A worker with the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Dele Ogundele, has been hospitalised after he was allegedly brutalised by a police sergeant attached to a house reportedly owned by a former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar.

According to PUNCH Metro the mobile policeman, Attah Aninoko, on Thursday dragged down Ogundele from an electric pole opposite the house and beat him up for disconnecting power to the house of the former IG.

Ogundele’s leg was allegedly broken by the sergeant, who was reported to have boasted that “nothing will happen.”

The matter was said to have been reported to the police at the Ikoyi division and the sergeant was arrested.

The Head of Corporate Communications Department, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Mr. Godwin Idemudia, who confirmed the incident, said the sergeant had been detained.
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A popular Roman Catholic priest, who was kidnapped last year, Rev. Fr. Gospel Inalegwu, has “resigned” from priesthood.

His resignation sent a wave of shock across the church in Kano where he is based.

Inalegwu upon tendering his resignation letter to the Bishop of Kano Diocese, Most Rev. John Namawzah Niyiring, traveled out of the state with all his belongings.

Commenting on the development in a chat with reporters, Bishop Niyiring said during the weekend that, “Priests do not resign as they do in the public service, but are laicized”
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The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti was on Sunday shut indefinitely following the violent protest by students over the death of two of them.

Trouble began on the institution’s campus late Friday when two of the students reportedly complained of malaria.

They were said to have been rushed to the Polytechnic Health Centre for treatment, but their condition later became worse. They died in the early hours of Saturday.

The Registrar of the institution, Mrs. Sade Adediran announced the immediate and indefinite closure of the school.

Adediran did not, however, confirm whether any student actually died at the Polytechnic Health Centre, said to be the trigger for the violent protest.

The statement warned that any student found on campus after the closure would be apprehended and made to face the consequences.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Mrs Ahmad is expected to replace former CBN Deputy Governor, who retired early in the year.

According to statement by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president presented Mrs Ahmad’s name to the senate in accordance with the provisions of “Section 8(1) (2) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Establishment) Act 2007.”

The statement quoted the President as urging the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, “To consider the expeditious confirmation of Mrs Ahmad, who would then resume work immediately.”

Also Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of the appointment of members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the CBN.

The statement said they are to replace “four members, whose tenure expires at the end of this year.”

Those nominated include: Professor Adeola Festus Adenikinju; Dr Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi; Dr Robert Chikwendu Asogwa and Dr Asheikh A. Maidugu.

“After Senate clearance, the new members of the Monetary Policy Committee are to resume duties next January,” the statement added.
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Two officers with the Ogba, Lagos branch of Sterling Bank Plc, James Oke, 28 and Moyosore Shofowora, 27 have been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate

Court for allegedly withdrawing the sum of N25,466,330 from the internal control accounts of the bank without authorisation and converted the money to their personal use.

The two bankers were arrested on the order of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Lion Building Division, CSP Folashade Tanaruno following a complaint by the management of Sterling Bank through its Chief Security Officer, Mr Okodugha Sunday Evaristus.

The accused were arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos on a two-count charge of felony to wit, stealing.

Prosecuting Counsel, Abbass Abayomi informed the Court in Charge No/65/2017 that the accused persons committed the alleged offence between 22 September, 2016 and 28 July, 2017 during working hours at Sterling Bank Plc, Ogba Branch, Lagos.

Abayomi told the Court that the first accused, James Oke after withdrawing the sum of N9, 377,000 from the account of his employer, he used part of the money to procure travelling documents and ticket fares to escape to the United States of America, but that he was arrested inside a USA bound aircraft at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos before the plane could take off following a tip off.

Abayomi added that the police recovered the sum of USD2,150 from James Oke at the airport during a search.
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Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Paul Dogo, says the government is processing the recruitment of over 1000 health professionals to boost health care delivery in the state.

Dogo said during his ministry’s third quarter interaction with the media and Civil Society Organisations in Kaduna that 418 of health personnel had been issued with appointment letters and their postings had commenced.

