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The fight against Boko Haram in Borno State has led to the creation of youth volunteer groups popularly called ‘Civilian JTF’ but what most do not know is that these groups have girls and women in their fold.

This development comes on the heels of reported cases of suspected Boko Haram members disguising as women or deploying women to help carry out their dastardly acts of terror.

The girls and women, who are between the ages of 15 and 30, wield swords, daggers, knives, sticks among other crude weapons.

They stop and search vehicles and pedestrians together with their male counterparts.

About ten of such girls were seen along Shehu Laminu way, with five sighted at West End roundabout and more than 25 at various checkpoints mounted by the “civilian JTF” along Baga road.

The ladies among the youth volunteers perform a body search of their womenfolk whenever a vehicle is stopped while the males check their men folk and after the vehicle is ‘certified’, the driver is giving the go-ahead to continue on his journey.

It was observed that both private and commercial vehicles were subjected to these searches even as the checkpoints mounted by the youths far outnumber that by security operatives.

A girl of about 17-years, who simply gave her name as Halima was seen around Ramat Square in Maiduguri metropolis, underscored the importance of having females among the ‘Civilian JTF’.

“We joined the civilian JTF in order to be searching females. A woman can search any other woman anywhere and nobody can raise eyebrows,” she said.

Putting up a brave front, Halima said she was not oblivious of the dangers of her involvement in the fight against insurgents because according to her, “Securing Maiduguri is now a collective responsibility, irrespective of age, gender or status; the safer the town, the better for all of us”.

Another girl, who identified herself as Saratu, said she left her job as a salesgirl in order to partake in the routine patrol conducted by civilians.

SOURCE-http://metronaija.com/women-girls-join-civilian-jtf-in-fight-against-boko-haram-in-borno/

The police in Edo confirmed the kidnap.

The Police in Edo on Monday said an Israeli working with Setraco Construction Company has been abducted by gunmen.

The Police Public Relation Officer, Moses Eguavoen, confirmed the incident to journalists in Benin.

He said that the Israeli was allegedly kidnapped at Upper Mission Road in Benin.

Mr. Eguavoen said that one of the soldiers on guard duty was reportedly shot by the kidnappers before abducting the expatriate.

Two soldiers were drafted to provide security for the expatriate after they had stopped work on a road project in the Edo capital. They abandoned work on the road due to incessant kidnappings in the state.

“One of the soldiers was allegedly shot, but I cannot confirm if he is dead. The police have commenced investigation into the abduction to unravel those behind the act,” the spokesman said.

“We want to assure the public of safety of their lives and property.”

SOURCE-http://metronaija.com/gunmen-abduct-isreali-shoot-soldier-in-edo-police-say/

Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly has condemned the suspension of John and Love Kumuyi from the church. In A a recent interview with the SUN newspaper, he said

“I personally did not see what they have done wrong. A man is entitled to his own authority in his own home.1st Peter Chapter 3. A wife should dress to please the husband and not the members of the church or public. It’s sheer wickedness to the couple, they should leave them to enjoy their honeymoon.


They should not squeeze them to the modus operandi of a particular organization. I did not see anything wrong in the wedding. The bride was not naked or dressed inappropriately and the groom didn’t. Esther the queen was beautifully dressed in the bible to gain the king’s attention. They should not make mountain out of a molehill.

I was in the Deeper Life Bible Church for five years and nobody compelled me to dress the way I dressed. My wife was with me in the church though we weren’t married then. She wears earrings and dresses nicely. All this talk about this couple should stop.”

SOURCE- http://metronaija.com/they-did-nothing-wrong-pastor-tunde-bakare-condemns-suspension-of-john-love-kumuyi/

A 27-year-old man, Sulaimon Jimoh, has been tortured to death by a vigilance group at Ijora Badia, Lagos State.

Metro learnt that the deceased was arrested by some members of the pan-Yoruba group, Oodua People's Congress, for allegedly stealing a BlackBerry phone and an undisclosed amount of money last Sunday.
Mother of the deceased, Afusatu, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, said the OPC men tortured her son for three hours, flogging him with an iron rod and charms.

She said, "That day, my son left the house around 5.30am to say his morning prayers at a nearby mosque. A few minutes later, I received a telephone call from a resident saying my son had been arrested by OPC men.
"I went to Oniyinde OPC base and saw about eight men beating up my son. My son's hands were tied with a rope. I approached them and I pleaded that my son be released.

"The leader said I should provide N70, 000 before he could be released. Because that day was a Sunday, there was no way I could come up with that amount of money. So I continued to plead but he refused.
"I wanted to report the torture at the Ijora Police Station, but I was not sure if policemen would respond on time. I ran back home and I was able to raise N11, 000. I rushed back to the scene around 8.30am."

