Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a suspected thief, Lawan Sabil, who stole a Honda vehicle from a car stand in Bauchi State.

 

 

 Spokesperson of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, September 17, 2023, said the suspect and his two accomplices absconded with the vehicle during a test drive after posing as potential buyers. 

 

 

According to the PPRO, the suspects pleaded to go for a test before they made the payment, but one of the sales attendants insisted on going along with them. 

 

 

However, on their way, the suspected thieves pushed out the attendant and zoomed off with the car. 

 

“Today Sunday, September 17th, 2023 at about 1120hrs, a patrol team from B/ Kudu Divisional Police Headquarters, arrested one Lawan Sabil 'm' age 35yrs of Gwarimpa Quarters FCT Abuja, in possession of one Honda motor vehicle, white in colour without registration number, strongly suspected to be stolen,” the statement read.

 

"All efforts to stop the vehicle proved abortive when the patrol men sighted the vehicle at a high speed from a far distance, as the driver was very anxious and refused to slow down

 

"While trying to dodge the police, he smashed the cyclist in his front, as a result, the vehicle got hooked and forcefully stopped

 

"The suspect opened the door and took to his heels, later he was arrested and brought to the station. Likewise, the cyclist was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated and discharged

 

Initially, a distress call was received from neighbouring Bauchi State that, unknown persons numbering about three (3) went to S Fawa Motors along Murtala Muhammad Way Bauchi State, and pretended to buy the said car. 

 

"They pleaded to go for a test before they made the payment, but one of the sales attendants insisted on going along with them. On their way, the suspected motor vehicle thieves forcefully expelled him and zoomed off with the said car, leaving him stranded. Henceforth, the patrol men were detailed

 

"The rightful owner of the vehicle Usman Zubairu 'm' age 40yrs of Federal Locust Bauchi has since surfaced

 

“The Commissioner of Police, Jigawa State Police Command, CP Effiom Emmanuel Ekot, directed that the case should be transferred to SCID Dutse for discreet investigation, upon completion of the investigation, the suspect (s) will be arraigned in court to face the full weight of the law.” 

 

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More than 3,000 vehicles queue as thousands of Russian men flee to Georgia to escape being mobilized by Putin in the war against Ukraine watch the video below...

 

Russian men are fleeing into neighbouring Georgia to avoid being called-up to fight in a war they do not believe in, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to mobilise hundreds of thousands of reservists for the conflict in Ukraine.

According to Russia's own government statistics released by state media reported, on Sunday, September 25 the estimated wait to enter Georgia hit 48 hours, with more than 3,000 vehicles queuing to cross the frontier.

 

"When we found out about the mobilisation, we dropped everything at home and jumped in the car," Dmitry Kuriliyunok told Reuters in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital.

Dmitry, his wife Irina and young daughter first drove across southern Russia from Krasnodar to Mineralnye Vody in the North Caucasus, a staging post for many crossing into Georgia. There, they hired a local driver to take them through the border checkpoints and after 24 hours they arrived in TbilisWe are completely against this war. For us, like for others, it's scary. To die and to kill others, and for what? We don't understand. Therefore, we decided to flee," he said.

The exact number of people who have left Russia since Putin announced what he called a "partial mobilisation" last Wednesday is unclear. But new video footage released Monday show a chaotic scene at the border.Russians have also gone to Kazakhstan, Finland and Mongolia, which have all reported heavy queues. Russia has not closed its borders yet but reports indicated that Putin could order a border closure.

 

Watch the video below 

 

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Nigeria to experience solar eclipse tomorrow, public advised to remain calm

A solar eclipse will occur in Nigeria on Thursday, September 1, between the hours of 7:15am and 10:03am with slight variations in actual timing across the country, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA) said.

A press statement by the Head of Media and Corporate Communications, Dr Felix Ale, appealed to the general public not to panic or attach any spiritual interpretations to this event. He said the eclipse cannot be observed with naked eyes, as this could cause damage.

In the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, there will be a partial eclipse, with an obscurity of 60 per cent, and the first contact at about 7:17am, with maximum eclipse at 8:32am and end at 10:00am.

Lagos will experience its first contact with the eclipse at 7:15am, with a maximum eclipse occurring at 8:32am and ending at about 10:00am. The Agency has arranged a viewing centre tomorrow to enable members of the public, pupils and students from various schools to view the eclipse using specially designed viewing instruments provided by the space Agency.

The viewing centre which has been set up by the Agency will be open to the public on Thursday 1st September, 2016 from 6:45am for school pupils and students to observe the annular eclipse as part of its continuous programmes to expose Nigerians and students to matters concerning astronomical environment.

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Linda Ikeji Media is hiring! And here's how you can apply...

Like most of you know, I'm expanding my business to include TV, Radio, Music and something else ...shhh...lol. If you missed it, read all about it here. I need to hire staff to get the work done.

At Linda Ikeji Media we are looking to hire the following;
Front desk officer/receptionist, TV presenters, editors, producers, content developers, cameramen, entertainment/music/crime writers, Radio hosts, sound engineers, HR, Accountant, Administrative staff, customer care, marketers and IT professionals. They even said I might need a PA...lol.

