The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) is set to start prosecuting landlords that rent out apartments to internet fraudsters commonly known as Yahoo Boys.
The EFCC stated that homeowners found guilty of housing Yahoo Boys would spend 15 years in prison.
The anti-graft agency made this known via its official Instagram page while calling on members of the public to attend a town hall meeting themed; “Landlord: Give Your House to Yahoo Boys, Spend 15 Years in Jail” to hold on June 29, 2022.
It wrote; ”Okay now! What a juicy topic! E go sweet wella! Landlord way yaho-boy dey stay for him house, my people, na 15 years imprisonment for the landlord o! E don set!
”The #EFCC is pleased to invite the general public to the tenth edition of #EFCCConnect an open forum with members of the public as we discuss, “Landlord: Give Your House to Yahoo Boys, Spend 15 Years in Jail”.
Date: June 29, 2022 (Tomorrow) Venue: Twitter Spaces @OfficialEFCC Time: 6pm Invite the landlords you know! Make we yan!”
Some yet-to-be-identified men of the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State command, have reportedly killed two commuters, a truck driver and his motor boy, along the Itori axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
Daily Post gathered that the policemen in their patrol van on Monday met the victims driving against traffic to avoid the bad portion of the road in Ewekoro Local Government, the same offence the cops were also said to be guilty of.
A source said, “When they saw the truck driver, they told him to turn back. The driver was trying to be reluctant and they shot his tyres.” “This led to an altercation and at the end of the day, the policemen shot dead the truck driver and his motor boy. That was why the youths of Itori blocked the road to protest the unjust killing of the driver and his colleague,” an eyewitness said.
The incident led to disruption of all commercial activities in the area. For hours, commuters were held in traffic without any end in sight to the traffic jam, which started building up around 4pm.
Many motorists, therefore, used bushy alternative routes, where they were compelled to “settle” area boys before they could progress in their journey.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed there was an incident in Itori but he said he was yet to be fully briefed about the incident by the Divisional Police Officer in Itori.
Prince Mustapha Ado Bayero, the son of the late Emir Of Kano, Abdullahi Ado Bayero, has married two brides on the same day.
Photos from the wedding ceremony which held in Kano have been generating reactions on social media.
A Facebook user, Adams Adekunle Kcole said, “Child trust fund by his dad settled and he is already a billionaire. Aunty, sister, and elders in his family will look after two wives for him and he is emir in the future. That is why it is good for a child to meet money at home…Don’t just try this if you don’t have your parents’ backup or ready made inheritance for future reference. Other things will be soft doing.”
Another Facebook user, Stella Osai said, “For this Nigeria hunger, person marry two wives same day. This guy na small pikin, wetin this one know about marriage not to talk of marrying two wives on the same day?”
A tweep, Saddam Daifuru, passed on his congratulations to the newly-weds, saying, “Special congratulation on your wedding, Prince Mustapha Ado Bayero. May Almighty Allah SWT bless your new homes amin Yaah Hayyu Yaah Qhayum.”
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) today following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on health grouds.
Justice Ariwoola who the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court will be sworn-in today by 2pm, according to competent sources. Born on 22 August 1958, Justice Ariwoola was formerly a Justice of the Court of Appeal and was elevated to the Supreme Court bench.
Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have finally been able to open a second box found in the house of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (retd.), being used by a proxy.
The house was recently busted by the officials in the Wuse area of Abuja where cash meant to buy arms for the war against terror, vehicles and other items were recovered.
SaharaReporters learnt the second box which had just been opened contained $170,0000, £85,000 and €54,000.
According to reports, when the Learned Lawyer walked into the Supreme Court, the Justices who were on seat looked up in shock, looked at themselves and without a word, went on recess.
In an interview he granted few minutes later, Chief Omirhobo stated that since the Supreme Court has ruled last week that students could wear Hijab to schools in Lagos, that means the Court has given every religion a right to dress the way the believers wish to dress and that he has decided to dress like a traditionalist/native doctor from now on to court since the Supreme Court has given religious freedom to all religions.
Adeyanju, who hails from Kwara State revealed this in an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday.
He said, “I’m going to buy another bike and do another adventure. My next adventure is going to be riding from Lagos to Israel, just passing through Israel then to Tibet.
“Then, I actually want to ride on a Tibetan plane because that is the highest plateau you have in the world. They say God lives in Tibet because of the highest purity. I want to experience that purity.
