EFCC Arrests 3 Internet Fraud Suspects at Ilorin International Airport
As part of its renewed onslaught against corruption and illegal movement of cash through the nation’s airports, operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC have arrested three internet fraud suspects at the Ilorin International Airport.
They are Olawale Ipadeola, Opeyemi Badmus and Wasiu Babatunde. The suspects were arrested on Monday, August 8, 2022 except for Wasiu who was arrested on Saturday, August 6, 2022 following actionable intelligence.
Two of the suspects (Olawale and Opeyemi), flew in from Lagos around 1156hours into the waiting hands of the operatives of the EFCC at the airport.
Preliminary investigations have shown that the suspects possessed several fraudulent documents on their devices.
Pastor Adeboye celebrates as 87-year-old woman emerges oldest graduating student
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has hailed the oldest graduating student from the church’s Bible School.
87-year-old grandmother, Ojie Mabel Iwegbundu, graduated with a postgraduate diploma in Theology from the Faith Campus Zone of the Redeemed Christian Bible College.
Sharing photos from the event, Adeboye said, “In the 42 years existence of RCBC, we had the oldest graduating student ever in attendance. The octogenarian is mummy Ojie Mabel Iwegbundu. She is an 87 year old grandmother who was admitted and successfully completed her studies leading to the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Theology today from Faith Campus Zone, Ejigbo, Lagos State.”
SOYINKA DISSOCIATES SELF FROM VIDEO OF PYRATES CONFRATERNITY MOCKING TINUBU’S HEALTH, SHAKY HANDS, CALLS IT DISTASTEFUL
..In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to an anti-Tinubu song and poked fun at the former Lagos State governor for a speech he made in June in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he asked that power should be handed over to him…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has dissociated himself from a video showing some members of the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as the Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu. In the video, members of the Confraternity during a procession gyrated to an anti-Tinubu song and poked fun at the former Lagos State governor for a speech he made in June in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he asked that power should be handed over to him.
The members of the Pyrates Confraternity sang, “Hand dey shake, leg dey shake, Baba wey no well, e de shout emi lo kan (Hands are shaking, legs are shaking. A sick old man is shouting ‘it’s my turn’). “Emi lo kan (2ce), Baba wey no well, him dey shout emi lokan (It’s my turn (2ce), a sick old man is shouting ‘it’s my turn’”. Tinubu, who seemed desperate during the speech, said, ‘Emi lo kan’, meaning ‘It’s my turn’.
Tinubu narrated how he consoled President Muhammadu Buhari after he had failed three times to become Nigeria’s President. Eventually, a political alliance spearheaded by Tinubu ensured Buhari won the presidential election in 2015. However, Soyinka who founded Pyrates Confraternity as a university student in Ibadan, Nigeria, described making a mockery of Tinubu due to his ill-health as distasteful. He said, “My attention has been drawn to a video clip making internet rounds, of a dancing and chanting group, in red and white costume, purportedly members of the Pyrates Confraternity. “The display acidly targets a presidential candidate in the awaited 2023 elections. Since the whole world knows of my connection with that fraternity, it is essential that I state in clear, unambiguous terms, that I am not involved in that public performance, nor in any way associated with the sentiments expressed in the songs. Like any other civic group, the Pyrates Confraternity is entitled to its freedom of expression, individually or collectively.
“So also is Wole Soyinka in his own person. I do not interfere in, nor do I attempt to dictate the partisan political choices of the Confraternity. I remain unaware that the association ever engages in a collective statement of sponsorship or repudiation of any candidate. This is clearly a new and bizarre development, fraught with unpredictable consequences. “In addition, let me make the following cultural affirmation. I have listened to the lyrics of the chant intently and I am frankly appalled. I find it distasteful. I belong to a culture where we do not mock physical afflictions or disabilities. Very much the contrary. The Yoruba religion indeed designate a deity, Obatala, as the divine protector of the afflicted, no matter the nature of such affliction. This sensibility is engrained in us from childhood and remains with us all our lives. It operates on the principle of mortal frailty to which all humanity remains vulnerable. “One of my favorite authors, about whom, by a coincidence, I had cause to write quite recently, was CLR James, author of The Black Jacobins, Beyond A Boundary etc. etc. I called him my ideological uncle. He suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, but remained alert, lucid and combative for decades after the onset of the disease. We interacted politically at the Tanzanian pan-African Congress, the Dakar Festival of Negro Arts and a number of other cultural and political fora. We met frequently in his lifetime, dined together in restaurants, despite his challenge. it would be unthinkable, and a desecration of his memory to be part of any activity that mocked his affliction. “A further statement will be issued when I have made further enquiries into this strange, uncharacteristic outing of the association.”
Meet Oluwafunmibi Babalola, UI Hyperpolyglot Student Who Speaks 24 Languages.
Prosper Oluwafunmibi Babalola is a 400-level student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan. She is a hyperpolyglot, culture enthusiast, writer, and entrepreneur. She is popularly called ‘Prosperlingua’ for her exceptional polyglottal skill.
In a chat with Tijani Abdulkabeer, Babalola spoke about her journey into multilingualism, the many doors of opportunities it opened for her, and her plans for the future.
Tijani Abdulkabeer (T.A.): How did you become multilingual?
Oluwafunmibi Babalola (O.B.): I think it’s just interest that keeps me going. There is no explanation for it. It’s my life. I love languages. I am passionate about it. It just happens. I hear a language, and I pick it up.
(T.A.): How long did it take you to learn these languages? Mention the languages you speak fluently.
