Fulani herders in Oyo State, under the aegis of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, have filed a suit against the state government and the State House of Assembly over an anti-grazing law recently passed.
The Fulani elders said the anti-grazing law is a gross violation of their fundamental rights, Vanguard reported.
The herders also joined the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state in the suit.
The Anti-grazing bill, sponsored by the Speaker of the Oyo Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, the Deputy Speaker, Abiodun Fadeyi, Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin and the minority Leader, Asimiyu Alarape, was signed into law despite resistance by the herders.
Nollywood Actor, Samuel Ajibola famous for his role as Spiff in the sitcom ‘The Johnsons’ is engaged. Ajibola announced his engagement to his girlfriend, Sandra on Instagram saying he can't wait to spend the rest of his life with her.
Sharing the big news on Instagram, Ajibola wrote;
''S O U L M A T E : I’ve always been big on the kind of Soul i would be spending the rest of my Life with as Forever is a Long time to be Miserable with the wrong person . At some point of my adolescence , It became a fervent prayer request when i figured i couldn’t find you myself . God answered , and it didn’t take long to confirm you as the woman of my Dreams , My Best friend & the very one that would complement me . I’m completely certain that i have made the Right choice with you because since we met I haven’t spent a day without thinking of you (which is very rare of me) , and i can’t wait to spend the rest of our Lives laughing and Playing like we do Everyday .''
Michelle Obama has been named the “most admired woman” in the world in a major new US survey.
The former first lady, who had consistently higher popularity ratings than her husband while they were in the White House, surpassed the current US president and first lady in Gallup’s annual poll.
It is the second year in a row Ms Obama has earned the accolade of world’s most venerated woman.
The 55-year-old took ten per cent of the vote, followed by Melania Trump who gained five per cent of it.
Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Greta Thunberg all took three per cent of the vote each.
An 11-year-old boy on Monday stabbed his elder brother, 15, to death following a quarrel over a wire in Nakuru town.
According to a Nyumba Kumi official, Evans Ekaliche, the two boys had been left in the care of their uncle by their mother who had travelled upcountry.
The younger boy, a Standard Five pupil, is said to have been overcome by anger and threatened to stab his brother with the knife he had been holding before the quarrel broke out.
The elder brother did not heed his warning and was stabbed in the stomach.
Neighbours rushed the injured boy to a private hospital near Nakuru Nursing Home but was pronounced dead on arrival after losing too much blood.
Mr Ekaliche said the two boys had just recently moved to Nakuru town from the rural and have been living with their uncle.
Police seized the 11-year-old assailant and held him at Bondeni police station but later transferred him to another facility suitable for minors.
Kwara state government has defended its decision to revoke the Ilofa road, GRA, Ilorin plots of land allegedly illegally acquired by the late strong man of Kwara politics, Dr Olusola Saraki.
The state government also revealed further details surrounding the Civil Service Clinic land and its adjourning plots in Ilorin, the state capital, amid public enquiry.
“The entire land was acquired in the 1970s for Overriding Public Interest and same was initially designed to host the phase II of the State Secretariat. The construction of the said State Secretariat Phase II was actually commenced and it was at superstructure level before same was abandoned,” Director General of the Bureau of Lands Ibrahim Salman said in a statement.
“The entire land was later redesigned in the 1980s for the construction of a Civil Service Clinic, State Secretariat, and a parking lot for both the Clinic and the State Secretariat.
“The Clinic was subsequently constructed in 1982, while the remaining plots of land were conceived for the expansion of the Clinic into a full-fledged Hospital.
“The dream of the state Government was stalled when part of the land slated for the parking lot was spuriously allocated in principle to one Asa Investment for commercial purpose.
“From available records, the allocation was not based on a formal application, nor application forms filled; there was no evidence of payment for the said allocation as stipulated in the letter of allocation in principle and consequently, no right of occupancy was ever issued to the Company.
“Furthermore, in flagrant abuse of the allocation terms, the company took possession of the land and constructed what is today known as ‘Ile Arugbo’ on part of the land that was designed as parking lot and later conceived to host the expansion of the Civil Service Clinic into a full-fledged Hospital.
“Following a resolution of the Kwara State House of Assembly mandating him to revoke/withdraw the spurious allocation, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq recently signed an instrument to reclaim the land on the ground that same was unlawfully allocated to a private Company contrary to the public purpose of its acquisition and occupied in breach of the terms of allocation.
“This (press) release is intended to state the facts on the land recently revoked/withdrawn by the state government as contained in our records.”
A man in Busia County, Kenya has been convicted of murdering his brother two years ago for allegedly being a witch doctor.
