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Azu Ishiekwene If we could cast a vote in the December 8 presidential election in Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo, would have won re-election by miles. Nigerians love him to bits. He talks a good game. In the first two years or more of his presidency, I remember a number of videos shared with me on the Akufo-Addo promise. On a tour of the US, he met with the conference of US governors and awed with his presentation. On another occasion, he wowed French President Emmanuel Macron with his speech on “Ghana Beyond Aid”.  That speech, which has chalked over three and a half million views on YouTube, spoke the minds of many self-respecting Africans. The continent’s leaders have so degraded themselves with their begging bowls, that they have become unwanted guests in many European capitals. We would give them away, if we could. But Akufo-Addo was different. It was refreshing to hear an African leader tell a major European le...

Hauwa Habibu, a 26-year-old woman, who was arrested and arraigned before a magistrate court in Kano for allegedly hacking her two children to death has pleaded not guilty. The police had in October arrested Hauwa, a health worker, for killing her two biological children: Irfan Ibrahim, six-year-old and Zuhura Ibrahim, three-year-old, in protest at her husband’s decision to marry a second wife. She was also said to have wounded one Aisha Sadiq, her nephew. The uncle of the deceased children, Sadiq Haruna Aminu, said Hauwa had been living with envy and jealousy since his brother married another wife, leading her to kill her own children. At the resumed sitting on Wednesday, December 23, after her denial, counsel for Hauwa, Huwaila Ibrahim, asked the court to send her to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. The prayer was not objected by the prosecutor, Laminu Soron Dinki.  The presiding magistrate, Hauwa Lawan Minjibir, upheld Ibrahim’s request by sending the accused pe...

The Edo Police Command has arrested three persons, Destiny Osa, Etim Zion and Samuel Jeremiah in connection with the murder of a yet-to-be-identified female trader in the Orhiomwon Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the three suspects accosted the woman who was on her way to the market, dispossessed her of the sum N30,000 before dragging her into a nearby bush, where they took turns to rape her and left her with life threatening injuries. The woman was said to have died as a result of the injuries she sustained during the attack and assault. One of the suspects, Osa, was apprehended by the local vigilance group and handed over to officers of the Ugo Police Division who in turn handed him over to the Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Unit of the Edo State Police Command for discreet investigations. The body of the woman has since been deposited in an undisclosed mortuary for autopsy and further investigation. CRIME Sex News AddThis :  Original Au...

Some Nigerians have urged the government to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, saying it has outlived its usefulness. This followed the killing of a corps member, Bomoi Yusuf, by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday. See Also Insecurity Corps Member Returning From Orientation Camp Killed By Gunmen On Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, Others Abducted 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Yusuf and 16 other corps members were attacked along Jere-Abuja Expressway after leaving Ede NYSC Orientation Camp in Osun State. Quite a number of Nigerians on Twitter who condemned the attack on the corps members said the NYSC scheme had deviated from the objectives for which it was established. They described the scheme as the fastest way for graduates to meet their ‘untimely death’. For instance, someone whose Twitter handle is @JMaigamu, wrote: “The NYSC scheme needs to be completely suspended until when the security situation in Nigeria improves. Fresh graduates should just be...

Sunday Asefon The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said its members would embark on a mass protest if the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should resume its recently suspended strike. ASUU had on Wednesday suspended its nine-month-old strike conditionally after a lot of foot-dragging in negotiations between the Nigerian government and the lecturers. Sunday Asefon See Also Education ASUU Will Resume Strike If Govt Fails To Fulfil Its Promises – UNILORIN Chapter 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Its president, Biodun Ogunyemi, however, warned that the union would resume the industrial action without notice if the government failed to meet its part of the agreement. But in an interview with Punch on Thursday, NANS President, Sunday Asefon, said it was embarrassing and ridiculous for ASUU to threaten a fresh strike after many months of shutting down schools. He also urged the Nigerian government to be committed to fulfilling its agreement with ASUU wh...

The lawmaker representing Ekiti South Constituency at the Senate, Biodun Olujimi, has kicked against the purported move to grant underaged married girls the right to vote. The National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had reportedly recommended that young girls who are married should be given voting rights. Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Kabiru Gaya, had said the recommendation is a unanimous decision by the joint panel. Gaya had said, “The joint committee has proposed a review of the section of the Electoral Act that pegged the eligibility age of voters at 18 years. “The joint committee has proposed that if a lady who is not up to 18 years is married, she should be considered to be mature enough and be eligible to vote.” But in an interview with SaharaReporters on Thursday, Olujimi said it is better to stick to the minimum age (18 years) recognised by the Nigerian constitution rather than giving voting rights to un...

