PRINCE DEJI ADEYANJU,CONVENER OF CONCERNED NIGERIANS Members of pro-democracy groups, Concerned Nigerians and OurMumuDonDo Movement, on Saturday, visited the family of Somtochukwu Ibeanusi, the 10-year old boy shot dead by security agents during the forceful eviction of traders from the demolition scene of Ekwe Uku Market, Owerri. The eviction and demotion were ordered by Mr. Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo State. In a statement issued after the visit, members of the two groups said Somtochukwu's killing is a symptom of how the country's political leaders use state apparatus and resources to oppress the poor, relieve them of their belongings and kill them when they resist. Our Mumu Don Do members in Owerri The statement was jointly signed by Messrs. Charles Oputa, Convener, OurMumuDonDo Movement; Deji Adeyanju, Convener, Concerned Nigerians; Adebayo Raphael, Publicity Secretary, OurMumuDonDo Movement; and Professor Chidi Odinka...
The Nigerian music industry has set plans in motion to mark the annual 'No Music Day' across Nigeria on September 1. "No Music Day" is a day the music industry has dedicated to bringing the attention of the Nigerian nation to the widespread infringement of the rights of song writers, composers, performers, music publishers, record labels and other stakeholders in the music industry. With the theme, ''Music for National Stability'', The "No Music Day" 2017 celebration is aimed at building significant public awareness and support for the new national fight against piracy of music, movies, literature, broadcast content, software, etc, which is undermining investments in the Nigerian creative industry. Speaking on the theme of this year's event, renowned Intellectual Property activist and Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji said "Every year, in marking 'No Music Day', our objective has been to eng...
Emeka Ojukwu Jr., a legal practitioner and son of Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has said that the only thing he holds against Nnamdi Kanu's agitation for the actualization of Biafra, is "their methodology". Speaking to Punch, Ojukwu Jr., admitted that the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Kanu and The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), was "valid". He however warned against hate speech, which could lead to "bad consequences". "The agitation of IPOB and MASSOB is a valid agitation. The only thing I hold against them is their methodology. But for somebody to fight for self-determination I do not see anything wrong in that. It is like a marriage; there are times the situation will be rosy and pleasant, there are times there will be some upheavals. "So, we must give room for those things. No one should say those boys shouldn't talk. They are allowed to talk. But what...
*OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL...* *DATE: SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2017* *THEME: LIVING IN THE SUPERNATURAL* Memory verse: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 6:9-12 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. MESSAGE: There is nothing as valuable as the Word of the Lord. Its value lies in the fact th...
Three Nigerian scammers who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been slammed huge prison sentences by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions of dollars from their schemes. Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, was given 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, got 25 years behind bars, according to a report by https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com A court in the Southern District of Mississippi had in February found them all guilty of crimes including mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud and theft of government property. Ayelotan and Raheem were also found guilty of conspiracies to commit bank fraud and money laundering. Dating back to at least 2001, the scammers were involved in multiple internet fraud schemes, resulting in losses in the tens of millions, according to the Department of Justice. It claimed that they would befriend women on dating sites, establish a romantic relations...
Two weeks after 171 Nigerians voluntarily returned home from Libya, 155 others followed suit on Thursday aboard a chartered Nouvel Air aircraft with registration number TS-1NB. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 6.00 p.m. Like the initial group which returned on March 7 after being stranded in Libya while enroute Europe, the returnees were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya. They were received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Protection of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were also on ground to receive them. Addressing journalists, Onimode Bandele, Director, Search and Rescue, NEMA, said various agencies were on ground to w...
Aid organisations have warned that the rainy season is not yet over and that more flooding could arrive at any moment in the Sierra Leone capital/ AFP Mass burial of victims of Sierra Leone's devastating floods and mudslides will hold on Thursday, as blame grows over government's "inaction" over deforestation and poor urban planning. According to reports, at least 105 of the dead were children. Citizens and experts alike questioned why the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma had not done more to tackle illegal construction in the overcrowded capital Freetown. 'Not over yet' Aid organisations have also warned that the rainy season is not yet over and that more flooding could arrive at any moment in the west African coastal city of around one million people. People in Sierra Leone line up to find out about the fate of loved ones in the deadly flooding and mudslides in the capital Freetown/ AFP The disaster began on Monday when heavy rains hit the city and ...
THE 2 DEAD KIDNAPPERS BEHIND A POLICE VAN Two suspected kidnappers were shot dead during a gun duel with the police along Factory Road, Aba, Abia State on Monday, April 17. Another wounded suspect was apprehended at the hospital where he had gone to receive treatment. According to an eye witness, the suspects had kidnapped a couple heading home from church but luck ran out on them when the wife sighted some officers on patrol and raised alarm. “This is the first time I am commending our Uniform men for their swift response.They saved the situation and there was nothing like stray bullets.I was an eye witness, everything happened just in front of me. It was a scary scene, the gun shots were something else. I couldn’t hold my breathe, it was like a war. Before we left the scene, the guy on shirt was still alive.I watch them shoot the other guy dead.I couldn’t get hold of my phone when the whole thing was happening because of the gun shots.The video I recorded couldn’t uplo...
The wild-child niece of former Veep Joe Biden stole more than $100,000 in a credit card scam — and quietly cut a plea deal in Manhattan court that spares her any jail time, The Post has learned. Using a borrowed credit card, the blonde Caroline Biden set up an unauthorized customer account at Bigelow Pharmacy on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, and racked up the six-figure bill over the course of a year, according to a criminal complaint that does not name the victim card owner. As part of a plea deal before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Kevin McGrath, Biden, 29, pleaded guilty to one charge of grand larceny and another of petit larceny and agreed to make restitution of $110,810.04. If she pays everything back and keeps her nose clean, she can return to court and enter a substitute plea to a lower, misdemeanor charge of petit larceny and be sentenced to two years probation. But she'll stay out of jail even if she fails to live up to the plea deal, instead getting sentenced on t...
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