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Luck has run out on a kidnapping gang in Otukpo, Benue South Senatorial District, after some members of the gang were identified by one of their victims in a public bus. Trouble began for the accused persons as they boarded a vehicle from Otukpo to Makurdi at Ihotu Park only to meet a girl they had kidnapped and released after collecting ransom. Found with the accused persons was a bag they had collected from the girl when she was kidnapped. The victim wasted no time in raising the alarm after holding one of the kidnappers inside the vehicle while two other members of the gang took to their heels but were caught by sympathisers. It was later discovered that the Ghana-Must-Go bag the gang members kept at the back of the vehicle contained N11 million cash. An angry mob was about to set the kidnap suspects ablaze when the manager of Ihotu Park quickly called in soldiers and policemen to come to their rescue. Investigation revealed that the three suspected kidnappers have been moved to the...

  In 2018, Brazilian pensioner João sought medical help after he found a wart on his penis. “I started visiting medical clinics to find out what it was, but all the doctors told me it was due to excess skin and prescribed medication,” the 63-year-old recalls.   Despite the medication, the wart continued to grow. It started to take a toll on his marriage and João and his wife’s sex life declined. “We were like siblings,” he ad mits. He was determined to find out what was going on.   For five years João, not his real name, went back and forth to specialists who prescribed more medication and ordered new  biopsies . “Nothing solved it,” he says. Then, in 2023, he was given a diagnosis – João had penile  cancer . “For my family, it was a very unpleasant surprise, even more so because I had to have part of the penis amputated. I feel like I was decapitated,” he says. “It’s a type of cancer that you can’t talk about with people because it could turn into a j...

Tension in Rivers as Fubara gives directive to heads of LGAs Reports from various Local Government Areas in Rivers State indicate varying levels of tension, with some areas experiencing sporadic shooting while others remain peaceful. In Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, videos circulating on social media show security operatives attached to the former council chairman, Allwell Ihunda, firing sporadically after being chased by angry youths who claimed they were shot at directly by the police. Similarly, at the Obio-Akpor Council Secretariat, an official vehicle belonging to the council chairman, George Ariorlu, was vandalized and posters torn by individuals chanting both war and victory songs. DAILY POST gathered that the two local government council chairmen were still within the council premises when the governor concluded his statewide broadcast. This led to angry youths invading the areas to chase them away. In Emohua Local Government Council, youths from various communities...

Multichoice Readjusts Subscription Prices For Dstv, Gotv After Court Order      The readjustment has reflected on the company's apps according to checks on Sunday, June 16, 2024.   Recall that the company had vowed to challenge the order of the Competition Consumer Tribunal (CCT) after reporting a decline in its subscriber base in Nigeria, where it lost over a million subscribers.   Old DStv prices vs new ones   Checks show that DStv subscribers are now required to pay N29,500 instead of N37,000 for the Premium package, and Compact+ package subscribers can now pay N19,800 instead of the new price of N25,000.   Compact Bouquet subscribers can now pay the previous rate of N12,500 instead of N15,700, while Confam package subscribers must pay the old price of N7,400 instead of the increased rate of N9,300 per month.   Yanga package subscribers' prices have reverted to the old N4,200 per month instead of the new N5,100.   Padi subscribers will pay...

  A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) for stealing in Isewo, Obada Oko, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the victim had stolen a biscuit worth N200, Milo worth N150, and Mr. Fruit worth N300. Visblog reports that the child was allegedly subjected to severe physical torture by her guardian due to her stealing habit. Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson in Ogun State, Omolola Odutola, said the incident occurred around 11:00 am on Thursday, June 13, 2024, and the suspect was arrested by the Divisional Police Officer in Obada-Oko. Odutola stated, “On June 13, 2024, Temitope Adetanju, a 25-year-old woman, was arrested by the DPO in Obada-Oko, Ogun State, for allegedly inserting a sizable piece of firewood into the private part of a 12-year-old girl, accusing her of stealing a biscuit worth N200, Milo worth N150, and Mr. ...

In a recent interview on The Honest Bunch podcast, Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede has come out in support of her colleague Yul Edochie's decision to take a second wife. Edochie, who married his second wife Judy Austin years back, has faced criticism from many quarters.  However, Yvonne Jegede believes that the criticism is hypocritical, pointing out that many of those criticizing Yul Edochie come from polygamous families themselves. She questioned why people are quick to judge Edochie but praise Regina Daniels, who is also in a polygamous marriage.  She said; "You see this Yul Edochie ehnnn, 99% of people abusing him are from second wives, third wives, fourth wives and fifth wives. Sometimes wife that the family doesn’t know about. Let us stop being silly on the internet. I don’t see anything he has done wrong. I no dey go tear me to pieces when this interview gets uploaded. Why are you guys cursing him and making Regina Daniels your prayer point, only she fit advise you for ...

