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Kaduna S*x Party: Property Owner, Loses Pregnancy, Goes To Court |The Source

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Kaduna Sex Party

By Adesina Soyooye

Aisha Mercy Yakubu, the proprietor of the property pulled down by the Kaduna State Government for allegedly using it for a nude party slated, allegedly for December 27, says she neither owns a hotel, nor a guest house. And she said her property was never billed to host any nude party.

She said that what she owned was a restaurant, Asher Kings and Queens Restaurant, located at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna.

She said that not only was her Restaurant demolished, she lost everything therein, and cash to the value of over N30million. She also said she was detained by the Police, bribe taken from her for bail, and another N20,000 taken from her to track the owner of the phone number put on the leaflet announcing the nude party.

The Kaduna state Government demolished the property, giving the impression that it was a hotel, and that it was billed to be used to host “a sex party.”  But in a statement she issued on 2nd January, 2021, Yakubu told her story, and said she would proceed to Court to seek justice.

Entitled The Story of the Asher Kings and Queens Restaurant, she revealed:

“The Asher Kings and Queens Restaurant is a  34 sitting-capacity- at -a -time restaurant, located at #75 Kachia Road,Sabon Tasha,Kaduna State, registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, with the registration number BN2463851 on 5th December,2016, under the COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 Food Production and Processing Services.

“The Restaurant is a one-storey building structure, with a VIP Lounge section, where premium customers relax to watch football league games in a cozy environment, with all the comfort; airconditioners and light music.

“Whilst the ground floor is where the kitchen and serving spot is, also with chairs and tables for customers to sit and eat their food as required.

“We hire/rent the VIP section for light events, of not more than 26 customers.

“On the 27th December,2020, a customer hired the VIP Lounge for a 15-man Reunion/Clothing line promo, to appreciate his customers for their good patronage of his brands.

“Before the event proper commenced, a friend of mine and I noticed an unusual  movement around the main gate to the restaurant, as it was half opened to avoid a  crowded environment.

“We approached the main gate, and on getting there, I saw two truck load of heavily armed officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

“I asked the team leader what was going on, but he ignored my question and said he will explain to me when we get to the Police Station, Sabon Tasha Division.

“When we arrived the Police station, my customer, who accompanied me to the station, enquired what the matter was and the Police showed us a poster on a GSM phone belonging to one of the officers, by name Inspector Felix. It was a poster of an event titled; KADUNA SEX PARTY, which the Police claimed the venue for the supposed “sex party” was scheduled to hold at my restaurant, even though with no address of where it will take place on the poster.

“I denied knowledge of that event as there was nothing of that sort taking place at the restaurant, and I wouldn’t stoop so low to entertain such illicit activity at my place, but the Police refused to believe me, and had my friend and two of my staff detained for one night, one day, until the customer that had earlier hired the place for usage on that fateful day was also arrested the next day.

“They were released after paying a “bail fee” of #100,000 to Inspector Felix and one other lady Officer,fair in complexion.

“I noticed how incompetent the NPF were, i suggested to the them to call the number on the supppsed “Kaduna Sex Party” poster, which they immediately put a call through and a name came out using the True Caller App as MARVELLOUS AKPAN.

“The Police asked me to pay a fee of #20,000 for them to do their job of tracking the user of the phone number, which I immediately paid them so that they will swing into action.

“Marvellous Akpan was arrested the next. He was interrogated, and he obliged to owning the phone number on the poster and printing of the poster which was posted on Social Media, assisted by a friend of his named Noah and one other guy.

“On further interrogation, Mr Marvellous Akpan confessed to the Police that he doesn’t know me and has never been to my restaurant nor has any knowledge of its address.

“Mr Chimeze,who had hired the place was released, summarily, after the successful arrest of Mr Akpan.

“The next day, 31st December, while at the other Branch of my restaurant, at Court Road,Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, a friend of mine called me, asked me to go to the main Restaurant and see what was going on. I immediately went and saw a combined team of Police men,Soldiers,KASTLEA and Vigilante groups guarded a Pay loader to demolished my restaurant. No prior notice was served to me before the demolition, there was no any form of communication between I and the Kaduna State Property Development Agency (KASUPDA) which came to demolish the building structure.

“Even when they arrived the location, the main entrance to the main Restaurant and the restaurant was under lock and key. There was no any form of communication to me!

“I watched them pull down the building without allowing me remove any item before the demolition. As a result of the trauma, I lost my one month old pregnancy.

I also incurred the following loses;

  1. cooking utensils 2.furniture 3.Electric appliances
  2. Chillers
  3. Deep freezers
  4. Bemarrings out door catering utensils
  5. Cash,et al worth over #32 million, as the place was abruptly vandalised after the demolition.

