The Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has ordered officials in his country to send urgent medical aid and food supplies to Nigeria. This was revealed in a Twitter post by the UAE Embassy in Nigeria. The humanitarian aid to Nigeria according to Maktoum is a way of showing support for Nigeria’s efforts in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement read, “His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum orders urgent medical aid and food supplies to be sent to the friendly Nigerian people to support the efforts of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in combating the COVID-19 pandemic and limiting its spread. In a clear confirmation of the UAE’s solidarity with all brotherly and friendly countries in crises.” The relief shipment, which includes seven tonnes of medical supplies and five tonnes of food supplies, were dispatched from Dubai.
DSS Invites Former Speaker, Ghali Umar Na’abba, For Criticising Buhari’s Government
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’abba, has been invited by the Department of State Services over the interview he granted Channels Television on Thursday regarding the agenda of the National Consultative Front to bring about a new Nigeria that works for all. Spokesperson for the group, Dr Tanko Yunusa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
He said the former Speaker had decided to honour the DSS invitation on Monday by 12:00pm. Recall that Na’abba had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of turning Nigeria into a failed state, describing him as an irresponsive and incompetent leader in the history of the country. The statement reads, “Please be notified that the DSS on Friday sent an invitation to NCFront Co-Chair and former Speaker of Nigeria, Rt Hon Ghali Umar Na’abba, after his very profound interview on Channels Television on Thursday in regard to the NCFront agenda to bring about a new Nigeria that works for all. “However, our leader, Ghali Umar Na’abba, has decided to honour the DSS invitation and therefore shall be visiting the DSS Headquarters in Abuja on Monday at 12noon. “All NCFront organs, structures and allies nationwide are by this notice put on the alert as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa said he had always been a leader and was qualified to lead the country. A 19-year-old Ugandan has picked nomination papers to vie for the presidency in the upcoming general elections. Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa said he had always been a leader and was qualified to lead the country. He said he would fund-raise for the 20m Ugandan shillings (Ksh590,900) nomination fees.
Mr Kaweesa is also required to collect 100 signatures in every district for his nomination. The country has more than 100 districts. The constitution allows any Ugandan citizen who is above 18 years to vie for the presidency. The teenager joins legislator Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine and former army general Henry Tumukunde who have declared interest to run against the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni.
Yahoo boy to control traffic in Ilorin for 3 months over internet fraud
The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Kolade Emmanuel Balogun, who was charged to court for offences bordering on internet fraud. The charge against the suspect read;
“THAT YOU, KOLADE BALOGUN (A.K.A WILLAM DAVIS, ALIAS BEHEMOTH) SOMETIME IN MARCH 2020 OR THEREABOUT AT ILORIN, KWARA STATE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT AN OFFENCE OF CHEATING BY IMPERSONATION, PRETENDING AND REPRESENTING YOURSELF TO BE A WHITE MAN CALLED WILLAM DAVIS, ALIAS BEHEMOTH TO AN UNSUSPECTED WHITE WOMAN ON DATING SITE CALLED SEEKINGARRANGEMENT AS IT IS CONTAINED IN YOUR GMAIL ACCOUNT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND THEREBY COMMITTED AN OFFENCE CONTRARY TO AND PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 95 OF THE PENAL CODE LAW OF NORTHERN NIGERIA.”
Balogun was found guilty of the charges against him after being arraigned before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The Judge who sentenced the convict on Thursday August 13 after he pleaded guilty to the charge against him, said he should pay a fine of N50,000 and control traffic at a junction behind the Kwara State Ministry of Physical Planning for three months commencing from August 17 to October 17, 2020. He also ordered that other items like phones and laptops recovered from him, should be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Ireland To Return €5.5m Abacha Loot To Nigerian Government
Ireland has reached a deal to give back to Nigeria €5.5m ($6.5 million) looted by former military dictator, Sani Abacha. Helen McEntee, Ireland Minister of Justice and Equality, said the memorandum of understanding followed an order recently issued by a court in the European country regarding the funds. The Ireland Criminal Assets Bureau froze the loot in 2014 under request from the administration of then President, Goodluck Jonathan. “I am very pleased to sign this Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland and Nigeria. This represents the culmination of a long process which began with an internationally led investigation. “The Criminal Assets Bureau took part in this international operation which led to the freezing of over $1bn in funds worldwide, of which approximately €5.5m was identified in a Dublin-based bank account. “The return of these assets will be the first time that Ireland has taken such action and will be a concrete demonstration of Ireland’s commitment to international cooperation in the fight against corruption and to assisting countries which have been adversely affected by corruption in the past, and is in line with our international obligations as a signatory to the UN Convention Against Corruption,” she said. The money is the latest Abacha-linked cash reclaimed by Nigeria. Corruption watchdog, Transparency International, estimates that Abacha, who ruled from 1993 until his death in 1998, stole as much as $5bn of public money during that time.
