The Federal Government has donated medical supplies worth N67 million to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
The donation was made on behalf of the Nigerian Government by the acting Head of East and Central African Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tukur Maigari, representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the minister on media, Ms. Sarah Sanda, the Government of Sao Tome and Principe requested Nigeria’s assistance with medical equipment to help in its ongoing efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
Onyeama disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the donation of five tons of medical equipment based on the request, adding that the medical equipment included units of test kits, extraction kits, infrared thermometers and personal protective equipment to test up to 20,000 people in Sao Tome and Principe.
He stated that the two countries share a marine border which necessitated the establishment of the Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Authority (JDA) for exploration of natural hydrocarbon resources for the benefit of both countries.
The minister said Nigeria would continue to cooperate with and remain on friendly terms with all nations that recognise and respect its sovereignty.
Nicholas Ofodile, a popular Kogi-based businessman who was found dead in his car last month along Abuja-Lokoja highway, was murdered by assassins hired by an aggrieved associate.
This was made known by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ede Ayuba, while parading the leader of the gang, one Vincent Omogor and 27 others at the command’s headquarters in Lokoja.
Ayuba disclosed that the suspect was arrested by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives in collaboration with vigilantes in the state. He was arrested in Orehi area of the State.
Speaking with newsmen, the suspect said he was commissioned by someone who he referred to as “chairman” to assassinate the Ofodile. He said the suspect was aggrieved by the failure of the deceased to fulfill certain financial obligations to him when his (suspect’s) father took ill.
He explained that “chairman” became infuriated when his father died of the ailment and set the process of revenge in motion.
“Chairman gave us full details about the man’s movement from Lokoja to Abuja. We then waited for him and when we saw his car, we forced him to stop, dragged him out, killed him and put his body back inside the car,” he said.
The brave boy who succeeded in escaping punishment from his mum after asking her to calm down repeatedly in a hilarious video that trended on social media is now happy. The mum has calm down and the dad is no longer left out in the whole saga.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has insisted that it is yet to approve any herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19.
The Director of Public Affairs of the agency, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, in an interview with Punch correspondent, said a drug could only be certified for use after going through clinical trials.
He said, “There is a procedure for everything, we are talking about human lives here, people cannot just put together concoction and expect people to consume it just like that. So far the herbal mixture will be for public consumption due diligence must be followed.
“Science is one, it does not tell lies; even if the son of the NAFDAC DG brings herbal product and the laboratory has failed it, we cannot go ahead and register it. Forget about sentiment, NAFDAC doesn’t have anything to gain by not registering herbal products. Is it not to our pride if register and certify products for consumption?
“The major problem in the herbal medicine industry is that, until recently, most of them are illiterate. They do not understand the language of science, what we are trying to do is to teach them how they can pass on this knowledge by connecting them with the academics who understand the language of science. But it is unfortunate that the illiterate person is always suspicious of the educated person, thinking he will steal his inventions.”
The NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement, titled, ‘Approval for listing status by national agency for food and drug administration and control,’ said the agency was processing twenty one herbal medicinal products for “Safe to use” or Listing status.
“Many of the applicants claim that their products are immune boosters and anti-infectives useful for relief of symptoms that could be associated with COVID-19. However, no clinical study has been done yet on any of the products to prove their claim of efficacy.
“Once the product is able to meet all requirements, a listing status is granted with a clear DISCLAIMER that states clearly that claims have not been evaluated by NAFDAC. The applicant can arrange for clinical trials that will involve the use of human subjects in order to prove efficacy or claim for treatment following laid down procedures and with the approval of NAFDAC,” Adeyeye said.
Men of the Nigeria Police Force in the federal capital territory has paraded a 37-year-old woman identified as Torkwase Queen Ayakpa who faked her own kidnap in Abuja for a little amount of money.
She was arrested by men of the FCT police command for staging her kidnap because she wanted to find out if her sister loves her.
Ayakpa was one of 24 suspects paraded by the FCT police command for various offenses on Wednesday, July 29.
Ayakpa, who is a hairstylist, conspired with one Fidelis Ikule, 36, to stage her kidnap. She told the police that she also did it to extort N20,000 from her sister because her hairstyling business was no longer doing well due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ayakpa, a native of Benue state and Fidelis, were arrested after the police traced the calls they were making for the ransom to Fidelis's house in Mashafa Village, Mpape, Abuja, where they were holing up.
Adams Oshiomhole, former chairman of the APC, has boasted that the Deputy Governor of Edo state, Phillip Shaibu will crawl back to him for forgiveness after the September 19 governorship election in Edo state.