If you think you can fit in any of these roles or even qualified for them, please send CV to contactus@lindaikejimedia.com or lindaikejimedia@gmail.com. If you're shortlisted, we will call you for a one-on-one interview. Thanks guys, good-luck and God bless!

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Six killed as Hausas and indigenes of Imo state clash

Six people have been confirmed dead in a communal clash between Hausas and some indigenes of Akokwa community in Ideato North Local government area of Imo state today August 12th. 

The reason behind the clash is yet unknown but police have arrived the community and are working to restore law and order.

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Cattle Rustling: Air Force recovers '665 Cows & 141 Sheep/Rams'

Nigerian Air Force personnel in Kaduna have recovered 665 cows and 141 sheep/rams from rustlers in the Birnin Gwari area of the State. The recovered cattle have been handed over to the State Security Coordinator, Col Yusuf Yakubu. More photos after the cut.

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indonesian cremates executed nigerian drug convicts.

says will never stop executing people on death row Indonesia executed four drug convicts Friday but 10 others due to face the firing squad were given an apparent reprieve in a confused process one lawyer condemned as a “complete mess”.

 The executions on a remote prison island went ahead despite strong protests from international rights groups, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union who had urged Indonesia not to proceed.

 Michael Titus Igweh Four inmates — three Nigerians and one Indonesian — were put to death just after midnight. One of the Nigerian prisoners was cremated hours later, while the bodies of the three others were being prepared for burial.

 Questions swirled about the handling of the process, which saw the other 10 prisoners slated for death — including from India, Pakistan and Zimbabwe — spared at the last minute.

 Authorities did not give a reason for the reprieve, but the prison island where they were expected to be executed in outdoor clearings was hit by a major storm as the other sentences were carried out.

 Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said Friday the 10 inmates had been returned to their cells, suggesting their executions were not imminent.

 “The fate of the other 10 we will determine later.

 We will see when the right time will be,” Prasetyo told reporters.

 “But one thing is for sure — we will never stop executing people on death row.

” Local prisons chief Molyanto, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, said the major security seen in recent days around the island had been reduced and he thought more executions were unlikely in the near future.

 Ricky Gunawan — whose client Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke was among those tied to a post and shot in the jungle clearing — said lawyers awaiting the grim news were kept in the dark as to why the executions didn’t proceed as planned.

 “I would say the execution this morning was a complete mess,” Gunawan told AFP from Cilacap, near Nusakambangan, a remote island housing several high-security jails.

 “No clear information was provided to us about the time of execution, why only four (were executed) and what happens to the 10 others.

” Family members had already been shocked to learn on Thursday morning that their relatives would be put to death a day ahead of schedule. Distraught relatives rushed to Nusakambangan to say farewell to their loved ones.

 – Process ‘not respected’ – President Joko Widodo has defended dramatically ramping up the use of capital punishment, saying that Indonesia is fighting a war on drugs and that traffickers must be heavily punished. Friday’s executions were the third under Widodo since he took office in 2014.

 The last round was in April 2015, when authorities put to death eight drug convicts, including two Australians.

 The executed Indonesian was named as Freddy Budiman, while the three Nigerians were Seck Osmane, Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke and Michael Titus Igweh.

 Another of Eleweke’s lawyers, Afif Abdul Qoyim, told AFP the execution should not have gone ahead as his client this week filed a legal appeal.

 “When this process in not respected, that means that this is no longer a country that upholds the law, nor human rights,” he said.

 Amnesty International has identified what it calls “systematic flaws” in the trials of several of the death row inmates, and urged Indonesia not to proceed while appeals for clemency were pending.

 Two people whose cases had raised high-profile international concern among rights groups were not executed.

 The first was Pakistani Zulfiqar Ali, whom rights groups say was beaten into confessing to heroin possession, leading to his 2005 death sentence.

 The other was Indonesian woman Merri Utami, who was caught with heroin in her bag as she came through Jakarta airport and claims she was duped into becoming a drug mule.

 The National Commission on Violence Against Women, which has been lobbying for Utami to receive clemency, called for answers over the fate of the 10 remaining prisoners.

 “We hope the attorney general’s office will provide a clear and transparent explanation,” the commission’s Sri Nurherwati told AFP.

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Federal High Court affirms Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia State Governor, dismisses the Tax Certificate forgery suit against him

Justice A.I Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Owerri, has affirmed the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Former governorship aspirant, Barr. FridayNwosu also dragged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to court over alleged forged tax certificates. However, the court ruled today that the plaintiff, (Nwosu) was unable to prove that the tax documents where forged and dismissed the matter.

In a related development, an Abia State High Court in Osisioma granted a motion filed by Ikpeazu for extension of the order restraining the Chief Judge of Abia State, the President Abia State Customary Court of Appeal and any other judicial officer from swearing in Mr. Uche Ogah, as governor of the state. The order was extended to 18th July, 2016.