Afusatu said when she got there, her son was almost unconscious. She said she pleaded with the OPC men to accept the N11, 000, which they did before releasing Sulaiman. She added that he died few minutes after returning home.
She said, "Before he died, my son told me that the OPC used charms to flog him. He told me that he was framed up and denied stealing anything."

Afusatu said her son's murder was one of OPC men's excesses in the area. She urged the police to curb the excesses of the vigilance group members.
She said, "These OPC men are nothing but touts who extort money from innocent residents in the name of fighting crime. They have killed many youths in our area; I never knew they would kill my son one day.

"My son was a driver with a fish trading company. He was an honest man."
Metro learnt that the matter had been reported at Ijora Police Station and that policemen stormed the house where the deceased was tortured by OPC men.

Police sources told our correspondent that many of the culprits ran away but an OPC member, Kola Oladipupo, and an occupant of the building, identified as Olumide, were arrested.
Olumide, who claimed to be an Islamic cleric said, "One of my neighbours was shouting 'thief, thief' on that day. I and other neighbours apprehended the suspect.

"We were told that he stole a BlackBerry phone and some money. After beating him, I called OPC men to arrest him. It was a few days later that police came and arrested me."

Oladipupo said he only beat up the suspect but did not kill him.
He identified the suspects at large as Muyibat's aka Iron Lady, Kayode and Yusuf.
"Iron Lady was the one that gave us instruction to beat him (Sulaimon). She is our leader," he said.

When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi Braide, said the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation department, Yaba, for investigation.
National Publicity Secretary, OPC, Mr. Sola Ajayi, said the suspects were not OPC members.

"I am not aware of this development and those people are not our members because we do not behave in such a manner. We have a database of our members and they all have identity cards. If we get the details of the suspects, we will cross-check it with our data," he said.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/opc-tortures-man-to-death-over-phonetheft/

300,000 pupils from across 600 public schools in Lagos, Thursdays made history as they set anew World Record in tooth brushing challenge.

The new record by the pupils which representsthe new Guinness Book of Records in tooth brushing was achieved by brushing their teethsimultaneously for one minute across 326 multiple locations in the state.
It will be recalled that the previous record of 177, 003 was set by India in 2007.

The founder of HEIT Solutions, and the convener of the Tooth brushing Challenge Project, Dr. Lawal Bakare, at exactly, 2.15pm, signalled the commencement of the challengeat the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, after he had certified that each of the participants has a tooth brush and toothpaste provided by Unilever Nigeria Limited, one of the event sponsors.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/tooth-brushing-challenge-nigeria-sets-new-world-record/

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, has summoned the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria, MAN, Centre Police Station, for beating one of his sergeants to almost the point of death.
Below are details of what transpired betweenthe DPO and the Sergeant:

Divisional Police Officer, Jimoh Aliu, a Superintendent of Police, attacked Sergeant John Ismaila, with a view to discipline him forcoming late to office. But the discipline went awry.

Jimoh Aliu was said to have pounced on JohnIsmaila without waiting to hear an explanation for his lateness to the work on the faithful day. The DPO was said to have beaten the sergeant until he started bleeding from his ears. He then ordered thatthe sergeant be locked up in the cell.

Sergeant Ismaila later fainted in a pool of hisown blood inside the cell and rushed to IkejaGeneral Hospital, where doctors revived him.

The DPO has refused to apologize to the Sergeant, insisting that he was just “discipline the erring sergeant” adding that the man will still “face an orderly room trial.”

SOURCE- www.http://metronaija.com/dpo-beats-sergeant-to-near-death-rushed-to-hospital/

A young man was hit by a moving train this past weekend as he was walking into on the tracks along Agege motor road by Airport bus stop, Ikeja.

According to reports, the man had his ears covered with ear phones as he walked on thetrain tracks which prevented him from hearing the train approaching. He was then knocked down by the moving train.

Sympathizers approached the scene of the accident and proceeded to rescue the man. As at the time he was rushed to Ikeja General Hospital, the man was still alive but his head was battered.

His current state of health cannot be ascertained at this time.

SOURCE-www.metronaija.com/photo-moving-train-hit-man-in-lagos/

The JTF could not be reached to confirm the attack.
Operatives of the Joint Task Force on Wednesday shot dead three gunmen who disguised as women while attempting to launch an attack on a police station in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, security sources said.

The disguised gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, according to security sources, attempted to attack the popular Ibrahim Taiwo Extension Police Station.
But a tip-off from residents gave the security operatives opportunity to lay ambush on the attackers, and they opened fire as the suspects advanced in a “suspicious manner,” a source said.

