By: Olukayode Babalola
2015-02-04 14:19
Lafia - Officers of the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday paraded five
suspects for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl.
The state
Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Andekin Musa, said the suspects, including a
father of three, were labourers working at a construction site in Doma
Local Government market.
Musa disclosed that the girl they raped hawks sachet water, otherwise called "Pure Water", in the same area.
He
said four of the suspects had on January 30 lured the girl into an
uncompleted building beside the Doma market and took turns to rape her.
"The
suspects raped her in an uncompleted building near the market. They
lured her into the building saying they would buy her water but instead
raped her," Andekin said.
The commandant explained that the four
suspects, after their arrest, implicated the fifth suspect who also
confessed to raping the girl.
Musa said that officers arrested two of the suspects near Tudun Laraba community in Doma on February 1.
He said that the other three suspects were later arrested on the same day from the Doma market.
"The
rape took place on January 30, while their arrest was on February 1.
They are all around and they have all confessed to committing the
offence.’’ he said.
Musa said the suspects, Wada Mohammed (37),
Tanko Adamu (36), Abubakar Ogachi (40), Yusuf Ogar (35) and Samaila Ali
(35) would be prosecuted after investigation had been concluded.
"From
our investigation, the suspects have been in the habit of raping
underage girls and we have been receiving reports of similar cases in
that area," he said.
One of the suspects, Samaila, disclosed that the devil pushed him to commit the crime as it was not in his habit to rape women.
"I
have a wife and three children and I have never done this kind of thing
before. It is the devil that pushed me to do it," he said.
The
father of the girl, Malam Umar Mohammed, thanked the NSCDC for promptly
arresting the suspects and expressed optimism that justice would be
done.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Former Speaker defects to APC
Osogbo - Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Olubunmi Etteh, on Tuesday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress (APC), reports Vanguard.
She defected with thousands of her supporters in Irewole, Ayedaade and Isokan Federal constituency of Osun State.
Etteh said she decided to join the APC because of the party’s progressive policies and the love for the masses.
She stated that her decision was to join the progressives so that she will be able to contribute her quota to the development of the people
Etteh was received into the fold of the APC by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun.
Read more at Vanguard.
Nigerian winger signs for Benfica
By: Israel Ojoko
2015-02-04 12:40
Lagos – Nigerian winger Jesse Sekidika has signed a contract with Portuguese side Benfica.
The 18-year-old will feature for Benfica U-19 team which plays in the UEFA Youth Cup among other competitions.
Sekidika was born on July 14th 1996 in Port Harcourt. He left Nigeria at the age of 15 years to Brooke House College & Football Academy in Leicester, England, and graduated as the best graduating Academy Player in July 2014.
In July 2013, he attended a trial at English Premiership League club, Stoke City, and excelled at the trial, which prompted Stoke City’s interest in signing him. Whilst playing for Stoke City at the 2013 Keele Cup, Sekidika was also scouted by two senior Manchester United scouts who expressed interest in assessing him further at their Carrington training ground.
However, due to the stringent requirement of a British work permit and not having a European Passport, Sekidika could not be offered a contract at Stoke City or Manchester United.
In August 2014, he joined the Under-19 team of Portuguese amateur club, A.D. Oeiras, which is a feeder-club to some of Portugal’s Primeira League sides. After about 12 weeks at A.D. Oeiras, Jesse was scouted and identified by Benfica after showcasing his talents for A.D. Oerias U-19s in a match against Benfica U-19s.
He was invited to the camp of the Flying Eagles in January 2013 among eight other foreign based players, but was pegged with school activities. He is however hoping to make a return to the national team.
Lagos – Nigerian winger Jesse Sekidika has signed a contract with Portuguese side Benfica.
The 18-year-old will feature for Benfica U-19 team which plays in the UEFA Youth Cup among other competitions.
Sekidika was born on July 14th 1996 in Port Harcourt. He left Nigeria at the age of 15 years to Brooke House College & Football Academy in Leicester, England, and graduated as the best graduating Academy Player in July 2014.