“My destination is Everest. I’m going to drop my bike at Everest base camp and try to climb Everest. That’s what I’m going to do with myself in the next two years.”
Yoruba Nation lead agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho), on Tuesday called on all his supporters to “honour” him and be present at the Court of Appeal Ibadan, Oyo State, when his suit with the Department of State Services (DSS) resumes on Wednesday.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Igboho is in a legal battle with the DSS over destruction of his properties and loss of lives at his residence when security operatives raided his home on July 1, 2021.
The DSS is contesting a N20 billion fine, saying paying the damages awarded against it by an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, to Igboho will affect the Nigerian economy.
Recall that the DSS had invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, killing two of his aides, while 12 others were arrested.
The 49-year-old separatist leader, who escaped the bloody raid, was declared wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms to destabilise Nigeria.
Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, while trying to flee to Germany.
He was detained in a prison in Benin Republic but was released in March 2022 to get medical attention on the condition that he would not leave the French-speaking country.
Gun-wielding hoodlums have reportedly bombed the Izombe market in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
The hoodlums on Monday carried out the dastardly act while they were said to be enforcing every Monday’s sit-at-home order which the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had since called off.
IPOB had in 2021 ordered every Monday sit-at-home across South-East and some parts of South-South to demand unconstitutional release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu who had been in detention at facility of the Nigeria secret police, Department of State Services (DSS).
Sources said the incident caused uneasy calm as the traders and customers in the market scampered for safety, according to Daily Sun.
One of sources said the gunmen had stormed the market, warning the traders of the implications of coming out on Monday for their business transactions.
Angered by their defiance, the hoodlums set two vehicles ablaze in the market which caused serious pandemonium before bombing the market.
The source disclosed that everybody in the market sensing danger scampered for safety, while many attempting to escape danger got wounded in the process.
Meanwhile, in the midst of the commotion, traders in the market seeking safety got wounded while struggling for survival.
“They came and threw a local bomb inside the market, everybody started running for safety, they poured fuel on two vehicles and everywhere was in flame.”
The Chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has finally addressed the shooting that took place at one of his clubs, Club Cubana, in Victoria Island, Lagos earlier this month.
Grammy award-winning singer, Burna Boy’s police escorts were alleged to have shot and wounded two patrons of the Club Cubana, Lawrence and Tolu, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.
The issue trended again on Monday (today) after the said lady shared her side of the story, insisting that Obi Cubana only reached out to them four days following the incident and is yet to release a Close Circuit TV footage or press statement on the issue.
However, reacting to the incident, Obi Cubana, noted that the management has given every information to the legal authorities to “handle all”.
The Nigerian businessman also sympathised with “those who may have been impacted” by the incident.
In a post via his Instagram account on Monday, Obi Cubana wrote, “As regards the issues making the rounds on social media, we at Cubana Group have given all information at our disposal to the legal authorities.
“However, we wholeheartedly sympathise with any/all those who may have been impacted by this. I and our group would never compromise standards, as we have confidence in the authorities to handle all. Best regards.”
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Commissioner’s Special Squad has detained five policemen attached to the singer, Burna Boy, for attempted murder.
No fewer than 37 persons, including four-member flight crew of Overland Airways survived, as the company’s aircraft with registration number 5N-BRQ engine caught fire mid-air.
The ATR 42 aircraft, en-route Ilorin-Lagos, landed successfully on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, on Wednesday evening.
Osuji, who is now on the run, had allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl, Amarachi Iwunze, in his newly built house on Sunday.
The house belonging to a 22-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Ifeanyi Osuji has been burnt down by an irate mob in Imo state.
The incident happened in Umuduruewuewuru, Umuezeala Nsu in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state on Monday morning after youths alleged that he reportedly defiled and k**illed a 14-year-old girl, Amarachi Iwunze, in his newly built house on Sunday.
According to Punch Newspaper, the teenager’s lifeless body was found in the suspect’s room.
Another source in the community told our correspondent that the suspect escaped after his mother had raised an alarm which attracted residents and indigenes to the scene.
The victim’s body stained with sperm was found in the suspect’s room in the house which had a gate and fence.
Our correspondent saw a video clip where the rampaging youths were destroying the house of the suspect while the compound raged in fire.
