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Big Brother Naija star, Natasha Akide known simply as “Tacha” was part of the league of celebrities and Nigerian youths who trooped the streets of Lagos earlier today to protest against the Nigerian Police Force division, SARS.

IgbereTV reports that Tacha, was among celebrities like Tiwa Savage, Toke Makinwa, Rudeboy and others who lent out their voices against the infamous Special Anti-Robbery Squad who have been known for the innocent killings, extortion and harassment of innocent civilians.

In a video, Tacha is seen talking on the #ENDSARS campaign as she supports the motion to end the infamous unit. She’s heard saying should the NPF not take any action following the peaceful protest of today, they’ll be back on Tuesday with full force.

See video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE6GxPk6zwU

IgbereTV reports that youths in Edo state came out in their numbers to stage a peaceful protest to demand the disbandment of SARS.

The protesters carried different placards with inscriptions ''End SARS before they end us'', ''End SARS brutality now''.

See photos below.

Former IGP advises against banning SARS

A former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, has advised against the ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mohammed Adamu on October 4 banned the personnel of the FSARS and other tactical squads of the force from routine patrols.

Other tactical squads affected by the ban include the Special Tactical Squad, Intelligence Response Team , Anti-Cultism Squad and other tactical squads operating at the federal, zonal and command levels were banned from carrying out routine patrols and other conventional low-risk duties notably stop and search duties, checkpoints, mounting of roadblocks, traffic checks among others.

Mr Okiro, who gave the advice in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Abuja, said that the squad should be rebranded and refocused for effective service delivery.

“The police management should go to the drawing board and retrain personnel of the SARS as it will be counter-productive to disband them.

“You cannot throw away the baby with the bathwater, if they have deviated from what they were established for they should be retrained and refocused,“ he said.

“Armed robbers will be happy that there is no more SARS in the country but are Nigerians ready for that?” he said.

He said that the squad had derailed from the primary purpose of tackling armed robbery that it was established for.

“Members of the SARS are doing things that are different from their training, “he said.

He called for stiff punishment for any member of the squad who violates the code of conduct to serve as a deterrent to others.

The former police boss said that it was unfortunate that the squad have now delved into cases of debt recovery and other matters aside armed robbery.

He called for adequate funding of the force for training and retraining of its personnel and to acquire modern equipment for effective service delivery.

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The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday October 6, paid a visit to the family of late Favour Ikechukwu, who was gang-raped to death by some unscrupulous elements on 30th September 2020 by 8.30pm, at Olanrewaju Street, Ejigbo area of Lagos State.

IgbereTV reported that Favour was out on an errand for her mother when she was abducted and gang-raped.

The Commissioner of Police, who delivered the condolence message to the parent of the deceased, on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Muhammed Abubakar Adamu, assured the family that the Nigeria Police will do the needful to apprehend every culprit in the barbaric act and get justice for Favour.

Odumosu, while promising the family of police's constant support, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, DCP Yetunde Longe, who accompanied him, to deploy additional detectives from her office to go after the fleeing culprits and prosecute them as soon as possible.

In another development, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, seized the opportunity to address the residents of Ejigbo Local Council Development Authority in Lagos State and commissioned the refurbished and newly constructed office complex at the Divisional Headquarters Ejigbo, Lagos State.

The complex was refurbished and some new offices were built by the Chief Executive Officer of Grooming International Centre, Dr Godwin Nwabunka, who described his gesture as a reflection of the Community Policing agenda of the Inspector-General of Police, with a view to achieving effective policing of Lagos State and Nigeria at large.

Similarly, the Chairman Ejigbo LCDA, Hon Oloyede Monsuru Obe, donated two Toyota Siena Buses to Ejigbo Division to boost its operational engagements and provide adequate security for all residents in the Local Government Area.

The Commissioner of Police was also accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rapid Response Squad, DCP Tunji Disu, Area Commanders of Area D, Mushin, Area B, Apapa, Area F, Ikeja, Area M, Idimu, Area E, Festac, and some Divisional Police Officers around the areas, and the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

IgbereTV reports that former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje has taken a beautiful new wife identified as Aminatu Dahiru Binani Chiroma, three years after he lost his first wife.

The wedding ceremony which was held at the weeked in Asokoro, Abuja was attended by top political figures including President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senators, Governor Ganduje of Kano, among others.

It will be recalled that the Senator representing Gombe Central in the National Assembly, lost his first wife, Hajiya Yelwa Goje in 2017. She was aged 55.

His new wife is said to be the Group Managing Director of Binani Group of Companies.

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The Commissioner for Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has said that operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state no longer have the authority to unilaterally detain suspects, IgbereTV reports.

Speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday morning October 6, Odumosu said the recent directive by the IGP banning some of the actions of SARS officers, will be more effective than earlier directives issued to curtail the excesses of SARS operatives.