Shaibu had said as a child of Oshiomhole, he is ashamed of his recent actions which he attributed to old age. He also promised to take the former Edo governor for medical checkup.
But in a statement, Oshiomhole through his media aide, Victor Oshioke said no responsible child will insult his father in public like Shaibu has been doing.
“Phillip Shaibu is suffering from arrested mental development. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole took him off the streets as a frustrated boy without appreciable abilities, upgraded him to a status of an adopted son, gave him opportunities beyond his educational and mental capacities”.
“Perhaps, the only thing Oshiomhole failed to do was add some megabytes of sense in Philip’s slow brain, and the consequences is what we all witness today. Because of his low mentality, this is how best the hobbledehoy knows to pay back his benefactor”.
“Old age is a privilege granted to those who God have found worthy of His grace. Interestingly, a healthy old age with sound mind and body like the one being enjoyed by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole cannot be gifted by God to insolent ingrates like Philip Shaibu. He should in his quiet moment pray that he attains Adams Oshiomhole’s age, let alone with a sound mind anybody”.
“An intelligent young man with a sound mind and good sense of judgement will never insult someone who once called him son and gave him opportunities that his biological father could not give him”.
“I know that after September 19, 2020, when Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu would have defeated Godwin Obaseki in the governorship election, Philip Shaibu will come crawling and begging Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for forgiveness. Until then, let’s watch him run his mouth beyond the capabilities of his brain”.
Police in Gilgil Town, Nakuru County, Kenya have arrested a 34-year-old man on allegations of killing his wife, also aged 34.
Josephine Wangari Kamau, a nurse at the psychiatric wing of Gilgil Sub-County Hospital, was killed at around 5am Tuesday, July 28, police say.
It is alleged that Wangari was murdered by her spouse, James Maina, after a quarrel ensued between the two.
Gilgil OCPD John Onditi told K24 Digital that Wangari and her partner had first argued on Monday night (July 27) before a neighbour intervened and a relative calm was restored.
At around 4am Tuesday, the husband-and-wife started their conflict afresh, the couple’s house-help told police.
“The housemaid said she heard Wangari pleading with her husband to stop battering her. At around 5am, Wangari’s screams faded,” said Onditi.
A few minutes past 5am, Maina emerged from the bedroom carrying their 7-month old son and handed the baby over to the house-help, saying he was going to purchase drugs from a nearby chemist because his wife had “developed a headache”.
Maina locked the door leading to his bedroom, said the nanny.A few minutes past 5am, Maina emerged from the bedroom carrying their 7-month old son and handed the baby over to the house-help, saying he was going to purchase drugs from a nearby chemist because his wife had “developed a headache”.
Maina locked the door leading to his bedroom, said the nanny.
“The housemaid ran after Maina to ask why he had locked his bedroom door yet his ‘ailing’ wife was inside the room. The suspect is said to have told the house-help to mind her own business, and stop meddling in their affairs,” said Onditi.
The nanny, who had grown suspicious of Maina’s actions, alerted neighbours, who rushed to the scene.
The neighbours managed to break down Maina’s bedroom door and found Wangari lying unconscious on the bed.
An ambulance was called and on arrival to the victim’s house, nurses confirmed Wangari had already succumbed to her injuries.
The deceased’s spouse, a businessman in Gilgil Town, later Tuesday surrendered himself to police.
“He had, however, taken rat poison with the intention of committing suicide. So, we had to take him to Gilgil Sub-County Hospital first for emergency care before we arraign him,” said Onditi.
Wangari’s body was taken to Gilgil Sub-County Hospital morgue.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday night, announced 481 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the West African nation to 42,689.
Ten deaths were recorded from the virus in the past 24 hours pushing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 878.
According to the NCDC, out of a total 42,689 infected persons so far, 19,270 have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The new cases, according to the NCDC, were found in following 17 states:
A 14-year-old girl has been r*ped by a coronavirus patient as his friend stood guard at the largest quarantine centre in India, police say.
The alleged victim and both men had tested positive for the virus and were staying at the 10,000-bed facility in Delhi when the s.e.x attack is claimed to have taken place.
Police said all three had mild Covid-19 symptoms when the alleged attack in a bathroom with the 19-year-old rape suspect as his pal filmed the incident on July 15.
It is believed the girl had been at the quarantine centre for around a week, India Express reports.
The rape was reported to police after the girl told a relative at the centre she had been attacked.
Senior police official Parvinder Singh told the publication: "The accused have been arrested and sent to judicial custody but will remain in institutional care until they recover from the infection."
Parvinder also said that the girl was transferred to another hospital while the two men were taken to a different location where they remain in custody.
