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The Nigeria Police Force has invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, for questioning.



According to a letter dated 20th August, 2020 and signed by one Umar Mamman Sanda, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin), on behalf of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Force Criminal Investigation Department), Mailafiya is expected to be at the Force Headquarters in Abuja by 11am on Monday 24 August, 2020.



The Department of State Services had earlier invited Mailafia twice over a claim he made that a governor from the North was a commander of the Boko Haram sect.



He made the claim while being interviewed on an Abuja-based radio station.

The former CBN Deputy Governor said during the lockdown that insurgents were moving and distributing arms and ammunition across the country.

Source: http://www.neduwealth.com/2020/08/just-inpolice-invite-mailafia-for.html

Some newly-recruited female soldiers have warned civilians not to cross their paths or else they will be dealt with ruthlessly

- The soldiers could be seen making the threat in a video that has gone viral on social media



- The newly-recruited soldiers also described civilians as useless and hopelessA video has emerged on social media in which some newly



-recruited female soldiers could be seen threatening to deal ruthlessly with civilians who step on their toes.



In the video that was sighted on Facebook by Neduwealth.com, the soldiers warned civilians not to cross their paths or else they will be dealt with. Not only did the soldiers warned civilians not to cross their paths, they also described them as useless and hopeless.



It should be noted that there have been various reports and videos of Nigerian soldiers maltreating civilians in recent times. Due to the maltreatment of civilians by Nigerian soldiers, a lot of civilians are careful in their dealings with these members of the armed forces.



With this current video making the round on social media, there is no doubt that Nigerians will be more careful in their dealings with soldiers in the country.

watch the Video from Source: http://www.neduwealth.com/2020/08/newly-recruited-nigerian-soldiers.html

Tragedy as a five-year-old boy simply identified as Mujeeb was cut to death by yet-to-be-identified persons in his compound in the Tose area of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State today Monday, June 22. This incident comes weeks after three females, Grace Oshiagwu, Barakat Bello, and Azeezat Shomuyiwa, were killed by unidentified persons in the same local government area.
Mother of the deceased, Mrs Tirimisiyu, told Tribune that shortly after the heavy downpour in the area this morning, her son stepped out to defecate at the back of their house. It was while defecating that the assailants allegedly hacked him to death.

“When the rain subsided, he told his older sibling that he wanted to go and defecate. The older sibling opened the back door for him to go defecate. Had I known I would have asked him to defecate in the front of the house. Suddenly, he cried out, “Mummy, Mummy”. His older sibling and I rushed out to the backyard but we didn’t see him initially.
Then I checked beside the bush and found him macheted. He hadn’t died when we got there. So, people took him from my hand to take him to the hospital but he later died,” Mujeeb’s mother said

The spokesperson of the state police command, Gbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident and said an investigation has commenced.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/terror-struck-in-oyo-as-5-year-old-boy.html

A pharmacist in Abuja whose name is Sunday Ike, has been shot dead by an unidentified gunmen who stole his light blue Toyota Camry.
Mr Sunday ike was shot in the head by gunmen who attacked his shop located on 3rd Avenue in Gwarimpa at about 11pm on Friday June 19.

FCT police spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah said operatives who responded to a distress call, took the victim to the Federal Medical Centre in Jabi, where he was confirmed dead by doctors.

He urged those with useful information to contact the FCT Police Command Control Room on 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, or 08028940883.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/pharmacist-shot-dead-in-abuja-by-car.html?m=1

Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been moved to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for intensive care after testing positive for Coronavirus earlier this week.
According to insider sources, the governor is being treated at his home in Abuja with a sizable number of medical personnel on the ground to ensure he gets the best care possible.
Apart from medical staff on the ground to attend to him, it was gathered that the Abia State governor also arrived Abuja with a retinue of aides and security personnel, some of whom are believed to have tested positive for the virus as well. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu TOS TV
SaharaReporters gathered that Ikpeazu has kidney failure and has been undergoing dialysis, thereby further complicating his situation and threatening his chances of making a full recovery from COVID-19.
Before now, there were attempts to fly the Abia governor abroad for treatment but following the ban on international flights in many countries around the world and his positive status of the virus, that idea was frustrated and the decision to move him to Abuja was reached.
In March, Ikpeazu was reported to have been trapped in the United States following the travel restriction put in place to contain the spread of the virus but the Abia Government dismissed the report as false.
Recall that on March 22, 2020, Governor Ikpeazu said that the state will not record any Coronavirus case because it was the only state mentioned in the Holy Bible.
He said, “Abia is the only state that is mentioned in the Bible. We have a promise from God that none of these diseases will touch God’s people. And I hold on to God’s promise.
“We saw Ebola, it did not get to us. We saw monkeypox, it didn’t get to us. Even this one (COVID-19) will also pass us by.”
As a result of his current situation, Governor Ikpeazu has since directed Ude Chukwu, his deputy, to act in his capacity until he recovers.
Abia State so far has 83 cases of Coronavirus while seven persons have recovered from the pandemic.
Source:https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/exclusive-abia-governors-coronavirus.html

