatened the federal government that fire will fall if churches are shut down again.

Oyedepo, speaking against the closure of churches due to COVID-19 in a church sermon, on Sunday, August 2, said why can’t the government close occult houses the same way it shut down churches.


“I know the world will come to the point where we’ll say we are being fooled cause the devil that is deceiving the world, he has the capacity to deceive the whole world”, he said.

“Thank God we are not fooled, Thank God we have not been fooled, Thank God he made us smarter than our enemies. Its only here they lay hands on Coronavirus patients and then walk free and heal them straight.”

“Could they have asked me in person, Should we shut down the church? Can anybody ask me that question? No.. they know where to ask, they know who to call. There are many pastors like that in this country, you can’t dare them. Did you close down the occult houses? the Ogboni houses? Did you close them down? Don’t you go there yourself?

“The next time anybody tries that, Fire will fall!”.

Oyedepo stated this a day after the Lagos State Government announced that worship centers can resume activities as from August 7.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/03/fire-will-fall-if-churches-are-shut-down-again-oyedepo/

Ka3na and Lilo are the first two housemates to be evicted from the Big Brother Season lockdown house.

The reality TV show saw it first eviction today August 2, the time for the eviction which is usually around 7 pm took an unusual twit.

However, without wasting much of time, Mr. Ebuka who is the show host announced four housemates with the least votes; Lilo, Eric, Ka3na and Praise and asked them to stand after that moment the big brother asked ‘safe’ housemates to select two out of the four whom they like to leave the show.

One by one, the housemates were called into the Dairy Room, where they each disclosed the names of the housemate of their choice to be evicted.

Thereafter, after announcing Ka3na as the first housemate to be evicted, Ebuka later announce Lilo, and so far the two of them are the first two housemates to be evicted.

When asked on the stage how they feel about their eviction:

Ka3na said “I’m having mixed feelings but I’m glad that I made it this far.”

According to her, the main reason of being on the show was for her to gain popularlrity, adding that she could only be grateteful for the opportunity.

Meanwhile, Lilo said she was so surprised she had been evicted, why ask if she could predict why she was evicted, she said,she had no idea.

She however, said that she is leaving the show to focus more on her business, and she would also be going for a Master’s degree.

source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/08/02/bbnaija-season5-ka3na-lilo-becomes-first-two-housemates-evicted/