The Boko Haram have lately changed their tactics by using women or putting on female clothes with arms hidden under their gowns, inorder to beat security checks.
Women are subjected to less screening by security operatives to respect Islamic and Hausa culture.
In a related incident, a resident of Maiduguri, Aliyu Malami, said a woman got herself killed on Sunday by a bomb she hid under her gownwhile riding in a commercial tricycle.

“Last Sunday, a woman being driven on a commercial tricycle got herself and the driver blasted after an explosive tied to her back went off before she got to her destination.
“A lucky passenger who dropped from the tricycle said he became suspicious of the woman who was restless as she continued to urge the driver to move quickly,” said Mr. Malami.
“The bomb went off seconds after the lucky passenger was said to have alighted from the tricycle,” he added

We also gathered that two womenwere arrested while attempting to enter Maiduguri Monday market with explosives hidden under their gowns. The women, who were arrested by the civilian vigilante tagged Civilian-JTF, confessed that they were sent to drop the explosives in the market.

Efforts to get the Borno JTF spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, to confirm the incidents failed due to the shutdown of GSM facilities in Borno

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RIVERS State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has named a street and a N4.3bn football college after Super Eagles captain and Fenerbahce defender, Joseph Yobo.

Amaechi named the street leading to Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state after Yobo to honour the Eagles star for leading the national team to victorious outing at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

He spoke during a state banquet in honour of the footballer at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday.

He said, “We are very proud of you (Yobo) because you played well and havedone well for the country; I congratulate you and your wife and I wish you all the best.

“I am building a football college worth N4.3bn, which we shall name after you and we shall deliver it before we leave office. So it will be called Joseph Yobo Football College. The street leading to the new stadium in the new city will be renamed Joseph Yobo Road.”

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/amaechi-names-n4-3bn-college-after-joseph-yobo/

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abule Egba Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old man, Sanni Umaru, to six months imprisonment for stealing a jazz guitar valued at N50, 000.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, sentenced the accused to six months imprisonment with an option of N50, 000 fine, following his guilty plea.
Elias advised the convict to be well behaved after concluding his jail term and warned himto desist from such acts.

The convict, who is unemployed and lives close to the Railway line, Abattoir, Agege, was arraigned on a two-count charge of felony and theft.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Rachael Williams, had told the court that Umaru broke into St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Oko-Oba, Agege, and stole a jazz guitar and an offering pan. She said that the convict was arrested while also attempting to break into a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at No.7, Edward Charity Close, Oko-Oba.

Williams said that the offence committed contravened and was punishable under Sections 278 and 404 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. She applied for the summary trial of the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

SOURCE- http://metronaija.com/man-sentenced-to-6-months-in-prison-for-stealing-church-guitar/

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday night called off its three-day warning strike after a meeting with the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu.

Announcing the suspension of the strike during a news conference, the NUPENG President, Achese Igwe said the decision to end the industrial action was for the interest of the public and the intervention of Mr Yakubu.

Mr Igwe listed the major issues which had led to the warning strike to include the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, bad state of theroads, rising oil theft in the Niger Delta, non-adherence to guidelines on contract staffing/casualisation in the sector and abuse of expatriate quota.

NUPENG on Monday directed all its membersat the depots to stop loading petroleum products for the next three days to protest the alleged inhuman treatment of its members by the management of Chevron, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Agip Oil Company.

The strike was also called to protest the refusal of Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) to implement thesigned collective bargaining agreement with petroleum tanker drivers.

Mr Igwe said if these issues are not quickly resolved, the union will not give further notice to the government before embarking on an indefinite strike.

The NNPC boss pleaded with the management of the three oil companies to rectify the employment status of casual tanker drivers in their organisations.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/breaking-news-nupeng-suspends-strike/

John Kumuyi, one of the sons of the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, and his now-wife, Love, were suspended by the leadership of the aforementioned church and banned from carrying out any activity in this church. The decision is grounded by the recent controversy over the couple’s wedding in Jamaica.

It would be recalled that John and Love wedded in Jamaica on 15 June, 2013, only toreceive thousands negative comments from members of the church. Many condemned the wedding gown worn by the wife-to be, also other aspects of the wedding that were at variance with the church’s standards.
Love’s attires turned out to differ from the conventional ones set for Deeper Life members. Lots of people noticed her hair wasn’t “natural” and that she applied lipstick as part of the make-up.

A limousine hired to deliver the couple
to their destination after the wedding, a huge cake that was served at the ceremony were contraryto the church’s tradition.
The church leaders decided to place the coupleon suspension to give them time to pray and seek forgiveness from God for theiraction, following countless comments on social media and by the members of Deeper Life.

