Cultists Kill, Behead Rival Member Inside Awka Market

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July 26, 2023

Persons suspected to be cultists on Wednesday morning, killed a member of a rival cult, inside Eke Awka market, in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The incident happened in the morning as traders were opening their shops for the days business, a source said.

The source said the slain man identified as Igwe Omeli, was a notorious cultist, who was always used by the leadership of the market to collect toll.

“He was hacked down in the market, around 7am. He sighted members of the rival cult, and made efforts to escape and also alert his gang members, but he was not lucky.

“His head was cut off, including his manhood, and his assailants took them away, leaving the trunk lying inside a line in the market.

“His real name is Amobi. There was a time he was brutally attacked and dump for dead.

“Since then he has been in hiding. He even ran away from the hospital where he was being treated. He sneaks in and out of his family house.

“Later on, he was engaged by one vigilante outfit. Once a cultist, you must go down. One thing people must know is that cultists don’t forgive. Even when you repent, there will still come for you,” the source said.

Spokesperson for Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident, saying that operatives of the command have been despatched to the scene.

Our Reporter learnt that the incident caused traders who had come out for their businesses to hurriedly shut down their shops, for fear of reprisal by the rival group.

Protester in Enugu Gunned Down As Crowd Protest Against Gov Peter Mbah

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July 26, 2023

The protest in Enugu state by the Enugu Residents against Peter Mbah for Sealing their shops has resulted to an innocent citizen loosing his life to the law enforcement agencies.

It’s quite unfortunate that a promising future and destiny has been cut short.

Peter Mbah definitely wouldn’t have it easy with the people of Enugu state with the way he is going.

Meanwhile, the 5 eastern Governors know exactly what to do to end the precarious sit-at-home…

Locking of people’s shop can never be a solution to this as you can force people to go home but can never force someone to come out…..

Someone wrote :

A young man has just been gunned down for joining the ongoing protests at Ogbete market, Enugu. Why were they protesting? They were protesting against the sealing of shops by Peter Mbah; a directive which he gave to discourage sit at home. You want to end sit-at-home, yet, you lock up people’s shops? You see why some of us continue to decry the high-handness of these politicians, especially, the wicked and illegitimate ones? And as for the stupid, trigger-happy and untrained cowards that have been empowered with guns and uniforms by their fellow cultists, may you also meet violent ends. I hope the rest of the protesters were able to catch that unfortunate shooter and make him face the law.

Fear Of Coup Rises In Niger, President Tinubu Reacts

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July 26, 2023

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum is being detained by members of the Presidential Guard, who have been given an “ultimatum” by the army.

Disgruntled members of the guard sealed off access to the president’s residence and offices, and after talks broke down “refused to release the president,” the source said, adding: “The army has given them an ultimatum.”

Bazoum was democratically elected in 2021, taking the helm of one of Africa’s poorest and most coup-prone countries.

President Bola Tinubu who is the chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has frowned at the unfolding “mutiny” scenario, stressing that the body will not tolerate acts that undermine democracy in the region.

In a terse statement, Tinubu said the leadership of the ECOWAS region will not tolerate any situation that incapacitates the democratically-elected government of Niger.

“The ECOWAS leadership will not accept any action that impedes the smooth functioning of legitimate authority in Niger or any part of West Africa,” Tinubu said.

“I wish to say that we are closely monitoring the situation and developments in Niger and we will do everything within our powers to ensure democracy is firmly planted, nurtured, well rooted and thrives in our region.”

The president noted that he was in close consultation with other leaders in the region, and vowed to protect “our hard-earned democracy in line with the universally acceptable principle of constitutionalism”.

“As the chairperson of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, I state without equivocation that Nigeria stands firmly with the elected government in Niger and equally conveys the absolute resolve of leaders in our sub-region that we shall not waiver or flinch on our stand to defend and preserve constitutional order,” he added.

Niger is one of the most unstable nations in the world, experiencing four coups since independence from France in 1960.

Court Sentence Anambra Revenue Collector to Death

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July 26, 2023

An Onitsha High Court in Anambra state, presided over by Justice D. A. Onyefulu has sentenced a notorious robbery kingpin, Ikechukwu Udensi (a.k.a Ikanda) to death by hanging for killing a successful Onitsha businessman, late Ndubuisi Nwokolo in the state.

Udensi had been standing trial since 2019 for the gruesomely murdering the late Nwokolo on June 29, 2018, a day to the ban of commercial motorcycles in Onitsha.

The convict who until his arrest and prosecution was a revenue collection agent to the Anambra state government
and on the process of trying to extort a commercial motorcyclist conveying Ndubuisi Nwokolo at No 21 Otumoye street Odoakpu, Onitsha, stabbed him to death for daring to stop him from extorting the commercial motorcyclist.

