Twenty four students of Bayero University (BUK) Kano, mostly in their final year of studies have been expelled from the university over falsification of their entry qualifications.
The spokesperson for the university, Malam Lamara Garba disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Kano.
Lamara said the students were expelled following the approval by the Senate of the University at its 374th meeting, held on July 31.
Six other students were withdrawn for presenting fake results from their institutions while another student was withdrawn for presenting a cancelled NECO result.
The statement, however, said 18 students would be re-invited to appear before the Senate Committee on Entry Qualification Irregularities, to give them fair hearing.
This is the moment Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu dazzled citizens of Ondon and guests at the 85th birthday celebration held for Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka in Ondo state.
The Governor sang in Yoruba, danced as a man backed him up. Na true entertainment… enjoy! Lol
At least 13 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hit China.
Sixteen people were also missing after a landslide was triggered by the storm, state media reported.
Lekima made landfall in the early hours of Saturday in Wenling, between Taiwan and China's financial capital Shanghai.
The storm was initially designated a "super typhoon", but weakened slightly before landfall - when it still had winds of 187km/h (116mph).
The fatal landslide happened in Wenzhou, near where the storm made landfall, state media said.
Lekima is now slowly winding its way north through the Zhejiang province, and is expected to hit Shanghai, which has a population of more than 20 million.
Emergency crews have battled to save stranded motorists from floods. Fallen trees and power cuts are widespread.
Authorities have alo cancelled more than a thousand flights and cancelled train services.
The 10 Turkish sailors who were kidnapped by gunmen off the coast of Nigeria in July have been freed. There were freed on Friday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The sailors are all in good health, Anadolu said, without giving more details.
The Turkish-flagged ship, Paksoy-1 was attacked on July 16 when sailing from Cameroon’s Douala port to Abidjan port in Ivory Coast. It was not carrying any cargo.
Ten of the 18 Turks aboard the ship were abducted by pirates suspected to be from Nigeria’s delta region. Eight other crew members were left behind and were able to bring the ship to harbour in Ghana. Good news!
A nursing mother and her five children have been abducted by unidentified gunmen at Igwuruta in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The incident occurred on Wednesday.
Anti-kidnapping unit, the tactical units and ‘A’ grade detectives of the Rivers State Police Command have been mobilized to comb forests and bushes to rescue them.
The Area Commander of Choba Area Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Patrick Daaor, who lamented the inhuman and the traumatic condition the abductors would be subjecting the infants and their mother said efforts were ongoing to rescue them unharmed as soon as possible .
ACP Daaor said this during a Peace and Unity summit held in Rumuolumeni in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Friday.
He said the woman, who is a breastfeeding mother of a six-month-old baby was driving with her five children when the gunmen ambushed the car and that their whereabouts remained unknown.
Daaor advised youths of Rumuolumeni against cultism and criminality.
According to him, “No medal is awarded to the “best cultists,” rather they live a life of lack of peace because they are constantly on the run.”
He commended stakeholders in the Rumuolumeni community for always ensuring there is peace in the area.
A 10-year-old girl was r-ped and impregnated by a family friend while she watched cartoons.
Monster Tony Orlanda Singleton preyed on the youngster at her home in Estill, South Carolina, in April 2016.
Sicko Singleton, 37, turned the lights off before launching the disturbing attack on the girl.
The young girl's mother took her to get an abortion a few weeks later after realising she had fallen pregnant. Singleton initially denied the charges but a DNA test from the aborted foetus proved he was the father.
The brave girl also told the forensic interviewer what had happened. Singleton was found guilty of first degree criminal s-xual assault and was caged for life by Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen on Wednesday. He will serve his sentence without the possibility of parole.
Two people face jail after accessing CCTV footage of Emiliano Sala's post-mortem. Sala was killed on board a private jet in January after it went missing on its way from Nantes to Cardiff.
Sherry Bray, 48, and Christopher Ashford, 62, appeared at Swindon Crown Court this morning.
They were warned they face jail after admitting the charge. A photo of Sala's body was reportedly posted online with police launching an investigation.
Bray, of Corsham, was summonsed to court for three counts of computer misuse, perverting the course of justice and sending an indecent or offensive message.
Ashford, or Calne, was summonsed in relation to six counts of computer misuse.
I know this might irritate some, bit there's more to life... so see. A Minnesota photographer unexpectedly captured a deer covered in tumors as she shot portraits in a field and a nature official described it as one of the worst cases she'd seen in 15 years.
Julie Carrow pictured the animal that was covered in so many growths she was unable to see its eyes and it turns out the condition stems from papillomavirus, which is more commonly known as HPV in humans.
