Nigeriaâs first executive president Shehu Shagari has passed away. He was 93.
Shagari’s presidency started with the second Republic in 1979. He was also reelected in 1983 but was however overthrown in a bloodless coup by todayâs President Muhammad Buhari, then known as General Muhammadu Buhari.
RIP.
Abiodun Babatola, a 300-Level student of the Department of Accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, has been killed by some armed robbers who invaded his hostel.
The robbers invaded an off campus hostel known as âAdam and Eveâ, located along Parakin-Ede road in Ile-Ife, on Saturday night, and robbed the students of their valuables.
They also attacked the students with dangerous weapons. Babatola, however, died as a result of the injury he sustained during the incident, after he was initially rushed to the campus clinic and later transferred to OAUTH.
The FRSC Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr. Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement that the promotion was in line with the approval of the Board of FRSC.
According to him, 1,310 of those promoted are officers, while 3,350 are marshals.
“Among them are 73 Deputy Corps Commanders, 51 Assistant Corps Commanders, 70 Chief Route Commanders, 150 Superintendent Route Commanders, 607 Route Commanders and 359 Deputy Route Commanders,â he said.
Kazeem said that among the 3,350 marshals that benefitted from the exercise were 29 Chief Inspectors, 33 Deputy Chief Inspectors and 48 Assistant Chief Inspectors.
“Others were 201 Principal Marshal Inspectors, 467 Senior Marshal Inspectors, 525 Marshal Inspectors, and 2037 Road Marshal Assistants.
“They comprise 257 Chief Road Marshal Assistant, 45 Deputy Road Marshal Assistant, 768 Senior Road Marshal Assistants, 889 Road Marshal Assistants I and 78 Road Marshal Assistants II.
“The promotion took effect from Nov. 27, 2018,â the statement said.
Kazeem said that the Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, had congratulated the promoted staff.
He urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them through improved productivity.
Oyeyemi said that the management would continue to reward hard work, excellence and improved productivity by the staff.
“Indolence and indiscipline will not be condoned,â the corps marshal was quoted as saying in the statement.
A woman has been arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for allegedly setting her 8-year-old daughter ablaze with petrol, over a trivial offense in Kaduna.
According to Dailytrust, the suspect also locked up the girl for six days before someone raised the alarm which attracted the security men.
It was gathered that the suspect asked her daughter to take care of her two siblings while she went out to attend to her business. But the girl left for their neighbourâs house to watch a TV series.
The mother then came home angry, poured poured petrol on her before setting her ablaze as punishment. âThe girl is now recuperating at the emergency unit of a specialist hospital in Kaduna.
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Fresh reports have indicated that Nigerian singer, Douglas Jack Agu has been banned from entering the United States.
According to Johnson Adumike, the General Manager of his erstwhile record label, Eric Many Entertainment, Runtown and his brother’s secured the US visa though the label but his brother’s refused to come back, thus staying in the United States illegally on expired visa.
In his words, ‘the P-3 visa (which allows an artist or entertainer, individually or as a group, to enter the U.S) that Eric Many got for Runtown and his brothers to enter the United States has expired and Runtown’s brothers did not come back causing their visas to expire.
Eric Many reported this incident to United States immigration, so when Runtown and his mother went to reapply for their visas, they found out that they have been banned from traveling to the US simply because America believes that both him and his mother may decide not to come back again just as his brothers’.
Johnson also added that ‘karma always comes back for you when you bite the hand that feeds you’.
Badeh was shot by gunmen on Tuesday while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi road.
The Air Force confirmed this in a series of Tweets late Tuesday by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, its spokesperson.
“It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce the unfortunate demise of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who died today, 18 Dec 18, from gunshot wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi Road.
On behalf officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar, commiserates with the family of the late former Chief of Defence Staff over this irreparable loss. We pray that the Almighty God grants his soul eternal rest,â the statement said.
Badeh was in 2016, accused of financial misappropriation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleging that he was involved in a âŠ3.9bn fraud while in office between 2014 and 2015. He denied involvement in any misconduct.
A 18-year-old man, Adeboye Michael, and two of his friends, Nafiu Ojo and Abdullahi Lawal, have been arrested in Ogun State for allegedly faking his kidnap in order to steal his employerâs money.
The arrest of the trio followed a complaint lodged by one Oluwoju Ojo Abiodun, who reported that he had sent his apprentice, Michael, to a bank to deposit the sum of N500,000, only for him to receive a call, after some hours, that the boy had been kidnapped.
The complainant told the police that the caller ordered him to send the sum of âŠ1 million for Michael to be released, with an instruction that he only needed to add âŠ500,000 to the âŠ500,000 he had given his apprentice to deposit at the bank.
Detectives subsequently embarked on an investigation, and when the suspects discovered that their game would soon be up, Michael suddenly emerged, with fabricated tales on his fake abduction.
Two days later, on December 13, 2018, the so-called abductors, Nafiu Ojo and Abdullahi Lawal, were tracked down and apprehended.
On interrogation, they narrated how Michael contracted them to act as kidnappers and put a call through to his boss in order to make away with the âŠ500,000 in his possession.
Upon their confession, Michael was arrested. He made a confessional statement that he only lodged in a hotel with two girls, where he squandered his bossâ money. The leftover of âŠ120,000, being part of the money, was recovered from him.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned and secured the convictions of three Internet fraudsters, fondly referred to as âyahoo-yahoo boysâ, on December 18, 2018.
The boys â Emeka Anyanechi Ekene, 27; Anthony Oghuma, 26, and Onokebhagbe Okouromi Franklin, 25 were brought before Justice D.Z. Senchi of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi, for various offences bordering on Internet fraud.
Ekene was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on cheating, and for specializing in inducing his victims through a Facebook account, to part with their hard earned money. The offence contravenes Section 95 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990.
Oghuma, on his part, was arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on obtaining by false pretence. He allegedly induced a Canadian who goes simply by the name, David, to transfer âŠ2 million to him. The offence contravenes Section 320 (a) of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section 322 of the same Law.
Franklin was arraigned on a four-count charge, bordering on obtaining by false pretence, for inducing a New York-based divorcee who goes by the name, Mary, posing as Peter Mark, a Contractor based in Malaysia. He swindled Mary of $10,000 (about N3.6million) and lured her to send him several expensive gadgets including: Apple Macbook Laptop, Apple Iphone X, Apple Iphone 7, amongst others. His offence contravenes Section 320 (a) of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section 322 of the same law.
They did not waste the time of the court as they all pleaded “guilty” to the charges.
Their journey to prison followed an intelligence report received by the EFCC on November 30, 2018, concerning the fraudulent activities of some fraudsters, housed by one Alheri E. B. Sajo, at Cluster 4, River Park in Abuja.
Jose Mourinho has been sacked as Manchester United manager after two and a half years in charge.
The Portuguese, 55, won the FA cup and the Europa league at Old Trafford, but united are sixth on the premier league table this season, 19 points behind leaders Liverpool, who battered them in a 3 – 1 win on Sunday.
The club statement partly reads: A caretaker manager will be appointed until the end of the season while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a new full time manager.
“The club would like to thank Jose for his work during his time at Manchester United and to wish him success in the future.”
Jose’s season has been marred by intense dressing room problems, especially with influential players like Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial. Hopefully, that will be put in check by the new gaffer.
Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Osogbo has sentenced Professor Richard Akindele to 24 months imprisonment for demanding sex from one of his students, Monica Osagie.
Justice Onyetenu gave the judgement after listening to arguments of counsel to the ICPC and the defendant. The sentence followed his change of plea from not guilty to guilty.
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