The session was organised at the instance of CSOs under Kaduna State MNCH Accountability Mechanism (KADMAM).
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The United Kingdom has asked the Federal Government to clarify the status and whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

The British government said it had asked the government if the British national was alive or dead. However, it could not be immediately ascertained if the Federal Government had responded to the inquiries or not.

The Press Officer, UK high commission in Nigeria, Joe Abuku, stated that the inquiry followed reports that Kanu had been missing since September 14, 2017 when armed soldiers stormed his residence in Abia State.

Abuku said this in response to questions from Saturday PUNCH seeking to know UK’s concern on the missing IPOB leader.

“We are seeking urgent clarification from the Nigerian authorities about the status and whereabouts of Mr. Kanu, a British-Nigerian man, who has been reported missing since September 14,” Abuku stated in an email on Thursday.

Asked if the UK would strip Kanu of citizenship on account of the declaration by Nigeria that he was leading a terrorist organisation, the mission said it does not comment on individual cases.

“One of the conditions that can make the United Kingdom strip its citizen of nationality is if the person engages in a terrorist activity at home or abroad. And Kanu has dual citizenship and therefore a citizen of Nigeria and the UK,” the mission stated.

When asked if the UK supported the Nigerian government’s proscription of the IPOB, Abuku stated that the group was not a proscribed organisation under the British law.

“The Indigenous People of Biafra is not a proscribed organisation in the UK,” the mission spokesperson stressed.

However, when asked if the group was free to raise funds or hold rallies in Britain, Abuku said he would need to get an official response on that, but subsequently declined to respond to the question.

He also declined comment on whether the IPOB might be designated as a terrorist group or proscribed by the British authorities.
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University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is to conduct the 2017 post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Charles Igwe, has said.

Igwe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Friday.

He said that measures had been put in place to ensure a successful 2017 screening examination.

“Qualified candidates for the exam are those who scored 200 and above, made UNN their choice university and have registered online for the exam.

“Invigilators, supervisors as well as other personnel that will be involved have been mobilised and are ready for the exam,” he said.

He said the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps would provide security for the exercise.

“The army, police, civil defence and SSS will help to ensure adequate security as they will patrol 24 hours in UNN and Nsukka town,’’ he said.

Igwe said that the university would provide hostel accommodation at the cost of N3,000 for two nights for candidates who had no relatives to accommodate them in Nsukka.

“The two nights include night of the day of arrival for the exam and night of the day the candidate writes the exam,” he said.

He appealed to Nsukka residents, especially the motorists, tricycle operators and motor-cyclists to assist candidates by directing them appropriately as some of them might be coming to Nsukka for the first time.

“We should treat candidates who will come from different states across the country as our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters.

“We should be fair and assist them instead of exploiting them financially by collecting N100 where we are supposed to collect N50 as transport fare.

“Candidates for the exam should also conduct themselves orderly before, during and after the exam as anyone caught in any form of violence or crime will be arrested by law enforcement agents.

“UNN management, staff and students wish candidates success in the screening exam,” he said
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Tragedy struck on Thursday morning in Benin, Edo State, when a 22-year-old man, Caleb Obasogie, reportedly murdered his mother, Josephine Igbineweka, over alleged failure to give him money.

The incident took place at 31A, Iyamu Street, off Textile Mill Road, when the final year Education student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), stabbed his mother with a broken Pepsi bottle.

Trouble was said to have started when Caleb, the last child of the 55-year-old deceased, a liquor seller, demanded for money from her.
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He was shot by armed robbers on his way to Ilorin where he was attending a French Course at the Nigerian Army School of Education Sobi Barracks in Ilorin Kwara State.

The deceased was born on 31 July 1984 in Kano to the family of MWO Dogari Emmanuel Apyeyak. He was a kuteb by tribe, and hails from Lissam Ussa LGA of Taraba State.

Apyeyak attended Air Force Primary School Kano from 1988 to 1997.

He had his post primary education
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, is confident of winning the coming presidential election when Nigerians elect a new president in 2019.