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ST BATHS ANGLICAN CHURCH AGUDA SURULERE IS HAVING THERE FIRST FRUIT HARVEST TODAY

ST BATHS ANGLICAN CHURCH AGUDA SURULERE IS HAVING THERE FIRST FRUIT HARVEST TODAY-being first sunday of the month

(THANKS AND REMAIN BLESSED)

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Police corporal and pastor arrested for armed robbery, confesses to supplying arms to robbery gangs

A police corporal who was recently arrested for armed robbery, confessed to having supplied arms and ammunition to robbery gangs in various states, including Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states. 

Christ Oboko Onitsha Ugbo, was arrested after he allegedly led his gang on a series of robbery operations in some states in the Niger Delta region. He is currently being detained by the Inspector General of Police’s Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT)

According to Daily Trust, the 36-year-old, until his arrest was attached to a special squad code named C4I of the Rivers State Police Command and was also the resident pastor of a church at Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Oboko, who has also been linked to several violent crimes in Bayelsa, Delta, Imo, Lagos and Edo state was said to have been deployed to C41 from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Rivers State Command, having distinguished himself as a sniper and crack detective.

Prior to his arrest, the office of the immediate past IGP, Solomon Arase received series of complaints about the notorious activities of the gang and subsequently directed the leader of the Special Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to investigate the matter. Oboko was arrested following the arrest and confessions of one of his gang member identified as one Johnpaul Amandi.

"Aside from supplying members of my gang with police rifles and bullets, I also help keep their guns in my house without the knowledge of my wife and children."Oboko confessed.

"I joined the Nigeria Police Force in April 2003. I served at Borokiri Police Division, from there I went to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS before joining  C4I. I started car snatching in 2015 when I met Amandi, he was our informant. He lured me into robbery. I was only supplying them with arms. It all started when Amandi brought two vehicles. He gave them to one Victor Nwogu to sell. I met them doing the negotiation and from there, I offered to join them.

"I robbed the driver of a Toyota Camry at D-line area of Port Harcourt  and we  took the car to Victor in Owerri, I sold the car to victor for N200,000.  We were three and  I took N70,000 and I gave Amandi and Kelvin the balance to share. On the second operation, the three of us went for the job at  D-line and we stole three Camry cars from the park. We sold the vehicles to the same Victor in Owerri and he paid us N360,000. I got N150,000 as my share.   

"We also snatched a Toyota Corolla, from Elelanwan area at gunpoint from its owner and I took the car to Victor and he paid N250,000. I took N80,000 as my share and I gave the rest to Amandi and Kelvin to share.

"We also snatched a Toyota Spider car at GRA from the owner at gun point and we parked it inside Borokiri sand field.  But before we arrived in the morning the car had been removed,"

Lamenting, Oboko said, "I was always going to release them whenever they were arrested by the police and I don’t know what came over me.  I am the resident pastor of a church at Choba, in Port Harcourt. I don’t know what made me join Amandi in his evil business."

The out going Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bisi Kolawole, who paraded the suspect disclosed that he and members of his gang were terrorizing Port Harcourt.

The gang members enjoyed full protection from Oboko, who bailed and defended them whenever they were arrested by the police. He provided fake vehicle documents for stolen vehicles and altered the vehicle engine and chassis numbers selling them, Ms Kolawole added.

Source: Daily Trust

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5 AWESOME REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD DRINK MILK EVERYDAY

MILK and dairy products are among the essential classes of food for several reasons. Bone health: Milk and dairy products help in  strengthening bone health. They  provide calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and protein which are all essential for healthy bone growth and development. 

Adequate consumption of milk and dairy from early childhood and throughout life can help to make the bones strong and protect them against diseases in later life. 

Healthy teeth: The amounts of calcium and phosphorous in milk and dairy products are also beneficial for the development and maintenance of healthy teeth. Dentists recommend that milk is the only safe drink to have between meals (except for water) as it has been shown not to cause tooth decay even in conditions perfect for damaging teeth. 

Blood pressure: Consuming recommended portions of dairy products each day, along with five portions of fruit and vegetables as part of a low salt diet can reduce high blood pressure in both adults and children. 

Cardiovascular disease: Several studies link milk and dairy consumption with  reduced risk for cardiovascular diseases like hypertension and diabetes. 

Obesity: Contrary to popular belief, research has shown that people who consume milk and dairy foods are likely to be slimmer than those who do not. 

Experts say milk is an excellent choice of fluid as it not only re-hydrates the body, but provides a host of beneficial nutrients. Hence, Nigerians have been advised to explore various ways to include milk in their diet as it remains one of the natural sources of vitamins and minerals, helping in enhancing growth and development of mental and physical performance while also serving as one of the cheapest sources of protein. 

Public Health Physician, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Dr. Elochukwu Ukatu who spoke during the 2016 World Milk Day, organised by Friesland Campina WAMCO, makers of Peak Milk,  said that it’s high time the Nigerian family and society begin to appreciate the role of milk in the diet. 

On her part, Marketing Manager for Peak Milk, Mrs. Dolapo Otegbayi noted that over 40 percent of Nigerians are actually below the age of 18 which makes it very important for the country advocate for consumption of milk because it plays important role in family and societal development. 

“We all grew up with milk but are very limited in our understanding of its versatility. If you ask the average Nigerian how milk is to be used, they would only tell you that it is to be used with their coffee and tea.

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