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America will fight against this in proxy, this move will have a lot of trade benefits for the region, the currency will have a higher acceptability than any African currency.

Heaven knows both the military and Boko Haram are pathetic liars.

Only God in heaven knows the truth in all these deaths.

Boko Haram will exaggerate the figure while the military will underestimate the true number of causality

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Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, is gradually turning into an open field where people defecate without restraint, recent checks by PREMIUM TIMES have shown.

Beneath the good roads, exotic cars and gigantic edifices the Federal Capital Territory is adorned with, are long shadows of irritating sights of human excreta.

Passing bodily wastes in open areas has become a norm that thrives in many parts of the city, especially in the slums and suburbs.

The United Nation Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says of the 25 per cent or 46 million Nigerians who defecate openly, 33 million of them are living in rural areas.

In Abuja, the menace is more prevalent in slums such as Mpape, Kpaduma and Dakibiu due to obvious reasons. They are overcrowded informal settlements with no permanent structures, little or no access to potable water, inadequate sanitation and no drainage or waste management system. Many houses in such areas do not have toilets.


However, it has become more worrisome that these eyesores are increasingly becoming a common sight in major streets in highbrow areas of the Nigerian capital.

Market places, motor parks, green areas, drains, under bridges and bus stops in Abuja have become easy to reach toilets in the absence of alternatives.


In no particular order, PREMIUM TIMES brings you five notorious spots where people defecate openly in the heart of Abuja

Wuse Zone 3

One spot that has surprisingly and unbelievably gained notoriety for this indiscriminate act of open defecation is the walkway before the head office of the Nigerian Customs service at Wuse Zone 3.


One will wonder where such horrible stench is emanating from when passing through this road directly opposite Neighborhood Market, a stone throw from the Customs Office.

Until you look behind the trailer containers painted yellow and black and parked along the walk ways… Bingo!!! Mounds and mounds of faeces of different sizes, shapes and varieties both fresh and old is all you will see.

Even the valley below also serves as a valley of convenience. The fact that this is an area that houses many major government agencies, popular markets, plazas, fast food joints and also a route to other major areas in the city makes it more appalling.


Still, authorities have done little or nothing to check this menace.

From 6 p.m. upwards, people can be seen squatting behind the containers and or below the valleys. They even do it in the walkways, on many occasions.

Utako Park Areas

The streets within the popular Utako Park in Jabi, where public transport vehicles going in and out of the city converge, are some of the places you do not want to pass in the morning.

As it is, one can hardly walk through the streets facing the two hind gates of the park and have a breath of fresh air. The foul stench from faeces and urine that attacks passers-by leaves the environment undesirable.


Though there are four public convenience houses at strategic points inside the park – owned and managed by private individuals – yet people working in the park resort to making use of the streets and walk ways as places to empty their bowels.

They are unwilling to pay the N30 fare in the park’s public toilets. Ironically, a remote office of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), whose main responsibility is to keep the nation’s capital clean, is situated right opposite these scene of squalor.

A female official of AEPB in the office said their mandate is not to keep the area clean but to catch hawkers.


She said they have repeatedly tried to stop people from passing bodily waste in the area but have been threatened with knifes and sharp objects by touts in the park.

“Sometimes they will even do it in front of our office and if we talk they will threaten us with knives and sharp objects. There is no way we can control them without police or security operatives. Our supervisor at the office is aware of this. Even the FCTA came here and saw what is happening. We want to put a signpost there but will they even obey?”


Jabi Garage

It is common to start perceiving offensive odour when caught up in the traffic, waiting to board a public transport or alighting from one or even walking along the ever busy traffic light at Jabi garage junction directly opposite Con Oil filling station.

The stench is not far-fetched. Look closely below a dwarf fence along the walkway before the traffic light. There are piles of faeces and traces of urine.

These body by-products look fresher in the early hours of the morning as it is mostly done during the night.


Wuse Market

People usually cover their noses with their hands or handkerchief to avoid inhaling foul odour while passing through mostly lonely parts of the popular Wuse Market, the biggest in the city.

This is especially worse in the early hours of the day as the environment may have been fouled during the night.

Though there are public toilets inside the market and there are no traces of body wastes inside the premises but gardens, walkways and shadowy corners surrounding the market provide spots for quick convenience.


Underground stairs, leading to other routes in the market area have been turned to public latrines. Be careful while passing through such routes or you might step on one.

Gwarimpa Express

Gwarimpa express is a stop away from Kubwa express when coming from Wuse. “Driver, stop me at Gwarimpa express”, a passenger who wants to alight at this bus stop would say. Before this stop is a long pedestrian bridge that connects other parts of the popular Gwarimpa estate and that is why the stop is known as Gwarimpa express.