The death of Mr Nwokolo generated public outcry in the state, raising concerns why Ikanda should be killing people in the course of revenue collection or at any slightest provocation.

After committing the crime, Ikanda was on the run untill Anambra State Police Command under the leadership of CP Mustapha Dandaura declared him wanted and placed one million naira bounty on anybody that could give information leading to his arrest.

He was subsequently arrested on March 31 2019, paraded, prosecuted, committed to prison custody in Onitsha and now convicted.

His conviction gave succour to Nwokolo’s family, who for the past five year, has been crying for justice; and here, the long-awaited justice came at last.

Delivering the judgement at High Court Onitsha, Justice Onyefulu said the convict Ikanda shall be hanged untill life goes out of him and shall be committed to the prison custody before his death.

The mother of the deceased, Mrs Kate Nwokolo has continually cried for justice against IKANDA over the unwarranted gruesome murder of his son and breadwinner of the family (Ndubuisi Nwokolo), leaving behind his wife and children to wallow in penury for the past five years.

She thanked the God of Justice for allowing the truth to prevail and expressed satisfaction with the judiciary for doing the needful at this moment in time.

In a judgement paper made available to newsmen, the case was contained in Charge No 0/48c/2019 between the State versus Ikechukwu Udensi (Ikanda); the prosecuting counsel was Tonia Nnabuife, Senior State Counsel for the state while Barr C. J Agbata stood for the convict.
SOURCE: 247UREPORTS

Resident Doctors Embarks on Indefinite Strike

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July 25, 2023

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Tuesday night declared an indefinite nationwide strike.

President of the association, Dr Orji Emeka Innocent, said the strike will commence at 12 midnight on Tuesday.

He said the strike was declared during the National Executive Council meeting of the association in Lagos.

According to Innocent, the major demands of the association are : immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) , immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement , payment of skipping arrears and upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS.

It had in a communique issued after its virtual extraordinary national executive council (NEC) meeting decried government‘s slow response to it’s demands despite giving it several ultimatums and embarking on a five day warning strike from May 17th to 21st this year.

It said, “The resolutions of the conciliatory meeting chaired by the then Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment were yet to be implemented, seven weeks after, despite the set time lines for their implementation.”

NARD said the major demands of the association are : immediate payment of the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF) , immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement , payment of skipping arrears and upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS).

Others are payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors , reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN ) , payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions and payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.

(Journalist101 )

ASUU Loses Case Against Registration Of CONUA, NAMDA

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July 25, 2023

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the Academic staff union of Nigeria (ASUU) challenging the registration of Congress of Nigerian University Academics, CONUA and Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, as trade unions by the federal government.

The President of the court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, while delivering judgment, held that section 27 of the Trade Union Act allows for more than one trade Union in employment, as the section does not depict trade monopoly.

Justice Kanyip held that the evidence presented by ASUU was inconsequential because when the suit was filed on October 26, 2022, CONUA and NAMDA registration had not yet been gazetted in line with section 523 of the Trade Union Act.

The court further held that ASUU also committed an error by filing against NAMDA as the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics instead of the Nigeria Association of Medical and dental academics.

Justice Kanyip who held that NAMDA was not in existence at the time ASUU filed the suit and refused all the reliefs sought by ASUU.

Just In: Court Grants Emefiele Bail

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July 25, 2023

A federal high court in Lagos has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the sum of N20 million.

The bail application was filed by Emefiele’s lawyers led by Mr. J. B. Dauda SAN.

Dauda prayed the court to grant the banker bail on self recognizance, noting that his client had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to make the application ripe for hearing.

He noted further that the proof of service endorsed by the AGF’s office was in the court’s file.

Dauda urged the court to end the oppression of his client by the Department of State Security (DSS) which arrested him and hear the bail application.

“There should be an end to oppression,” he said.

But the government’s lawyer, a Deputy Director of Prosecution (DDPP), told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that she had “not been given the bail application. As I stand here, I have not set eyes on it.”

But in a ruling on Tuesday, Nicholas Oweibo, the presiding judge, said the charges against Emefiele are bailable.

Emefiele is standing trial on a two-count charge which accuses him of possessing a single-barrel shotgun (JOJEFF MAGNUM 8371) without a licence on June 15 at Ikoyi.

The Federal Government, which is prosecuting him, maintained that the offence was contrary to Section 4 of the Firearms Act, 2004, and punishable under Section 27 (1b) of the same Act.

In the second count, the suspended CBN Governor was accused of having in his possession 123 rounds of live ammunition (Cartridges) without a licence, which was contrary to Section 8 of the Firearms Act 2004 and punishable under Section 27 (1)(b)(il) of the same Act.