In July 2013, he attended a trial at English Premiership League club, Stoke City, and excelled at the trial, which prompted Stoke City’s interest in signing him. Whilst playing for Stoke City at the 2013 Keele Cup, Sekidika was also scouted by two senior Manchester United scouts who expressed interest in assessing him further at their Carrington training ground.
However, due to the stringent requirement of a British work permit and not having a European Passport, Sekidika could not be offered a contract at Stoke City or Manchester United.
In August 2014, he joined the Under-19 team of Portuguese amateur club, A.D. Oeiras, which is a feeder-club to some of Portugal’s Primeira League sides. After about 12 weeks at A.D. Oeiras, Jesse was scouted and identified by Benfica after showcasing his talents for A.D. Oerias U-19s in a match against Benfica U-19s.
He was invited to the camp of the Flying Eagles in January 2013 among eight other foreign based players, but was pegged with school activities. He is however hoping to make a return to the national team.
Boko Haram slits civilians' throats in border town
2015-02-04 15:19
Yaound - Boko Haram fighters slit civilians' throats and torched the main mosque in the Cameroon border town of Fotokol during an attack on Wednesday repelled by regional forces, residents said.
"They burnt houses and killed civilians as well as soldiers," a source close to security forces said. Several residents said civilians' throats were slit and reported that the main mosque was burnt in the town along the Nigerian border.
Yaound - Boko Haram fighters slit civilians' throats and torched the main mosque in the Cameroon border town of Fotokol during an attack on Wednesday repelled by regional forces, residents said.
"They burnt houses and killed civilians as well as soldiers," a source close to security forces said. Several residents said civilians' throats were slit and reported that the main mosque was burnt in the town along the Nigerian border.
Aliyu denies endorsing Buhari
He accused Buhari of truncating his political ambition in 1983 when he overthrew the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari.
Apparently referring to some reports which listed Aliyu as one of the governors who was sympathetic to the candidature of Buhari, Aliyu noted that he believed in loyalty and would not leave his political party and support someone from another political party.
The governor said though the APC presidential candidate may be honest, his honesty may not translate to good public policies.
Read more at NewsDay.
Top Muslim body calls for crucifixion
2015-02-04 15:47
Cairo - Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of
learning, expressed outrage at the Islamic State (ISIS) group for
burning to death a captive Jordanian pilot, saying its militants deserve
to be killed or crucified.
After a video was released showing the caged fighter pilot, Maaz al-Kassasbeh, dying engulfed in flames, the Cairo-based authority's head, Ahmed al-Tayib, expressed his "strong dismay at this cowardly act".
This "requires the punishment mentioned in the Qur'an for these corrupt oppressors who fight against God and his prophet: killing, crucifixion or chopping of the limbs."
"Islam forbids killing of the innocent human soul... It forbids mutilating the human soul by burning or in any other way even during wars against an enemy that attacks you," Tayib added in a statement.
ISIS itself has implemented such punishments against its own members for robbery at checkpoints or stealing funds from religious endowments in territories controlled by the group in Iraq and Syria.
AFP
After a video was released showing the caged fighter pilot, Maaz al-Kassasbeh, dying engulfed in flames, the Cairo-based authority's head, Ahmed al-Tayib, expressed his "strong dismay at this cowardly act".
This "requires the punishment mentioned in the Qur'an for these corrupt oppressors who fight against God and his prophet: killing, crucifixion or chopping of the limbs."
"Islam forbids killing of the innocent human soul... It forbids mutilating the human soul by burning or in any other way even during wars against an enemy that attacks you," Tayib added in a statement.
ISIS itself has implemented such punishments against its own members for robbery at checkpoints or stealing funds from religious endowments in territories controlled by the group in Iraq and Syria.
AFP
Osinbajo slams Jonathan for attending Islamic meetings
Osinbajo stated that because Nigeria is not a Islamic state, as it has Christians as well, the president should not be going to IOC meetings, as the country is not a Islamic state.
President Jonathan had attended the OIC meeting, making him the first president to do so since Nigeria was surreptitiously enlisted by President Ibrahim Babangida in 1986.
Read more at Naij.
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