The Publicity Secretary of Umuezeala Nsu Youth Organization, Nathan Onyenehido, told our correspondent that the victim’s corpse was discovered in the suspect’s room on Sunday by his (suspect’s) mother.
He said, “Little Amarachi Iwunze from Umuduruewuru, Umuezeala Nsu Autonomous Community in Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo State was raped to death on Sunday 12th June, 2022 by one Ifeanyi Osuji, a suspected Yahoo plus boy/ ritualist from Agbaghara Nsu Autonomous Community in Ehime Mbano LGA Area of Imo State.
“The ugly news came late hours of yesterday, when the mother of the suspect unlocked a room and found the dead body of little Amarachi lying lifeless. On raising the alarm, it was discovered that Ifeanyi Osuji, her son, is the suspect and the k**iller.
“When Ifeanyi Osuji found out that people are now aware of his ugly act, he took to his heels to an unknown destination. Till this very moment, he was wanted.
“All we are seeking is justice for little Amarachi.”
The victim’s grandfather, Raymond Iwunze, told our correspondent on the phone that he wanted justice.
According to the 79-year-old retired driver who said that he was the one taking care of the teenager after her mother’s demise, called on the government to ensure that her late granddaughter got justice.
He said ”Amarachi is my granddaughter. My first son’s daughter. I want the government to give me justice. Her father, my first son, is in Lagos. She had been with me since the death of her mother, my daughter-in-law.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Micheal Abattam, confirmed the incident and said that investigation had commenced.
Two passengers who had boarded a coastal bus have reportedly been killed by suspected terrorists at Obbo-Aiyegunle-Osi Road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.
SaharaReporters learnt the registration number of the vehicle is ‘XC167MUN’.
The terrorists also kidnapped at least 10 other passengers on the bus.
SaharaReporters gathered that one of those killed by the gunmen was the driver, simply identified as Akeem.
Ajayi Okasanmi, the spokesperson for the state police command, while confirming the incident on Sunday, said, “On receipt of the information by the police in Obbo Aiyegunle, policemen, vigilantes, local hunters and available members of sister agencies on the ground immediately raced to the scene in an effort to get the victims rescued.
“Bodies of the dead were retrieved and deposited at Carosi Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
“The Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo, has given a marching order to the Area Commander and the divisional police officers covering the area to move into the bushes to ensure that the kidnapped victims were rescued and the kidnappers arrested.
“Perpetrators of the crime would be smoked out from wherever they may be hiding. A-24 hourly patrol of the area in conjunction with other sister security agencies to boost the confidence of the people and to also prevent any further attack in the area.”
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Government has appealed to the people of Obbo Aiyegunle to be calm in the wake of the gruesome incident that resulted in the death of two people and the abduction of 10 others.
The government stated this in a statement released by the Commissioner for Communications, Bode Towoju on Sunday.
He said a reinforced security team comprising police, secret service and the military had been dispatched to support the existing security architecture in the area.
The incident comes a day after terrorists attacked St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State on Sunday, killing scores of worshippers.
Many people were also injured and fighting to survive in various hospitals in the state.
The sum of N1,434,715 and other valuables have been returned to relatives of victims of an auto crash by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Agbor Command, Delta State.
Speaking over the weekend, the Sector Commander, Udeme Eshiet noted that it is the tradition of the corps to return recovered items from accident victims to their family members.
Eshiet who blamed the crash on speeding, cautioned motorists against speeding while assuring that the Corps will intensify effort in educating the public on road safety rules.
He further revealed that the money was recovered from five persons who were killed in the crash which occurred on May 10, 2022, near a popular hotel along Asaba/Benin Expressway, Agbor.
11 other passengers were injured in the crash, which involved a Toyota Hiace bus and a Benz truck. Eshiet also commended his team for upholding the integrity of the Corps and for recovering cash and returning it to relatives of the crash victims.
Onitsha North Branch Chairman, SeaFood Association, Mr. Eric Emeka Duru, expressed his delight at the gesture of the FRSC, saying that victims of the crash were very active members of their association on a business trip to Ondo State.
An explosion suspected to have been caused by a bomb has rocked a church in Ondo State, with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people killed while scores were injured.
The incident was said to have occurred at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
PurpleWorld gathered that the church is behind Olowo of Owo palace.
An eyewitness said, “I believe it was a bomb but the number of casualties is not known yet.”