There is a big gutter on the right side of the road and many have turned it into a safe spot for convenience. You can see piles of faeces while passing or waiting for a commercial vehicle at the bus stop.

Other areas such as Area One Roundabout in Garki, Okonjo Iweala Street in Utako, Julius Berger Bus stop, Mabushi Roundabout, to mention just a few, are common spots where people answer the call of nature in the heart of Abuja.

Why Open Defecation is increasingly prevalent in Abuja


Abuja residents have pointed out that the absence of public toilet facilities, failure of some house owners to provide toilets, limited land space and deep-rooted social norms are factors responsible for this menace.

More worrisome is the fear among residents that the act of indiscriminate defecation coupled with the rains which is at its peak might result to in outbreak of diseases in Abuja if not checked.

Earlier in August, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) announced that seven deaths were recorded from the outbreak of cholera in four communities in Abuja. Two deaths were recorded in Kubwa village, one at Sauka, another two deaths at Mpape and two at Ushafa while 58 cases were listed in the recent outbreak.


The FCTA attributed the outbreak to little or no access to potable water, inadequate sanitation, no drainage or waste management system and rampant open defecation in many communities in Abuja.

When presented with findings of this report, Muktar Ibrahim – head of information & outreach program unit of the AEPB, the agency responsible for keeping Abuja clean, said, “There is a law against open defecation and the FCT is doing a lot to stop such incidences by ensuring that all public places especially, plazas, bank, fuel stations, eateries make their conveniences open for public use.

“Some of these locations lock up their rest rooms so we have been going round to ensure that they have functional toilets that are also open for use.”


He also attributed the growing menace of open defecation to influx of people into Abuja which have stretched the capacity of the city to cope with the population.

He said a committee had been set up by the FCT administration to probe the situation.

However, health experts are more concerned with the overwhelming health challenges posed by this menace. They say a gram of faeces contains approximately 10 million viruses, one million bacteria and a thousand parasite cysts.

A top UNICEF official, Zaid Jurji, linked open defecation with many cases of cholera, diarrhoea, and typhoid fever in the country. He noted that over 88 per cent of diarrhoea cases, the fastest killer of children under the age of five in Nigeria, is caused by open defecation.



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/283933-five-notorious-spots-where-people-defecate-openly-in-abuja.html

This is just the one we heard of, politicians do worse, so free the guy abeg

Timothy Owoeye, an Osun State lawmaker seen on a viral video depicting him as bathing in the market square for ritual, was a victim of a ritual syndicate which had operated in the state for a long time, the police have told PREMIUM TIMES.


Timothy Owoeye, an Osun State lawmaker. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official facebook page of Timothy Owoeye]

Little was known outside of Osun State about Mr Owoeye until a video showing him being beaten by some men who purportedly caught him taking a midnight ritual shower in a market hit the Internet this weekend.

Some of those who circulated the video on social media said Mr Owoeye, who is currently the House Majority Leader of Osun State House of Assembly, was performing the ritual as he intensified activities towards his political success in the upcoming general elections.

But Mr Owoeye, representing Ilesa West for the All Progressives Congress, was actually a victim of a high-wire blackmail racket that had seen him part with humongous amount of his personal wealth in a desperate bid to save not only his own career but family image, Osun police commissioner, Adeoye Fimihan, told PREMIUM TIMES Sunday afternoon

The fellow is a victim of some fraudsters who duped him some amount of money,” Mr Fimihan said by telephone. “They tricked him to that place and did that to blackmail him so that he will not be able to lodge complaint in the public.”

Mr Owoeye’s misery began about six months ago when he agreed to have a midnight shower in a market as recommended by herbalists he had been consulting for traditional prayers. The location is rumoured to be Osun Jela, described as a lull community between Osogbo, the state capital, and Ijesa.

But as he undressed himself and started having his shower, some persons — whom the police suspect had been lurking in the dark— emerged from the nearby bush, turned on lights and focused cameras on the lawmaker.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt from sources close to Mr Owoeye that persons were arranged by the fraudsters who had been parading themselves to the lawmaker as herbalists working to help enhance his fortunes through traditional means.

They syndicate promised not to circulate the video if Mr Owoeye complied with their demands for cash. He paid the initial cash to the crooks, which subsequently opened a cascade of regular financial flows to their pockets.

At some point during the blackmail, about three months ago, Mr Owoeye wanted to sell a filling station he owned after running out of liquid cash to keep hushing his so-called scandal.


Timothy Owoeye, an Osun State lawmaker seen on a viral video depicting him as bathing in the market square for ritual, was a victim of a ritual syndicate which had operated in the state for a long time, the police have told PREMIUM TIMES.