” I plan to seek legal redress for defamation of my character and the loss of my properties in the building.”

Prof Ibidapo-Obe, Former UNILAG VC, Dies Of COVID-19 |The Source

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Adesina Soyooye
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Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe

By Adesina Soyooye

An academic of great repute, and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, is dead.

The Professor of Systems Engineering, and an accomplished University Administrator died Sunday, January 3, 2021, allegedly, of complications from COVID-19 at a private hospital in Lagos.

Born on July 5, 1949, the late Professor was, also, a former President of the Nigeria Academy of Science.

An old boy of Igbobi Grammer School, and Igbobi College, Professor Ibidapo-Obe was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos from 2000-2007. He died aged 71 years.

Ekiti Police Command Nabs Four Suspects Over Fake Kidnap |The Source

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Ayodele Oni
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Nigeria Police Force

By Ayodele Oni

The Rapid Response Squad, (RRS) of Ekiti State  Police Command has arrested and detained a suspect who faked his kidnap.

A statement by the Command’s  spokesman, Sunday Abutu, over the weekend stated that: “On the 31/12/2020 at about 1830hrs, one Mrs Aladejana Aderonke came to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Office and reported that her cousin, one Adelusi Adeweye, was kidnapped on the same date along Ado – iyin Ekiti Road.

“She further narrated that the Kidnappers were calling through the GSM number of the supposed victim and were demanding for the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand naira (#250,000) as ransom.

“Upon receipt of the report, the RRS swung into action by deploying a special team for thorough investigation for possible arrest of the culprits.

“In the process, four suspects, Yusuf Hassan, Yakubu Usani, Agboola Damilola, including the faked victim Adelusi Adeweye, were arrested at about 2200hrs inside the bush between Iworoko and Ifaki Ekiti.

“During interrogation, the four suspects arrested confessed to have conspired and faked the kidnapping of Adelusi Adeweye in order to get some money from the family members for the New  Year.

“Investigation is ongoing for further findings. As soon as it is concluded, the suspects arrested shall be charged to Court for prosecution.”

The State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo called on the members of the public to be wary of the people around their various Communities and promptly report any criminal case or suspected person or group of persons found in their neighborhood to the nearest Police Station for timely action.

Sowore On Hunger Strike; Falana Set To Sue Nigeria Police |The Source

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Akinwale Kasali
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By Akinwale Kasali

#RevolutionNow Converner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online news medium, Omoyele Sowore, has embarked on hunger strike since his arrest on New Year’s Day by the Nigeria Police.

The 2019 Presidential Candidate at the Polls for Action Alliance Congress, AAC, has, however. asked his Lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN,  to sue the Nigeria Police for torture.

Falana disclosed that Sowore is ready to sue the Police as he was badly beaten and subjected to dehumanising conditions in contravention of the Anti-Torture Act.

“Since Mr Sowore’s fundamental right to dignity has been recklessly violated by the police we have his instructions to press for charges against all the officers who subjected him to physical and mental torture in contravention of the letter and spirit of the provisions of the Anti Torture Act of 2017,” he said.

He said from indications, the Nigeria Police Force is waiting for “orders from above” before releasing Sowore.

“Order from above” is a common term used in Nigeria to refer to a superior authority.

He further stated that the Nigeria Police are holding Sowore for alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols, but had denied him bail for two consecutive days even though the law says such offences are bailable.

Falana further stated that his client had pointedly told the police that he had not breached COVID-19 protocols.

The activist said, “Mr Sowore who was covering an event at the time of his arrest has maintained that he did not breach any of the COVID-19 regulations. He has been detained indefinitely on the basis of orders “from above.”

The lawyer said his client had been tortured and locked up in a detention facility along with armed robbery suspects.

Falana added, “The police officers who arrested Mr Omoyele Sowore at Abuja on January 31, 2020, subjected him to severe beating and left him with bruises all over his body. As if that was not enough he has been locked up in the midst of armed robbery suspects at a notorious detention facility called abattoir maintained by the disbanded Special Anti Robbery Squad in Abuja.”

“The physical torture to Mr Sowore was prolonged by the refusal of the police to provide him with medical attention. Although Mr Sowore’s injuries are being treated by his personal physician, the police authorities have refused the application of the detainee for bail even though the alleged offence of breaching COVID-19 regulations is ‘bailable”.

New Year Auto Crash Claims Life Of Ondo Governor’s Aides |The Source

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Ayodele Oni
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Tosin Ogunbodede

By Ayodele Oni

An early new year tragedy has hit government of Ondo state as a top Aide of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu died in an auto accident.

