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A missing man in Turkey accidentally joined his own search party for hours before realising he was the person they were looking for, local media reports. Beyhan Mutlu had been drinking with friends on Tuesday when he wandered into a forest in Bursa province. When he failed to return, his wife and friends alerted local authorities and a search party was sent out. Mr Mutlu, 50, then stumbled across the search party and decided to join them, NTV reported. Fish with ‘human’ teeth caught in US But when members of the search party began calling out his name, he replied:…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan said on Thursday that the Safe School Initiative programme in Nigeria is designed to fail. Lawan spoke at an investigative hearing by Senate joint committee on education (Basic &Secondary) and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND on the utilisation of the funding proposed and budgeted for the Safe Schools Initiative, including monies, supports and donations received from foreign government and agencies. The Senate President made the remarks in response to the submissions by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Arch. Sonny Echono that the his ministry played no role in the funding or application of…

The zoning committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the office of its national chairman to the North. The party has not announced its decision on presidency, vice presidency or other executive and legislative positions. Chairman of the committee and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state announced this at the end of a meeting in Abuja on Thursday. This decision was contained in a communique issued on Thursday following the meetings of the committee held in Enugu and Abuja. “The decision of the PDP Zoning Committee is in line with the Constitution of the party on zoning and…

Watford midfielder Peter Etebo is expected to be out for between four and five months because of a leg injury. Etebo, 25, tore a quad muscle in the Hornets’ 1-1 draw against Newcastle, and the club announced on Thursday that he would not return until the new year. The Nigeria international, who is on loan from Stoke, is therefore set to miss the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, which begins on 9 January. Watford, who are 12th in the Premier League, visit Leeds on Saturday. Tottenham go top after Watford victory Etebo has won 39 caps for Nigeria and…

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 arraigned the duo of Abor Gambomi and Abdulmumini Ali before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on a one count amended charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining N420,000.00 (Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira) by false pretence. The defendants allegedly collected the money from the nominal complainant to buy a piece of land for him (complainant), but converted the money to their personal use. The amended charge reads: ‘‘That you, Abor Gambomi and Abdulmumini, sometimes in March…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has convicted and sentenced one Yakubu Samaila before Justice M.T. M Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna for fraudulently withdrawing the sum of N935,000 ( Nine Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand Naira) from the account of one Isiyaku Yawale, domiciled at Keystone Bank without his consent. Investigation by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC revealed that the defendant fraudulently did a welcome back on the SIM card of Yawale, his neighbor, and upon discovering that the victim had N935,000 (Nine Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand Naira) in his bank account,…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 secured the conviction of one Akinluyi Damilola Gabriel, a worker currently in the employ of Tranex Courier service, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, for internet-related fraud and love scam. Akinluyi, 29, was prosecuted on one count before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin. He was among the 34 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in different locations of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State Capital on March 8, 2021. The Charge against the defendant reads: “That you, Akinluyi Damilola Gabriel, sometime between January 2021…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Nigerians to come together to ensure the progress of our nation as the country celebrates her 61st Independence anniversary. Lawan while felicitating with Nigerians on the special occassion, stated that citizens should continue to keep faith with their fatherland. The Senate president said this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser(Media), Ola Awoniyi on Thursday. The statement read: “This is the first year of our seventh decade as a nation and also the second year of the third decade of the Fourth Republic. “I find it remarkable that we are…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has assented to bill prohibiting open grazing across the state. The governor of the Niger-Delta state signed the bill into law on Thursday at the Delta state government house in Asaba. The latest development comes a week after members of the Delta state House of Assembly passed the anti-open grazing bill which criminalizes the breeding, rearing and marketing of livestock in Delta state. The bill was passed after the adoption of a motion by the Majority Leader of the House, Ferguson Onwo. The Delta state speaker, Sherrif Oborevwori, presiding over the plenary during which the…

An infamous bandit Jabiru Muhammed (aka DAN OGA) who was arrested by the Katsina state police has identified a ward head in as his co-conspirator in attacks perpetrated in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The ward head, was identified by the bandit as Mai Unguwa Zailani. Two other accomplices identified include; Abdulkadir Kado, and one Bala Sani. Following thorough investigations, the 30-year-old Muhammed revelead that he works under the command of a notorious bandit known as “Chairman,” who is currently camping in Zamfara forest. The suspect disclosed that he was one the gunmen who raided Saburu village in…