August 13, 2020

Zimbabwe: Jilted Husband Axes Wife To Death, Hangs Self

Zimbabwe: Jilted Husband Axes Wife To Death, Hangs Self

August 13, 2020 11:10 am

A jilted man has axed his estranged wife to death and then hung himself in a bizarre manner in Zimbabwe.

The jilted man from Gweru was said to have hung himself after fatally axing his estranged wife once on the neck following a dispute over suspected infidelity.

iHarare reports that Patience Matura, 22 received a love text message on her cell phone, which angered her estranged husband leading to a misunderstanding that turned violent.

Surprisingly even after a neighbour had spent two hours counseling the troubled couple, Pride Hove (30), still went on to axe Patience once on the neck …

Allow Me Talk – Magu Dares As Salami Panel Recommends His Sack

Magu Writes Buhari’s Panel, Seeks Clarification On Judicial Commission

August 13, 2020 11:06 am

The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has written the Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating him, raising several issues against the panel.

Magu raised eight issues among which is the tribunal’s consistent private sittings without the media.

The suspended EFCC boss raised the issues in a letter dated August 11 written by his lawyer, Wahab Shittu and addressed to the Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Justice Isa Ayo Salami.

Read Also: EFCC: Magu Says He Doesn’t Know Why He’s Being Investigated

Other complaints he made in the elongated letter include failure …

Will The Fulani Cabal Give Tinubu A Chance To Be President?

Will The Fulani Cabal Give Tinubu A Chance To Be President?

August 13, 2020 9:18 am

Recent events in the polity may be indicative of a jugular war between the Aso Rock Cabal, the de-facto Presidency, and a National Leader and stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A master strategist who has dominated the politics of Nigeria’s commercial capital for over two decades, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has long been expected to make a run for the country’s top job his formidable political network, propensity for deal-making and substantial personal wealth give him a head start over many other contenders.

It is no longer news that Tinubu’s alleged presidential ambition drives him …

Lagos Govt Meets With Uber, Taxify Operators, Gives New Directives

Lagos Slams Tax On Audio, Video Content Productions

August 13, 2020 7:20 am

The Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board (LSFVCB) has announced a one-month ultimatum to content producers.

Executive Secretary, Bamidele Balogun, spoke while unveiling a Performing Musicians Employers Association (PMAN) project on revenue generation for entertainers.

Read Also: Lagos Shuts Banana Island Water Treatment Plant

He advised practitioners involved in production, sale, distribution of audio and visual products “to register through the board’s authorized agent within 30 days.”

“Henceforth, all audio and visual contents produced and sold within Lagos State shall attract the payment of five percent levy on each item”, Balogun declared.

The official warned that violators of the …

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Take Advantage Of ₦75bn Youth Investment Fund – Buhari

August 13, 2020 7:14 am
President Muhammadu Buhari in celebration of the International Youth Day, urged Nigerian youths to take advantage of the ₦75billion investment fund.

This was disclosed on his official Twitter page @MBuhari.

Read Also; B-Haram Now ‘Mere Scavengers Desperate For Food’ – Buhari

He wrote; ”We recently established a 75 billion Naira Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), as part of our commitment to creating opportunities for the youth of Nigeria.

”On this occasion of International Youth Day, I urge all our young people to take advantage of these opportunities”.

 

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UNILAG Constitutes Probe Panel On Sexual Harassment Cases

UNILAG Announces Acting Vice-Chancellor

August 13, 2020 7:08 am

The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has announced that Professor Theophilus Omololu Soyombo of the Faculty of Social Sciences has been appointed as the acting the Vice-Chancellor of the University.

This is coming after the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, was sacked by the governing council of the institution during a meeting which was presided over by its Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Dr. Wale Babalakin on Wednesday.

Following the development, Ogundipe in a terse statement,  had declared that the council’s decision “is untrue and a figment of its imagination.”

He also insisted that he remains the Vice-Chancellor of …

Boko Haram: Northern Govs Call For Investigation Into Allegation

Boko Haram: Northern Govs Call For Investigation Into Allegation

August 13, 2020 6:56 am

Following the recent revelation by a presidential candidate on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 general elections, Dr. Obadiah Mailafiya, that one of the northern governors is the commander of Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Northern Governors Forum has called on security agencies to investigate the allegation.

Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, said the forum was worried about the weighty allegation made by Dr. Mailafiya, which must be thoroughly investigated.

Read Also; ‘A Northern Governor Is The Commander Of Boko

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Mailafia Refuses To Retract Comments On Boko Haram’s Leader

August 13, 2020 6:53 am

Ex-Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia has insisted that a Northern Governor is Boko Haram’s leader.

Mailafia stated this on Wednesday, while speaking with journalists shortly after he was released by the Department of State Services (DSS).

Read Also; ‘A Northern Governor Is The Commander Of Boko Haram’

The DSS detained him for questioning for over six hours in their Jos, Plateau State office.

However, Mailafia made it clear he did not need to retract the statement he made, during a recent interview.

Mailafia, who arrived at the office the DSS office around 12.30pm along …

DSS Invites Na’abba After Blasting Buhari Over Insecurity

DSS Sets Obadiah Mailafia Free After Interrogation

August 13, 2020 5:39 am

Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was not detained by the DSS after honouring the agency’s invitation on Wednesday.

He was questioned for about seven hours and asked to go home.

Mailafia was invited by the secret police after he alleged that one of the serving governors in Nigeria is a Boko Haram commander.

He was reacting to the incessant killings in southern Kaduna.

Mailafia went to the Jos office of the DSS, in company of his wife, Margaret and lawyers, including Pius Akubo; Plateau State Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Bawa; …

Sexagenarian To Be Stoned To Death For Rape In Kano

Sexagenarian To Be Stoned To Death For Rape In Kano

August 13, 2020 5:38 am

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning for raping a 12-year-old girl.

Abdu was convicted on a count charge of rape contrary to Section 126 of Kano State Shari’a Penal Code 2000.

The Trial Judge, Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, said the accused person pleaded guilty to charge after the case was adjourned for the fourth time without changing his plea.

Sarki-Yola said the Court was convinced by the accused person’s admission of the charge against him and found him guilty.

The Judge, thereafter, convicted the accused and sentenced him to …

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