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Uganda presidential hopeful, Bobi Wine, has alleged that his phone line and that of his wife were ‘blocked’ and they were unable to receive or make calls. Wine disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday evening. “Like my wife’s, my phone has been blocked and I am unable to recieve or make regular calls. I know this is to stop me from communicating to our agents and coordinators. I encourage you comrades to be vigilant as I try to devise ways of reaching out to you. #WeAreRemovingADictator,” he tweeted.‬  Like my wife's, my phone has been blocked and I am unable to recieve or make regular calls. I know this is to stop me from communicating to our agents and coordinators. I encourage you comrades to be vigilant as I try to devise ways of reaching out to you. #WeAreRemovingADictator — BOBI WINE (@HEBobiwine) January 14, 2021 Polls have closed and vote counting is under way in Uganda’s tense presidential election that pits longtime President Yoweri Museveni against Wine, a...

Gladys Kanu with her late husband, Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. Gladys Kanu, wife of the late former Lagos State military administrator, Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, has blamed the death of her husband on alleged deceit by a Nigerian hospital. Kanu, a retired Rear Admiral of the Nigerian Navy, who died on Wednesday after a brief illness, was also at a time the military administrator of Imo State. Gladys Kanu with her late husband, Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. At the time of his passing, he was 77. Speaking to journalists on Thursday at her Lagos residence, Mrs Kanu explained that the hospital where her late husband received treatment said he was responding well to treatment before he suddenly passed on. She said, “My husband is one in a billion. He was highly principled, very honest and always out to help people. Since I met him, he had never been sick – that was the first time. “Within 11 days, I took him to three different hospitals. I was about to fly him abroad for treatment but the hos...

Donald Trump Christopher Stanton Georgia, a United States citizen, has reportedly shot himself dead at his home in Alpharetta after being charged for invading the Capitol. According to UK Daily Mail, the father-of-two was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and died by suicide. Donald Trump Tim Viwer The newspaper quoted The Fulton County Medical Examiner as saying Georgia died days after he was charged alongside some others for breaching the Capitol police and flouting curfew. Two semi-automatic rifles were reportedly removed from his house. Documents obtained by UK Daily Mail showed Georgia’s wife called 911 on Saturday morning, telling authorities there was ‘blood everywhere’. His body was found in the basement of the home they shared.  Family members on the scene were described by police as ‘extremely distressed’ in a police report. According to documents from the Superior Court of DC, Georgia had been charged with attempting to ‘enter certain property, that...

File photo used to illustrate story. The Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has dismissed one of its operatives, Kazeem Afolabi, for killing a young man in Ibadan. Afolabi was dismissed for killing Tosin Thomas at Mokola Roundabout area in the city on Wednesday. File photo used to illustrate story. In a statement issued by the security network on Thursday, the state Commandant of Amotekun, Olayanju Olayinka, said the agency was alerted to a purported armed robbery operation at Total Filling Station, Mokola, Ibadan and it deployed a seven-man team to the scene. He said the team later discovered it was not a robbery attack, though a crowd had gathered. According to him, in the confusion that ensued, Afolabi allegedly shot the victim against Amotekun’s protocol. The statement read; “At about 10pm on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, operatives of Amotekun, led by Team Leader George Idowu got alerted to a purported armed robbery operation at Total Fill...

The Nigerian government has said the January 18, 2021 resumption date for schools stands. Ben Goong, Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Goong said the decision not to alter the date was taken after wide consultation. The statement read, “Sequel to the hint given during the press statement of 12 January, 2021 for the review of the proposed resumption date of 18th January 2021, the Federal Ministry of Education has undertaken a comprehensive appraisal of the situation. “After extensive consultations with relevant stakeholders, including state governors, commissioners of education, proprietors and heads of institutions, staff unions and students, the consensus of opinion is that the resumption date of 18th January should remain, while parents and respective institutions must ensure full compliance with COVID-19 protocols.  “These measures, which are to ensure safe reopening of schools for academic...