Little was known outside of Osun State about Mr Owoeye until a video showing him being beaten by some men who purportedly caught him taking a midnight ritual shower in a market hit the Internet this weekend.

Some of those who circulated the video on social media said Mr Owoeye, who is currently the House Majority Leader of Osun State House of Assembly, was performing the ritual as he intensified activities towards his political success in the upcoming general elections.

But Mr Owoeye, representing Ilesa West for the All Progressives Congress, was actually a victim of a high-wire blackmail racket that had seen him part with humongous amount of his personal wealth in a desperate bid to save not only his own career but family image, Osun police commissioner, Adeoye Fimihan, told PREMIUM TIMES Sunday afternoon.


“The fellow is a victim of some fraudsters who duped him some amount of money,” Mr Fimihan said by telephone. “They tricked him to that place and did that to blackmail him so that he will not be able to lodge complaint in the public.”

Mr Owoeye’s misery began about six months ago when he agreed to have a midnight shower in a market as recommended by herbalists he had been consulting for traditional prayers. The location is rumoured to be Osun Jela, described as a lull community between Osogbo, the state capital, and Ijesa.


But as he undressed himself and started having his shower, some persons — whom the police suspect had been lurking in the dark— emerged from the nearby bush, turned on lights and focused cameras on the lawmaker.


PREMIUM TIMES learnt from sources close to Mr Owoeye that persons were arranged by the fraudsters who had been parading themselves to the lawmaker as herbalists working to help enhance his fortunes through traditional means.

They syndicate promised not to circulate the video if Mr Owoeye complied with their demands for cash. He paid the initial cash to the crooks, which subsequently opened a cascade of regular financial flows to their pockets.

At some point during the blackmail, about three months ago, Mr Owoeye wanted to sell a filling station he owned after running out of liquid cash to keep hushing his so-called scandal.


“He did not sell the filling station, but he had paid them more than 40 million before then,” the source said. It was when Mr Owoeye was trying to raise money by selling his filling station that an associate pressed him to disclosed what his crisis was about. He was then asked to advised to take the matter to the governor and subsequently to the police.

“We are happy that he summoned the courage to complain and the police succeeded in arresting some of those fellows and they were charged to court,” Mr Fimihan said. “Whatever is being circulated is just a way of ensuring that he will not be able to complain.”

The commissioner said he could not immediately tell how much Mr Owoeye lost to the scheme, but the police had recovered N10 million of it already

I cannot say precisely now, but the police were able to recover N10 million of the funds he was swindled,” the police chief told PREMIUM TIMES.


Both the commissioner and Mr Owoeye’s associate told PREMIUM TIMES the video was leaked by other members of the syndicate who were yet to be taken into custody.


Mr Owoeye could not be reached for comments. It was also not immediately confirmed whether the arrested suspects had hired their legal representatives


Ritual prayer by fake herbalists is a booming trade in which unsuspecting citizens lose billions across Nigeria annually, and the police have spent years combating its spread by regularly smashing hideouts of syndicates




https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/283926-police-speak-on-osun-lawmaker-caught-bathing-in-market-square.html

Poor-verty indeed

This man mortgaged his career to be a pawn of APC, despite I am not a fan of Ekwe, this man is not popular enough, but when Oshimole is involved, miracles happen

Who is K1 again, guy don't dull, make sure you collect your share of the national cake, sue him if it becomes necessary

Abuse of rights of an individual

That you have no pictures as evidence does not mean it wasn't true


Moreso, only those who committed the act will be out to take pictures as people hid within the confines of their cocoon to avoid the weather of the iPods

OP, point of correction, more cracks, because the party has been cracked since 2015, and the same machinery who did that are back to try their luck or decamp after primaries back to the ruling party

But will they ever agree? The myopic still call him Messiah

Throwback:
He is the world renowned Ineffectual Buffoon.

That was his legacy.

Maybe if he returns, he would have finally invented his much touted technology to fight the same corruption he enabled the likes of Dasuki, Tompolo, Metuh, Diezani etc.