Efforts to reach the spokesperson for the state police command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, on her mobile line were not successful as she did not pick up. She also did not reply to a text message sent to her.
Apart from Kunle Adeyanju, who rose to prominence following his London-to-Lagos journey, his bike, Eagle, has also received attention. The bike, which is set to be auctioned, has become extremely popular, with many people wanting to try their luck standing next to it.
Kunle Adeyanju previously stated that he will auction his bike for N10 million and donate a portion of the proceeds to charity.
Although the proposed auction date has not yet been set, CRIMMD Museum has stated that it wishes to keep the bike.
According to Kunle, he plans to sell the famed bike for the sum of N10m part of which he will donate to charitable courses.
Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure adequate appeasement of the Fulani race before leaving office next May.
Gumi spoke, on Thursday, as a resource person at the ongoing two-day First Interactive Policy Dialogue and Cultural Festival organised by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Festival with the theme, ” The Future of Fulani Pastoralists in Nigeria.”
The Islamic scholar claimed that the Fulanis have been wrongly demonised and feel alienated.
He maintained that with dialogue and genuine commitment to peace, those who engage in kidnapping and banditry which have complicated security situations in both the North West and North-Eastern part of the country would surrender their arms.
The Islamic scholar particularly tasked the Muhammadu Buhari administration to create Ministry of Nomadic Affairs to mitigate herders-farmers clashes.
He also demanded that adequate funds, in trillions to match the appeasement of Niger Delta militants with the creation of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs be done for the bandits.
He said: “The children that were killing and kidnapping people opened their doors freely to us when we visited because they heard we were there to preach the gospel, all they want is to dialogue. Send them people that they respect to dialogue with them and they will listen by the grace of God and this problem will be resolved.
“Everyone is to blame for their actions, including the bandits. They feel the world has developed and left them behind, all the injustice being meted out to them. “How do we resolve this, we need to walk amongst them, embrace and ensure that all they deserve is given to them. The havoc they are causing is hindering farming, villages have been displaced because they feel that they were also displaced from their homes.
“We are at war and the solution is what was done for the people of the Niger Delta, how the government got them justice and even gave them a Ministry, why can’t the government give us a Ministry of Nomadic Affairs? Education will be inclusive and empowering, and hospitals.
“They still have respect and behave like everyone else when you meet with them, we need to come together, politicians, security agencies, traditional and religious leaders and assist them. They are acting out because they have been pushed to the wall, since the inception of Nigeria as a country, they have never gotten real assistance.
“Now gather all their monies and give to them. Calculate how much you have given to the Niger Delta region since they started their agitations, I heard it is running into trillions, so the Fulani want theirs, gather all their monies and give to them, I am calling on the President, before you leave office, hand over the money, meet their leaders to get to them. 99.9 per cent of Fulanis are peace-loving, only 0.1 cents are causing all the havoc, which is not being caused for mere mischief but because they have been pushed to the wall.
“We have to engage these people to have a positive result, my only fear is the infiltration of terrorists into their midsts, it’s a factor we have to consider seriously and even the terrorists themselves, I think there is neglect. Until now, Boko Haram is not a hopeless case, so we have to protect our herdsmen from their infiltration.”
Sheik Gumi however cautioned the Nomadic Pastoralists to cultivate the habit of living in peace with non-Fulanis and non-Moslems, as he noted that killings of innocent citizens were against the prescription of the Holy Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.
“There is a treaty we have with all non-Muslims in Nigeria to live together in peace, which was reached with the colonial masters which are renewed every time we elect members of the House of Assembly so no Muslim has the right to injure or kill any non-Muslim in this country under the treaty and the Prophet has instructed us not to kill any soul that we enter into a treaty of peace with and we have agreed constitutionally to stay in peace with all non-Muslims so no Muslim has the right to use his hand to kill any non-Muslim.”
Block FCT Minister’s Office Over Elongation of Councils Chairmen Tenure
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT ) Abuja are currently protesting along Gwagwalada- Abuja expressway setting bonfire on the road preventing human and vehicular movement.
The situation that have led to commotion and tension thereby causing traffic gridlock in the area.
Some of the protesters have also blocked the Minister’s office located at Area 11 to protest against the judgement of a federal high court which granted a one-year tenure extension to the incumbent six Area Council Chairmen.
The protesters are calling for the swearing of the Chairmen-elect earlier scheduled for today Friday 20th.