John and Love’s suspension from church activities was announced last Saturday, at Deeper Life’s monthly Miracle and Revival Programme, held at the Deeper Life Conference Centre (DLCC), Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The news was delivered by PastorPhilip Oluwi, a key leader in the church, who obviously was following the instructions from the General Superintendent of the church, Pastor WilliamKumuyi. Oluwi stressed that thestandard of Deeper Life regarding wedding and moderacy had not changed.
“The church, Deeper Life, remains committed to the biblical practice and standard of almost 40 years Christian dressing and still remains and does not compromise on biblical Christian dressing.

“Hence, deviation warrants the displeasure and frown of God and the leadership of the church. John and Love are now under discipline,” Oluwi announced to the entire congregation.

The couple has already apologised to the church for the inappropriate way the wedding was conducted. The letter was readby Oluwi and re-read several times to churchmembers by the Church’s Secretary, Pastor Jerry Asemota. The letter, addressed to the Church Secretary and titled ‘Letter of Apology,’ expressed the deepest regret of the couple for bringing the church into disrepute.

Moreover, further investigation has revealed that John and Love’s wedding was not conducted in a Deeper Life Bible Church. It wasalso not conducted by pastors from the church, as Deeper Life Bible Church in Jamaica has not been licensed by the country’s government to join couples in wedlock, according to the laws of Jamaica.

The wedding was taken to another church where the ministers in the unnamed church conducted the wedding and joined them in holy matrimony.
Deeper Life leaders that came from Nigeria were said to have disapproved of the earlier gown Love was to wear for the wedding, while another was hurriedly sewed the night before the wedding.

Church leaders were said not to have seen the new dress until the couple was marchinginto the church and by then, it was too late to take any action as the wedding was not conducted in a deeper life church

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/deeper-life-suspends-kumuyis-son-daughter-in-law/

Appeal Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, had this morning dismissed the appeal filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria ,ACN, governorship candidate, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, over the judgment of the lower court headed by Justice Andovar Kaka’n which upheld the victory of Governor Olusegun Mimiko.

The five member-appeal panel headed byJustice Garba Muhammed said the tribunal was right to have dismissed the petition of Akeredolu on the ground that the injection of names into the voters registrar as alleged by the ACN was a pre-election issue.

Although, the Appeal Court agreed that the injection of names into the 2012 voters registrar used for the election was illegal, it insisted that it was a pre-election matter which should have been treated earlier.

Relatively, the Appeal court is presently ruling on the petition filed by the PDP over Mimiko’s victory.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/breaking-news-appeal-court-dismisses-akeredolus-appeal/

As the month of July arrives, Lagos State residents have been urged to prepare for high intensity rainfall with wind and thunder storm.
This call was issued Sunday by the state Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, in the wake of the reports from Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET), and the need to sensitise Lagosians as rainy season approaches.


Bello advised residents in the state not to panic whenever it rains as they would experience accumulated water concentration on some part of the roads and highways, depending on the intensity of the rains. “Lagosians are however assured that the accumulated water will recede in no time,” hesaid.
According to him, it had been raining since January and this has increased the water level of the soil, thereby making infiltration capacity to be very low across the state.


He further explained that concentration of water had led to the saturation of the soil, which would henceforth cause delayed discharge of rain water into the water bodies.
Bello, however, assured Lagosians that whatever flash flood recorded during the rains, it would gradually discharge in less than 24 hours, because of the effectiveness of the drainage channels in the state.


Residents along flood plains, low line areas and other coast lines, like Ajegunle, Owode-Onirin axis, Owode-Elelede, Kuramo beach, Alpha beach, Okun-mapo, Okun Ajah, Mende-Maryland, Ijora-Badia, Iwaya were urged to be extremely careful or possibly vacate their residence temporarily once they notice gradual accumulation of rising water and move to higher grounds “as the state is not ready to lose any life during the rainy period.”


“Lagos is a coastal state and as such, is susceptible to flash flood anytime there is rain of high intensity, however what is of utmost importance to this administration is toensure that, whatever flash flood experiencedis effectively discharged into our channels that have been dredged and cleaned, in anticipation of this year’s rain.


“Lagos residents are further encouraged to relate effectively with deployed Resident Engineers and Drainage Maintenance Officers, whose phone numbers was recently published in the print and electronic media toalert them whenever they have flooding challenges,” he said.


The commissioner also advised Lagosians to be safety conscious during this period, stating some safety measures as “Avoid going out during the rains expect only when it is compulsory.

