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In commemoration of the 2020 World Toilet Day, Harpic, Nigeria’s leading toilet cleaning brand from Reckitt Benckiser (RB), the market leader in health, hygiene, and home care products, has partnered with the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to upgrade and refurbish 47 public toilet units for six communities in Lagos.

IgbereTV reports reports that the donation was done alongside the flag-off of the ‘Clean Lagos: Use the Toilet’ campaign on November 19.

The newly refurbished public toilets are located at Oshodi, Ojota, New Garage, Apapa, Costain, and Leventis in Victoria Island.

Speaking at the official commissioning of the toilets and the flag-off of the ‘Clean Lagos: Use the Toilet’ campaign in Lagos, Country Manager, RB Hygiene West Africa, Mr. Asif Hashimi reiterated Harpic’s commitment to changing the stories surrounding open defecation and toilet sanitation in Lagos, and Nigeria in general. He added that the brand was interested in tackling the challenge of open defecation in Nigeria as a way of ensuring Healthier and Happier lives in Nigeria.

According to him, “At the moment, Nigeria ranks first among countries practicing open defecation globally. This ‘stigma’ can only be removed if we all join hands to work towards this goal. Harpic’s purpose is to help Nigerians access hygienically clean toilets and also be an enabler for change in the fight for improved sanitation in Nigeria. The Harpic toilet refurbishment project will inspire a big positive attitudinal change, which will impact the lives of the people and the environment. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.”

Harpic has been at the forefront in the fight against open defecation, donation and refurbishment of public toilets in Nigeria. Since 2018, Harpic has donated about 80 toilets and refurbished 10 public toilets in Lagos State alone.

At the commissioning and flag-off ceremony which held immediately after a sensitization walk around Ojota axis of Lagos to sensitize Lagosians on the need for proper toilet practices, the government commended Harpic for her continued support in building a hygienic and healthy environment in the state, stating that the donation of public toilets by Harpic is another step taken in the right direction.

Present at the commissioning were notable dignitaries from the Lagos State Government, heads of government agencies, key executives of RB and Harpic Brand Ambassador, Dr. Helen Paul.

''This young man Rabiu Awwal was a frontline Secure North campaigner based in Kaduna;Late evening yesterday,he lost his life as a result of gunshots sustained when Bandits attacked his community.He would be buried today.Inna lillahi wainna Illayhir rajiun.May Allah forgive him.''

"This is exactly how I feel knowing my Daddy is the Greatest of all Time� love you dad ❤️ love you more than you can imagine ❤️❤️ cheers to more greatness"

"Years ago, I think it was in 1956, I was living with my uncle who was poor but I was poorer. If he had anything, we shared and when there is nothing, there is nothing. There was this day we were very hungry and there was no way food could come at all. Suddenly, a young girl came and said, “My sister said I should give you this pounded yam, vegetable and chicken.” My uncle said “I don’t know your sister. Are you sure”? The girl insisted so we took the food and my uncle said he would look for a gift to give her some other time and she left.

As soon as she left, we descended on the pounded yam and as soon as we finished it, the girl came back and said the food was not for him. I decree to you today, the miracle you don’t deserve, the Lord will send it to you this week."

“My beautiful daughter. I bless you as a daughter on your birthday. God bless you my Gboty. Happy birthday and Daddy is proud of you."
“My Angel. Happy birthday my Adorable daughter”.

"totally forgot. ... 35 years together...thank you Lord. Here is to many more. Happy wedding anniversary Omo boy @_olujacobs"

''Your Daddy Is Rich'' - Davido Tells His Second Daughter, Hailey (Photos, Video)

Singer, Davido, who is currently in the US, took his second daughter, Hailey, on Diamond shopping in a jewelry shop, IgbereTV reports.

Davido and his second babymama, Amanda, welcomed Hailey in 2018.

In a heartwarming video shared online, Davido took Hailey into the jewelry shop and asked for diamonds for her.

Speaking to her, Davido who was beaming with so much joy said ''Money dey. Your daddy is rich. Tell them. Say my daddy gat money''

Watch the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJ1a3K1iuU

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of robbery gang who have been terrorising Iju Ota and its environ, IgbereTV reports.

The suspects, identified as Bamidele Oluwashina, 31; Adebowale Kehinde, 32; and Oluwasegun Abayomi, were arrested following a distress call received by the police at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters at about 9:30pm on November 12, 2020 that robbers had invaded Iju Love Bus Stop and tipper garage, wielding dangerous weapons and dispossessing people of their valuables.

Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer of Onipanu Division, Chief Superintendent of Police Bamidele Ishola Job, was said to have mobilized his patrol team to the scene and engaged the robbers in a gun duel.

Having realised the superior fire power of the police, the hoodlums took to their heels, but one of them was arrested at the scene, a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said.

The entire area was cordoned off, while police intensified searched for other members of the gang.

Oyeyemi said with the help of members of the community, two other members of the gang were sighted trying to escape in a tricycle and they were promptly arrested.

One Tosin Ajayi, who was macheted on the head by the robbers, was taken to the hospital by the police for medical treatment.

One cut to size locally made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from them.

The Command’s Commissioner, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

Ajogun also appealed to the general public not to allow cultism to fester in their area as cultists were associated with all forms of violent crime.

He also assured the people of the state that the Command’s Violent Crime Intervention Squad was battle ready to combat any violent crime across the state.

"Some time on Sunday evening or Monday this week i came across this post (Only the victim as her lifeless body lays on the drainage), I by passed it, reason I can't Identify the face, secondly I don't have come to believe that some whom i know will be a such victim, it never occurred in my mind. Today as I arrive for normal business my neighbors greeted that a lady was killed in Nnewi by unknown people and dump in the gutter and was in Facebook , I remembered I came across such! I ask for her identity , oh my God it's Chinasa, she is a sales girl, I use to buy from her Bullet energy drink, Pure Heaven fruit juice and Vitasoy soya drink. May her soul rest in peace:

Public Announcement!

A Young lady was found dead at Odikpi Village Osumenyi Town Nnewi South LGA along Osumenyi/Akwaihedi Road

No form of identification was found with her
Her Remains have since been deposited at the morgue.

Anyone who has any information about her or her family members should please contact Information Department of Nnewi South Local Government Ukpor.

Comr. George Moore
SA to NSLG Chairman on New Media.

Viewers discretion is advised."

"Thank You God"

Lady Found Dead In A Gutter In Anambra With Mouth Gagged, Hands, Legs Tied (Graphic)

IgbereTV reports that a yet-to-be identified young lady was found dead inside a drainage at Adikpi village, along Osumenyi/Akwuihedi road, Osumenyi in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra.

The deceased, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was found with her hands and legs tied with rope and her mouth gagged. There are also marks of violence on her neck.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident on Wedneday, November 11, said efforts are being made to apprehend the perpetrators.

“On the 10/11/2020 at about 12pm, there was a report by a good Samaritan from Osumenyi in Nnewi South LGA that a girl whose name and address is yet to be ascertained, aged about 22years was seen lying lifeless inside a gutter along Osumenyi/Akwuihedi road Osumenyi with mark of violence on her neck, mouth was sealed with tape while her legs and hands were tied with rope," he said.

“Scene was visited by Police operatives attached to Nnewi Area Command and victim was rushed to Visitation Hospital Osumenyi where she was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty. Corpse was photorgraphed and deposited at the same hospital morgue for autopsy and effort being intensified to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident in order to apprehend perpetrators and bring them to book.” he added.

The photos were posted by the Special Assistant to the Local Government Chairman.

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You’re my everything in my life"

"My sun is rising My beautiful moon
All my stars my everything in my life"

Woman Confronts Her Husband's Gay Lover But Got A Shocking Reply From Him (Photo)

IgbereTV captured the chat between a Nigerian woman and her husband's gay lover.

In the chat, the distraught Nigerian woman was threatening the gay man that she will expose him if he doesn't leave her husband. The gay man gave the woman a reply which can be considered as shocking.

"My COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board will advise on detailed plans built on a bedrock of science, and that keep compassion, empathy, and care for every American at its core."

"My wife told me that she voted for Joe Biden....As we speak we are getting divorced and I'm leaving for Colombia... Papers signed everything is done I’m quite disappointed we were together for 30 years. Absolutely disgusted with the 2020 elections, rigged. BIDEN NOT MY PRESIDENT."

"Today, I have named a COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board, comprised of distinguished public health experts, to help our transition team translate the Biden-Harris COVID-19 plan into a blueprint we can put into place as soon as @KamalaHarris and I are sworn into office."

"My wife told me that she voted for Joe Biden.
As we speak we are getting divorced and I'm leaving for Colombia...Papers signed everything is done..
Absolutely disgusted with the 2020 elections, what a disgrace."