Police are investigating the r*pe claim.
The latest data suggests that India is the third worst coronavirus-hit country in the world.
Hundreds of convicted s.e.x offenders have slipped off the police's radar simply by changing their names.
Figures obtained from just 16 of the UK's 46 police forces showed that 913 people with s.e.x offense convictions have gone missing.
It is believed that many of these people have changed their names and then not told the police, which is an offence.
The Safeguarding Alliance found that 1,349 other offenders have changed their name via deed poll and then told the police.
Around half of the police forces in the UK could not provide data on name changes when asked via Freedom of Information requests, suggesting the figure is significantly higher, Sky News reports.
Members of the public are less able to do a check into someone's history if they are going by another identity.
Convicted s.e.x offenders have also been found to have changed their name before repeating their original offence.
Terry Price changed his name five times over the course of five decades, Sky News reports.
He was found guilty of a string of s.e.x crimes during the same period, including the r*pe of a six-year-old girl.
When the girl - Della Wright, now 47 - recently reported the crimes, she found Price had changed his name to Robert McEwan.
Ms Wright has questioned how many jobs with children the s.e.x criminal may have been allowed to have since changing his name.
"We don't know but we know he's a prolific offender," she told Sky News.
"It makes me really angry and it shouldn't be possible.
"This person has been through the system not once but countless times - and even as recently as 2016 he was allowed to change his name again whilst in prison."
Emily Konstantas, from the Safeguarding Alliance, said that changing one's name allows a person to get a new passport and driving licence.
The Alliance asked the Disclosure and Baring Service (DBS) how they guard against people changing their names.
The DBS said that it did not do background checks into whether applicants had changed their names.
Rita Daniels, mother of young Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, cursed a social media user for accusing her over her daughter’s choice of husband.
Regina, 20, married her billionaire husband Ned Nwoko in 2019. Their marriage has received several criticisms due to the age difference between Ned and Regina.
Sometime last month, Regina announced the arrival of her baby boy. The boy is named ’Munir Neji Ned-Nwoko.
A social media user trolled Rita, accusing her of setting her daughter up for ”single mother life”. This he said is because of money.
She then replied, saying ”this is how you incurred generational curse into your family. Since you are not trained to respect your elders, I stand this morning to bless you with your wish.
”May single parenthood be a permanent trademark and symbol of your family and generations to come. IJN (In Jesus Name)”.
A couple won the battle to officially name their son Lucifer after a registrar reportedly told them he "wouldn't succeed in life" if they chose it.
Dan and Mandy Sheldon went to register their four-month-old son last week when the council office was able to reopen after lockdown.
Dad Dan said the pair had been really excited but when they handed over the forms to name him Lucifer Sheldon, he said the council registrar at their local office in Chesterfield looked at them in "utter disgust".
She allegedly tried to bar them from using the name because it has been used as a moniker for the devil, and 37-year-old Dan told The Sun : "She told us he would never be able to get a job, and that teachers wouldn't want to teach him.
A couple won the battle to officially name their son Lucifer after a registrar reportedly told them he "wouldn't succeed in life" if they chose it.
Dan and Mandy Sheldon went to register their four-month-old son last week when the council office was able to reopen after lockdown.
Dad Dan said the pair had been really excited but when they handed over the forms to name him Lucifer Sheldon, he said the council registrar at their local office in Chesterfield looked at them in "utter disgust".
She allegedly tried to bar them from using the name because it has been used as a moniker for the devil, and 37-year-old Dan told The Sun : "She told us he would never be able to get a job, and that teachers wouldn't want to teach him.
Dan, a plant hire company boss, says he was "gobsmacked" with the response and has lodged an official complaint over they way he and Mandy were treated.
A Derbyshire County Council spokesperson said: "Our registrar felt it was her duty to ensure the couple were aware the name Lucifer had negative connotations and that their son may encounter issues with the name through his life due to its associations.
“Acknowledging that the couple were unhappy with her advice, our registrar correctly contacted The General Register (who govern the Registration Service in England and Wales) to seek their advice.
A disturbing video in circulation on social media captures a Ghanaian woman being flogged for allegedly sleeping with a Sudanese man.
Commentaries on the viral video indicate that the incident happened in Saudi Arabia.
A preceding video which cannot be shared on this site has the woman caught in bed with the Sudanese man.
Three men whose association with the woman is unknown to this site busted the woman having s.e.xual intercourse with her Sudanese partner.
Her punishment for making out with the man is the lashing.
Already the video is receiving reactions from some influential Ghanaians including political activist, Kwame A-plus who is calling for justice for the woman.