(O.B.): I have been learning languages since I was a kid. I remember I did French and a bit of Latin in Primary school, and I used to buy language books. Since I have been old enough to read and write, I have been learning languages.
I speak German, Spanish, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Twi, Zulu, Russian, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch, French, Latin, Hangul, Italian, English, Hausa, Yoruba, Egun, Egede, and Igbo, among others. 24 languages.
Popular Lagosian, PrettyMike is yet again the talk of social media after the stunt he pulled at a ceremony he recently attended.
PrettyMike who has developed a niche with his strange entourage for every wedding/event he attends, took it up a notch this time around when he arrived at the venue accompanied by some men and a woman dressed as clerics.
Social media users claim he is trying to mimic the alleged fake clergymen that attended the unveiling of APC Vice President candidate some weeks back.
Sharing photos of his entrance on his social media accout, Pretty Mike added some words of advice to Nigerians ahead of the forthcoming presidential elections in 2023.
In his words:
Our fathers chose to believe and accept there lies, Most of ur fathers were the foundation of Vote selling and ballot box looting, enough of who is to blame🤔…#2023 Let’s be the generation of Lazy Youths that will deliver this nation from Bondage #DontSellYourVote #DrPrettyMike
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the gold in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
This is coming days after she won gold and bagged the world record at the World Athletics Championships in the US.
She clocks a blistering 12.30s to smash the Games’ record on Sunday morning at the Alexander stadium.
Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas came second while England’s Cindy Sember cliched the bronze medal.
Amusan becomes the first World Champion to win a Gold medal in the event and the first Nigerian athlete ever to be crowned champion at all levels of athletics in the same year, after successfully defending the Commonwealth Games title she won four years ago in Gold Coast Australia.
She is now the champion in Africa, World and Commonwealth Games.
Amusan had won the 2018 edition of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast to become the first Nigerian female hurdler to win gold at the Games. She won the women’s 100m hurdles then in 12.68secs to claim her first Commonwealth Games gold for Nigeria.
Police arrest serial thief who lures different women to different hotels, drugs them and then robs them of their belongings
Detectives of the Surulere Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ifeanyi Odieze Ezenagu ‘m’ aged 34 for allegedly robbing six women of their belongings.
A statement released by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the state police command, says the suspect robbed the women of their 3 iPhones 12, 2 iPhones 11 Pro Max, 1 iPhone XR, one Nokia phone, one wristwatch, and one gold necklace, with a total value of N2,368,000, after he lured them to a hotel, where he laced their drinks, resulting in their falling into a deep slumber.
”Preliminary investigations reveal that the suspect has no fixed address but lures women to different hotels where he drugs and robs them clean. Investigations further reveal that he has robbed over thirty women since he ventured into this crime.
While the stolen items have all been recovered before he could dispose of them, investigation is on to apprehend receivers of stolen items he works with. Suspects will be arraigned at the end of investigation.
Hundeyin mentioned that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, has assured all residents of Lagos that the command will continue to work towards the decimation of crime and criminality in the Centre of Excellence. He equally enjoins Nigerians to be vigilant and report any suspicious happening to security agencies.
Peter Obi’s supporters are branch of Atiku’s movement – Reno Omokri reveals
A socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has claimed that the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi are part of the movement for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
In a post on his verified Facebook page, Reno stated that prior to the Obidient movement, Mr Peter Obi was a major supporter of Atiku Abubakar.
Reno warned against voting for candidates who have bad leadership qualities, claiming that Atiku is a unifier.
He wrote, “Before Peter Obi was Obidient, he was Atikulated. He was also a #RenosNuggeteer. Once an Atikulate, always an Atikulate. Even if you are Obidient, do vote for Atiku.
“The Obidient movement is a branch of the Atiku movement, and when we win, there will be enough room for Peter and all Obidients!
“Don’t vote for the one that will bat you about. Be Obidient and vote Atikulately for the unifier. Vote for Atiku Abubakar. It is the only Obidient thing to do!”
I am Still A Strong Supporter Of President Buhari – Hassan Usman, Released Train Abductee
Following his release after spending more than 100 days in captivity, Hassan Usman, one of the released abductees from the Abuja-Kaduna train, has maintained that he still remains a strong supporter of President Buhari.
IGBERE TV reports that Usman, a lawyer, and his wife, Amina were among the passengers abducted in an attack on the trrain on March 28.
Hassan was among the several victims seen in a viral video being tortured by the terrorists before his eventual release, alongside two others, on July 25.
Speaking with The ICIR in an exclusive interview in Kaduna, Usman described his days in the kidnappers’ den as a terrible experience.
“It has been a bitter experience I must say. Since when we were captured, we have to walk a long miles for almost three days before we reached a camp where we were detained for close to four months and being there is a bitter experience actually. Because since we arrived that camp, we have been sleeping on bare ground for most of the time. Come rain, come sunshine, we have been there. Mosquitoes and reptiles and snakes were biting us for a very long time. We have killed more than 10 snakes and some other reptiles like scorpions or what have you.”
He explained that the terrorists said they attacked them to protest for the release of their members who have been detained by the government for several years.
He added that the terrorists said once their demands are met, the rest of the captives would be released.
Hassan noted that even though he is still a strong supporter of Buhari, the President has failed in the area of security.
“I am still a strong supporter of Buhari but in terms of security, I can score this government below average. Because one of their major responsibilities is to see that the lives and property of citizens are being guaranteed by the government. But as it is now, I can say that the government has failed woefully in that area. Despite the huge resources allocated for security in Nigeria, there is nothing to write home about.”
He called on government to secure the release of other victims in captivity noting that the terrorists are becoming more fierce the longer the victims are staying in their camp.
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