A 23-year-old student of the Federal College of Education, Technical, Akoka, Lagos State, Dare Williams, has been arrested for snatching a vehicle from a hailing service driver.  Williams stated that he committed the crime because he was desperate to feature either Davido or Runtown in his musical album. YLO The suspect, an upcoming musician, was said to have lured his friend, Bethel Chukwuocha, 18, to snatch a Toyota Corolla car from the driver, Clement Aniegbe Monday night. The duo had ordered the ride to take them from Lekki to Gbagada area of the Lagos Mainland. However, while on their way to their supposed destination, the suspects threatened the driver with a knife and carted away his car and mobile phone. During his interrogation, Williams reportedly told the police that his quest to get money to feature the superstars in his album led him into robbery.  He added that he planned to sell the car for N1 million and use the money to advance his music career. ...

The Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology has expelled three of its students for alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a female undergraduate of the institution. The provost of the college, Prof. Franklin Nlerum, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said the students’ expulsion followed due process as they were all given a fair hearing before the college decided to expel them. The affected students include Ferdinand Bruse Gospel, (EMT/17/096, Medical Technician), Chimgozirim Sunday (HIM/ 17/038, Health Information Management) and Nadum Sampson (DS/16/024, Dental Surgery Technician. Education News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3nPma7I via EDUPEDIA

One person has been confirmed missing and a police patrol vehicle razed to the ground after armed bandits stormed Minjibir local government area of Kano State. The police spokesman in Kano, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident to Channels Television. “After the gunmen kidnapped three people, we engaged them in a gun battle during which they retreated, leaving two persons behind as they set out patrol van on fire.” One resident, Bala Sani, told Channels Television that the gunmen arrived the town around 12:45 am, shooting sporadically around Masaka area of the town before abducting a businessman, Abdullahi Kalos. According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen were said to have stationed their men at all the junctions in the town and engaged the police in a gun battle around 4:30 am. “We are currently in pursuit of the bandits to rescue the victims because we believe some of them had sustained bullet injuries,” the police said. Insecurity Police News AddThis :  Origi...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked a commercial bus in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, abducting all passengers. According to Katsina Post, the attack occurred along Shimfida to Gurbin Baure road. The number of passengers on the bus is yet to be known. The attack comes two days after gunmen abducted a traditional leader and 15 others at a community in Danmusa Local Government Area of the state. Many cases of banditry and kidnapping have been recorded in the state. Katsina is President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state.   Insecurity Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/38EHjLQ via EDUPEDIA

Yerima Shettima The leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, has said the agitation for a sovereign nation by the Yoruba people is a mere threat. Shettima told SaharaReporters in an interview on Thursday, while reacting to the statement made by a renowned historian, Prof. Banji Akintoye, that Yoruba people would soon be independent. Yerima Shettima See Also Politics Be Prepared To Welcome Independence Of Oduduwa Republic Soon, Akintoye Tells Yoruba People 0 Comments 1 Day Ago Akintoye, the Alana of Ilana Omo Oduduwa, on Tuesday through the media and communications secretary of the group, said, “The Yoruba journey to redemption has started, and soonest, we are going to reach our Canaan land without any bloodshed.” In his reaction to the assertion, Shettima said, “It is just a mere threat as far as I am concerned, and I don’t wish it to be true.” “That kind of statement does not mean well for the country. It is not a comment that should come from...

Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard I was proud to arrive in Nigeria and begin my third ambassadorial posting last November.  2020 will long be remembered as the year of the pandemic COVID-19, and we will look back and honor the lives of the more than 1.5 million people worldwide who lost their lives to this vicious pandemic.  2020 also marked 60 years of bilateral diplomatic relations between the United States and Nigeria, and much has been accomplished over the course of that time as democracy and a free and open business environment continue to grow.  Allow me to provide a bit more detail about accomplishments achieved with our Nigerian partners.   The international community came together in times of a health crisis.  Over 60 members of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria – from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), USAID, and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – stood side by side with Nigerian counterparts at the National...