Be conscious when driving do not over speed and ensure that your vehicles are in good condition and do not drive through flooded areas as it might be difficult to identify its depth; but rather refrain from during through the flooded areas.”

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/lagos-to-experience-heavy-rainfall-in-july/

One of the wives of the late M.K.O. Abiola has announced her intention to enter into politics and contest for the post of the governor of Lagos state.

Mrs. Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential elections, however, did notmention the party’s platform on which she would contest.
She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inLagos that her motive for seeking the votes of the electorate was to assist in poverty eradication.


Onitiri-Abiola said that she worked with her late husband in the struggle for the actualisation of the June 12 elections annulled by the military regime of former president, Ibrahim Babangida, in 1993.


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According to her, the country needs to start practicing true democracy at all levels of government to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
The aspirant said if she becomes the state governor, poverty eradication would be the focal point of her administration.
She said the same issue should be the majorconcern of government at all levels.

“There should be no poverty in this state or in this country. There is so much poverty on the ground and the situation on ground is extremely terrible, worse than what we thought it was at that time. But, I am trying to look at what exactly is in the interest, actually, true interest of the people.

“What I am trying to do now is eradication of poverty; and, I know once you remove poverty, you remove everything and for you to be able to remove poverty, you need to have so many programmes.”

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/late-m-k-o-wife-wants-to-contest-for-the-post-of-the-governor-of-lagos-state/

Chairman of South-East Governors’s Forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has announced his retirement from active politics.

The Governor, who disclosed this on Sunday, said he would quit active politics at the end of his current tenure in March 2014.

He spoke at the thanksgiving service and award ceremony to mark the end of the 2nd Session of the 15th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Enugu at the St. Bartholomew’s Church, Asata, Enugu.

“A very prominent person called me today and asked me, what is your plan concerning politics after your current tenure, I’m telling you now what I told him.

“For me, I have come to the end of it; I want to quit and rest. However, I have been praying to God that for the sake of the good people of Anambra State, please give them somebody like Peter Obi.

“The level of greed in Nigeria is overwhelming, where people can’t see the suffering of other people, they are just accumulating wealth, for me, it is time to go.

“I wonder why one person should own a house in Ikoyi, Asokoro, Dubai and he is not using them for anything, people accumulate what they don’t need, it is madness, the level of greed in Nigeria is intolerable.

“I want all of us to be praying for Nigeria, so that God will touch the heart of our leaders to use public money for the people. In Anambra State we have never borrowed money despite all the works we are doing”.

The Governor, who was quite emotional lamented the level of financial waste in government, stressing “the cost of running a governor’s office in Nigeria is too much.

“When I came in as Governor, I discovered that the state had 70 workers in Abuja office, apart from their salary we spend close to 15 million maintaining that office. They have nothing doing there than to come to the airport and welcome me, constituting nuisance, so we re-deployed the workers and closed down the place. Till date, we have not missed them, which means they were really doing nothing there”.

“I urge all of us to pray for greedy people in this country; they are accumulating what they don’t need, stop accumulating things for your children”, he charged politicians, stressing that he had never bought a car for any of his children.

“I have told them to buy cars when they make their money, I have also never celebrated birthday for them. They can do that when they leave my house. We should stop wasting public fund”.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/breaking-news-governor-peter-obi-bows-out-of-politics/

The Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to demolish structures built on the natural wetlands and flood plains across the state.

Speaking while monitoring the monthly sanitation exercise in Ketu, Tunji Bello, the Commissioner for Environment, decried the rate at which buildings were being built illegally on wetlands and flood plains in the state.

According to him, those structures constituted a barrier to the free flow of rain, and could result in flooding.
NEMA has warned repeatedly that seasonal floods in Lagos in 2013 will be worse than before.

“There are many natural wetlands in the state that people have erected structures on.Certain places where buildings should not stand, like flood plains, some people have erected structures there,” the commissioner said.

“A lot of demolition will have to take place in those areas. Wetlands are natural drains, so when people build on them, they are courting disasters and obstructing the course of nature.

“There is no way such can continue in Lagos.A lot of buildings will go. These illegal structures will be pulled down.”
Bello, who also condemned the indiscriminate disposal of refuse in drainages, said that the Ministry of Physical Planning had been properly informed of the developments and would take necessary action.

“Less than three months ago, we dredged this canal and now the whole thing is blocked with plastic bottles and other wastes,” he pointed out in Ketu.

“What it means is that as long as we continue to dredge it, you will continue to block it. This is not good. It amounts to a waste of resources and threatens the environment.”