Early reports indicate that Mr Tosin Ogunbodede, the  Chief of Protocol to the Governor  and his driver lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident.

The accident, according to reports, happened along Ilesha/Akure express road, while returning from an engagement.

The other person with them in the vehicle, whose identity is still unknown, sustained varying degrees of injuries.

He is currently on danger list at the Wesley hospital in Ilesha, Osun State.

Marriage Scandal: Pressure Mount On CBN To Sack FCMB Boss

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By Fola James

Serious pressure is being mounted on the Central bank of Nigeria, CBN to sack the Managing Director of the First City Monument Bank, Adam Nuru, over an illicit affair with a married woman, which later led to the death of the husband, one Tunde Thomas, as no fewer than 1500 persons have signed a petition for the commercial bank boss to be sacked.

Moyo Thomas, mother of two and a staff member of FCMB, was said to have had a romantic affair with Nuhu, which produced two children.

Her husband reportedly died of depression on December 16, 2020, after he found out that Nuru allegedly fathered their two children and not him.

The deceased husband suffered a cardiac arrest which later led to his death, report said.

A petition initiated by friends of the deceased, on Thursday had accused Nuhu of causing the death of Thomas, demanding his sack by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, warning that effort to sweep the allegation under the carpet will be resisted.

The Petition read in part “This is a case of gross misconduct based on ethical grounds and an unjustifiable economic oppression by the elite (Adam Nuru) against the underprivileged in the society,” the petition, which has already garnered over 700 signatures, reads.

“The MD has been doing everything possible to sweep this case under the carpet. We implore the Central Bank of Nigeria, as the apex regulator, and the board of FCMB to investigate this for the integrity of the bank and Nigerian banking industry.”

Meanwhile, FCMB issued a statement on Friday, signed by Diran Olojo its spokesman, where the bank said investigation has commenced on the matter.

The bank said “We are aware of several stories circulating across several media platforms about our bank’s Managing Director, Adam Nuru, a former employee, Ms Moyo Thomas, and her deceased ex-husband, Mr Tunde Thomas,” the statement read.

“While this is a personal matter, the tragedy of the death of Mr Tunde Thomas and the allegations of unethical conduct require the bank’s board to conduct a review of what transpired, any violations of our code of ethics and the adequacy of these code of conduct ethics. This will be done immediately.

“We enjoin all our stakeholders to bear with us as we conduct this review and to please respect the various families involved.

“Our Board of Directors are reviewing all aspects of this report and once they are done with their review, we will revert to you.”

 

Rescued Bishop Chikwe, Weak; Driver Hospitalised |The Source

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Adesina Soyooye
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His Lordship Moses Chikwe

By Adesina Soyooye

The abducted and, now, rescued Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Catholic Diocese, His Lordship Moses Chikwe, is stable, but weak because of his experiences in the hands  of his abductors. His driver is, also, hospitalised because of a deep matchet cut he received from the hoodlums who abducted him and his boss.

These were disclosed in a release, personally, signed by the Archbishop of Owerri  Catholic Archdiocese, His Grace, Anthony Obinna.

Bishop Chikwe was abducted, along with his driver on, Sunday, December 27, as he drove out of his premises at Site and Services, World Bank area Owerri.

His abduction was greeted by an outrage. On Wednesday, the Catholic Women of the Diocese shut down Owerri in a peaceful protest asking  for his release.

Finally, Bishop Chikwe was rescued on New Year’s day, January 1st, and, he arrived his residence at about 10.00pm.  Obinna, in the release, said he arrived Chikwe’s residence at 10.45pm, and met a weak man, with an unbroken spirit. But the Archbishop said the Bishop’s driver was not around because he was rushed to the hospital over  deep matchet cuts he received in the hands of the kidnappers.

The Archbishop said the rescue operation which culminated in the release was made possible by the Imo State Government, using a combination of the Imo Police and the DSS Commands, as well as the Chief Security Officer, Anambra State Government.

In its own reaction, the Imo state Police Command said the rescue operation was as a result of a sting operation.

At the time of writing this, it was not yet confirmed if any ransome was paid, or where they were rescued from.

But a few days ago, a fake story had gone viral that the Bishop had been killed and beheaded in a forest in Nkpo, Anambra State.

That gives an inkling that perhaps, the Bishop must have been rescued from somewhere in Anambra State.

Super Eagles Striker, Osimhen Is Covid-19 Positive |The Source

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By Akinwale Kasali

Super Eagles of Nigeria and Napoli Football Club of Italy forward, Victor Osimhen has tested positive for the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The former Lille Metropole Football Club of France Striker is the latest Nigeria footballer to test positive to the deadly Pandemic following the Club’s announcement that its high profile  attacker has contracted  the virus.

