Author: Opalim Lifted

Court denies Al-Shabab terrorists bail over Owo church attack

Arinze Obiwenite, a fake Pastor has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter. Obiwente was arrested during a raid on his home in Abacha community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on a tip from a whistleblower. Mrs Ify Obinabo, the state commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, was said to have led the raid on the accused’s home, where the 12-year-old girl and her other siblings were rescued. According to reports, the suspect had his children locked up in the room for five years and was allegedly having carnal knowledge of the 12-year-old while fingering the…

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Migrants

On Friday in south Texas, two suspected undocumented immigrants choked to death on a freight train, while ten more in need of medical attention were brought to the hospital by helicopter or ambulance, according to authorities. Uvalde police claimed in a statement that they received an anonymous 911 call warning them that multiple immigrants were suffocating inside a train. According to authorities, at least 15 immigrants required emergency medical assistance. According to authorities, US Border Patrol agents were contacted and were able to halt the train just east of Knippa, Texas, in Uvalde County. To land the helicopters, officials briefly…

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Mangu

Kidnappers in Kaduna are said to have assassinated Rev. Musa Mairimi, Minister in Charge of ECWA Church, Buda two, Kasuwa Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area. Rev. Joseph Hayab, Kaduna chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), confirmed the incident on Saturday. He claimed that the attackers stormed the community on Thursday. After killing the cleric, they kidnapped his wife, and over 100 people kidnapped from various parts of the state were released. According to reports, over 100 people were abducted and have been held captive by terrorists for over six months, primarily in the Local Government Areas of…

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TB, Africa multi-millionaires hit 7,100 but in Nigeria its a dip

The AU Commission has reiterated its commitment to providing the enabling environment for continuous political will, essential to eliminate TB and enhance the health of Africa’s people. H.E. Amb. Minata Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union ‎Commission (AUC), made the statements in a message to celebrate 2023 World Tuberculosis Day. The media states that World Tuberculosis Day is commemorated annually on March 24 and the theme for 2023 is : “Yes! We Can End TB!”. According to Cessouma, the worldwide theme for the day initiates a fresh viewpoint of optimism for collective strength, ‎attention, and…

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Kagame seeks fourth-term in Rwanda election

Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in the film “Hotel Rwanda,” was freed from a Rwandan jail on Friday, according to US authorities, after his sentence was shortened following vigorous US lobbying. According to two senior Biden administration officials who briefed reporters in Washington, Rusesabagina, a US permanent citizen, was escorted by a US embassy official when he was transported from prison to the house of Qatar’s ambassador in Kigali late Friday. “Hotel Rwanda” hero Rusesabagina was sentenced to 25 years in prison in September 2021 for his links to an organisation opposing Rwandan President Paul Kagame that includes an…

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Bus-train crash: Lagos govt to sue staff bus driver 

The Lagos State Government has promised to charge the driver of the staff bus that collided with a train at the PWD railway crossing on March 9 with six counts of manslaughter and ten counts of grievous bodily harm. Both offenses are in violation of Sections 224 and 245 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015. According to a statement issued by the state’s Ministry of Justice’s office of the Director of Public Affairs on Friday, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Dr. Jide Martins, reviewed the case file and established a prima facie case of manslaughter and grievous bodily…

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Chrisland: Govt to sue school, others for manslaughter, negligence

Following the death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, during a sporting event organized by the school, the Lagos State Government announced that it would sue Chrisland High School, Ikeja, some members of staff, and one of the vendors for “Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless and Negligent Acts.” This is according to a statement issued on Friday by the Director of Public Affairs at the Lagos State Ministry of Justice and posted on the ministry’s website. “On the 9th of February 2023, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, a student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja, aged 12 years, slumped during the Inter-house Sports organised…

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Christmas: Nigerians groan as transport fare, food prices soar

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), claimed that prices of food such as yam, rice and meat showed hikes in February. This is mentioned in NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for February 2023 issued in Abuja on Friday. The research stated the average price of 1kg beef boneless on a year-on-year basis, climbed by 27.43 per cent from N1,922.2 in February 2022 to N2,445.96 in February 2023. “On a month-on-month basis, 1kg beef boneless increased by 1.12 per cent from N2,418.91 recorded in January 2023.” The research indicated that the average price of 1kg rice (local, sold loose) grew…

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Eight Ogun teenagers gang-rape 14-year-old girl

An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, ordered the remand of the owner of Kingdom Cornerstone Orphanage Home, who is accused of raping two girls in the orphanage, yesterday. The police charged the man, Kolade Ajayi, 52, with rape of two girls, one of whom was a minor. Due to a lack of jurisdiction, the Magistrate, Mrs P. O. Adetuyibi, did not take the defendant’s plea and instead ordered that he be remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town. Adetuyibi stated that Ajayi would be held in custody pending advice from the state Director of…

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NAFDAC staff begins indefinite strike over welfare issues, others

According to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, its efforts to protect Nigerians’ health are still threatened by “the dangerous tide of rampant and pervasive cases of Nigerians using bleaching creams.” It will be remembered that NAFDAC had previously declared a state of emergency on bleaching after discovering that Nigeria was ranked first among African countries in terms of bleaching cases. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, lamented the widespread use of bleaching creams, particularly among women, at the launch of the North Central Zonal Media Sensitisation workshop on the dangers of bleaching creams on Friday…

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