The commissioner advised residents to avoidactions that could negatively impact the environment and thus affect them.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/lagos-state-government-to-demolish-structures-on-flood-plains/

National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and founding coordinator of the Throneroom Trust Ministry, Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure has said that some wives of slain clerics who died during the religious conflict in the North have turned to prostitution in their bid to sustain their families after the exitof their husbands.

Kure made this known while x-raying the performance of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), which he faulted over the way it has been handling ethno-religious crises in the country.
“NEMA is basically in the ‘hit-and-run’ business of instant intervention; it is not doing enough in terms of rehabilitation and resettlement of victims.

“I know the wives of some people who were killed in the religious conflicts in the North, who have now turned prostitutes in order to fend for their families. For some of those families, their children were out of school for up to two years because they could not affordschool fees. Some are yet to be back in school,” Kure told journalists in Lagos ahead of the Throneroom’s Prophetic Prayer Conference held at the National Stadium, Lagos.

The cleric also accused NEMA of being sentimental in the discharge of their duties saying that “NEMA is a little bit partial in the distribution of resources and the agency has used whatever resources they have to empower certain people,” adding that “NEMA has not made it easy for Christian victims to be reached out to which I know because of what people went through the last time we had a crisis in Kafanchan”.

Kure further disclosed that PFN has commenced compilation of a nationwide directory of victims of religious crises with a view to rehabilitating affected members in due course.

“The project is headed by Evangelist MatthewOwojaiye, and it is currently raising funds for various resettlement and rehabilitation programmes including building of houses for victims, payment of school fees for orphans and impacted children,” he said.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/boko-haram-wives-of-slain-clerics-have-turned-to-prostitution-kure/

About nine junior secondary school students were on Tuesday, caught donating blood illegally to one Mr. Sola in Agege area of Lagos.

It was learnt that members of the community noticed the unusual visit of some students to a certain shop located on Owoloabi Omotoye street, Orile Agege, during and after school hours which prompted a little investigation.

The investigations revealed that the students had been donating their blood for money.

One of the students nabbed at the shop and simply identified as Emeka, a JSS2 pupil, confessed to donating his blood thrice for the sum of N1, 500 on each occasion with Sola asking them “not to tell anyone about it.”

Some of the students, who were from Oke Odo High School; State Senior High School,Oyewole; State Junior High School, Oyewole; State High School, Mulero; Keke High school, Agege, it was further gathered, had donated their blood up to 17 times .
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Confirming the incident, chairman of the Parent-Teachers’ Association (PTA) State Junior High School, Mr. Adeyemi, said some of the students, who became very sick as a result of the repeated blood donation, had been taken to the hospital while the rest had been released to their parents.

Mr. Adeyemi added that beside those caught in the act, several other students later confessed to have donated their blood at one point or the other saying that the case had been reported to the education district 1 for further action.

SOURCE- http://metronaija.com/junior-secondary-school-pupils-caught-donating-blood-for-n1500-in-lagos/

Contrary to reports making the rounds that a Toyota
Corolla salon car plunged into the Lagos Lagoon in the early hours of today, leaving many dead, the Lagos state Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Nsebong Akpabio MON, has confirmed that no one died in the accident as being speculated.

Akpabio confirmed that three vehicles, a green toyota salon car with registration number BQ 300 EPE, a yellow Faragon bus with plate number XR 549 KRD and a white Tata Bus with plate number EKY 458 XD were involved in the accident including a commercial bus, fully loaded with passengers.

The FRSC boss further explained that the impact of
the collision made the conductor of the bus fell into
the Lagoon, but was rescued by fishermen, adding that no life was lost in the mishap.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/bus-conductor-fell-inside-lagoon-from-3rd-mainland-bridge-frsc-boss/

Following the Latest protest by University of Lagos Students, the School authority has issued a statement expelling the student Leaders who initiated the protest along with all other students saying ” they are too comfortable in this school they need to leave”.

FNN discovered that the students are protesting the prices of cartons of ‘Vaseline’, ‘Jergens’, ‘chewing gum’, ‘Makeup kit’, ‘Condoms’ etc. among other things. According to the students, these prices are too high, and the Legendary school wanklords are also wondering why they have to pay so much to have self love , ” why do we have to pay to self-service?”
However the Registrar of the School, in a comment to FNN said; “… If you know that you cannot afford the prices of goods and services offered by the school sellers, then go to your father’s house or you start using groundnut oil to self-service, students cannot come to school to protest about high prices when they are always wanking”

SOURCE-http://metronaija.com/breaking-news-unilag-expels-protesting-students/

Exclusive reports reaching us have it that a three
storey just collapsed in Mushin,Lagos state.
Our reporter said that the building is owned by one
Baba ijebu,who also own two other building on the
street.
Metronaija gathered that the thunderous rainfall
between 12 noon to 1pm today caused it. Some
tenants are trapped in as at the time of this report.