"The bottom line: I will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around."

"That’s it, that seals the deal. I’ve been a U.S citizen for 69 years and in all my time of being one I have never seen an election this rigged. I’ve had enough of it...until you fix this country. I’ll be packing my bags to Mexico where they actually know how to run a country. BYE"

PHOTONEWS: Like In Kano, Hisbah Police In Kaduna State Demolishes Beer Parlours, Destroys Crates Of Drinks In Sabon Gari LGA Of Zaria

Kano Governor, Ganduje, Promises To Increase Salaries Of Hisbah Officials Over Destruction Of N200m Alcohol In State

Following the destruction of about 1,975 bottles of beer estimated at N200m by the Kano State Hisbah Board in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has promised to increase the salaries of officials of the Islamic security outfit.

Speaking during the destruction exercise at Kalebawa, Ganduje said the consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants that can distort the mental capability of a person was forbidden in Islam.

“My administration is proud of the way you discharged your duties. Therefore I wish to urge all stakeholders to continue to give you all the support you need to succeed.

“For the good job that found and destroy these beer, Kano State Government will review your salary. Kano Government will show appreciation to you by changing your uniform too,” Ganduje, represented by his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, said.

Earlier, in his remarks, the Commander General, Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Harun Muhammad Ibn Sina, said that the beer confiscated was worth over N200m.

Hisbah is notorious for violating the rights of the people by inflicting bodily harm and even arrested residents of Kano for dressing and behaving in manners it considers unIslamic.

Despite public outrage condemning the activities of the group, Hisbah has continued to operate in Kano and other parts of Northern Nigeria.

"Kidnapped but Found.

This is Imam Mohammed, kidnapped in Abuja and found in Kaduna.

Address Marabah Abuja, by Assoh Police Station street

Aged- 7years old

Speaks Hausa fluently

Sent with ₦60 to buy MacLeans and was kidnapped.

Found in Kaduna.

Please Contact NA MAIGONA AGRO on 0805 659 0095 if you know his parents."

''I Want My Leg Restored, Not Compensation''- SARS Victim Tells Ogun Judicial Panel

An Ogun resident and victim of a stray bullet from a yet-to-be-identified police officer in Abeokuta, Kamol Ganiyu, has said he doesn't want any form of monetary compensation from the government as his only dream is for him to be able to walk again, IgbereTV reports.

Ganiyu made this plea when he appeared before the Ogun Judicial Panel of Investigation set up to investigate complaints of victims on police brutality, human rights violations, and extrajudicial killings by security operatives within the state, today November 9.

Ganiyu while recounting his ordeal with the SARS official, said on July 17, 2017, he was driving under Ibara bridge in Abeokuta and was heading to his home when a gunshot fired by a police officer, pierced through his car and landed on his right leg.

''I was driving and right under Ibara bridge in Abeokuta, I heard a gunshot which penetrated my car and destroyed my right leg.

I fainted after losing so much blood and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta where I spent over six months receiving treatment'' he said

Ganiyu added that after the incident, “the police officers handling the case called me to Elewe-Eran Police station, offered me N250,000 and asked me to sign a form that I would not pursue the case in court which I refused to take and sign.”

He told the committee members that his desire is to walk again so he can lead his normal life again.

“I need government’s support because in the x-ray I took, it was revealed that my joint has been damaged by the gunshot and a huge amount is needed to fly me out for adequate treatment” he said

ASP Akeem Jimoh and Inspector Lola Onifade who Ganiyu accused of offering him compensation to bury the case denied the accusation. They however did not reveal the name of the policeman who fired the stray bullet that injured Ganiyu.

The chairman of the panel, Justice Solomon Olugbemi, said 207 medical bill receipts, 8 photographs, and cloth with bloodstain were received while the car with a bullet hole was also inspected and marked as evidence presented by the petitioner.

"What is so ironic is that as a kid, I grew up hearing stories like this of folks having passports seized with no reasons. They sounded like far away tales that could never happen to me you know. But look at where we are now. A few hours before I turned 31, it happened to me. Wild"

"Stop tweeting about it”

Why? So the world doesn’t see this ridiculous thing that is happening?"

"Common guys you can do better than this. What is this razz campaign in my mentions? So shameful tbh."