Emeka Nwajiuba, Nigeria's Minister of State for Education, has said schools in the country may reopen after the ban on interstate travels had been lifted.
The Nigerian Government in March closed all schools indefinitely as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus.

Nwajiuba said this while speaking during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja daily briefing on Monday.

He maintained that a date for reopening had not been decided upon during considerations on students safety.
See full report: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/schools-may-reopen-in-nigeria-when.html

Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo State, has banned all football viewing centers in the state for violating restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the Coronavirus.

The governor on Monday said a spike in COVID-19 cases necessitated the ban.

He said, “All residents are encouraged to practise, more than before, social and physical distancing, use of face masks, hand washing and travel restriction. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu

“All football viewing centres are hereby banned from operations until further notice. All religious organisations are to further ensure stringent implementation of the agreed guidelines for worship.

“All our earlier regulations about operations of the main and community markets will be revisited in which case law enforcement agencies and the Governor’s Task Force will ensure full enforcement.”

Akeredolu also directed that all the people that had patronised the woman ( 43rd case), who was just discovered to have contacted the disease at Oja Oba market, Akure, should report themselves to the COVID-19 Team of the state government in their own interest.

He added, “I urge you to call on our toll-free numbers so you can get immediate help. There is no shame in illness and there can be no reproach in seeking and getting healing."
Source:https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/ondo-governor-akeredolu-bans-football.html

The Premier League has announced that there were no new cases of coronavirus found in the latest round of testing. A total of 1,195 players and staff were tested for COVID-19 across Thursday and Friday and, for the second time in six rounds of testing, there were no positives. a hand holding a football ball.

Previous round yielded one positive, which Tottenham confirmed was one of their employees. A statement released on Saturday read: "The Premier League can today confirm that on Thursday 4 June and Friday 5 June, 1,195 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, zero have tested positive.

The Premier League is providing this aggregated information for the purposes of competition integrity and transparency. "No specific details as to clubs or individuals will be provided by the League and results will be made public after each round of testing." The first set of tests, which took place on May 17-18 produced six positives from a sample size of 748. Since then, the highest total of positives came in round three, with four from 1,008 tests. The Premier League will restart with two matches on June 17, as Manchester City face Arsenal while Aston Villa take on Sheffield United.

Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/premier-league-announces-zero-new.html

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Italian football striker, Mario Balotelli has reportedly been sacked by his club Brescia after he skipped training for ten days. Reports in Italy on Saturday morning claimed Brescia owner Massimo Cellino sent the controversial footballer a letter requesting the termination of his three-year contract at the club after he failed to show up for training when lockdown restrictions were eased. The 29-year-old former Manchester City and Liverpool player was contracted to Brescia until 2022, following the £160,000-per-week deal he signed with his hometown club back in August 2019.
It was reported that his contract with Brescia was set to be terminated at the end of the 2019/20 campaign. But according to Football Italia and Gazzetta dello Sport, his contract with the club has now been terminated. Newspaper Repubblica also claimed that both Cellino and Balotelli, who earns £877,000-a-year at Brescia have also reached a financial settlement. Speaking in a recent interview with BBC, Cellino admitted his regret at signing Balotelli who scored five goals in 19 games for the club.
See full details https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/mario-balotelli-asacked-by-his-club.html

The move comes days after United States President, Donald Trump, ordered the U.S Park Police and National Guard troops to disperse peaceful protesters outside the White House so he could walk out of the place to St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo-op in which he held up a Bible.

Protesters have been converging on the street for more than a week to protest racial inequality and excessive use of force by the police after an unarmed black man, George Floyd, was killed by an officer.
In a Twitter post on Friday to commemorate the birthday of Breonna Taylor, another black man, who died in the hands of police, Bowser said the act was out of determination to make America a great land.

She said, "Breonna Taylor, on your birthday, let us stand with determination. Determination to make America the land it ought to be."

The mayor has also renamed the street Black Lives Matter Plaza.

