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Police officers can be searched by Nigerians according to information released by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. Police PRO, Frank Mba The Nigeria Police Force says Nigerians have the right to search its men in select circumstances, a report by Punch has revealed. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said this in a statement on Monday titled, ‘(Part 2) Tips For Safe And Cordial Conduct During An Arrest.’ The Police said if an officer is about to search a citizen or a property, that citizen has the right to first search the policeman in order to ensure that no evidence is planted. According to the NPF, Nigerians also have the right to demand to know the reason for their arrest whenever an arrest is about to be made. The Force spokesman further stated that in some instances, Nigerians have the right to demand that an arrest warrant is presented before allowing themselves to be apprehended. The statement reads in part,  “You may ...

 A 15-year-old boy, Ekele Franklin, from Imo has emerged the overall best candidate in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME), conducted between April 11 and April 15.   Franklin, who made University of Lagos his first choice, scored 347 and may not be admitted because of his age.   Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), disclosed this at a news conference to announce the release of the results in Abuja on Saturday.   Emmanuel Chidebube, a 16-year-old boy from Abia came second with a score of 346, while Isaac Olamide, a 17-year-old from Osun came third with 345.   In all 2,906 candidates scored over 300 as against 4,683 in 2018.   Statistics   According to Mr Oloyede, 57,579 candidates scored between 250 and 299 as against 64,120 in the 2018 results.   Mr Oloyede said 366,757 candidates also scored between 200 and 249, which is a significant improvement f...

Despite losing lots of money to MMM, Nigerians have now fallen for yet another ponzi scheme called Loom.  Barely a few years after Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM), a popular ponzi scheme, crashed in Nigeria, “Loom”, a similar money-making scheme, is fast catching up among Nigerians. “Loom Money Nigeria” is a peer-to-peer pyramid scheme that follows the same pattern as the collapsed MMM. Organisers of the ponzi scheme have asked people to invest as low as N1000 or N13,000 and get as much as eight times the value of the investment before 48 hours. Unlike MMM, where there is a website and its founder (late Sergey Mavrodi) is well known, the promoters of Loom are elusive while the pyramid scheme operates via closed groups mainly on Facebook and Whatsapp. Daily Mail had reported in April that ponzi schemes resurfaced online all over the world, with different names such as “Loom circle”, “fractal mandala” and “blessing Loom”. ABC News reported that Loom was ...

A High Court in Benin on Thursday, sentenced a housewife Eniobong Isonguyo and her pastor lover, Udoka Ukachukwu, to death for the murder of her husband, Engr. Victor Gabriel Isonguyo, a staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC, Benin, Edo State in 2013. During the trial, the prosecuting counsel told Court, that the murder of the deceased was carried out by the convicts so as to cover up the pregnancy accusation by the deceased while he was away. “The deceased’s wife told the pastor to wait on the route of her husband to work and ask him for a ride. The plan paid off as the man eventually stopped and gave the pastor a ride along sapele road Benin. During the journey, the said pastor brought out a sharp object and hit him on his neck before opening the petrol tank, sipped out fuel and burnt him beyond recognition,” It was established that millions of naira and landed properties belonging to the deceased were transferred to the said pastor by the wife. T...

A huge fire has broken out at a power transmission substation in a community in the Federal Capital Territory.   Abuja power transmission station fire on Sunday. Facebook image   It has been reported that there was a fire outbreak on Sunday at a power transmission substation in Apo, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory.    According to Punch Metro, it was learnt that the fire started at about 1.30pm from a transformer in the substation and persisted for some hours.   The Transmission Company of Nigeria confirmed the incident and stated that one of the 45MVA 132/33kV power transformers in the substation was involved.   It said the burnt transformer was part of those that feed the 33kV feeders of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.   The fire was put off by the combined efforts of the federal, FCT and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation fire service.    “It is, however, still early for TCN to...