Images of the creature gazing at the camera sparked such a big reaction online that locals were desperate to catch up with it in case it needed help.
Various angles Carrow snapped show the lumps on the deer's face, neck, chest, belly, legs and rear.
Carrow posted on Facebook writing: '1) has anyone see this little guy around town and 2) can anything be done to help him. This to me is just heartbreaking.'
President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign coordinator in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Bature Sambo, and other top officials of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in a ceremony in the Gusau Government House.
Other defectors who dumped the APC included the current Board Chairman, National Hospital Port Harcourt, Alhaji Muktari Anka; the immediate past Commissioner for Youth Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed; the immediate past Special Adviser, Alhaji Ibrahim Ajala, and over 6,000 other APC supporters.
Sambo said he decided to dump the APC because of the performance of Governor Bello Matawalle within a few months of his administration.
Meghan Markle celebrated her 38th birthday with her nearest and dearest, including Prince Harry and Archie Harrison, at her Windsor home.
The Duchess' day was reportedly a quite affair after a busy few months, but we're sure her loving husband spoilt her.
And of course no birthday would be complete without a cake - and there was a very, very important story behind the delicious one Meghan had to mark her special day.
Luminary Bakery in Stoke Newington, north-east London, was tasked with creating a cake for the royal occasion, reports Hello! magazine.
Meghan is a huge fan of the bakery and even features it in the Forces of Change Vogue edition, which she guest edited.
It runs as a social enterprise, offering women the change to train to build a different future from themselves with through courses, work experience and paid employment.
The website states: "We provide a safe and professional environment where women can grow holistically – encouraging ambition, restoration and second chances.
"We use baking as a tool to take women on a journey to employability and entrepreneurship, equipping them with transferrable skills for the working world.
"By investing in and releasing them to realise their dreams - through training, employment and community, we aim to break cycles of poverty, violence & disadvantage once and for all."
The African Action Congress, with detained Omoyele Sowore as chairman has disowned a convention of the party slated for tomorrow.
In a statement on Thursday night, Dr. Joshua Adeoye, Deputy National Secretary of the party claimed that the organisers of the convention are “criminal actors”, and that the convention has not been authorised by the party.
The statement warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); all party faithful and the media about the plan.
No such gathering has been planned or sanctioned by the AAC; and any such gatherings in the name of the party are baseless, criminal and motivated by mischief, Adeoye said.
“This criminal effort is purportedly led by one Leonard Nzenwa, who was recently expelled by the National Executive Committee of the party in a well-attended emergency meeting on the 27th of July 2019.
“Time and again, this unsavory criminal character has shown he will seek any opportunity for financial gain, including attempting to hijack this great party. In his usual myopic manner, he may have believed that the events of the last few days has presented an avenue for his nefarious ambitions, but, as is usually the case with Mr. Nzenwa, he is wrong. It is impossible for a reviled individual to foist themselves on a democratic political party, and impossible for an expelled member to hold a convention.
“The African Action Congress therefore issues a call to the police and security agencies for the arrest of Mr. Leonard Nzenwa and his criminal actors, and calls on the general public to dissociate themselves with any actions of this expunged delinquent”..
Kanye West stuck to his usual, over-the-top style when deciding what to get his manager John Monopoly for his birthday.
West, 42, rolled up to the talent agent's birthday festivities at swanky eatery Delilah in West Hollywood, California Wednesday night in a brand new, customized luxury 2019 Lamborghini SUV -- which he then gave to his longtime friend.
Both Monopoly and West, in their stories, section, posted a picture of the pair posing in front of the new ride, featuring an on-trend matte black finish.
'Happy BDAY to me !!!! Words cannot express my gratitude .... I’m at a complete loss....' Monopoly captioned the image, in which he is beaming alongside the as-usual unsmiling Kanye.
A Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Igbosere, has ordered the remand of a housekeeper, Mercy Edeh, in prison custody, for allegedly defiling her employer’s four-year-old daughter.
Edeh, 26, is facing a two-count charge of indecent assault and defilement. But her plea was not taken.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Peace Chukwudi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on August 1, at 5p.m. at Chevron Drive, Ajah area of Lagos.
She said the defendant defiled her employer’s four-year-old daughter by fingering her private part.
Magistrate K. O. Doja-Ojo remanded the defendant in prison and said bail should be applied at the High Court, ordered the case file duplicated and sent to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP, for legal advice, and adjourned the case till September 11 for mention.
The actress and founder of 50 Shades of Black talks to Aura about her experience as a dark-skinned woman in the media and also her upcoming projects on skin colour awareness. We just love the cover!
