Arab countries believe very much in totalitarian rule. You DON'T question their leaders.
The current Crown Prince of Saudi Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud jailed some female protesters for championing female rights. He himself is a strong advocate for gender empowerment.
Their offence was telling the Government what to do. Despite the fact that was the direction the Government was already going!
Some Northerners were making a lot of noise about the Saudi King shaking the hand of Angel Merkel, former German Chancellor. I was shaking my head because if the Prince had heard.... he would simply ban Nigeria from pilgrimage- Hajj for as long as he wishes.
A Nigerian woman, identified as @dunchichi on Twitter, has been reportedly sentenced to a one-year jail term by the United Arab Emirates government for a social media post, showing how some Nigerian nationals were illegally detained at Dubai international airport.
On 31st August, @dunchichi posted on Twitter how she was detained together with other Nigerians despite possessing a valid visa.
"I'm at Dubai international airport and myself and some tiger Nigerians with valid Visas are being held in a room hours after arriving with no explain and no information on what we can do. Please help me. There's more than 20 of us," she wrote.
But another user, @jerrydoubles, who claimed to be her relative, on Saturday announced that @dunchichi had been sent to jail for an offence relating to her earlier post in Dubai
He said, "It is sad and regrettably heartrending to tell you all that @dunchichi was sentenced on 12th Oct 22, to 1yr in jail in Dubai. Her family are devastated and Nigeria didn't save her. Cc @nidcom_gov @DavidHundeyin @FS_Yusuf_ @SavvyRinu @mrmacaronii @MobilePunch @daily_trust RT.
"Her sentence came from the backdrop that she got a family visa to travel. But in fact, she was there with her sister. It got messy & complicated, she was released on arrival after being detained for several hours, only to be sentenced when she was returning to Nigeria.
"They are capitalising on the fact that she made a video then posted them on her Twitter timeline to narrate the ordeal. They said it's cybercrime in their country. She went ahead to delete it. Still, that didn't soften them. Now she is jailed #justicefordinci."
He further added that her family were planning to protest her conviction at the Dubai consulate office in Abuja.
"If you stay in Abuja or know someone who does and would love to join us," his tweet added.
SaharaReporters had also reported that the United Arab Emirates government on Friday announced a visa ban on Nigerians, adding that all submitted applications are rejected and fees non-refundable.
The ban was announced in a notice issued by UAE immigration authorities to its trade partners in Nigeria including travel agencies.
Berrityga: Lol... I just dey build my loan limit make e first reach 100k I go use the money buy new phone.. Carry this one throw away for third mainland bridge make them go block am under water..
"Smart", uh?
If you were the seller of the phones, will you be happy if you have several customers doing same to you?
jaxxy: Do davido or do cuppy can't afford such with their background at that age? Untill we hear his a child of a criminal politician we should act like humans not barbarians.
Can you read ? Do you know the meaning of 99%?
YOU are the barbarian that doesn't understand a basic statement.
maasoap: It is just an accident, and it comes in different forms and at different times for individuals. You guys don't know what yours will be, accident is no respecter of anybody. Just by a tribe, you already found him guilty and he deserves no sympathy. What a messed mentality?
A Nigerian student schooling in the US was killed by a propeller of the private plane he had rented for a dinner date.
Sani Aliyu, 21, died on Sunday night, October 16, in a freak accident after walking into a spinning propeller of a small plane on the way back from a date.
The Georgia Southern University student was returning to the plane, which was piloted by his two friends, when he was hit twice in the head at Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport.
Mr Aliyu and his date were heading to nearby Savannah, which is around 55 miles of Statesboro from the main campus of the university, where he was studying.
Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch told Statesboro Herald: "They flew to Savannah to go on a date, flew back, landed at the Statesboro Airport, and the young lady got off the plane, and he got off the airplane and walked toward the front of the plane.
"And when he did, the propeller hit him."
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said the accident happened when the aircraft had “taxied onto the ramp area” and was left stood still around 10.35pm on Sunday.
The single-engine Cessna was carrying four passengers on the plane, the pilot, the co-pilot along with Mr Aliyu and his date.
No one else was injured.
A spokesperson for the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, Todd Hutchens, said the incident was an accident and no one was at fault: "Nobody is really at fault of anything. It was an accident."
Georgia Southern University have paid tribute to Mr Aliyu, who was a management major.
THE GUTS TO THEY HAVE TO SCRIBBLE DOWN A NOTE ALWAYS BEAT MY IMAGINATION.
Better at times to avoid people being falsely accused.
Wondering what drove this guy to suicide... financial? Academic? Or emotional problems.?
On some terrible cases... none of the above. The individual will just be sad all the time. No source of joy even while wealthy, successful and good-looking.
naijapikin2: this is not manslaughter. This is second degree murder. For example when a person drives his car and mistakenly kill a passer by, that is manslaughter.
Thanks for the legal education. I honestly didn't know.
Nyamuri: I'm a Tinubu supporter but this article is trash.. how did Ameachi transform Daura, the same Daura I often pass by!! Apart from unfinished transport university, what else is there?
It is an anti Tinubu post. Designed to belittle the North into hating him...cc OsunOriginal