A 37-year-old guard, Wasiu Orilonise, has confessed to an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan that he raped his 15-year-old daughter in order to ascertain her virginity and protect her. Orilonise begged the court not to punish him as he had carnal knowledge of the victim for protection and to confirm if she was still a virgin. The accused was arraigned on one count of having unlawful carnal knowledge of his daughter. The prosecutor, Mr Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused had sometime in December 2018 at Omo village, Agbofieti, Ibadan, in the Ibadan Magisterial District, raped…
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The Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Wednesday, promised an automatic job, two limbs and other assistance to Nurudeen Tahir, a corps member who recently lost his arms in an auto crash after completing the camp orientation exercise in Jalingo, Taraba State. Ibrahim, who made the promise when he visited Tahir and other corps members at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, said that the welfare of Corps members is very paramount to the Scheme’s management at all times. The NYSC, in Taraba, had earlier posted Tahir to Kano but he insisted he served in Taraba…
Canada, a nation of not quite 37 million people, wants to add more than 1 million immigrants through 2021. “Thanks in great part to the newcomers we have welcomed throughout our history, Canada has developed into the strong and vibrant country we all enjoy,” Ahmed Hussen, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, wrote in an annual report to Parliament. “Immigrants and their descendants have made immeasurable contributions to Canada, and our future success depends on continuing to ensure they are welcomed and well-integrated.” Hussen, now in his early 40s, fled to Canada from war-torn Somalia when he was 16. “My…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana says election petitions should be handled by retired Judges as serving judges are overburdened. Falana, in statement on Thursday, said serving judges now leave court cases of various magnitude while trying to comply with national assignments within their jurisdictions. The human rights activists pointed out the adjournment of court cases by over 350 Judges of the State High Courts, Federal High Court, and National Industrial Court, for a ‘national assignment’ which was never within their jurisdiction. Femi Falana calls for a review of preference given to election petitions and appeals, and further stated that such cases…
The past few weeks have been embroiled with calls, warnings and some actions by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) over the killings of innocent Nigerians in South Africa. The NANS National President, Comr. Danielson Bamidele Akpan had warned the South African government on the possible reaction the association would take following the continued killing of Nigerians in South Africa. The organization has since launched a campaign against South African firms and commodities in Nigeria urging its members and the general public to boycott them until the incessant killings of Nigerian in South Africa is brought to an end.…
Supper Eagles star, John Mikel Obi has announced his retirement from international football, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Mikel, 32, retired after Super Eagles clinched the bronze, third place title , on Wednesday after defeating Tunisia 1 goal to nil at the ongoing African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2019 in Egypt. In a post on his verified Instagram handle, the Chelsea star said, “At the age of 32 it’s time for me to retire from the National team and let the youth take over, who’ve done an amazing job securing a bronze medal at AFCON 2019.”
The catholic bishop of sokoto diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has warned that demonising herdsmen, especially those of Fulani extraction, could lead to a breakout of violence. Speaking at a colloquium on Tuesday on fake news and hate speech organised by the Olusegun Obasanjo centre for African studies, an arm of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Kukah said hate speech often precedes any genocide experienced in history. The catholic clergy, following incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen whom many alleged to be Fulanis, likened the profiling of the Fulani to what happened to the Igbo leading up to the Nigerian…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria has on Wednesday secured a semifinals place at the ongoing 2019 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. The Nigerian national team tackled it out with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Cairo international stadium Egypt. The match which kicked-off by 8pm was both suspense-driven and important to the both sides. A change in the game came immediately Samuel Chukwueze scored the opener with a cool finish beyond goalkeeper Ronwen Williams in the 27th minute to put the Nigerian side ahead. The Bafana Bafana boys after some hectic trials found the net through a…
Former Vice President and peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria may “collapse as a result of unsustainable debt” given the current debt level of the country. This was in reaction to the update released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday July 11, which revealed that Nigeria’s total debt stock as of March 31, 2019, stood at N24.9 trillion compared to the N24.3 trillion as of December 31, 2018. Atiku through his spokesman, Paul Ibe stated that Nigeria’s debt profile is now at the stage where “all genuine lovers of Nigeria ought to raise an alarm”…
The inspector general of police, Mohammed Adamu, in swift reaction to the violent protest by the Shi’ite muslim group, ordered a 24-hour surveillance in the Federal Capital Territory. The Shi’ites group, an islamic movement in Nigeria, had on Tuesday stormed the the National Assembly in protest against the continued detention of their religious leader, El-Zakzaky. In the course of the event, the protest took a violent turn as they encountered security operatives, with cars and properties destroyed. To prevent further crisis, the police spokesman, Frank Mbah, said the commissioners of police and their supervisory assistant inspectors general of police in…
A former staff of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, has again accused Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of raping her. The lady who hid her identity and her face while narrating her story in an interview with Y!TV said the incident happened in 2017 at the pastor’s house. She said she was an employee of COZA who worked directly with the pastor and was also a member of the church. According to her, Pastor Fatoyinbo asked her to come to his house outside Nigeria on the particular day (a Thursday morning) to take some instructions and go for an errand but the…
English Premiership giant, Chelsea FC, have named its former star, Frank Lampard as its new manager. In a statement released on the official website of the club, on Thursday, the club director, Marina Granovskaia, said the team is delighted to welcome its former star back as head coach. “It gives us great pleasure to welcome Frank back to Chelsea as head coach. “Frank possesses fantastic knowledge and understanding of the club and, last season, he demonstrated he is one of the most talented young coaches in the game,” the statement reads. Lampard who is delighted about his new appointment said he was…