The Police said the suspects were raided by a team of policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer in Agbara, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.   The impounded Indian hemp as concealed in a chest freezer. Photo: Tunji Bosun     Four persons have been arrested with a deep freezer loaded with weeds suspected to be marijuana. The suspects reportedly claimed that the freezer was to be used for sale of soft drinks. The four suspects – Opeyemi Wahab, 22; Kabirat Ahmed,21; Yusuf Rasaki, 20;  and Saheed Mustapha, 32 – were all arrested at black spots in Iperin, in the Agbara area on Saturday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. Oyeyemi said the arrest followed the inauguration of  a special outfit code-named,  Operation Puff Adder,  by the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, in compliance with the directive of Inspector General of Police, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age. Notable in the guidelines, is the amount of screen time toddlers should get, which the UN agency said should not be more than one hour for those under 5 and none at all for those under 1. The guidelines are to address the increasing amount of sedentary behaviour in the general population, WHO said, adding that physical inactivity can cause death, and is a contributor to the rise of obesity. The primary audiences for these guidelines are policy makers in ministries of health, education and /or social welfare, NGOs, community or family nurses or doctors, paediatricians or occupational therapists, WHO said. WHO’s guidelines also add that infants less than one year should spend at least half an hour every day on their stomachs and toddlers should get at least three hours of physical activity every day. Check out the ...

A video of a girl that run mad after she was drop by a car, has gone viral, with many Nigerians concluding on what may be the cause.  It was shown in the video that the girl was still on her neat dress and her bag around her neck.  According to two of the eye witness who lamented in Nigeria pidgin said they must have used her and this is the consequence.                  "dem don use dis one."And the other                 said "na d tin be dis."  Watch video clip below.

- Tension is building within the ruling APC over the position of a new national secretary - Some chieftains of the party have accused some APC leaders of planning to foist an unpopular national secretary on the party - The immediate past national secretary of the APC, Mai-Mala Buni is currently the governor-elect of Yobe state A report by The Guardian indicates that there is serious outcry among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over an alleged move by some leaders of the party to foist an unpopular national secretary on the party. According to the report, those fingered in the plot are the party's national chairman; Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, national leader; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and governor of Borno state, Kashim Ibrahim Shettima. Chieftains of the party who raised the alarm say the trio are planning to jettison the party’s national convention’s norm for the election and selection of executive officers in regard to the vacant position of national s...

No fewer than 21 people have been killed as heavy storms swept parts of South Africa over night, authorities said on Tuesday. The deaths were reported in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province where heavy storms battered various parts of the province on Monday night, the provincial department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs said in a statement, NAN reports. “Last night, the weather conditions worsened significantly across KZN and the heavy rain culminated in various parts of the province, claiming at least 21 lives and 32 patients in and around Durban,’’ the statement said. Rescue teams have been responding to the incessant rain that has wreaked untold damage on the communities, said the statement. It said efforts are being made to minimise the impact of the storm on the residents and businesses. The Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces also experienced severe weather conditions. In Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, serious flooding prompted the South Afri...

Weeks after her murder, the father of the lady who was killed by Police continues to grief over her unfortunate demise.     Deceased, Adaobi Ifeanyi   The father of the 20-year-old Adaobi Ifeanyi, killed by a policeman while returning from a nightclub with her boyfriend, Emmanuel Akomafuwa, Mr. Ifeanyi Ojide, has said he was yet to come to terms with the daughter’s demise. He said:  “I was in great shock on that Saturday morning, when people called to inform me that my daughter had been shot by some policemen. Till this moment, I am yet to recover from the shock.” Relating his last moment with her, he said: “ My last moment with Ada, as she was fondly called, was on Friday evening, a day before she was killed. I left her with her siblings at home before going out.  We had only talked briefly about how she was preparing for her exams before I left home. I thought it was a lie when I was informed the next day that she had been killed. “She was a ve...

Sometimes we make big mistakes that hurt the people we love. Learning how to rebuild trust with someone you hurt is possible, but it’ll take some work. We all make mistakes. Most are relatively small and can be overlooked by the people around us. However, there are some mistakes with huge consequences. And if you’re asking how to rebuild trust with someone you hurt, it was probably big. You may want to know how to rebuild trust with someone you hurt, but depending on what happened, you may not be able to rebuild the relationship. Keep your chin up though, there’s nothing wrong with giving it a solid try. Can you mend a broken heart? #1 Be honest with yourself.  You need to get your facts straight and come clean with yourself. It’s not easy accepting your actions, but if you want to fix the relationship, you’re going to have to do this first. Knowing what you did was wrong and taking fault is a crucial step. If not, you’re not doing this for the right reasons. #2 Ta...

