Mamman Daura, a nephew and close confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown to the United Kingdom for urgent medical treatment over an undisclosed ailment, SaharaReporters has reliably gathered.
Daura, 79, was said to have been flown in a private jet to the UK on Wednesday after exhibiting respiratory difficulties with symptoms similar to Coronavirus since last Friday.
The former journalist, who is an integral member of the 'Cabal', a group of influential individuals around President Buhari, who help him make key decisions, is said to have had a history of renal crisis and had regularly visited the West for medical attention.
The police in Katsina State have arrested three teenage boys in Danmusa Local Government Area for allegedly gang-r*ping and drowning a 13-year-old girl to death in a pond.
Police Spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this during a press briefing on Wednesday in Katsina. Isah said that the suspects were aged between 15 and 16.
According to Isah, the trio, all from Danmusa town, allegedly conspired, attacked and gang-r*ped a 13-year-old girl from Dutsen-Dadi village in Danmusa Local Government Area in their farmland on Aug. 14, 2020.
He said that after r*ping the victim, they threw her into a nearby pond, as a result of which, she got drown and died.
The spokesman added that the victim’s dead body was later discovered and taken to Danmusa Hospital, where she was confirmed dead.
Isah revealed that during the investigation, the suspects confessed to have committed the offense.
Founder, Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has lashed out at churches that refused to open for worship in Lagos State, describing them as fake.
Founder, The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare; founder, Day Star, Pastor Sam Adeyemi and some others have refused to open their churches for services after the Lagos State Government lifted the ban on religious centres’ re-opening.
But Oyahilome during a service said ” if you refuse to open church for fear of being infected, you were never a believer.
“This is a great concern because there were churches that were thought to be churches until recently. We find a lot of ministers who were thought to be advocates of the gospel advocating for shutting down the churches. (Because they cannot guarantee safety).
“It is pressure like this that reveals what is a church and what is not. Do they really believe in God, the same God of the patriarchs in the Bible?
“I have laid hands on some of the most infectious people on earth and had no fear of being infected. The Word of God guarantees life in Christ.
“When you get to that point where you are afraid of opening churches for fear of being infected, you have denied the faith. You never believed,” he said.
Nigeria’s Covid-19 caseload surpassed 50,000 mark on Wednesday as the nation recorded 593 new cases.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, put the nation’s overall infection at 50,488, with 37,304 recoveries and 985 deaths.
In the last four days Nigeria has been recording increasing cases after more than two weeks of downturn.
In the 593 infections recorded on Wednesday, Plateau State toppled Lagos, ramping up 186 cases, with Lagos raking in 172 new cases.
The 593 new cases are reported from 16 states, they are; Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3).
Bayern Munich have thrashed Lyon 3-0 to set up a mouth-watering final clash with Paris Saint-Germain.
Bayern, favourites to win this year’s Champions League tore Lyon apart and were 2-0 up before the end of first half.
Serge Gnabry was the hero of the day as he got a brace for the German side, which took control of the match from the beginning to the end.
Bayern got the first goal of the match on 18 minutes through Gnabry, who collected a good pass and blasted the ball from medium range into the top left corner, giving the goalkeeper no chance.
Gnabry made it 2-0 on 33 minutes, as he slotted the ball into an unguarded net from close range after a shot rebounded off a defender.
Bayern completed their demolition of Lyon with the third goal on 88 minutes.
Bobrisky has thanked his 2.9m followers on Instagram and boasted about being the most talked about male/female in Nigeria... well he thinks in the world too.
He made a screenshot of his profile on Instagram and posted it directly on his page, then thanked his followers for following him, even though he knows some of their friends might have questioned why they followed him on the photo sharing platform.
He thanked them as he says he is counting on having 3 million followers by next week.
''Before I clock 3,000,000 next week I want to thank all my 2.9million followers. I’m humble ! Thank you guys for showing me love ❤️. I know some of your friends will question y you followed me but you guys have ur several reasons. Thank you so much 😊. Without you there is no bobrisky,'', he wrote.
A singer was hit by a train and killed while live-streaming himself listening to loud music in his car on a Romanian railway crossing.
Footage captures Tavy Pustiu, 29, dancing to pop-folk 'manele' music as he approaches a level crossing in Ploiesti with his wife behind the wheel.
In the clip, the woman, 24, can be seen looking left and right as she approaches the crossing - but she clearly fails to spot the speeding locomotive.
Moments later, Mr Pustiu lets out a terrified shout as he notices the train racing towards the car.
The train ploughed into the side of the white Ford Fiesta, ripping the roof off the vehicle and destroying the passenger side where the musician had been sat.
Images from the aftermath also show how both airbags activated in the impact and the windshield was completely crumpled.
Authorities in Prahova County confirmed Mr Pustiu was killed in the accident while his wife, who was not named, remains in a critical condition.