He still will NOT win

That he was a good man to relinquish power does not mean cluelessness has not eroded him



He was too soft and weak for a nation like Naija

Millennium scam, shut up your mouth

No source!?

brightgreat:
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has reportedly flown to Abuja to meet with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is after he could not secure a firm commitment Tinubu, on his second term ambition.
The APC leaders, led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who were said to be acting on the directives of President Muhammadu Buhari, met with Tinubu again to prevail on him to “forgive” Ambode his alleged infractions and back the governor to secure a second term.
A source close to the national secretariat of the party said that the effort of the leaders could not be said to have resolved the situation as Tinubu did not give Osinbajo and Oshiomhole any specific promise of supporting Ambode for a second term.
The source stated, “The President asked the vice-president and the national chairman to resolve the crisis amicably so that the governor could get a second term. Osinbajo met Tinubu twice in Abuja on Friday on Ambode’s matter, where he relayed the President’s message and the need to keep Lagos for the APC.
He also told Asiwaju the President would not want the crisis to affect the party in the 2019 general elections.
“The National Leader, however, maintained that there would be wider consultations back home before he would be able to accede to the request. He said the governor’s matter is beyond him alone.
“It is difficult to say what happened during the second meeting with Osinbajo but it appeared the vice-president and Tinubu were able to arrive at a meeting point, which is difficult to clarify.”
It was gathered that Buhari’s foremost concern was that the crisis in Lagos State, which boasts of the highest number of registered voters, if not well-managed, could affect his political calculations for his second term bid.
According to Punch, the APC leaders battled to save the embattled governor’s second term ambition, Ambode landed in Tinubu’s house in Abuja, where the governor appealed to the former Lagos State governor to forgive him his alleged offences.
Another very reliable party source said, “Yes, it was part of the efforts we are making from this end to save the party from crisis in the state and the nation. The governor came to beg Tinubu in his residence in Abuja to forgive him. I think the appeal helped to reduce the tension and soften the ground for the governor. It is, however, difficult to say if that had ended the crisis.
“Some governors have also called the national leader, pleading with him to save their ‘poster boy’ the humiliation of not getting a second term. Their fears are that such development in Lagos, which is the economic nerve centre of the country, could have negative effect on the fortunes of the party in other states.”
A source confirmed the meeting between Tinubu and his political godson in Abuja.
“Yes, the meeting held. He (Ambode) saw Asiwaju in Abuja but I cannot give you any detail,” he said.

Nigeria can never be safe until we do away with the politics of God farherism

Post above me, yes Tinubu has power in Lagos and Nigeria

Ok

austino677:
i just want to confirm at what rate skrill will pays into our account?

I have no idea

Chukason1:
Apologies for my question ..... why does people sell their skrill account ... I thought one can transfer from it straight to local account??

It's faster to sell here

Do you have?

I need $100

I need $80 Bitcoin

block chain wallet

Normal price only

08091441471-whatsapp only

Come with escrow

Earthquake1:
You are marrying an Igbo lady because you didn't see your dirty yoruba ladies to marry

Lol, I am from the middle belt, the lady grew up in the middle belt, so she is a middle belter in an Igbo skin

Same bigotry I complained of is what you are doing, too much pride

Lol, YouTube didn't want me to dirty my eye this early morning

Them want disvirgin Malawi this is new



If anybody ever mention Biafra again

India, the capital of rape in the world, I never wish any lady I know to stay in india

Apkabio of then PDP and now APC

Clear your eyes man

CROWNWEALTH019:
Motion was moved by Akpabio and seconded by Lawan both of APC extraction and you talking shiits. You better wake up bro

CROWNWEALTH019:
Can't they go in recess in peace, na then plunge una into recession?

I don't argue or try to prove facts or brainwashed or braindead persons

If you say this recess is normal, then you must be loosing sanity

Mind you, Nigeria is out if recession

Son of hate

Should men of God say such??

Too many scam pastors this days


Please my people let us pray and believe in our respective God, not in pastors or imams, all na wash

It's better he stays home to guard his position as the Senate president, than resume to discuss what will build the nation. His defenders think so, especially those who hate Buhari by default settings

The party prostitution will continue till primaries are over, so we expect more

ChiefOloye:
Saraki should resume for parliamentarian business

It's this high handedness that has neither allowed the igbos to leave Nigeria or have a say in the affairs of the nation


Very proud set of people


They keep dreaming every one is jealous of their advancement, they feel being industrious is all it takes to build a successful nation


Thank God for scammers like nnamdi Cownu, but them eye never still clear




NOTE: I am marrying an Igbo lady, so I don't hate them all, only the proud and idiotic cows of Biafra

Says a rejected man

Is it just the way Ekiti people rejected Fayose and his stooge?

Fayose should keep quiet already please, his political career is on the line now

cardoctor:
Dangote get tattoo?

Help me ask them, we celebrate nonentities who have no value to add to our life,
Imagine sane men worshipping tattoo this early morning when people are thinking of how to change the world

Kon Chala a nisin Mafulul

I agree already

Mafulul:
.....but it is capable of assisting people that are in need,thus saving life! If it cannot accommodate a pregnant woman, it does not mean it can't be useful in other health needs. The drone is very useful in so many other ways.