Illustration The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Samuel Solomon, for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter for two years.  The mother of the child, Rose Solomon, who made the complaint, alleged that her husband, Solomon, defiled her daughter and used a white handkerchief to clean the private parts of the young girl whenever he was done with the act.  Illustration According to Rose, Samuel used the same white handkerchief on her whenever they copulated.  She also said her husband forced her to sleep with other men in designated hotels and any objection on her part came with grave consequences. She further narrated that she recently discovered that their daughter had a serious vaginal discharge with a very offensive smell. She said, “I have been with him for nine years now, but he paid my dowry seven years ago. I suspected there was something wrong, but I was so blind with love, I loved him so much.  “I noticed that he did bring wh...

Abobare Valentino Damilola Abobare Valentino Damilola on NYSC uniform Abobare Valentino Damilola 'Detention Board' The Commanding Officer of the 231 Battalion, Biu, Borno State, Lt. Col M.E Obi, has detained and tortured a soldier, Abobare Valentino Damilola, for over six months without trial and salary. The wife of the soldier, Sarah Valentino, who raised the alarm, lamented that her husband is being detained and tortured without trial and denied his salaries, for going Away Without Official Leave to get one of his certificates. Abobare Valentino Damilola She said her husband needed urgent medical attention as he had been subjected to cruel treatments, without salary, social welfare or access to his relatives. Valentino spoke to SaharaReporters on Thursday, narrating her ordeal and recalling that several pleas and efforts for her husband to regain his freedom had not yielded any success. According to Mrs Valentino, her husband had participated in the mandat...

Olabisi Deji-Folutile This is the moment of truth for both Nigeria and managers of its public-funded institutions.  Right now, the country is between the devil and the deep blue sea on this issue of school reopening.  COVID-19 is on the rampage again and this second wave is proving to be more fatal. Yet, amidst this deadly scourge is the pressure on vice chancellors to reopen their institutions for learning again. This is understandable as public universities have been shut for almost a year now. Students have become restless. Many of them  of staying at home and are eager to return to school.  Some of them have even gone to the ridiculous extent of threatening to attack any vice chancellor that refuses to open the doors of their institutions for learning.   The Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, Professor Prof Lilian Salami, confirmed this on Wednesday when she featured on NTA Good Morning Nigeria breakfast show monitored by . The VC had said, “I...

File photo used to illustrate story. Tosin Thomas, a 21-year-old student,  was allegedly killed by an operative of the Oyo State Security Network, popularly called Amotekun, around Mokola roundabout In Ibadan on Wednesday evening.  The state Police Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Fadeyi, confirmed this in a statement in Ibadan on Thursday morning. File photo used to illustrate story. Saharareporters gathered that the young lady was going home when two “Yahoo boys” were arguing over their girlfriend. One of them reportedly invited Amotekun to put the situation under control.  It was gathered that one of the operatives of Amotekun mistakingly shot and killed Tosin Thomas while trying to settle the rift. It was learnt that the victim was rushed to the university teaching hospital where she later died on Thursday morning. Following the development, the deceased’s elder siblings brought the remains of the 21-year-old Tosin Thomas to the spot where ...

A Nigerian national, Christopher Chukwuma, suspected of leading a drug ring has been shot dead during a raid on Monday in a hotel in the village of Bagong Ilog in Pasig City, the Philippines police personnel. Chukwuma, a resident of Angeles City in Pampanga, was killed because he allegedly fought back the arresting officers, RMN reports. Theworldnewsplatform An undercover cop had pretended to be an interested client and met the suspect in the hotel where he was staying. During the meeting, the suspect became suspicious of the undercover agent, prompting the rest of the police force to attack Chukwuma’s lair. The cops allegedly discovered PHP13.6 million (US$283,000) worth of meth in his possession. Chukwuma is allegedly the leader of a gang composed of fellow Nigerians who sell drugs in different parts of Luzon.  The police have arrested other Nigerians in Las Piñas and Pampanga’s drug raids. Thousands of drug suspects are dead in the name of the Duterte government’s...