They also faulted the decision of the Minister, Bello Mohammad for suspending the inauguraion and swearing ceremony of the elected chairmen.
According to the judgment, based on the recently signed Electoral Act 2022, which stipulates that the tenure of office of the chairmen of the Area Councils in FCT would now be four years, instead of three years, the existing chairmen, whose tenure was meant to expire on Thursday, have another one year to continue, based on the new electoral act.
Block FCT Minister’s Office Over Elongation of Councils Chairmen Tenure
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT ) Abuja are currently protesting along Gwagwalada- Abuja expressway setting bonfire on the road preventing human and vehicular movement.
The situation that have led to commotion and tension thereby causing traffic gridlock in the area.
Some of the protesters have also blocked the Minister’s office located at Area 11 to protest against the judgement of a federal high court which granted a one-year tenure extension to the incumbent six Area Council Chairmen.
The protesters are calling for the swearing of the Chairmen-elect earlier scheduled for today Friday 20th.
They also faulted the decision of the Minister, Bello Mohammad for suspending the inauguraion and swearing ceremony of the elected chairmen.
According to the judgment, based on the recently signed Electoral Act 2022, which stipulates that the tenure of office of the chairmen of the Area Councils in FCT would now be four years, instead of three years, the existing chairmen, whose tenure was meant to expire on Thursday, have another one year to continue, based on the new electoral act.
On Thursday, the police in Lagos faced stiff resistance from commercial motorcyclists in the Ojo area of Lagos as they began enforce of the ban announced on Wednesday by the Lagos State government.
Many people sustained gunshot injuries in the melee that ensued after police fired shots to control the irate Okada riders resisting seizure of their vehicles.
PurpleWorld learnt that violence broke out at about 10:00 a.m. on Thursday morning when police officers from Onireke Police Station, began clampdown on Okada riders and their motorcycles around Barracks bus stop.
The security operatives then fired gunshots into the air to scare the okada riders but some residents got hit by the stray bullets, a source told The Gazette.
Some residents sustained injuries as they scampered for safety while some group of army and anti-riot police officers intervened and calm the situation.
In a recent broadcast by Television Continental, the death of Deborah was attributed to the #EndAsuuStrike that has been gaining momentum since few days back.
The broadcaster (Name withheld) also made it known that no enough information has been gathered yet concerning the death of Deborah because the institution is yet to release any official statement, too.
This has started causing reaction of social media.
“This is just crazy. Television Continental (TVC) tied the killing of Deborah to #EndAsuuStrike protests. To what end, exactly?
This is the highest height of state-sponsored propaganda I have seen in my life. What’s even the connection between ASUU and a College of Education? Atiku is protecting his ambition. Tinubu is doing same.
To hell with your rulers! To hell with you who support them! Like what the hell did I just” Femi Adeyeye reacted
Popular Nigerian gay rights Activist has called Religious people cultists
The openly gay activist said this following the ongoing pandemonium over the death of a Christian female student in sokoto state college of education over alleged blasphemy.
Bisi took to his Instagram page to write: “Religion is a cult, if you are Religious, you are a cultists….. simple.”
A blast believed to be a bomb explosion has been heard in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.
The explosion was said to have affected the headquarters of Six Brigade, Nigerian Army located in the state on Tuesday night in the backyard of the building but no life was lost.
According to Channels TV, the army has so far barricaded the roads leading to and fro the axis of the Six Brigade to prevent any further hazards to their lives.
As of the time of filing this report, the Brigade commander has yet to comment on what had transpired.
The family of late Bamise Ayankole called for justice at the court, where her suspected killer, a BRT driver, Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, is standing trial.
Ayankole, a tailor, boarded a BRT vehicle driven by Omininikoron on February 26, 2022. That was the last time she was seen alive. Her body was recovered at Ebute Ero area of Lagos days later.
Police has arrested a corporal, who was dancing to a cultist song in a video.
In a statement signed by Force spokesperson, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the officer was identified as Corporal Matthew Isaac, attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command.
In the viral video, Isaac was seen singing, dancing and brandishing a rifle in praise of a particular cult group.
Police has arrested a corporal, who was dancing to a cultist song in a video.
In a statement signed by Force spokesperson, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the officer was identified as Corporal Matthew Isaac, attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command.
In the viral video, Isaac was seen singing, dancing and brandishing a rifle in praise of a particular cult group.