Minimum Wage is Criminal Wage, My Cleaner Earns Better- Oshiomole

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July 24, 2023

The senator representing Edo North senatorial district, Adams Oshiomhole, has said his cleaner is paid a salary of not less than N60,000 monthly.

Gists9ja reports that the lawmaker knocked the current monthly minimum wage of N30,000 in the country while describing it as a criminal wage.

He observed that the average responsible private-sector employer in the country is a better employer than the Federal Government or state government.

He says, “What we call minimum wage is a criminal wage.”

Oshiomhole, who made the submission during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, stated that “If you exchange N30,000 at N800 or N700 to the dollar, what does that translate to? So, the value of that minimum wage when it was N125 – when it was first introduced under, I think, (Shehu) Shagari’s government – is about two times or three times the value many years later, even in the public service.

“I can tell you what I have decided to pay my cleaner. My cleaner is just a primary school – I’m not sure she has even a school leaving certificate. But she’s knowledgeable enough to clean the house.

“I found myself unable to pay her less than N60,000 – in fact, N60,000. It’s about my conscience. I’m trying to imagine what she has to pay for a house. She told me she has four children.

“I’m trying to imagine how she has to look after those children, and I cannot question why she should have four children.”

The lawmaker further noted that he understands the cost of living and couldn’t have decided to pay less than that “in a clean conscience.”

Speaking further, Oshiomhole said, “If I have chosen to employ a cleaner and chosen not to clean the house by myself, that is the least I thought I could pay.

“If I do that to my cleaner, I have to do a little more to my driver because he requires some training and, sometimes, even retraining, and my security is in his hands.”

(Gistnja)

By Failing you Helped my Case- Peter Obi to INEC

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July 24, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) helped his case by failing to provide clear copies of election results.

The LP flag bearer stated this in his final written address submitted to the Presidential Election Petitions Court, Abuja.

According to Obi, INEC inadvertently confirmed his claim that the electoral umpire shortchanged him by 2.5 million votes in the final results of the February 25 presidential election declared by the commission.

Akelicious recalls that Obi’s fourth witness at the PEPC, a professor of Mathematics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, Eric Uwaduegwu Ofoedu, had tendered expert reports stating “I observed that, from the IREV portal, scores on Form EC8As of 39,546 polling units were inaccessible – contain uploads not connected with the Presidential Election.”

The professor added that “From the IREV portal, 18,088 polling units results were blurred. This number of Pus negatively impacted the votes of 2,565,269 accredited voters and 9,165,191 voters that collected their PVCS.”

However, INEC had insisted that there was no “credible evidence” that the 18,088 blurred polling units results Obi’s team downloaded from the INEC Results Viewing Portal(IREV), amounted to 2,565,269 additional votes in his favour.

But Obi’s lead counsel argued that when INEC was subpoenaed to produce Form EC8As, including the scanned copy it uploaded to IREV, the electoral body presented certified documents that where either manifestly blurred or blank, purporting they were the results of the election in respective polling units.

He argued that the blurred copies certified by INEC cannot by any stretch of imagination be described as the authentic version of the actual Form EC8A containing the records of the figures obtained by the candidates in the respective polling units, “yet INEC certified these blurred copies/images as true copies of what is in their possession.

He urged the court to declare that “a certified copy is a copy of a document certified as true by the officer who has the custody of the original.”

Obi’s lawyers further contended that the electoral umpire has helped their case by producing a certified unreadable Form EC8As uploaded on IREV as a copies of the original in its possession.

(Akelicious)

N200,000 Minimum Wage: GGM Asks President Tinubu To End Feeding Bottle Federalism

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July 23, 2023

Good Governance Ministry has advised Nigeria Politicians including the Presidency to stop deceiving Nigerians. In short message released by the group and posted on her Twitter page ,the group advised President Tinubu to pay cash award of N200,000 monthly to all Nigeria workers both in Federal ,State and Private employment . The cash award should be paid immediately and for a period of 6 months . Also ,all the unemployed adults from the age of 18 should be paid social security package of N50,000 monthly . This payment will be done through National identification numbers and should be done immediately. GGM believes that timely execution of this policy will assist to achieve even and equitable distribution of windfalls from the removal of oil subsidy, end people suffering and increase people purchasing power to keep the domestic market afloat . However ,GGM noted that this is short term measure .

In a medium term period ,the Country should be returned to true federal system as promoted by President Tinubu and Afenifere during military era. Nigeria is the only federation where the resources are shared from the centre and that is why the Country has not progressed. GGM stands for a restructured Nigeria anchored on true federalism based on Regional / State Autonomy.

GGM advises that no multi-ethnic Nation can thrive under a political structure and culture that concentrate power and functions at the centre.

GGM therefore insists that the resources of Nigeria must be evenly distributed to create happiness and economic prosperity.

This statement was signed by Ndubuisi Anaenugwu for Good Governance Ministry