Three Nigerians desperate to reach Europe by all means hid in a Europe-bound ship that departed Lagos port. But the Nigerians had their plans scuttled when they were discovered on board the ship at Ghana’s port of Tema.
The Nigerians, according to Ghana News Agency, said they boarded the ship separately, all united in the mission to seek greener pastures in Europe.
Two of the stowaways said it was not their first time, trying to sail to Europe illegally. They had made it before, but were deported home.
The Port Security Manager, Joseph Punamane said the Nigerian stowaways would be repatriated to Nigeria.
He advised the stowaways to discontinue embarking on such illegal voyages, citing many instances where failed attempts have led to extreme injuries and sometimes deaths.
“I think some of them are just desperate even though they know they will die,” he said.
An Indian national, Lokesh Parwani, who attempted suicide by swallowing rat poison to escape prosecution over alleged fraud of N116 million, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Igbosere.
Parwani, who is a personnel manager at a company, was brought before the court by the men of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, on charges of conspiracy, fraud and attempted suicide.
Police prosecutor, Morufu Animashaun, told the court that the defendant allegedly conspired with others, now at large, and fraudulently defrauded his employer to the tune of N116 million.
Animashaun said the incident took place on July 19 at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, informing that upon the arrest of the defendant over the alleged fraud on July 26, he attempted to take his life by swallowing rat poison.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him and the prosecutor urged the court to remand him in prison custody, pending the conclusion of the charge.
While responding, the defendant’s lawyers, Gani Oyerevuegbe and Mustapha Danisi, asked the court to grant bail to their client, as he was a first time offender. They also said they will ensure his appearance in court each time the matter comes up for trial.
Magistrate K. K. Awoyinka, in her ruling, admitted bail to the defendant in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum. She said one of the sureties must be a civil servant not below Grade Level 10, in Lagos Civil Service.
Magistrate Awoyinka also ordered that the sureties be residents of Lagos State, with three years tax payment to the state government and that each of the sureties must furnish the court with their account statements, with the standing balance of N1.5 million each and two recent passport photographs.
The magistrate further ordered that the defendant should deposit his international passport with the court’s Chief Registrar.
A 14-year-old Senior Secondary School, SSS I student of Kess College in Ekredjebor area of Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, has committed suicide over a failed relationship with her boyfriend.
According to Vanguard, it was gathered that the deceased, identified as Favour, was home alone when she carried out the act, and was said to have left a suicide note, stating reasons for her action.
The lifeless body of the girl was discovered by one of her friends, who had visited her to make her hair. Giving details of the incident, a source in the area disclosed that the victim, an only child of her parents, had hung herself from a ceiling fan in their residence.
The 84-year-old Imam of Yelwa Central Mosque, Abubakar Abdullahi, who hid about 300 Christian victims of Jos crisis away from marauding religion fanatics, thereby saving them from being killed, has said saving lives of people is what he enjoys doing most.
Imam Abdullahi has been honoured with the US International Religious Freedom Award for risking his life to save some Christians in Jos crisis in Nigeria.
The Imam said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makkah on the sideline of the 2019 Hajj Pre-Arafat meeting with Stakeholders on Friday.
”It has always been my cardinal principle to save lives, no matter who is involved, Christian or Muslim. Life to me is so precious to be wasted,” he said.
The Imam of Yelwa central mosque, who hails from Akyomi village, Bauchi state and has 18 children and three wives, however, called on Nigerians to eschew violence and tolerate one another, irrespective of religious and ethnic differences.
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, Thursday convicted former New Prudential Bank, Managing Director Adetunji Abudu and sentenced him to two years imprisonment over N195 million fraud.
Abudu’s conviction was at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade said this in a statement in Abuja.
He added, “The convict was arraigned on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 on a four-count charge of acting in contravention of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act( BOFIA) 2004 to the tune of N195m( One Hundred and Ninety-five Million Naira).
“Abudu, while being the Managing Director of the bank, obtained a N35m loan and another N110m loan without authorisation.
“The former New Prudent Bank boss also approved the setting off of a N50m loan granted to Total Access Concept Limited by Addoser Micro-finance Bank, which was also not authorised in accordance with the bank’s policy and in contravention of BOFIA 2004.
“In another count, the defendant failed to disclose his interest in Total Access and Integrated Concept Limited, an offence contrary to Section 18(8) and punishable under Section 18 (11) of the BOFIA LFN 2004.
“The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the prosecution, thereby leading to his full trial.
“In the course of the trial that began on April 12, 2016, the lead prosecution counsel, A.B.C. Oziokor, called seven prosecution witnesses and tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence by the court, while the defence presented five witnesses.
“Both parties consequently adopted their written addresses, after the closure of the case”.