- Zahran Hashim, a radical Islamist, has been accused to one of the attackers of Sri Lanka coordinated bombings - While media outlets in the country believe he is behind the attack on Shangri La hotel in Colombo, their report is however unconfirmed - Many people in the country, especially officials in the government, are blaming security agencies in the country for intelligence failures Zahran Hashim, a radical Islamic cleric who is known for posting inciting videos on Youtube, has been accused to be one of the bombers who attacked the Shangri La hotel in Colombo. It should be recalled also that Hashim has once wanted to attack the Indian High Commission in the capital of Sri Lanka on Thursday, April 4 but failed, Daily Mail reports. A US official earlier told CNN that those behind the coordinated blasts which claimed 290 lives and left many wounded were influence by ISIS. No group, has so far, taken responsibility for the terror, however, government Spokesman Rajith...

The toll from a string of deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 310, with several people dying of their injuries overnight, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. Around 500 people were wounded in the blasts, Ruwan Gunasekera said in a statement. He added that 40 people were now under arrest in connection with the attacks, which Sri Lanka’s government has blamed on a previously little-known local Islamist group, National Thowheeth Jama’ath. The first mass burial for the victims of Easter Sunday bombings took place in Colombo. Mourners and relatives of the victims brought flowers to the memorial service and prayed with the clergy as coffins were being carried in and out of the church. Tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning in Sri Lanka.  See more photos below.

Anders Holch Povlsen, 46, Denmark's richest man and the billionaire owner of ASOS has lost three of his four children in the Sri Lanka terror attacks on Easter Sunday.   Povlsen is the second largest private landowner in the UK and is the biggest shareholder in the online retailer. Just days before the devastating attacks, one of Povlsen's children, Alma, shared a holiday snap of her siblings Astrid, Agnes and Alfred, next to a pool in Sri Lanka. Six nearly simultaneous explosions at three churches and three hotels took place at Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa on Easter Sunday. Other blasts were reported at St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo, and at Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa. A spokesperson for the 46-year-old father-of-four Anders Holch Povlsen, confirmed that three of the businessman's children were among the dead. Mr Povlsen owns the Bestseller clothing chain which he inherited from his f...

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 156 people, including 35 foreigners. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks as “cowardly” and said the government was working to “contain the situation”. Images circulating on social media and local news stations showed extensive damage at one of three churches targeted in the near-simultaneous blasts on Sunday morning. Much of the church roof was blown out in the explosion, with roof tiles and splintered wood littering the floor and pools of blood in between wounded worshippers. The injured flooded into local hospitals, where officials reported hundreds of wounded were being admitted. The nature of the blasts was not immediately clear and there were no immediate claims of responsibility. But documents seen by AFP show that Sri Lanka’s police chief Pujuth Jayasundara issued an intelligence a...

During the phone conversation, the bandit also claimed that there would continue to be bloodshed as long as the Nigerian government continues to send in more troops to the state. Bandits ravaging Zamfara communities have disclosed that they have information feeding them with every move of the military against them. This was disclosed in a tape recording the conversation of a bandit (yet to be identified) with an emir in Zamfara, obtained by the Punch newspaper. During the phone conversation, the bandit also claimed that there would continue to be bloodshed as long as the Nigerian government continues to send in more troops to the state. The bandit said: “God has already given you a position (as an emir) and when you talk, people listen. You have some poor masses in the bushes. This violence started happening in our state about six years ago or so. “They killed my people; they killed my relations; they killed my wives, my children. They killed so...

Nigerian Singer, Oritsefemi and his wife, Nabila Fash are celebrating their 2nd wedding anniversary today. His wife, Nabila took to her IG page to share a photo of both, with the caption;  ‘It’s our second wedding anniversary. Not an easy ride but God is real. Thank you for loving me the way you do Let’s keep making God the foundation of our home’ Oritsefemi also wrote,  ‘wow, two years no be beans o, been putting our things on a low but e no get as e go be, I say make I do my people small totori, make una wish us happy two years wedding anniversary I beg e no easy for hard guys like this to fall and stay in love’.

Local officials have blamed the tragedy on heavy rainfall in the area around eMpangeni on Thursday night.   Pictures from the accident scene At least 13 people have died and many were injured when a wall collapsed in South Africa at the start of an Easter service at a Pentecostal church. Emergency services said that 29 people were rushed to hospital after the collapse in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal. Local officials have blamed the tragedy on heavy rainfall in the area around eMpangeni on Thursday night. Most of the victims were reportedly women sleeping in the church. An 11-year-old girl is thought to be among them. The wall at the front of the Pentecostal Holiness Church collapsed at the start of what had been planned as a weekend-long service to commemorate the Christian festival of Easter. On Friday, a special prayer service was held in a large tent in front of the church, reports the eNCA TV station. The Reverend Thulasizwe Buth...