SOURCE- www.metronaija.com/breaking-news-photos-a-three-storey-building-just-collapsed-in-lagos/

The opposition mega alliance, All Progressives Congress, APC, announced on Tuesday that it has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for registration as a political party thereby putting an end to months of political uncertainty.

Tom Ikimi, a leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, one of the merging parties forming the APC, made this known to reporters earlier today in Abuja.

Ikimi said the application was made to INEC last week Friday and was signed by nine people as stipulated by the electoral law.

The ACN chieftain listed the nine people as the National Chairmen, Secretaries, and Treasurers of the three merging parties, the ACN, CPC, and the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP.


The APC, once registered, will be a major opposition block in Nigeria’s political space that has since the return to Democracy in 1999, been dominated by the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.


SOURCE-http://metronaija.com/apc-formally-applies-to-inec-for-registration/

Barely two weeks after Deborah Odunayo, an Education student of the University of Ibadan(UI) was crushed to death by a bank vehicle, the university community has again been thrown into mourning with the death of a Civil Engineering student last week.


Mohammed Bankole, 400-Level student, diedafter he was struck by unknown ailment. He gave up the ghost at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.


Before he breathed his last, Mohammed was said to have sat for an examination, which hemanaged to write in the institution’s health centre.
The late Mohammed was described as a“reserved person” by his friend, Habeeb Kolade, 400-Level Mechanical Engineering.
Oluwasegun Oyeleye, the deceased’s classmate, described the late Mohammed as “cool-headed and quiet”.

He said: “Mohammed was a quiet student and he never had issues with anybody. He will be greatly missed.” Another classmate, Dennis Popoola, described the deceased as intelligent and calm.
The remains of the late Mohammed have since been interred in his Ota home, Ogun State.

When CAMPUSLIFE (School Tabloid) visited Civil Engineering Department, the members of staff and students gathered to discuss the incident, with many of them praying that premature death be put to end in the school.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/tragedy-as-400-level-ui-student-die-during-examination/

According to one of our reader in Kwara State
Polytechnic, he sent us the picture above and also
confirmed that as early as 7am today students started protesting,burning and destroying properties in the school.

We also can confirm that a junior policeman was killed
during the protest at a close village to d polytechnic
gate.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/photo-kwara-poly-students-burn-propertieskill-policeman-in-protest/

Wasiu Alabi Pasuma’s metallic silver colour Range Rover Sports,with reg no MUS 830 AP was snatched from him at gunpoint in Lagos. Our source also gathered that the artiste was beaten blue black.
We wish him safe recovery.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/wasiu-alabi-pasumas-range-rover-snatched-at-gunpoint/

Contrary to an earlier story by HipHopWorldMag that Brymo had left Chocolate City, World PRMedia, on behalf of Chocolate City Music just released this brief statement.
And it reads:
We can confirm that Brymo still has a valid contract with Choc City and we are certain ourArtiste “Brymo” can confirm the same fact. We urge all reputable media houses to check facts with our establishment prior to releasing“Untrue” stories to the general public that rely on them for valuable Information”.

SOURCE- http://informationnaija.com/brymo-is-still-a-choc-boi-chocolate-city/

According to what a student of Kwara polytechnic sent
to us,”They want 20naira from taxi man who did not
wait so in an attempt to shoot his tyre they shot d
innocent guy,Anoda lady was shot too wen oda
student were protesting for him”

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/photo-student-of-kwara-poly-shot-by-police-today/

An Abeokuta Magistrates' Court on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old student, Oluwaseyifunmi Jolaosho, to two years imprisonment for stealing a blackberry phone valued at N50,000.

Jolaosho of no fixed address pleaded guilty to aone- count charge of stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp Augustine Ozimini, told the court that the offence was committed on May 11 at 6, Balogun St., Ore-Meji, Oluwo, Onikolobo in Abeokuta.

Ozimini said that the convict entered the room of one Miss Olaide Somorin and stole her cell phone, adding that Somorin's roommate, who saw the convict when he was rushing out of thehouse, raised an alarm.

He said that when Jolaosho was apprehended, the stolen cell phone was found in his possession.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Laws of Ogun, 2006.

The Magistrate, Mr Olayinka Idowu, sentenced Jolaosho to two years imprisonment with an option of N10,000 fine payable after three months.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/student-bags-2yrs-imprisonment-for-stealing-blackberry-phone-in-ogun-state/

The Delta State Police Command has discovered a village where 23 females allegedly died after they drank some herbal concoction in order to abort their pregnancies.