He said henceforth, SARS officers will not go for an investigation without an express permission from his office or from the office of the Area commander where they intend to carry out an investigation. He also mentioned that henceforth, SARS officers can no longer detain anyone in their cells.

“It is going to be different because there will be more monitoring and more supervision. The additional directive I gave yesterday Monday October 5 is that they must not even go to investigate any case without booking their arrival at the Area Commander’s office so that the Area Commander will know that they are in that area doing what they ought to do. And once they finish, they must go back and file entry.

Secondly, I gave a directive that they must not detain anybody in their cells any longer. They can only detain at my office or at the Area Commander’s office. And the Area Commander must interview any suspect they want to detain and ascertain that the suspect had done what warranted being detained.

All these are additional measures put in to make sure that the supervision is effective. So, there is more supervision now and it going to be more effective now.”

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‘I married a Yoruba Muslim in 1984’ – Onyeka Onwenu breaks silence

Onyeka Onwenu, an ace singer and actress, has finally opened up on her connubial relationship, revealing that she got married to a Yoruba Muslim in 1984.

The mother of two children, who had always kept her intimate life private, brought this revelation to light in ‘My Father’s Daughter’, her memoir, which will be released on October 1.

In the autobiography, the 68-year-old movie star revealed how they fell in love more than three decades ago and how the union brought about the birth of her two sons — Tijani and Ibrahim.

“In this book, I am, perhaps for the very first time, setting the records straight with respect to my connubial relationship. Yes, I was married. I married a man I fell in love with in 1984,” she said.

“We have two children: Tijani and Ibrahim. (Ibrahim later changed the first letter of his name from I to A, and thus became Abraham.) My husband is Yoruba, and was a Muslim when we met.”

The autobiography also documents her life as a musician, activist, wife, mother, and politician as well as her formative contact with feminism.

The author shared how the war — between 1967 to 1970 — scalded her teenage life, the debilitating effects of successive realities, and how her family remained bound amid the frightening experience.

She also documents her years in America, the conflicts that were the products of being a migrant, her experience with workplace sexual harassment, and her decision to quit her job at the UN.

Speaking about the forthcoming book, Expand Press Limited, her publishers, described ‘My Father’s Daughter’ as a deeply personal account of Onwenu’s life spanning previously unknown details.

“On the marriage front, she explores challenges women face and how she refused to shrink herself to accommodate her husband’s insecurities about her fame,” it said.

“It’s a memoir young persons must read. Women especially will glean numerous lessons from her life experience since successful women in Nigeria rarely share their story in a candid manner.”

Onwenu’s memoir is available here for pre-order.

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Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Baba Tela revealed that about 25 people have been killed by flooding incidents across Bauchi state in 2020.

IgbereTV reports that the deputy governor stated this while receiving officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the government house on behalf of Governor Bala Mohammed.

He said:

“Areas that have not seen water or flood for the last five years or so are now impassable with a lot of water there.

“We have over 3,500 houses and over 2,200 farmlands destroyed. And you know in this part of the country, we depend on farming. So when you have over 2,000 farms destroyed, that will give you an indication of what is to come – lack of food as time goes on.

“The issue of flooding has been a reoccurring decimal not only in the state but across the country. In Bauchi State, about 15 local government areas have been affected by flooding, which is because of the unusual rainfall earlier predicted by NEMA.

“We have also lost about 25 lives and that is quite substantial; it is okay to lose something you can replace, but you can’t replace lives. We also have those who were injured, about 20 people.

“On the money lost as well as the farmlands and houses that have been destroyed this year, it’s almost N950 million, which does not include the infrastructure that the government has to replace as some roads have been washed away.”

While thanking NEMA for providing relief materials for the state, Tela also asked for federal government's intervention.

He said:

“I will like to mention that through NEMA, we have received various types of food items, totalling 220 trailers as relief materials."

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Ikorodu Bois have recreated Davido’s latest music video, ‘FEM’.

IgbereTV reports that the comedy group known for mimicking celebrities, posted the video on their Instagram page.


See video below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7C9xutzc4


https://www.instagram.com/p/CFeuUw1sHBv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Congratulations to all of us once more!"

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Court Detains 54-Year-Old Man For Allegedly Raping 6-Year-Old Orphan Inside A Church (Photo)

A 54-year-old man, identified as Sunny Gogo has been remanded by a Magistrates' Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday, September 17, for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl.

According to IgbereTV reports, the incident happened at the Redeemers Household Greater Glory Ministry in Ozuboko, Abuloma in Port Harcourt on August 31, 2020. The victim is said to be an orphan.

The suspect pleaded not guilty to the charges, but the court adjourned the case to the 7th October 2020 for continuation of hearing.

Despite all the suspect's pleas for bail, Chief magistrate Amaka Amanze insisted that the suspect be remanded. She stated that the filling was defective since the victim is a child. She urged the legal counsel to the accused to allow the prosecutor and the FIDA to agree on proper charges for the case.

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