The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services, an arm of Federal Ministry of Agriculture, has explained its invasion of donkey skin processing camps across the federation and seizing donkey skin from owners.
The director of the agency, Dr. Olusegun Awoniyi said the Federal Government has made it an offense for anybody to kill a donkey and trade on its skin.
He said the policy was made by the federal government to avoid the animal, which he described as “work animal,” from going into extinction.
According to Awoniyi, “apart from Nigeria, many countries have placed ban on killing of donkeys and trading on its skin.
Nigeria has received a lot of memos from many countries discouraging the killing of donkeys and trading on its skin or meat.”
Dr Awoniyi disclosed this while reacting to the alleged invasion of donkey skin processing camps of Dried Meat Preservers Association of Nigeria, DMPAN and seizing of over 2000 processed donkey skin worth over 80 million naira, across the states in the country.
The dismembered body of a popular rap singer was found in his flat in Russia after his wife reportedly chopped up his body and cleaned his organs in a washing machine and sprinkled them with salt.
Known as Andy Cartwright, 30, his wife claimed he had died of a drug overdose in St Petersburg.
Marina Kukhal, 36, told detectives that she did not want his fans to know he had died such an 'inglorious' death - and dismembered his body over four days storing body parts in black plastic bags and her fridge.
The limbs were reportedly sawn 'perfectly' and the body parts sprinkled with salt.
Kukhal used a knife, hammer, hacksaw, plastic bowl and chopping board, police say.
The couple's two year old child was in the same flat as she severed the singer's body parts, it was reported.
Russian police say they have opened a murder probe into the death of the star, whose real name was Alexander Yushko, originally from Ukraine.
New shocking claims reported by BAZA news outlet suggested the rapper's internal organs were cleaned in a washing machine by his wife after the body was dismembered.
The limbs were sawn 'perfectly' and the body parts sprinkled with salt.
In addition, the investigators found traces of male hands on one of the forearms, as if the victim had been grabbed, said a report citing unnamed law enforcement sources.
The widow had also thoroughly cleaned their apartment on main street Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg, it was reported.
The man's friends said he had alcohol problems but did not take drugs.
Reports also claimed that the woman's mother had assisted her at the apartment.
The woman's lawyer Irina Skurtu - who had urged the wife to go to police over the dismembering - denied reports that she put body parts in the washing machine.
She also disputed that the rapper's mother-in-law had been involved.
The unnamed mother-in-law has been ordered not to leave St Petersburg, say reports. Newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda said no drugs were found on the rapper's body, citing sources.
The widow was detained. She is expected to undergo a polygraph test as part of the murder probe. She claimed she found a syringe next to his body.
He had become addicted to hard drugs during the pandemic, she told his fans on social media.
Forensic tests are underway in an attempt to establish the cause of death.
Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested an Uber driver, Andrew Valentino, 38, who used his car for ‘ Catch-in-the –air’ robbery, otherwise known as one chance, dispossessing unsuspecting passengers of their cash, phones and valuables.
He is not alone. He confessed to be operating with the trio of Tony Onwoluwe, 29; Adesoji Oluwafemi, 36 and Idoko Michael, 33, who were also arrested.
Their modus operandi involved picking passengers from designated points. While one of them would drive the car, others would stand at designated bus-stops where they would board the car with unsuspecting passengers, only to point a gun at him or her, with an order to surrender everything in his or her possession, on reaching a convenient place. Thereafter, they would push their victims out of the vehicle.
During interrogation, Valentino, disclosed that his gang operated on the Lekki-Ajah route, adding that he was introduced into robbery by Idoko.
According to him: “I met Idoko at a bar. On that day, my car broke down and I had no cash to fix it. He approached me and asked why I was still waiting after everyone had left. He promised to help me make more money after the car had been fixed.
“We met again at a different bar and he told me how to use the car for one chance operation. Immediately, I called the owner of the car to inform him of the problem. I told him I would refund the amount used to replace the car engine if he bought me another one.
“When the car was fixed, I met Idoko and we started using it ( car) for operation on the Ajah- Lekki Rad alone. Later, Adesoji and Onwoluwe joined us.”
He disclosed that his gang never used a gun during the operation.
My role
On his part, Idoko, said, “Velentino and I usually sat behind posing as passengers, Oluwafemi would drive while Onwoluwe would sit in front, holding the tyre jack. On reaching a convenient place, the driver would order Onwoluwe to cock the gun. He (Onwoluwe) would use a hammer to hit the jack, making it sound like a gun.
“We would order the victim to bring out his or her Automated Teller Machine, ATM card and also provide us with the pin. After pushing the victim out, we would drive to an ATM Machine, where we would withdraw every dim in the account.”
