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hod898: Fifteen inmates of Umuahia prison have been offered scholarship to study up to university level from a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Back to the Heroes Past (BATHEP).
Rev. Fr. Christian Anokwuru, who is the Director of the Umuahia-based organisation, said this on friday, when he led other members of the organisation to inmates of Afara Prison, Umuahia.
Anokwuru said the NGO has a scholarship scheme for prisons inmates across the country who want to go to school.
According to him, the organisation would register the 15 inmates in Umuahia for the next General Certificate of Education (GCE) as well and provide legal aid for indigent ones who were yet to be arraigned because of their inability to get counsel.
"For those of you, who have not been tried because of your inability to hire a lawyer, BATHEP will help you to get a lawyer so that you will be tried. We are not saying that we will be set you free but we will help you to get judgement. If you are convicted, you serve your jail terms or go home a free man if you are acquitted," the cleric said.
He explained that part of the organisation's major project was to help in rehabilitating those that had served their prison terms by training them in some skills and help to establish those that had already learnt some trade by giving them direct employment in the organisation's workshop.
Meanwhile, the presiding judge, E. T Okara has adjourne the case for August 20 for motion on notice.

The protesting youths
lamented the nonchalant
attitude of the Imo state
government to the plight of
the community, noting that the
matter has been reported
several times to the
government with the
government repeatedly
exhibiting an alarming level of
indifference and taking no
firm or substantive decision on
the matter.

sexymoma: LMAO your issues no dey man hand again.

dplomaticVal: Now he's suceeded in doing wht his boss -jazzy did by visitn a sitting gov. lt is nw expctd of him to also do what his mate - Peter did by proposin to a girl wit a range rover No big deal

THE Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Re-integration, IYAMIDR, yesterday, raised alarm that over 300 Nigerian girls are languishing in different prisons in Libya.

It called on the Federal Government to exploit the bilateral pact with the Libyan Government to secure their release.

President of IYAMIDR, Solomon Okoduwa, who briefed newsmen in Benin City, Edo State on the hardship faced by Nigerians in Libya since the war in that country, thanked the Founder of All Nation for Christ Synagogue, Pastor T.B Joshua for assisting hundreds of returnees with cash as rehabilitation packages, noting the need for the Federal Government to intervene.

Okoduwa, who fled Libya during the 2011 uprising, said that the Nigerian girls in Libyan prisons were being asked to pay between $400 and $600 through agents believed to be working for the Libyan authorities before they can secure their release.

He urged the Federal Government to review her foreign policy with a view to ensuring adequate protection of Nigerian Citizens in the Diaspora.

According to him, “government should as a matter of urgency expedite action by coming to the aide of her citizen, who are willing to return to the country. Apart from the girls, who are being raped every day, we have 700 other Nigerians held by the Libyan maximum prison in the City of Tripoli while others are in Sabha, and Gharian prison situated about 50kilometers from the City of Tripoli.”

He noted that in order to discourage Nigerian youths from traveling illegally to foreign countries, Okoduwa said the group had acquired 17.666 hectares of Oil Palm land located in Ugbogui community in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State and appealed to government to assist in ensuring that the youths were equipped with the needed agricultural tools.

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT — A Federal
High Court in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, has granted the
former presidential candidate of
Hope Democratic Party, Chief
Ambrose Owuru bail in the sum
of N10 million.
Trial judge, Justice Suleiman Aliyu,
in his ruling, yesterday, ordered
that Owuru should produce a
surety, who should be a legal
practitioner and must have been
in practice for a minimum of 20
years.
The case was adjourned till
October 10 for further hearing.
It will be recalled that Chief
Owuru was charged to court on
August 2, by Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, on a five count charge of
forgery and obtaining money by
false pretence. Of which he
pleaded not guilty. to the
charges.
Two of the counts reads: “That
you, Ambrose Owuru on or
about March 7, 2011 at Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, within the
jurisdiction of this court, with
intent to defraud did obtain the
sum of N60 million from
Ikechukwu Eze on the pretence
that you have sold to him four
plots of land situated at Plot 44A,
Amadi Layout- Port Harcourt a
pretext which you knew to be
false and thereby committed an
offence contrary to section 1(1)
(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Fraud Related Offences
Act, 2006 and punishable under
section 1(3) of the same Act.
“That you, Ambrose Owuru, on
March 7, 2011 at Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, within the
jurisdiction of this court, did
utter a forged “Certificate

Ngwakwe: Nigerian Women should shutdown Lagos and Abuja in protest if they really understood the content of what FFK wrote in his second article.

At press time, junior police police
officers were spoiling for a
showdown with soldiers in the
state, saying it has become a
tradition for soldiers to attack
police officers in the state
without justifiable reason.

Afam4eva: Is it wrong to honour a former governor by the state contributing to his burial? Pls let's be considerate. This is a man that served Osun state as a Governor so he deserves nothing less.

Afam4eva: I think this is in order since Obadare was also the former governor of Osun state before becoming a pastor? I'm i right?

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has approved N35 million for the funeral of Prophet Timothy Oluwole Obadare, founder of the World Soul-winning Evangelical Mission (WOSEM.)

In a statement, Commissioner for Finance, Economic Planning and Budget Dr. Wale Bolorunduro said the money was in appreciation of the late preacher’s contributions to the state, Nigeria and the world.

He said the money was for the construction of a mausoleum, the burial ceremony and intervention work of the deceased, who died on March 21.

Prophet Bolorunduro described the late Obadare as a great spiritual icon, who made the state proud.

He said the deceased promoted Osun internationally during his missionary duties as the General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC).

The commissioner said the late Prophet Obadare’s mausoleum would attract tourists to the state.

The preacher’s remain will be buried on Saturday at the WOSEM Theology Centre in Ilesha.

Gboliwe: childishness. Immaturity. Arranticus Nonsensicus. Foolishness. Joblessness. The list goes on and on and on. Bottomline is, Femi Fani Kayode is an Ingrate!

brighter: Fire Out Break At Alaba International Market. What exactly is the situation

Obi1kenobi: You won't engage with him because he showed you what everyone who isn't in denial knows: that Tinubu is a massive fraud who falsified his educational records. So pointing out irrefutable truth makes one retarded abi? Okay o.

FreeGlobe: what obasanjo said about your Tinubu today. Lets even start from secondary school
https://www.nairaland.com/1396201/nigeria-cursed-very-bad-leaders

The senator who was in Gusau
to celebrate the Sallah, also noted
that it was better
for the media house to talk about
the increasing corruption
bedeviling the country,
instead of such mischievous
publication against the senators,
describing it “as
baseless, un-true and an attempt
to tarnish the image of the
senate.”

FreeGlobe: Refer to GEJ response to Bisi Akande to note a pattern of Nigerian certificate forgers even though Tinubu's university of Toronto degree was not mentioned