October 29, 2020

Police Arrest Cop Who Shot Lover’s Mouth In Lagos

Police Arrest Cop Who Shot Lover’s Mouth In Lagos

October 29, 2020 10:00 pm

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Sergeant Eze Aiwansone, who allegedly shot his girlfriend, Joy Eze, in the mouth at Salvation bus stop in the Ikeja area of the state.

Read Also: Protests As US Police Officers Shoot Black Man 10 Times

PUNCH Metro had reported that footage of the incident, which trended online, showed the victim in pain as some good Samaritans rushed her to hospital for treatment.

The lady’s cheek was torn due to the impact of the bullet which pierced her mouth.

Eze was said to have fled after perpetrating the crime.

The state Police Public …

Free Meter Distribution Begins In Kano, Kaduna, Lagos Today

Free Meter Distribution Begins In Kano, Kaduna, Lagos Today

October 29, 2020 9:41 pm

The free distribution of electricity meters to Nigerians will commence today (Friday) with the simultaneous inauguration of the scheme in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja electricity distribution companies’ franchise areas.

Read Also: Niger, Benin, Togo Pay Nigeria N2.04bn Electricity Bill

A source in the Presidency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday.

According to him, the free distribution of meters is in fulfilment of the promise of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ensure mass metering in the country and in the process …

Most Nigerian Youths Are High On Drugs, Says Lagos Lawmaker

Most Nigerian Youths Are High On Drugs, Says Lagos Lawmaker

October 29, 2020 9:11 pm

The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin constituency 1 of Lagos State, Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, says most Nigerian youths are high on drugs all the time.

Read Also: #EndSARS: Lagos Lawmaker To Donate ₦10m To Victims

Alli-Macaulay said this during a plenary at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the looting and pandemonium in the wake of the #EndSARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums.

The lawmaker said, ‘The National Orientation Agency needs to get to work. We need to begin to orientate our young people. They need people who can talk to them from time to time. They are high on …

Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

October 29, 2020 8:50 pm

The Presidency has accused Amnesty International  (AI) of skewing report on the Lekki shootings, insisting it could not have more facts about the country than President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘helicopter view’ of things happening in the country.

Read Also: SARS: How Wike Sold Out Because Of Vice Presidency

This is even as the President has handed ministers one week ultimatum to submit reports of their relocation to their home states for the purpose of dousing the tension created by the #ENDSARS protests and the lawlessness that followed.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stated this when …

59 bodies found in Mexico hidden graves

59 Bodies Found In Mexico Hidden Graves

October 29, 2020 5:57 pm
The bodies of at least 59 people were found in hidden graves in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, government authorities said Wednesday.
Guanajuato is one of Mexico’s most violent states, with its wealth and extensive energy infrastructure drawing in the attention of criminal gangs.
“The vast majority of the bodies, in which there is still some tissue or other sign, would appear to be young people, very young, possibly even teenagers,” said Karla Quintana, the head of Mexico’s National Search Commission (CNB).

Pending expert confirmation, between 10 and 15 women are among the victims, Quintana added.

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World leaders condemn deadly stabbings in France

World Leaders Condemn Deadly Stabbings In France

October 29, 2020 5:56 pm

World leaders condemned fatal stabbings Thursday in the French city of Nice that France called an Islamist terrorist attack.

Condemnation came from US President Donald Trump, UN chief Antonio Guterres, as well as European, Arab and Israeli leaders.

“Our hearts are with the people of France. America stands with our oldest Ally in this fight,” Trump tweeted. “These Radical Islamic terrorist attacks must stop immediately. No country, France, or otherwise can long put up with it!”

One of the first to condemn was Turkey, embroiled in a row with France for its permitting publication of cartoons of the Prophet …

Biden Ahead Of Trump In Polls, Pollsters Vouch Accuracy

Biden Ahead Of Trump In Polls, Pollsters Vouch Accuracy

October 29, 2020 5:55 pm

2020 is not like 2016: Opinion pollsters in the United States are vouching for the accuracy of their polls this time around, saying they have taken care of those factors that made them not to predict a Donald Trump upset over Hillary Clinton.

Trump has not forgotten how the outcome of the election left the pollsters looking like fools.

Today, whenever he is confronted with polls he does not like, especially the torrent of national data showing him trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in public support, the president’s response is usually the same: Fake news.

Read Also: Trump Lashes Out
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Hold ‘Hitler’ Wike Responsible If Anything Happens To IPOB – Kanu

Hold ‘Hitler’ Wike Responsible If Anything Happens To IPOB – Kanu

October 29, 2020 5:51 pm

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has told Nigerians to hold Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike if anything should happen to his members.

IPOB members have been held responsible for the mayhem in Oyigbo, Rivers State where several people and police officers were killed and properties burnt.

Wike had signed into law and executive order outlawing an already outlawed IPOB by the Federal Government.

Read Also: Nnamdi Kanu Calls For Governor Nyesom Wike’s Head

‘It’s highly irresponsible and dangerous for Governor Wike to conclude – without any investigations – that it’s IPOB members that killed ‘security

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Abortion Very Common In Nigeria, Despite Legal Restrictions – Group

Abortion Very Common In Nigeria, Despite Legal Restrictions – Group

October 29, 2020 3:54 pm

The Performance Monitoring for Action group has raised alarm over the high rate of unsafe abortion in Nigeria, despite the legal restrictions around it.

The group through recent research revealed that Rivers and Anambra States top the charts with the highest number of abortions on a yearly basis.

Read Also: No Room For Abortions In Virus-Hit South Africa

Their findings were submitted to the Anambra State government through the state commissioner for health, Dr Vincent Okpala

Unveiling the finding of the group on Thursday, during a stakeholders meeting, the state coordinator of PMA, Mrs Nonye Emene said many women do …

At Last, US Backs Okonjo-Iweala For DG, WTO Job

‘Humbled To Be Declared Candidate With Largest Support’- Okonjo

October 29, 2020 3:52 pm

The Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said she was humbled to be declared the candidate with the largest votes amongst the 164 member states of the 25-year-old global trade organisation.

Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the Former Minister of Finance, would likely emerge as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO after polling 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her opponent, South Korea’s trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee.

Read Also: WTO: Uncertainty As US Rejects Okonjo-Iweala Appointment

Reacting, the Former Minister in a tweet via her Twitter account on Thursday said she …

Lekki Shooting - Soldiers Used Blank Ammunition – Usman

Lekki Shooting: Soldiers Used Blank Ammunition – Usman

October 29, 2020 3:51 pm

Former Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman on Thursday claimed that Military personnel who shot protesters at Lekki toll gate used ‘blank ammunition.

Usman in an interview with Arise News said the blank ammunition used to disperse protesters has little or no effect on its target.

Recall that the Army had earlier denied that its officers were present at the scene of the shooting.

But on Wednesday, the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) revealed that the Lagos State Government invited the military to intervene during the End SARS protests.

Read Also: America ‘Triple Confirmed’ Lekki

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CAN Reacts As ISWAP Confirms Abduction Of Missing Rev. Zango

CAN Reacts As ISWAP Confirms Abduction Of Missing Rev. Zango

October 29, 2020 3:34 pm

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has said the body will continue to pray for the release of Rev. Polycarp Zango and other people in Boko Haram captivity.

In a chat with this reporter, on Thursday in Abuja, Rev. John Hayab said it was the desire of the CAN that they were all released from the Boko Haram den.

Read Also: ISWAP Insurgents Take Hundreds Hostage Near Lake Chad

‘As a body, our primary duty is to pray for their rescue and encourage them to have faith in God. We are with them in the spirit,’’ he said.’

He described …

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