The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old widow, Jamila Abdullahi, for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi
Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement on Monday, May 2, said the suspect confessed to
have been in the business of selling intoxicating drugs for over two years.
"On the 30/03/2022 at about 1200hrs,
credible pieces of information received revealed that one Jamila Abdullahi,
'f', 30 years old, of Kwanar Ungogo Quarters, Ungogo LGA Kano State engaged in
buying and selling of illicit drugs," the statement read.
I support IPOB’s agitation but I won’t condone violence - Gov Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said
that he supports the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) but is
against the violent activities linked to the group.
In an interview with Channels TV, Governor Wike said that his problem with IPOB started when they allegedly came to Rivers to set ablaze government properties and force their membership on the residents of Rivers.
“There came a time that IPOB was singing
praises about Wike. Nnamdi Kanu was singing praises about Wike, saying he is
their son. Why? I said to the federal government there is nothing wrong with
people agitating. What is important is to listen to their agitations. What are
they talking about? Sit down with them. Talk with them.
Married man and his lover die during car sex romp in Lagos
A married man and his lover who were having sex
in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) have been found dead at Jakande Estate in
Isolo, Lagos.
The Nation reported that neighbors discovered
that the pair had died on Sunday May 1, after noticing that the car had been on
all through Saturday night, April 30.
The man has been identified as Koyejo and he is
said to have picked up his unnamed lover at Isolo while heading to his family
house at Jakande Estate.
The married IT engineer who lives with his wife
at Surulere, reportedly called his friends to tell them he was around and
subsequently bought suya before parking at Double Star Junction to have some
fun inside the car.
A distressed three-storey building, which
collapsed in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, has claimed the lives of 10
tenants, including a member of the National Youth Service Corps, identified
only as Oluwakemi.
No fewer than 24 occupants were also injured in
the tragic incident, which happened on Sunday.
Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the
incident on Monday, observed that some of the injured victims were treated on
the spot and discharged.
However, others who sustained severe injuries,
after being stabilised by emergency responders at the incident scene, were
rushed to a general hospital for further treatment.
World Press Day: Nigerian journalists courageous – Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has
commended the courage and resilience of the Nigerian press in the sustenance
and promotion of the tenets of democracy in the country.
Governor Ortom, in a goodwill message to
commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day, said credit must be given to
the press for the enduring democracy and its resilience in the face of daunting
challenges to continue to inform, educate and entertain the populace.
The United Nations General Assembly declared
May 3, every year to celebrate the media and appreciates the importance of
press freedom globally. The theme of this year’s world press day is “Journalism
Under Digital Siege.”
2023 presidency: RCCG told to stop promoting Osinbajo
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a
socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has called on the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, RCCG, to focus on preaching Christ and refrain from promoting
the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
Omokri made the call while reacting to comments
from Head of Politics and Governance of RCCG, Pastor Timothy Olaniyan, who
claimed that the Vice President remained the best candidate to succeed
President Muhammadu Buhari.
DAILY POST reports that prior to Osinbajo’s
declaration to run for the office of the Nigerian President in 2023, the RCCG
set up a Politics Directorate across the county to support members vying for
elective positions.
World Press Freedom Day: Editors Task Government On Maintenance Of Media Freedom
Today, as the world marks the World Press
Freedom Day the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), has said that the inalienable
right to access and disseminate information through an independent press is
under attack, and called for an urgent need to protect the media, adding that
democracy is in danger when a free press is threatened.
In press statement issued and signed by the
NGE’s President, Mustapha Isah and the General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren,
and made available to newsmen, to mark the World Press Freedom Day, the
professional group of all the editors in Nigeria, said that while the threat to
the media freedom in Nigeria is real, the impact on the state of democracy in
the country will be very dangerous, if not checked.
“Today is a day globally, to remind governments
of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom. It is also a day of
reflection among journalists and other media professionals about issues of
press freedom and professional ethics.
Buhari to security chiefs: It’s your duty to find terrorists and eliminate them
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told
heads of security agencies and service chiefs that it was their duty to know
where the terrorists are and eliminate them.
Buhari gave the charge after joining other
Muslims to observe the Eid prayers at the Mambila Barracks Parade Ground,
Abuja, in commemoration of the Eid-el-Fitr.
Responding to questions as he returned to the
Presidential Villa after the prayers, Buhari said his administration would
continue to make the country safe for Nigerians.
Bury Zoning and Bury Nigeria, South/Middle Belt Leaders Warn
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum
(SMBLF) has issued a stern warning to those trying to do away with the zoning
of the presidency in the country, saying any attempt to end zoning, as being
insinuated in some northern quarters, would spell the end for Nigeria.
The leaders condemned a statement credited to
the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Alhaji Ango Abdullahi, that
rotation of the presidency between the north and south was “dead and buried”.
They declared that another eight years of northern presidency, after President
Muhammadu Buhari, was unacceptable.
The position of the leaders was contained in a
joint statement yesterday by National Leader, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF),
and Chairman, SMBLF, Chief Edwin Clark; leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo
Adebanjo; President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Professor George
Obiozor; and National President, Middle Belt Forum, Pogu Bitrus. They said they
were prepared for those attempting to upturn a practice – zoning – that had
sustained the country.
Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by ‘Barking at Putin’s Door’
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv
to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow
to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who he has not outwardly
condemned in the now nearly 3-month-old war and only did so lightly in a
lengthy interview with an Italian newspaper. “I feel that before going to Kyiv
I must go to Moscow,” he told Corriere Della Sera in an interview that ran on
Tuesday. But the meeting would not exactly be to condemn Putin, based on what he
told the paper. He said that the real “scandal” of Putin’s war is “NATO barking
at Russia’s door,” which he said caused the Kremlin to “react badly and unleash
the conflict.”
Never mind that the 85-year-old pontiff is unable to walk after tearing a ligament in his knee for which he says he will soon have surgery, or that Putin won‘t even answer his calls. Francis repeated comments he has made in general audiences and in other interviews that the war is nothing more than a giant opportunity for a “trade in arms” and that it is still ongoing because of the constant shuttling of weapons to Ukraine. He has spoken twice by phone to Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky, but mostly to urge him not to fight back. He also went to the Russian embassy to the Holy See days after the invasion began to “register his concerns” about what was happening.
“I don't know how to answer—I'm too far
away—the question of whether it is right to supply the Ukrainians,” he told the
paper. “The clear thing is that weapons are being tested there. The Russians
now know that tanks are of little use and are thinking of other things. This is
why wars are waged: to test the weapons we have produced. Few people are
fighting this trade, but more should be done.”
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court may overturn abortion rights, leak suggests
Millions of women across the US could soon lose
their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked Supreme Court document.
The document, published by Politico, suggests
the country's top court is poised to overturn the 1973 decision that legalised
abortion nationwide.
If the court strikes down the Roe v Wade
ruling, individual states would be allowed to ban abortion if they wish.
It is expected abortion could then be banned in
almost half of US states.
The Supreme Court's justices are expected to issue a ruling in late June or early July.
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