A fire has gutted a building in the palace of Ooni of Ife’s, in Osun State.
According to a source in the Palace, the fire was only a small one as people are afraid because the palace entrance was locked.
Administrative Officer of Osun State Fire Service, Fatai Aremu, confirmed the incident, adding that his men have been deployed to the area of the incident.
A 27-year-old woman living in Kano, Saratu Ya’u, who slaughtered her five year-old son, like an Eid-el-Kabir ram, has been sent by a Kano High Court, to a psychiatrist.
Saratu was on Wednesday arraigned before the court for the murder of the child.
The defendant, who resides at Sabon Birni Village in Gwarzo Local Government Area of of the state, is facing a count charge of culpable homicide.
The Prosecutor, Mr Lamido Sorondinki, told the court that Saratu committed the offence on 12 June, 2018 at Sabon Birni, Gwarzo.
Sorondinki said Saratu slaughtered her 5-year-old son with a sharp knife. like killing a ram, causing his death.
The prosecution filed an application before the court in reference to Section 280 (1,2,3 and 4) of the Criminal Justice Law 2019.
It prayed the court to send the defendant to psychiatric hospital for medical evaluation.
According to the prosecution, the offence contravened Section 221 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the charge.
The trial Judge, Justice Ibrahim Karaye, ordered the defendant to be refered to psychiatric hospital for medical examination.
Karaye adjourned the case until Oct. 8, for hearing.
Veteran Yoruba actress Grace Oyin-Adejobi popularly known as Iya Osogbo has disclosed why she gave up on appearing on screen again as she clocks 90 on Sunday, August 23.
Iya Osogbo is the widow of the late Yoruba actor Oyin Adejobi who died in 2000.
During an appearance on a radio magazine programme on Space 90.1FM, Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio, anchored by Olayinka Agboola in Ibadan, Oyo State, Iya Osogbo said she started her acting career some 67 years ago.
She noted that she had already made her name before she acted in the movie Eran Iya Osogbo contrary to beliefs.
The actress spoke for the first time about the day an excited fan nearly run her car over her in Ibadan.
She said the experience has remained indelible in her memory.
“The fan eventually came down from her car to let me know that she merely wanted to exchange greetings with me. She later enveloped ten thousand naira and dashed me,” Iya Osogbo said.
The veteran actress expressed displeasure over the near-nudity in Nollywood today, advising actresses not to be deceived by the pleasures of the world but to believe they can succeed through hard work and the grace of God.
Iya Osogbo said she met her late husband Oyin Adejobi in her youthful days. They attended the same school and lived on the same street.
She said that apart from the death of her husband, the lowest point in her life was when her fourth child a female died.
“It took me a long time to recover from that experience,” she said.
However, her happiest moment was when she gave birth to her first child a boy in 1954.
Iya Osogbo who featured prominently in productions like Orogun Adedigba, Kuye, Kootu Ashipa and others said there would be no formal event to mark her 90th birthday.
“I got to attain this age because of God’s mercy. In addition, the almighty also gave me the wisdom of preserving my body and being moderate in all I have been doing. Our youths should emulate this too. They should learn to be God fearing too.
“All my admirers including colleagues and family members have agreed to postpone whatever plan they have to celebrate my 90th birthday because we must obey NCDC’s COVID-19 prevention rules,” she said.
Thousands of people packed shoulder-to-shoulder with no face masks in sight, frolicking on rubber floats and cheering along to a music festival.
It's not a very 2020 image, but it was the scene this weekend in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 first emerged late last year.
Pictures of partygoers at the Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park - looking very much removed from the outbreak that the rest of the world continues to battle - have now gone, well, viral.
It's worlds apart from the images that came out of Wuhan when it had the world's first Covid-19 lockdown in January - a ghost town devoid of residents and vehicles.
The lockdown was lifted in April and there have been no domestically transmitted cases in Wuhan or Hubei province since mid-May.
Popular Ghanaian singer, Efya has disclosed that she is not considering getting married anytime soon.
Speaking in an interview with Adom Tv’s Abena Abrafi Agyemang, the 33-year-old singer stated that enjoying a great career does not mean she should have marriage in sight.
She also said that any prospective suitor would have to wait.
According to her, she can’t get married now because she’s not ready to be in any man’s house.
“Joe Mettle had a beautiful wedding. God bless him, his wife, and their union.
“Marriage is not the plan right now. I am not ready.
“Just cos I’m great doesn’t mean I should get married. Any suitors should wait,” she said.
Democratic candidate, Joe Biden received a major support Tuesday night as Collin Powell called on Americans to massively vote for him.
Biden has been officially nominated to run for the White House on November 3.
Powell, a former Secretary of State, is the latest top Republican to openly support Biden.
The endorsement confirms his opposition to the re-election of his party member, President Donald Trump.
Powell expressed confidence that a Biden presidency would “restore America’s leadership and moral authority’’.