Samwel Pamba was found guilty on December 11, 2019 by Justice Kiarie Waweru of the High Court in Busia.
“From the evidence on record, I am satisfied that the prosecution has proved the offence of murder against the accused. I find him guilty and accordingly convict him for the offence of murder contrary to section 204 of the Penal Code,” ruled Justice Kiarie.
Pamba had been charged with murder of his brother Wilfred Egesa on May 31, 2017 at Munando village in Bukhayo West location of Busia County.
The prosecution said that Pamba and two others alleged that his brother was involved in witchcraft, and attacked and fatally injured him.
But Pamba claimed that his brother was found lying on a path wounded and denied any involvement in the attack.
The court was told that when the deceased was preparing for a bath outside his house, he asked his wife, Jennifer Nekesa, to eavesdrop on what his brother and the two others were saying about him.
Nekesa testified that she stood at her door and heard Pamba and Kizito Mangenyi and a nephew named Bossy insulting her late husband.
They accused her husband of having killed many people through witchcraft and using black arts to cause the accident of a man identified as Lawrence Wanjala.
They threatened to kill him but she persuaded them to talk it over the following, to which they agreed.
Later when Nekesa and her husband where in the house, Kizito called the deceased out and told him that he had a message for him.
When her husband went out, she testified that she heard Kizito tell him that his brother had asked him to stop witchcraft.
When the deceased asked him how he knew he practiced witchcraft, she heard the sound of something being hit and went out.
She found him sprawled on the ground with blood oozing from his head.
The accused, Kizito and Bossy were each armed with a club and were beating up her husband. She raised an alarm.
Kizito and Bossy ran away while the accused remained at the scene.
The club he had was wrestled from him by another brother, James, who gave it to their mother.
Seventeen intending pilgrims to Isreal from Niger State have been denied visas and will not partake in this year’s pilgrimage scheduled to begin on Friday in Jerusalem.
It was also learnt that Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello is sponsoring only 31 Christians for the pilgrimage.
Leader of the Niger State Christian Pilgrims delegation to this years pilgrimage, Pastor Yerima El’Yakim Samaila, disclosed this yesterday in Minna during the orientation programme for intending pilgrims.
He further disclosed that 171 pilgrims from Niger State would be airlifted from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to perform pilgrimage to the Holy Land in January this year, starting from Thursday, January 2, 2020.
In his address, Niger State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Mathias Echioda, said the pilgrimage was needed to strengthen the faith of Christians.
“The spiritual exercise is very important, we need to strengthen our faith,” he said.
Acting Director, Christian Department, Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Joanna Pada, warned the intending pilgrims against absconding while in the Holy Land.
She said: “Nobody should try to abscond because it brings embarrassment to Nigeria as a country.
“As part of our responsibilities to monitor the activities of pilgrims, we met and brainstormed to ensure that adequate arrangement is made in terms of transportation, feeding, and accommodation.”
She urged the pilgrims to be good ambassadors of the state and the country by exhibiting good behavior at all times during their stay in the Holy Land.
Whitney Houston's only surviving child is dead. Whitney had adopted Gordon as an orphan and took him under her wing, after divorcing her husband Bobby Brown in 2007.
He also turned out to be her daughter, late Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend.
Nick Gordon has now been confirmed dead at the age of 30 by his lawyer.
His lawyer, Joe S Habachy however did not reveal the cause of his client's death.
He said: "Despite all of the incredible challenges Nick faced over the last few years I can honestly say that he worked hard to hold his head up and stay sober and that he genuinely wanted a happy healthy life with his family more than anything else."
The Nigerian Army says its troops have neutralised and captured more Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa’s Province (ISWAP) terrorists and rescued 165 women and children from their captivity in Borno State.
The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the operations were carried out in conjunction with the troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJT).
Iliyasu said the troops of Nigerian Army Super Camp 7 deployed at Bama area of the state killed one terrorist, captured one alive and rescued eight women and six children at Tafana 1, 2 and 3 villages in Bama on Dec. 27, 2019.
He disclosed that the rescued children were immediately administered with Polio Vaccines.
According to him, troops captured Boko Haram flags, recovered 16 arrows and 32 refilled rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition during the encounter.
Iliyasu also disclosed that troops of 25 Task Force Brigade deployed at Super Camp 2 in Damboa, arrested a high profile Boko Haram informant/logistics supplier, Ibrahim Buba and two others suspected to be his couriers at Shuwari village in Damboa District.