Onwoluwe on his part said he joined the gang six months ago, adding “The money I made was just for feeding and clothing.”
The suspects would soon be charged to court. Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, warned criminals to desist from their nefarious activities or have the same fate befall them.
Dubai's Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, has paid the hospital expenses of a Nigerian mother and her quadruplets stranded in the city with mounting medical bills, according to the hospital.
Suliyat Adulkareem, 29, gave birth to the babies, two boys, and two girls, at the Latifa Hospital for Women and Children on July 1.
They were born prematurely at nearly 31 weeks through an emergency C-section.
The babies were immediately placed on ventilators at the neonatal intensive care unit, the hospital said in a statement.
However, the family had no medical insurance and racked up more than AED 400,000 (about $108,000) in medical expenses since the quadruplets were born, their father Tijani Abdulkareem told CNN.
The Nigerian community and other nationals in Dubai rallied around them to help raise AED 42,000 (around $11,500) to pay part of the bills.
The Crown Prince stepped in to pay the bills after he came across the initial CNN report highlighting the family's story.
He was moved by their plight and informed his office to assist the family, the hospital said.
'A huge favor'
Abdulkareem told CNN he was shocked by the ruler's generosity, and the couple have decided to name two of their babies after him.
One of the girls will also be called Latifa after the hospital, he said.
"It's just a huge favor, and we are still in shock because we didn't even know how to get the money. I had been sleepless wondering how to pay the bill," Abdulkareem said.
Abdulkareem, a chef at a restaurant in the city, said he was distressed when he discovered his wife was going to have quadruplets.
Latifa hospital CEO Muna Tahlak said the hospital staff are "overwhelmed" that the country's ruler has pledged to cover the full medical bills of the quadruplets who are still being cared for at the health facility.
The babies, two boys and two girls, have gradually been taken off ventilators and two of them now weigh 1.8 kilograms. Doctors expect they will soon be strong enough to go home.
'Unbelievable support'
The couple, who live in Dubai, had planned to have the babies in Nigeria because they could not afford medical insurance but were unable to travel because of the coronavirus air restrictions that prevented commercial flights between the two countries.
Abdulkareem said his wife gave birth nearly two months earlier than her delivery date.
The elated father said the family has received "unbelievable" support from the Nigerian community, and various nationalities which has helped them pay for two months rent for a bigger place to accommodate the quadruplets.
"We have been getting calls from Portuguese and Brazilian nationals in Dubai. People have been trying to reach us. The Nigerian community has been following us every step of the way," Abdulkareem said.
A grime artist who held four women against their will and repeatedly r*ped them was today jailed for 24 years.
Andy Anokye, 33, who performed under the stage name Solo 45, was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of 30 charges relating to a two-year period.
These were 21 r*pes, five counts of false imprisonment, two counts of assault by penetration and two of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The musician, who was part of the grime collective Boy Better Know, derived s.e.xual pleasure from torturing the women by water-boarding, interrogating, assaulting and r*ping them.
He claimed the acts were part of consensual role play, or a game he played called "Catch me, R*pe me", and said he told women he would "terrorise" them.
Police began investigating Anokye, who is from London but had a harbourside apartment in Bristol, in 2017 after a woman complained she had been r*ped by him.
After his arrest, officers discovered harrowing footage filmed by Anokye on his mobile phone that revealed he had abused multiple women.
Judge William Hart imposed an extended sentence, meaning Anokye will serve 24 years in prison and five on licence, and ordered he must sign the s.e.x offenders register for life.
The judge told Anokye, who appeared by video link from HMP Long Lartin, he had "no sexual boundaries or empathy for those concerned".
He said Anokye had "become addicted" to the "perverted pleasure" he took from abusing the women in the case.
The judge added: "You have a background that includes gang associations and criminal violence.
"I am entirely satisfied that your career as an artist was flourishing at the time of this offending and would have gone to greater heights.
"The popular acclaim that greeted performances of your best-known track Feed Em To The Lions was evident in the various videos that the jury saw of your performances.
"You were part of a well-known collective - Boy Better Know. The fellow artists from that collective have achieved great success."
The judge said none of those fellow artists were aware of Anokye's behaviour, or "dark side".
He added: "But none of those artists, dedicated to their craft, knew of your dark side and they are in no way tainted by your misdeeds which were carried out in a wholly private and hidden way.
"Your convictions have deprived you of that career but the fault is yours alone."
During the trial, the graphic video clips filmed by Anokye were played to the jury.
They showed Anokye interrogating the women about previous s.e.xual partners, slapping them, insulting them and r*ping them.