Acording to the Italian club, the 22-year old returned from Nigeria where he had celebrated the Yuletide and tested positive for the virus.

”The Club can confirm that Victor Osimhen has tested positive for COVID-19 following his return to Italy,” the Napoli statement read on Twitter

The Club, also, confirmed that Osimhen was not in contact with the rest of his team mates and was asymptomatic.

The Nigerian Striker is expected to go into isolation and would miss some matches for his Club.

A New Nigeria Means Power Must Be Decentralized From The Centre |The Source

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By Bode George

The year 2020 was, indeed, Annus Horribilis and at once Annus Miserabillis. It was a very terrible year on all fronts.

No nation was spared from the terrible pandemic whose scourge still festers across the globe with increasing venom.

Here at home, we equally confronted the cankerworm of banditry, kidnappings, the Endsars protests that triggered ruin and bloodletting.

Our nation is still challenged with the burden of inequitable obviousness in the machineries of the state . Our Republic is still much skewed, imbalance, distorted by a constitutional arrangement that does not augur for national cohesion and growth.

The composition of power must yield ultimately to a true , genuine structural equity where everyone will have a sense of belonging and where every state can develop along its own natural path with the resources on its ground.

It is interesting that from the North to the South, voices are now coalescing that Nigeria needs a new constitutional arrangement. This is gladdening. I do not seek a dismemberment of our nation.

But I am resolved, just like millions of our compatriots , that the stronghold of the center must be loosened for a decentralization that favors state autonomy Along the line of a United States of Nigeria where the states are allowed comprehensive sovereign powers as reflected in the very constitution of the United States of America which we copied without thorough tidiness.

Let us revisit the document of the 2014 Constitutional Conference which in totality is quite enlightening about how this nation can be redesigned along a true, fair, equitable, civilized federation.

This is the real task before us all now. It is even more important than the 2023 presidential election. This present platform is wobbly.

It is unjust. It is unfair. It has to give way for a new structural vision without which the continuity of the Nigerian Union will be fraught with festering maladies . Let us start on a clean slate where justice, representative evenness define our democratic space .

I wish our nation well as we grapple with a new, progressive idealism in the journey towards a new democratic nation.

 Chief George a PDP Chieftain, is the Atona Odua of Yorubaland

Dame Julie Nwariaku Dies of COVID-19 |The Source

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Julie Nwariaku

By Adesina Soyooye

Abia State has lost one of its most accomplished women.

And so has the Anglican Communion in Nigeria.

Dame Julie Nwariaku, nee Onum, is dead.

She passed-on Friday, reportedly from complications from COVID-19.

Nwariaku, an accomplished Civil and Public servant held  high profile positions, at different times, both at the State and Federal levels.

She was a former Honourable Commissioner at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offenses Commission (ICPC).

In the Anglican Communion, she a strong parishioner of the All Saints Anglican Church Wuse. And was, also, a Committee member  of the Anglican International Academy, Abuja.

Born on 30th July 1942 in Kaduna, Kaduna State Dame  Onum-Nwariaku  hailed  from Asaga Ohafia Local Government Council of Abia State.

She attended Our Lady`s Primary School in Kaduna between 1948-1950, Ohafia Girls School, Asaga Ohaifa, Abia State from 1951 to 1952 and St Stephen`s Primary School Umuahia where she obtained her first school leaving certificate in 1955. She enrolled at Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls School Elelenwa, Portharcourt, Rivers State between 1956 and 1962 and University of Ibadan from 1963 to 1966.

It was there that  she had both her Higher School Certificate and a B.Sc (Hons)in Economics.

Nwariaku started her working experience in the public service as a Research Assistant, Economic Development Institute, University of Nigeria Nsukka in 1967. She was Administrative Officer in various Ministries in the defunct East Central States from 1970 to 1980. She rose to the position of Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in Imo State 1981-1982, Ministry of Education Imo State 1982-1983 and Ministry of Community Development and Cooperative Imo State in 1982. She also held the position of Permanent Secretary in Ministries of Economic Development( Cabinet Office), Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce and Industry all in Imo State between 1984 and 1988.

Between 1988 and 1992, she was the Director- General Ministries of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Finance, Commerce and Industry in Imo and Abia States.

Before her appointment as Honourable Member of the ICPC in July 2007, she was Executive Director in Progress Bank of Nigeria from January 1993 to March 1995.

Nwariaku was also the Chairperson African Union Advisory Board on Corruption from January 2011 to January 201, and served  as Chairperson and member in various Presidential Committees and Task Forces.

She was aged 78 years

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