The governor was hopeful that if supported by his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he would take over government from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

“I’m going straight to that Villa. I’m the next president,” he said in a statement issued on Tuesday by his special assistant on public communications and new media, Mr Lere Olayinka.

“I have a penchant for taking powers; that one in President Muhammadu Buhari’s hand, I will take it.”

Fayose further revealed plans to formally declare his intention to run for presidency in the general elections on Thursday in Abuja.

He, however, said in a letter addressed to leaders of the PDP that his ambition to be president was without prejudice to the party’s position, but in the overall interest of the party and the country.

The letter read; “It is with a deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election.

“Considering your support and commitment towards our great party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.
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The Special Police Forces set up by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris

have arrested 31 suspected kidnapper and armed robbers and recovered four AK-47 riffles and other arms and ammunition from the gangs in Niger State and some areas.

The suspects were paraded in Abuja on Tuesday.

CSP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja said

consequent on the reinforcement of Operation Absolute Sanity on Abuja- Minna Highway with more personnel of Special Tactical Squad and additional two units of Special Police Forces by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP to tackle the gangs of kidnappers that escaped arrest on Abuja – Kaduna Highway and relocated to some roads in Niger State, several suspects were arrested.
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The Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State has graduated the total of 465 graduands in the 9th convocation of the university.

Twenty two of them bagged First Class honours.

The Vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Debo Adeyewa made this known while briefing journalists on Monday, as part of the activities for the convocation.

He said while those who bagged First Class honours constituted 4.7 per cent of the total graduands, a total of 145 graduands graduated with second class upper division, which amounted to 31.2 per cent.

According to him, 203 graduands came out with second class lower division, which is 43.7 per cent, as others fell into third class and pass categories.

Adeyewa explained that the inspiring traits that stood the graduands out was the spirit of oneness and communalism.

“It is the first and the most active set that would passionately do everything possible to bring indigent colleagues who are unable to pay their fees back to school,” he said.

The Vice-chancellor, however, canvassed for government’ support for private higher institutions of learning, to aid acceleration of research and the development of the education sector.

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The Chief Imam of Lagos, Garuba Ibrahim Akinola is dead.

He was aged 100.


Akinola died on Sunday evening at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

He had been on admission for an undisclosed ailment.

Th late cleric will be buried on Monday according to Islamic rites.

Akintola once worked with the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc.
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Mavin records boss and producer Michael Collins Ajereh popularly known as Don Jazzy has been declared allegedly impotent by a Facebook user, Queen DiNa Ikoma. Read her post:

”Don Jazzy is impotent After several hot unprotected sex with him I still can’t get pregnant. No wonder he refused to marry. He’s infertile”.
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The All Progressives Congress, APC in Katsina state on Saturday endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governor Aminu Masari as their sole candidates for the 2019 general elections.

Briefing newsmen at the end of its executives meeting, the state chairman, Shittu S. Shittu said the party decision was informed by their well-laid policies and programmes that have impacted positively on the lives of the people.

He said the party did not recognise any faction, noting that factionalisation is contrary to the provision of the constitution of the party .

“The Buhari and Masari administration have run open door policies and achieved a lot, we have witnessed great changes of development,” he added.
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Mr Eazi is out with a new tune called “Love”.

The Nigerian singer, songwriter and performing artiste has been receiving a lot of backlash for some unsavory comments he made regarding other Nigerian artistes.

He has been trying to ease the fire on him by releasing songs and started last week with the international remix of “Leg Over”.

This time he features fast rising rapper Rhatti and they both do justice to the beat.

The song was produced by the super talented music producer Mr Marz.

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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called President Muhammadu Buhari “an uncircumcised philistine”.

In a new post on his personal website, Fani-Kayode uploaded Buhari’s image, along a lengthy write-up.

The full text reads: “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that has chosen to defy the armies of the Living God? You come against us with Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram, Arewa Youths and your brutal army but we come against you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the Armies of Israel.

“Thy servant slew the lion and the bear and so it shall be for this uncircumcised Philistine that has chosen to defy the armies of the Living God.