The former U.S. top diplomat stated that the country is divided.
Powell accused the president of doing everything in his power to keep it that way.
He noted that there would be difference if America has a leader “who unites us, who restores our strength and our soul.”
“I still believe that in our hearts, we are the same America that brought my parents to our shores, an America that inspires freedom around the world. That’s the America Joe Biden will lead as our next president,’’ Powell said.
Recent polls put Biden, a former vice president, ahead of Trump.
Gunmen have abducted two sons of a former commissioner in Zamfara, Alhaji Bello Dankande, and two others, including a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC).
Police spokesman Muhammad Shehu said in a statement that the gunmen killed one person and injured another.
He said that the incident took place at the residence of the former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Gamji, Bakura Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday.
“At about 4:30am, a large number of armed men invaded the house and kidnapped two of his children and two others including an NSCDC officer on guard duty at the house,” the statement said.
“The Command appeals to members of the public to avoid confronting gunmen during such invasion but report the incident on time to the police or any security agency nearest to them for prompt action”, he added.
According to him, normalcy has returned to the area while the command will update members of the public on any development.
A Nigerian oil mogul and the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited, Abdulrahman Bashir, has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment in the United Kingdom.
In February, Justice Butcher of England and Wales High Court ruled that Mr Bashir be imprisoned for breaching multiple orders of the court in a pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Ltd.
“The basis of the sentence was that Mr Bashir had committed continuing breaches of the order of Mr Justice Robin Knowles of 1 August 2019 and of the order of Mr Justice Bryan of 6 September 2019,” the judge said.
Those orders required Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Ltd, of which Mr Bashir is the CEO and controller, to comply with requests for the release of 6,400.69 metric tonnes gas oil to Sahara Energy Resource Ltd or its agent from Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Ltd, Jetty 6.436181, Ibafon, Kirikiri Waterfront, of Aero Maritime Street, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria (“the Terminal”).
Mr Bashir breached those orders by failing to allow, or procure Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Ltd or its servants or agents to allow, the release of the said gas oil from the Terminal,” court documents obtained by Premium Times read.
The court also gave a binding indication that the sentence could be reduced to six months if Mr Bashir complies with the relevant order which had previously been breached.
Rahamaniyya was fined £ 500,000 while Adebowale Aderemi, its manager, was fined £ 10,000.
Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, lodged 12 grounds of appeal before the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge the tribunal judgement that sacked him from office and ordered the Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a fresh election in the state within 90 days.
In the Notice of Appeal he filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, on Tuesday, governor Diri, urged the appellate court to set aside the majority judgement of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which nullified his election and uphold the Minority verdict.
The tribunal had in a majority judgement by two out of the three-man panel of Justices, voided the outcome of the gubernatorial election that held in the state on November 16, 2019, over the exclusion of one of the registered political parties, Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party, ANDP, in the contest.
Two members of the panel, Justices Sikiru Owodunni and Yunusa Musa, said they found merit in ANDP’s contention that it was unlawfully excluded from participating in the governorship election by INEC, despite the fact that it fulfilled all the statutory requirements. Justice Musa who read the lead judgement in the matter, upheld the petition, saying the tribunal was satisfied that INEC illegally excluded ANDP and its governorship candidate, King George, from the election.
He held that INEC lacked the powers to disqualify ANDP’s candidates after it failed to act on a letter the party wrote to be allowed to substitute its deputy governorship candidate.
However, in a dissenting judgement, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ibrahim Sirajo, affirmed governor Diri’s election after he dismissed the petition for being statute-barred.
Justice Sirajo said there was evidence that ANDP was disqualified from the election for fielding an ineligible candidate.
He noted that the party nominated an underaged deputy governorship candidate, who admitted that he was 34 years old, instead of the 35 years age bracket the Constitution stipulated.
Justice Sirajo said there was equally evidence that the party failed to substitute the candidate till the statutory window for such substitution elapsed.
Tuesday’s military coup in Mali that supplanted the government of President Boubacar Keita was led by two colonels: Sadio Camara and Malick Diaw.
According a Malian journalist, Seydou Oumar Traoré, Camara was the ex-director of the military Prytaneum of Kati who has just returned from training in Russia.
Malick Diaw is the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Military Region of Kati.
Also mentioned was Lieutenant-Colonel Mama Seku Lelenta.
It was not clear how many senior officers were involved in the coup. But Brigadier General Cheick Fanta Mady Dembélé was being mentioned.
What the coup plotters did on Tuesday was to storm Bamako, from their Kati base, to arrest many Malian officials.
Apart from President Boubacar Keita and prime minister Boubou Cisse, many others were also arrested.
Among the people being held are the Chief of Staff of the National Guard and his Administrative and Financial Director (DAF), Abdoulaye Daffé, Minister of the Economy and Finance, and Tiebilé Dramé, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Also, Moussa Timbine, President of the National Assembly is also in their hands.