Youth group requests FG to ban dating sites from Nigeria’s cyberspace
The Arewa Youth Consultative Council (AYCC) has requested that the Federal Government block sexual and immorally-related sites from the Nigerian cyberspace. According to the group this request is the youths progressive effort to building the nation. In a statement signed by the group’s spokesperson, Muhammad Ibrahim, on Friday, August 14, 2020, AYCC said it is concerned by the exposure of Nigerian youths to ‘sexual contamination’. The group said the exposure of Nigerian youths to sexual content is fueling a culture of indecency, immorality and increasing cases of sexual misbehavior. Arewa youth in a two page letter addressed to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, called on the government to quickly intervene in blocking immoral and sexual sites. Similarly, they suggested that individuals or companies that refuse to comply with the ban should be fined in billions A part of the statement reads; “we’re confident that your intervention can greatly block or cripple the emerging new order of indecency, immorality, and increasing cases of sexual behaviors. Sexualized interactions, immoral communications, exposure to pornography, online dating and other social ills. This is sacrosanct, as the phenomena is growing rapidly everyday. we must do something as a nation that believe in christianity and Islam even thpugh we claim to be secular, yet no religion or culture , tribe or section of Nigerians can justify the incestous exposure of our youth to sexual contamination”. However , the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, in response on his Twitter account, said the group should redirect the request instead to the Ministry of Information and Culture, headed by Lai Mohammed.
Fresh Troubles For Tinubu, As U.S. Government Issues Invitation For Questioning Over Drug Deals
These are not the best of times for Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Despite his failing health owing to a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease, it appears that self-appointed National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and former Governor of Lagos State, Ahmed Bola Tinubu is still being invited for questioning over drug crimes and criminal activity allegedly committed in the United States. A report monitored on the Federal Bureau of Investigations “Crime Data Explorer” revealed an open warrant seeking the arrest of the Asiwaju over unanswered questions relating to his indictment in 1995 over cocaine, heroin and gun related crimes. It would be recalled that the US government seized cocaine, heroin, guns and other items used in operating the drug ring in Chicago from Tinubu. “It is true that he is still a suspect and the case against him is very much open, a US Security source said. “Even if today Tinubu decides to visit the United States again, he would be questioned.“His crime is not one that can be swept under the carpet just like that. “The usual suspicion by the United States and other countries is that once you have a criminal record, you must be monitored properly in order to forestall you committing the same crime again.” Tinubu’s drug crime life has refused to go away from the U.S authorities even as mainstream media houses in Nigeria have been largely compromised and would not report the atrocities and conviction of the APC leader It would be recalled that the APC national leader was indicted by the United States Government for drug and fraud related offences. According to the document, signed by a former United States Government Narcotics Attache in its embassy in Nigeria, Andre W. Kellum, Tinubu operated an organisation that distributed cocaine. Kellum who signed the U.S documents while serving in Nigeria, is now Regional Director for the Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, in Bangkok, Thailand. Kellum said that though Tinubu was not subjected to criminal prosecution, the fact that he acceded to forfeiting funds to the United States Government was on its own a conviction. The letter, in its opinion section, noted, “Former paragraph 6 above, Ahmed Bola Tinubu was involved in Money Laundering Transactions along with Mueez Adegboyega Akande and Abiodun Agbele in the United States of America. “Arising from the case, Ahmed Bola Tinubu forfeited 460,000 US dollars to the United States Government being proceeds of narcotic trafficking or property involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 USO 1956 and 1957 and therefore was forfeitable to the United States (emphasis that of the NDLEA). “It is pertinent to note that the funds held by Citi bank which was released to Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the action filed against these funds held in the said accounts was dismissed with prejudice. This in effect means the case has not been closed (emphasis that of NDLEA) and could be reopened at any time by the United States Government.” The