She added, "The section of 16th Street in front of the White House is now officially “Black Lives Matter Plaza”.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/george-floyd-mayor-of-washington-paints.html

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Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has directed all workers of the state and local government councils to resume work on a daily basis effective Monday, June 8.

In a memo signed by Permanent Secretary for Administration in the office of the state’s Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Lawal Ado Dutsinma, the resumption followed the lifting of all forms of ban and restrictions under lockdown in the state. Kastina State Governor Bello Masari
The circular mandated Permanent Secretaries and Chief Executive Officers of ministries, departments and agencies to ensure enforcing formulated guidelines and protocols for the resumption of work by the workers.
It further said all workers should be mandated to wear face masks at their duty post and ensure the enforcement of social and physical distancing in the offices.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/katsina-governor-masari-orders-all.html

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US President Donald Trump, has responded to reports he fled to the White House safe bunker during protests over the death of George Floyd outside the White House over the weekend.Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House to protest Floyd's killing while under police custody, and parts of St John's Church beside the White House caught fire due to the protests.According to reports over 50 Secret Service agents were injured in clashes with protesters and Trump had to be rushed to the secret bunker for protection. Trump has now said he went down to the White House bunker during the protests in Washington D.C. to inspect it and that he was not taken into secure shelter out of safety concerns.

Trump was reportedly furious at the image of himself in the underground secure bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like a terrorist attack. He reportedly spent an hour there on Friday as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House throwing rocks and clashing with police.'I go down, I've gone down two or three times - all for inspection - and you go there, some day you may need it,' Trump said Wednesday on Brian Kilmeade's FOX News Radio show.'I went down. I looked at it. It was during the day, it was not a problem.''It was more for an inspection.''I was there for a tiny, short little period of time,' he told Kilmeade in a 30 minute interview on Wednesday morning. 'A whole group of people went with me as an inspecting factor.''They said it would be a good time to go down and take a look because maybe sometime you're going to need it,' he noted. 'I've been down - that'd be number two, so two and half sort of, because I've done different things, but two and a half.''But I looked I was down for a very very short period of time, a very very short period of time, I can't tell you who went with me but a whole group of people went with me,' Trump added. The Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) also known as the was first built during the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the early 1940s. At the time, the United States was involved in World War Two, it has rarely been used except during the events of 9/11 when senior White House officials feared the hijacked planes might be heading for the White House.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/donald-trump-admits-he-went-to-white.html

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Singer Paul Okoye and his brother, Jude, have taken to social media to react to news of the Federal government budgeting N27 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly while slashing budgets for other important sectors like Health and Education. Paul who reacted via his Twitter handle, said the Federal government can only do such a thing because they know Nigerians will not do anything about it''27billy to renovate ...... they know we can’t do anything,... it is called “see finish” ........ Naija government don see us finish aswear ..... #fuckedupeven with dis my tweet sef , some people go still come abuse we all are #fuckedup'' he tweeted When some Nigerians replied his tweet asking that he should lead a protest, the singer responded''Some of you will be shouting “organise protest “ when you know that looters will be more than protesters when e start .''
Jude on his part wondered if the renovation is to make the National Assembly members have a finer environment for them to take more selfies for the gram. See his reaction below
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/they-know-we-cant-do-anything-paul-and.html

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A Nigerian father has been arrested by men of the Lagos state police command for beating his four-year-old son, Ezekiel, to a state of coma, and leaving him with several body marks. Tunde was reported to have gotten angry with Ezekiel because he excreted on himself. According to their neighbors, Ezekiel's mum and Tunde were married for a few years until she left him over constant acts of domestic violence. She initially left with Ezekiel but later returned him to his father who had already remarried. A neighbor told The Nation that Ezekiel was always being maltreated by Tunde and his new wife.“Tunde married another wife and the woman always beat Ezekiel at every little provocation. Nobody in the neighbourhood could stop Tunde from beating the boy because of his unruly behaviour.'' the neighbor said Confirming his arrest, the Igando Divisional Police Officer, CSP Taiwo Kasumu, said “We have arrested him and the child is with us. Though the child can’t be with us; I have contacted the Lagos State Child Protection Unit for further action.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/man-arrested-for-beating-his-four-year.html

Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez has revealed his "new club" is Club Costa City, an academy project based in Elche. The Spain international, who has been linked with a move to Manchester United, ran a countdown to the news announcement on his social media channels. On Wednesday, with the countdown complete, Saul posted a video with a caption which read: "THERE IS A NEW TEAM IN THE CITY" with details about a project titled 'Club Costa City'.
Atletico Madrid's official Instagram account replied, saying: "We know how excited you are, and when things are done with this much excitement, they always turn out well. Good luck on your new adventure." Club Costa City, formed by Niguez and his brother, brings together more than 30 teams and 500 players in all age categories in the Spanish city.
Detailed news from source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/saul-niguezs-new-club-is-academy.html

Tragedy struck in Umuonunkwo kindred, Ndimoko Arondizuogu in Ideato North LGA of Imo state, when a twin, Peter butchered his brother Paul during a fight.
Information gathered revealed that, the twins who doesn’t behave like one, fight each other and do not always agree.
It was reported that, trouble started on Monday when Paul beat Peter’s girlfriend’s child, which didn’t leave the child with injury.
See full details: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/05/man-butchers-his-twin-brother-in-imo.html

The Kogi Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Abdulmumuni Danga, who allegedly brutalized and raped a former beauty queen for calling him out on Facebook was called in for questioning. However, there has been pressure from the state governor and others in the political class to pervert justice, Segun Awosanya has said.
Earlier this year, a woman identified as Elizabeth, urged the commissioner on Facebook to assist his sister and family financially.
Danga was offended by the post and he allegedly hired thugs to kidnap Elizabeth from her home with her three-year-old son.
After Elizabeth was released, she shared a video, showing the wounds allegedly inflicted on her by the commissioner. She also claimed that he raped her.
Elizabeth said at the time: “After making the post, they started attacking me on social media and he sent some guys to come and get me.

“On getting to me, they flogged me. He flogged me himself, stripped me naked and made a video of me threatening to post it when next I make any public comment about it.

“They also made me apologize that what I said about him was not true under duress. I had to do so because they were all over me.

“The commissioner also smashed my phone and destroyed it totally, saying that maybe I might have been recording what was happening or I have been recording before getting there.”

Nigerians were angered after Elizabeth shared her story and people used their platforms to call for justice.

Activist Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Segalink, took to Twitter to reveal that Hon. Danga was taken into custody on Tuesday, June 2, but was later released after he posted bail.
Full details from source:https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/kogi-commissioner-that-allegedly.html

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In what will come across as a really shocking development, a boy who went missing has been found dead in the back of a car with his eyes plucked out in Suleja, Niger state.
The 9-year-old boy, identified simply as Emma, had been missing for two days, before his body was found in the parked car on Monday morning, June 1.
The car he was found in is one used by a driving school to teach people how to drive.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/missing-boy-found-dead-with-his-eyes.html

This is to inform the General public that His Excellency Sen. Baba Tela, Deputy Governor of Bauchi State who is also the Chairman, State Task Force on COVID-19 was confirmed positive of Coronavirus,”the statement read.
Source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/06/bauchi-deputy-governor-tests-positive.html

Chelsea players got “bored” under Maurizio Sarri, says club legend Gianfranco Zola.
Sarri arrived as Chelsea head coach from Napoli in 2018, with many excited about the style of football he could bring to Stamford Bridge.
Sarri’s reign started well before things turned sour in the middle of the campaign and Zola – who was his assistant at the time – says the players eventually grew tired of the Italian’s methods.

See full details from source: https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/05/hazard-and-willian-got-tired-and-bored.html

Lagos Traders Weep Bitterly As Fire Destroys 227 Shops

It was an awful Saturday for many traders at Olaleye Market, Shomolu, Lagos State, as a night fire razed 227 shops in the marketplace, Sunday PUNCH reports.
The fire which started around 2am reportedly raged for hours, destroying goods and other items estimated at millions of naira.

Sunday PUNCH learnt that the inferno was put out after a combined effort of firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service and locals around the market.
See full details : https://www.neduwealth.com/2020/05/lagos-traders-weep-bitterly-as-fire.html

President Buhari Mourns As He Loses Second Nephew In 23 Days

Ibrahim Dauda, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, is dead, SaharaReporters reports.

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This is coming few days after the death of Mutari Dauda, another nephew of the President, who passed away on May 8, 2020.

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, in a statement on Saturday, said Dauda died in Daura, Katsina State, after a prolonged illness.
In a condolence message, Buhari said the death had robbed the family and the Daura community of one of its finest gentlemen.

He said, “I am deeply touched and devastated by the passing of yet another family member, a man who had demonstrated amazing kindness and honesty in all his dealings.”

The deceased is survived by a number of children including Ibrahim, a chief administrative officer in State House, Abuja.
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