He added that troops of 242 Battalion in Monguno, arrested suspected terrorists’ logistics suppliers, Abubakar Aisami and Modu Baba with food stuff and drugs concealed in a bag of smashed corn powder for delivery to the terrorists.
Late Nollywood filmmaker, Amaka Igwe, has been honoured with a Google Doodle on her 57th posthumous birthday.
A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures.
The doodle went live today as an honour of late Igwe’s contributions to Nollywood.
She was a Nigerian filmmaker, broadcasting executive, and the owner of Top Radio 90.9 Lagos and Amaka Igwe Studios.
She was recognised as one of the second generation filmmakers who helped begin the video film era of Nigerian cinema.
Travis Scott has discussed his feelings for Kylie Jenner in his most recent interview.
The Butterfly Effect hitmaker, 27, shared that he has not stopped loving the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, 22, despite the pair - who share daughter Stormi - calling time on their relationship last year.
Gushing over the mother of his child during an interview with XXL Magazine, the musician revealed that he 'will always love' Kylie.
"I love [Stormi's] mommy and I always will," he divulged. The hard part about relationships is just trying to be in one without a million outside voices interfering."
A woman with cancer died during a routine operation after surgeons set her on fire, it is believed.
Doctors at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, Romania, used an alcohol-based disinfectant on the woman, 66, before accidentally igniting the fluid with an electric scalpel, according to reports.
She suffered burns to 40 per cent of her body and died a week later.
Police have now launched an investigation into her death.
Her family said they hadn't been told of "the gravity of the situation" - and were only told that an "accident" had killed her.
A relative said: "We found out some details from the press, when they were broadcast on TV stations.
"We aren't making accusations, we just want to understand what happened."
Romania's Ministry of Health are launching an investigation into the incident.
Romania's health minister Victor Costache promised to investigate the "traumatic" incident, adding: "We hope to learn from this troubling episode.
A dad reportedly gunned down his daughter and her new husband on New Year's Eve before turning the gun on himself.
The gunman, thought to be the estranged father of Lindita Musai, is under police guard in hospital after the festive horror which saw the 25-year-old woman and her new husband shot dead at an address in Melbourne, Australia.
The suspected killer, who police said was a 55-year-old man, was said to have blasted 29-year-old Veton Musai and his wife at around 10.30am on Tuesday.
A witness then reportedly saw him jump out of a bush and put a gun to his chin before pulling the trigger.
Veton's cousin Jetmir Lumani today posted on Facebook : "Today we lost my beautiful baby cousin Veton Musai and his angel wife Lindita Musai..... I can't even begin to explain how I feel.
"The only thing keeping us strong is belief in God.
"How a father can take his own daughters (sic) life is beyond comprehension.. but the devil truly is among us."
The couple had just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
A couple who documented their struggle to conceive have finally achieved their dream after spending nearly N40m (£80,000) on 15 rounds of IVF.
TV news presenters Hannah and Lewis Vaughan Jones spent years battling with infertility.
But just before Christmas the pair announced the arrival of Matheson Calon Tallett Vaughan Jones - or "Sonny" for short - who they described as "perfect in every way".
"We've been through many years of heartache, but we've got the best Christmas present at the end of it all," said CNN news anchor Hannah, who gave birth to Sonny on December 10.
"We have been very public about it for the past three years or so, but in the years before that it was very private and painful - and there was a lot of shame involved which anyone going through infertility will be familiar with.
"But we have been lucky. We are the very, very lucky ones."
Lewis, originally from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, said it was harrowing watching his wife going through round after round of IVF which involved frequent injections and hormone treatment.
"We wanted a family, but frankly we didn't think it was going to happen for us," said Lewis, a freelance news presenter for BBC News and ITV News.
"In fact, I think we'd already emotionally moved on. We said to each other that this was going to be our last round [of IVF].
"And it was the last little embryo that we had left. We'd sent it off for testing and the results came back inconclusive, so we didn't think it was going to work at all.
"But we'd come this far, so we made the decision to put the embryo back in and, unbelievably, it grew to become Sonny."
The oldest surviving soldier of the Nigerian Army, Pa Adama Aduku is dead.
The World War II veteran died on Tuesday at age 101.
The news of his death was announced today by the Nigerian Army on their official Twitter handle, @HQNigerianArmy
According to the post by the Nigerian Army, his death was announced by one of his relations on the Whatsapp platform of the Director Defence Information Defence Headquarters news platform early this morning.
Born 1918, to a peasant farmer at Abejukolo-Ife, at Omaha Local Government Area of Kogi State, Aduku joined the army in 1945.
Aduku, on December 31, 2018, was presented with an award of excellence by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, given to him by the Nigerian army.