"Instead of rallying muppets to carry on a discrediting campaign, respectfully ask your people to release my passport. Why dis? So unnecessary."

"Let’s center the main issue. My passport was taken with no reason given. This is an ongoing constitutional breach.

Section 38 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)

DSS v. Agbakoba (1999) 3 NWLR (PT. 595)"

"Okay who gave the order/directive and when can I please have my passport back?"

Davido's name got dropped as two former British model besties, Kenza and Eva fought dirty on Twitter, IgbereTV reports.

In the fight which centered on allegations of "jealousy and stalking", Kenza alleged that Eva once made her come as a plus one during a trip to Mykonos in Greece, and made her look like she is an escort.

She alleged that this happened even when Eva knew that Davido had a "pregnant baby mama."

Read the exchange below;

I have not seen my husband since his arrest by SARS in 2017, woman tells Anambra panel

A woman identified as Mrs Amarachi Johnson has told the Anambra State Judicial Panel investigating cases of alleged police brutality how her husband was arrested and allegedly murdered by the officers of the defunct Federal Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), Awkuzu Unit, Anambra State in 2017.

Mrs Johnson told the panel on Thursday that her Benin Republic-based husband was whisked away by the officers at their residence at No1. Ichida Street, Awka, on August 1, 2017, on the ground that he was a kidnapper.

The mother of one accompanied by her counsel explained that her husband was arrested without charge by SARS officers from Awkuzu Unit lead by one Okoi Ikpi.

She noted that till this moment, she is yet to see the corpse of her husband after three years, adding that the officers also took away her refrigerator, her laptop, i-pad, and some of her baby things.

Johnson said: “When they came to our house wearing F-SARS T-shirts, I asked them to show their identity cards, but the told me not to burden them and that I should marry another husband because the man I am living with will not return back alive again.”

She said that her husband who was the breadwinner of the family is an indigene of Aguleri community.

His death was confirmed to me when I approached the Anambra State High Court along with my lawyer few months after his arrest.

“I am using this opportunity to appeal to this honourable panel to investigate and compel the Police authority to pay a reasonable compensation to my family for upkeep and my husband’s proper burial,” she said.

The chairman of the panel, Retired Justice Veronica Umeh adjourned proceedings to November 10 for further hearing.

It was a tearful day as more petitioners in Abuja gave various testimonies at the Independent Investigation Panel set up to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

While the session is ongoing in some states, that of the nation’s capital continued for the second day on Thursday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court.

Two cases came up for hearing but the first, which has to do with an allegation of unlawful detention, could not be heard as both the petitioner, one Bala Mohammed and the respondents or their representatives were absent at the venue.

The respondents were the Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police at the FCT Command, and the defunct SARS.

The session was, however, thrown into a moody atmosphere as a testimony taken by one Chinenye Igwetu, narrated how her sister, Miss Linda, died as a result of the action of a policeman.

She recounted that Linda was killed by a policeman on the night of July 3, 2018, while on patrol.

Chinenye, who broke down in tears at a point while narrating what happened, said her sister had gone out with her friends in celebration of her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) passing out parade scheduled for the next day.

According to the petitioner, the police claimed that late Linda who was in the car with two others refused to stop when they were flagged down.

Following the refusal, the police were said to have burst the tyres of the vehicle but in the process, Linda was shot and that led to her death, Chinenye said.

Then she received a call from one of her sister’s friends who was also in the car at about 4:30am.

The man, identified as Mr Tobi, asked her to come over to the Garki Hospital and upon her arrival, she noticed a pool of blood at the entrance with several policemen there.

“I saw Tobi dressed in blood and he was in handcuffs. I asked him what happened, and he could not answer because he was still in shock.

“A policewoman there took me aside and asked if I was the sister to Linda. She was like I have to be strong and narrated the experience that they had to trail these guys (that’s my sister and her colleagues) to the hospital,” the petitioner said.

She added, “Tobi said on their way from Civic Plaza. After they passed the plaza, they heard a loud sound and he thought it was one of his tyres and he looked at the mirrors and saw that the tyres were ok.

“He said my sister tapped him slowly and was gasping for air and when they turned on the light in the car, she was already in a pool of blood.”

Chinenye noted that they later discovered that Linda had been shot, adding that the policewoman at the hospital identified the policeman who fired the shot.

After giving her testimony, she demanded justice and compensation for her family who she said were yet to get over the incident.

The sitting was later adjourned until Friday and scheduled to commence by 10am.