“David had Prophet Samuel, Prophet Zadok and others.

“We have Prophet TB Joshua, Bishop Oyedepo and others. Our God is mighty in battle and He is doing a new thing! How can we lose?

“Once has it been written and twice has it been said that all power belongs to God and the heavens rule in the affairs of men.

“The children of darkness can NEVER overcome the children of light. The sons of slaves can NEVER overwhelm the sons of the Lord. The counsel of the ungodly can NEVER overule the counsel of God.

“No matter what comes our way, no matter how many trials and tribulations we pass through and no matter how much pain we suffer, in the end WE SHALL PREVAIL.

“Sons and daughters of the realm be strong and let not this merciless tyrant and his minions and servants intimidate you. God’s hand and His love is upon us. We are more than conquerers.”
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Nasararwa State Controller of Prisons, Mr. Ekwere Ekanem says the high level of congestion in prisons across the state is limiting efforts at reforming inmates to become better citizens.

Ekanem said in an interview in Lafia that the prison in Keffi built to serve 116 inmates currently houses over 600 prisoners.

He also said facilities at the five prisons across the state were over stretched, making it difficult for the service to effectively rehabilitate the inmates.

The controller stressed that the domestication of the Administration of Criminal Justice System Act 2015 would go a long way in decongesting prisons, as it has provisions for alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

”If the Act is domesticated one does not need to go to prison because of a minor offence; with the Act, first offenders are not supposed to be sent to prisons as there is provision for alternatives,” Ekanem said.

He noted that under the Act, provisions had been made for juveniles, who were shielded from trial and detention but sanctioned in other ways, so as not to ruin their lives while serving jail term.

The controller said most of those in the prisons across the state were awaiting trial, and called on Judges to quickly dispense with cases, to help decongest the prisons.
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25 year old man known as Daniel Mwangi Alias from Tayari in Molo town, Nakuru County Kenya on Monday night, September 18, stabbed his 25-year-old girlfriend Cinta Nyambs to death before hanging himself.

According to an eye witness he had first attempted to stab himself, before ingesting pesticide. When the suicide attempts failed, he resorted to ending his life using a rope tied to the rafter.

Cinta Nyambs, was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds in the chest, neck and stomach.

Residents said Cinta and Dan had engaged in a heated argument Monday night before Cinta’s screams were heard emanating from Dan’s rental house.

According to Dan’s neighbour, Andrew Marwa, he heard Cinta’s screams at 7pm Monday, but could not gain access into Dan’s house since the house’s main door was made of steel, making it difficult to break the door open.

“At first, I thought the woman was screaming due to a robbery attack, only to be informed that Dan had killed his girlfriend before taking his life,” said Marwa.

One of the residents, who broke into Dan’s house after several attempts, said the two lovebirds were already dead by the time he got access into the house.

“The house was a mess; several broken clay cups were spread in the room; a strong smell of the pesticide had filled the air,” said Dan’s neighbour, Silas Awiti.

A suicide note left behind by Dan implied that Cinta was having a love affair with another man, which sparked the fatal jealousy.

“I love her so much she cannot date another man while I’m still alive. It is so stupid of me to do this (commit murder, suicide), but why should I live?” read the note in part.

Paul Itume, a village elder in Molo, said had the neighbours responded to Cinta’s screams in good time, her life would have been saved.

Itume expressed concern over the frequent cases of partners committing murder or suicide in Molo town, urging lovers to solve their differences amicably without resorting to violence.

Molo Deputy County Commissioner David Wanyonyi, who confirmed the incident said the loss of lives of Cinta and Dan was as a result of love gone sour.

Cinta, who got engaged to Dan in October, 2016, had graduated from Bondo Teachers’ Training College with a certificate in primary education.

Bodies of the two lovers were deposited at Molo Sub-County Hospital mortuary.
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French businesswoman and billionaire Liliane Bettencourt, whose family founded L'Oreal and still owns the largest stake in the cosmetics giant, has died aged 94, her daughter said on Thursday.

