By Abimbola Ogunnaike A robbery suspect in a Delta State community, Emmanuel Chinagorom, has confessed that his plan to give his mother a befitting burial led him into robbery. It was gathered that Chinagorom confessed to the crime when he was arrested by members of the Agbor Gha-Ihun Vigilante Group in Agbor, Delta State, just as it was also gathered that the 24-year-old suspect specialised in stealing phones and other valuable items in Agbor and environs. The suspect was reportedly apprehended red-handed at a shop in the locality and was handed over to the vigilante group. Speaking to newsmen, the…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 29-year-old man, Opara Elisha, has remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrate’s court sitting at the Ogba area of Lagos state, for unlawfully penetrating the anus of a 9-year-old boy in the Meiran part of Lagos State. Magistrate E. Kubenje gave the judgment on Thursday, 5 April, 2023, after the defendant, who is facing one-charge bordering on sexual assault preferred against him by the police, was arraigned. The police prosecutor, DSP K. Ajayi told the court that the defendant committed the offence in February, 2023. According to Ajayi, the defendant illegally penetrated the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Gunmen have killed three police officers while one other sustained injury during an attack in Edo State in Edo State on Thursday, 6 April, 2023. It was gathered that the officers were going to their duty post when they were ambushed near Agor, along the Igarra-Auchi Road in Edo State. It was also gathered that one of the assailants was also killed while another who sustained gunshot wounds had been taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment and interrogation. It was learnt that six rifles were recovered from the assailants. The incident, it was gathered, happened between…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Saratu Umar from Office as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC). Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Thursday, 6 April, 2023. The statement added that the decision was contained in a directive to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo. The one page statement, which did not give reasons for terminating Umar’s appointment, also directed that the most senior director in the commission take over in the interim immediately. Umar was first appointed in July 2014 and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, presided over by Saminu Suleiman has ordered that a 30-year-old man, Victor Emeka, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly swindling a commercial sex worker. It was gathered that the police charged Emeka of Mpape, Abuja, with criminal breach of trust and theft which he pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Suleiman on Thursday, 6 April, ordered that the defendant be taken to Suleja Correctional Centre till May 5 when the facts of the case would be reviewed. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Sandra…
A mum born with two vaginas who used to be ‘anxious’ to have sex now embraces her rare condition – and is now trying to educate others. Evelyn Miller, 31, was first diagnosed with uterus didelphys in 2011 after a gynaecologist examination at the Women and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, Australia. It means she has a double uterus – two sets of ovaries and two vaginas – and they’re all fully functional. Six years beforehand, she started to notice something was “wrong” after struggling to insert a tampon “in the place you’d usually find your vagina”. ‘I made up excuses to…
Mr Johnnie Carson, American Diplomat and a foreign observer in the just concluded 2023 general elections has said there were three factors responsible for the victory of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Carson, an Executive Officer of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) spoke in Washington DC when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed paid an official visit to the institute to engage on the concluded elections. The diplomat said he co-led National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI), International Election Observation Mission to Nigeria during the elections. According to him, Tinubu, the…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), has pledged its commitment to working with an international nongovernmental organization to create jobs through the artificial insemination of livestock. The NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola, expressed the Commission’s desire to boost youth employment and livestock farming in the Niger Delta, during a visit of the Country Representative/Director of Kasha International Agricultural Organization (KIADO), Ms. Hilda Josef, to the NDDC headquarters. KIADO is a Georgia, United States of America-based non-profit donor organization dedicated to rural poverty alleviation, grassroots agricultural development, and enhanced rural infrastructure through various programs. Ogunmola said: “As a dynamic…
A prominent Niger Delta Activist, Comrade Mike Awhawha, has called on President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint the Secretary of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) Honourable James Abiodun Faleke, as his Chief of Staff. Awhawha, who spoke to newsmen on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023, in Warri, Delta State, said, Faleke as Secretary of APC Presidential Campaign Council, has made his appointment as Chief of Staff justifiable. He noted that Faleke has earned the support and endorsements from Nigerians, particularly the APC family considering the significant role he played toward the victory of Tinubu. “I believe…
The President General of Anwar-ul-Islam College Agege Old Students’ Association (ACAOSA), Alhaji Lawal Pedro, has hailed the founding fathers of the school for establishing a citadel of knowledge that has impacted positively on all aspects of human endeavour in the country. Pedro, former Solicitor General of Lagos State, disclosed this on Wednesday, 5 April, 2023, during a press conference to disclose the activities marking the 75th Founder’s Day of the college, which is the first Muslim Secondary School in West Africa. “Alhamudulilahi robil alamin, we’ve come a long way and if we look at the array of personalities produced by…