court, in the order given on October 4, 1993, said the drug deal, specifically in white heroin, involved Tinubu; his wife, Oluremi; and three of his family members. The accounts from which the funds were seized included First Heritage Bank (263226700), Citi International Bank (39483134, 39483396, 4650279566, 00400200, 39936404, 39936383, 52050-89451952, 52050-89451952 and 52050-89451953). According to a Special Agent of the United States Criminal Investigation Service, Kevin Moss, the DEA became involved in the investigation of a white heroin network operating in Chicago, Illinois (where Tinubu alleged he got a university certificate, which became a source of controversy while he was in office) and Hammond, Indiana in 1988. Cocaine, heroin, guns and other paraphernalia used for running the drug cartel were recovered by the investigators. The affidavit added, “The investigation disclosed that an individual known as Lee Andrew Edwards was a source of white heroin. Edwards is currently incarcerated for attempting to murder a federal agent while the agent was executing a search warrant. The implication of the foregoing is that Tinubu may be incarcerated in his old age should he venture the United States anytime soon.
Atapawiy Alaribu is a renowned chearful giver who finds pleasure in giving to the less privilege, especially orphans. In the bid to keep up the good work, he will be hosting a show to commemorate orphans as usual. The event is set to take place in Ibadan. According to the data that was gathered by Purpleworld Media, a lot of gift items will be available on the day of the event to commemorate the orphans. To know more about the event, kindly visit @atapawiy_alarabiyu on Instagram.
My legs spread out so fast when I see a car key- Lady says
A lady on social media has revealed how sexually aroused she becomes upon sighting a rich guy with a car. According to the lady via her video below, her legs spread out very fast when she sees a rich guy who has a car of his own. The lady seemed very serious about what she was saying as she further expressed her desire to finally meet the man of her dreams and tie the knot with him. In her words; “My legs, they spread out so fast, especially when I see a car key. I hope I’m going to find that man”.
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FG makes fresh updates on school resumption, says it awaits data from PTF
The federal government on Thursday, August 13, gave an update on when all schools across the country would be fully reopened for academic activities. PurpleWorld reports that the minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said during the daily briefing on COVID-19 that once the PTF assesses all the data, it would inform Nigerians when it is safe to reopen schools. The minister also noted that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is still on strike which was started before the lockdown in March.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said that presidents, prime ministers and other top personalities have contracted COVID-19. The minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, giving an update during PTF briefing on COVID-19. He warned that people must protect themselves against the coronavirus pandemic, adding that people should not assume that their friends and families are COVID-free. “Presidents, prime ministers and other top personalities have contracted COVID-19. We must protect ourselves. Don’t assume your friends, families are COVID-free; wear your masks before going out. We must remain alive and safe until a vaccine is found,” he said. Meanwhile, PurpleWorld had previously reported that the resumption of students in graduating classes on Monday, August 10, after four months of COVID-19 lockdown was marked by a high turnout across the country as secondary schools reopened for return of classes. It was reported that pupils and their teachers in both public and private schools in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital, complied with the COVID-19 safety protocols ahead of the commencement of the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
Oluwatosin Ajayi, the headteacher of Ado-Ekiti Grammar School said about 205 pupils registered for WASSCE, while about 95 percent of the pupils had resumed.
In another report, the minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika has disclosed that the Nigerian airspace would be opened to international flights in weeks. Speaking on Thursday, August 6, at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Sirika, stated that the aviation industry was making plans to reopen. The minister, however, did not give any specific date regarding the resumption of international flights. He urged Nigerians to bear with the federal government over the closure of the international airports, pointing out that the continuous closure is not on purpose as it was done on health reasons.
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