Bettencourt, listed by Forbes as the world's richest woman, was the heiress to the beauty and cosmetics company her father founded a century ago as a maker of hair dye.

Her death opens a new phase for L'Oreal, France's fourth-largest listed company, altering the relationship it has with key shareholder Nestle, the Swiss food company.

Bettencourt and her children owned 33 percent of the company. Her daughter Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers said in a statement the family remained committed to L'Oreal and its management team.

"My mother left peacefully," Bettencourt-Meyers said, adding that she had died during Wednesday night at her home in Paris.

"I would like to reiterate, on behalf of our family, our entire commitment and loyalty to L'Oreal and to renew my confidence in its President Jean-Paul Agon and his teams worldwide."

Agon was appointed chairman and chief executive of L'Oreal in 2011.

Nestle, which owns a little over 23 percent of L'Oreal, had an agreement with the founding family stipulating that the two parties could not increase their stakes in the cosmetics group during Liliane Bettencourt's lifetime and for at least six months after her death.

The Swiss company has been a major investor since 1974, when Bettencourt entrusted nearly half of her own stake in the firm to Nestle in exchange for a three percent holding in the Swiss company. She took the move out of fear that L'Oreal might be nationalised if the Socialists came to power in France.

Activist hedge fund Third Point recently urged Nestle to sell down its stake.

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A Nestle spokeswoman on Thursday did not comment on the company's stake, only saying: "It's time to send our sincere condolences to Madame Bettencourt's family."

Bettencourt's net worth was estimated at $39.5 billion earlier this year by Forbes, making her the world's richest woman and among the 20 wealthiest people in the world.

She had been under the guardianship of family members since a court fight - known as the "Bettencourt affair" - ended with a ruling in 2011 that she was incapable of looking after her fortune because she suffered from dementia and had been exploited.

The case, which dogged the heiress for years, centred on Francois-Marie Banier, a celebrity photographer who befriended Bettencourt in the 1980s and received lavish gifts from her, including life insurance policies worth $400 million.

Another strand of the sprawling case involved allegations of illegal payments by Bettencourt to members of the French government associated with former president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010. Sarkozy was eventually cleared in the case.

Paris-born Bettencourt joined her father Eugene Schueller's firm as an apprentice at the age of 15, mixing cosmetics and labelling bottles of shampoo.

She married French politician Andre Bettencourt in 1950 and inherited the family fortune when her father died in 1957.
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Chelsea midfielder, Tiemoue Bakayoko, was involved in a “minor” car accident outside the club’s Cobham training ground on Thursday.

The 23-year-old is understood to have just left the complex, when the accident occurred around 3.30pm at Blundell Lane.

However, Bakayoko sustained only “minor” injuries, according to club sources.

The Premier League champions have also denied there was a head-on collision. Bakayoko’s car, however, is understood to have left the road.

Manager, Antonio Conte, will give an update on Bakayoko’s condition in his pre-match briefing on Friday.

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File Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari has left New York for the United Kingdom.

Buhari left New York on Thursday where he attended the 72nd United Nations General Assembly meeting.

The President on Tuesday addressed the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States.

He pledged Nigeria’s solidarity to the United Nations and solicited the support of the international community in tackling global challenges.

In his address, the President called on the international community came together to focus on the need for gender equality, youth empowerment, social inclusion, and the promotion of education, creativity, and innovation.

The frontiers of good governance, democracy including holding free and fair elections, and enthronement of the rule of law are expanding everywhere, especially in Africa.

“Our faith in democracy remains firm and unshaken. Our regional organisation ECOWAS came together to uphold democratic principles in The Gambia – as we had done previously in Cote D’Ivoire.

“Through our individual national efforts, state institutions are being strengthened to promote accountability, and to combat corruption and asset recovery. These can only be achieved through the international community cooperating and providing critical assistance and material support. We shall also cooperate in addressing the growing transnational crimes such as forced labour, modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and cybercrime”.

The President was one of the African Leaders that had lunch with US President, Donald Trump and also held meetings with the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Gueterres and King Abdullah II of Jordan.

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