The death of the victims was discovered when officers of the Police command raided the native home where quack doctors and nurses were found carrying out abortion through concoction.

Confirming the discovery of the illegal home, the State Police Commissioner, said no fewer than 23 females whose unwanted pregnancies were terminated, died after drinking the concoction.

He explained that the detectives arrested the operators who were mainly native doctors and quack nurses and upon interrogation, confessed to the crime.

On how they carry out their illegal abortion, the police boss said that the suspects claimed they were trained in traditional medicine, especially in the useof concoction to terminate unwanted pregnancies.

According to him, a 22-year-old lady identified as Endurance recently died as aresult of abortion she performed at the home located around Ugborikoko in Uvwie local government area.

It was learnt that the victim’s house-help in the area took ill and was rushed to the quack home where she d as a result of complications from an abortion.

A test conducted on her corpse by medical experts showed that she was pregnant and attempted to abort it at the hands of the native doctors and quack nurses in the home.

One of the suspects, the police boss disclosed, identified as Ufuoma had madeuseful statements, adding that the police recovered different bottles with concoction and charms tied around some sticks, including locally made guns.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/23-die-from-abortion-concoction-in-native-doctors-home/

At least 13 customs officers were wounded yesterday afternoon by soldiers serving in Katsinta Barracks in Katsina State as they chased suspected smugglers close to the cantonment.


We gathered that about 15 Customs officials who were chasing suspected second hand car smugglers from Jibiya border, came under attack around 3:30pm by soldiers guarding the Katsinta military cantonment.


It was learnt that the incident happened when a team of Customs personnel pursued second hand vehicles carrying rice.
The Customs men fired warning shots at the fleeing smugglers near the army barracks so soldiers came out to attack them.


Speaking on the incident, spokesperson of the 3 Brigade Nigerian Army in Kano, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha said when the smugglers entered Katogi village, which he said is a smugglers’ community, villagers prevented the Customs officials from going after them.
According to him, the villagers launched attack on the Customs officials, injuring five.


Iweha said it was soldiers from the barracks that intervened and rescued the 15 Customs personnel from the villagers.
He said five of the wounded officials were being treated at the army hospital in the barracks.


According to him, four vehicles belonging to the Customs officials and 10 others containing rice and cooking oil were recovered from the smugglers.
The army spokesperson disclosed that weapons of the Customs men were in the custody of the soldiers.


But in his account of the incident, spokesperson of the Katsima State Customs Service Command, Mohammed Auwal said it was the soldiers who wounded the Customs officials.


Auwal told us that the Customs had a tip off on attempt to smuggle about 40 vehicles loaded with rice into the country and based on that a joint operation comprising Controller General’s task force, General Operations and Area Command were drafted go intercept the smugglers.


“Our men were pursuing them and firing warning shots to scare them and as they got to the barracks, some of the drivers jumped the fence and escaped into the barracks, but as the soldiers came out they started firing directly at our men who were on uniform and in official vehicles.


“Our men did not respond! It was afternoon so the soldiers cannot say they couldn’t make out who they were.
“The soldiers beat up out officers and disarmed them.


“They injured 13 of them, three of our official vehicles, as well as our rifles are with them.
“They’re holding about seven vehicles loaded with rice and nine of the smugglers,” he said.


The spokesperson said investigations had commenced to find out if there was “connivance” between the smugglers and the soldiers, adding, “because some of the soldiers were trailing u—that we allowed trailers to pass but impound motorcycles and cars.”

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/soldiers-beat-injure-13-customs-officers-in-katsina/

Four foreigners held hostage by some kidnappers at Borikiri area of Port Harcourt have regained their freedom, as confirmed by the Police.


Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, who confirmed the news gave the names of the victims as Vadym Shytov, from Ukraine; Obaya Marak, from Kiribati; Mikhail Teresgji, from Russia and Oleksiv Ishmyetvev, from Ukraine.


She said the victims who were kidnapped off the coast of Bayelsa waters have been held hostage since April 22, stressing that they were seen around Borikiri area two days ago.


She said that after the police had identified where they were kept, the anti-kidnap squad quickly mobilised for a rescue operation.


She said the rescued foreigners had been handed over to their company, yet investigation was on top gear to fish out the kidnappers or anyone behind the abduction.
“The state commissioner of police, Mr MbuJoseph Mbu, received the hostages and handed them over to Mr Larry Etete, a company staff. Investigation is in progress,” Agabe said.

SOURCE- www.informationnaija.com/police-rescues-four-kidnapped-foreigners-in-port-harcourt/