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Sunday visited the family of Cpl Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama, one of the soldiers killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Obikabia Junction, Obingwa Local Government Area. Late Cpl Ikpeama hailed from the same village, Nvosi, in Isialangwa South Local Government Area, as Governor Otti. The deceased, one of the five soldiers ambushed and killed by the gunmen, on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at his duty post, left behind a young wife with about four-month-old baby, and an aged mother. Governor Otti commiserated with the family and reiterated his promise that the State Government will take up the responsibility of training the children of the slain soldiers on scholarship up to university level.  The Governor was received on arrival by the uncle of the deceased soldier, who informed him that the family has slated Thursday, June 13, 2024 for the soldier's burial, having applied and consequently granted approval by the army authorities to bury the corp...

“Your Gospel Is Frǝμdulǝηt; God Is Not A Small Boy That'll Only Give To You Because You Gave To Him.  If That Is How God Operates, Many People Giving Offerings Would Be Richer Than Dangote Who's Not Even A Born Again.  God Gives To Everyone Without Prejudice”  — Pastor Abel Damina Berates Pastor David Ibiyeomie After The Salvation Ministries General Overseer Said He Gave God $1Million When He Didn't Have A Building Of His Own And God Told Him He'll Never Be Broke Which Is Why He's Today One Of The Wealthiest Preachers On Earth.

Wike vs Perm Secs: Reactions trail order to bow before Tinubu Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, last week, drew the ire of Nigerians during the commissioning of a road named after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, when he ordered some newly appointed Permanent Secretaries to bow before President Bola Tinubu.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has fined the prominent Pay - TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, GOTV, N150 million for disputing the court's jurisdiction,  and ordered the company to provide Nigerians with a one-month free subscription to its DStv and GOTV Packages.  A three-man panel led by Thomas Okusu, gave the verdict on Friday. The tribunal had previously blocked Multichoice from raising subscription fees without proper notice, based on a lawsuit by Barrister Festus Onifade who claimed the 8-day notice given for the price increase was inadequate. Mister Onifade had sued DStv, accusing the Pay -TV of unjustly increasing subscription fees without one month notice to customers and leveraging on it to seek interim orders. Counsel for Multichoice had contended that previous rulings had settled price regulation issues, while Onifade focused on the inadequate notice rather than the price hike itself, prompting the tribunal to affirm its jurisdict...

Gunmen Suspected To Be Herders Kill 16-Year-Old Enugu Student, Sexually Assault Sister BigiNaija  gathered that the tragic incident occurred on Saturday. Some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have reportedly killed a 16-year-old student of Nsukka High School, identified as Chikamso and sexually molested his sister. A video seen by SaharaReporters on Tuesday shows the lifeless body of the student lying on the floor with family members crying profusely. The late Chikamso, who hailed from Ukpata, in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, was reportedly killed while returning to Nsukka, where he was studying.   He was reportedly with his younger sister when they were intercepted by the herdsmen who sexually abused her.   Chikamso was reportedly shot in the head while trying to stop the assailants from abusing his sister. According to the locals, the deceased and his sister were attacked at Ukwuapku between Ukpata and Uvuru communities.   A short statement acc...

Strike: FG offers minimum wage above N60,000 as NLC/TUC to meet today to decide fate of ongoing strike The Federal Government has offered to pay a minimum wage above N60,000. The figure was disclosed by the government after a meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress TUC at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF on Monday night, June 3. For the Federal Government of Nigeria, those who signed the statement were Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation; Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha and, Minister of State for Labour and Employment. For the Organised Labour, those who signed were Joe Ajaero, President, Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and Festus Osifo, President, Trade Union Congress TUC. The statement reads “Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened ...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria @TCN_NIGERIA reports that the Labour Union has shut down the national grid, resulting in a nationwide blackout as a strike begins.  According to TCN, the shutdown occurred at about 2:19 am on Monday, June 3, 2024. The shutdown originated from the Benin transmission operator and spread to other substations in Ganmo, Benin, Ayede, Olorunsogo, Akangba, and Osogbo.  TCN also states that power generating units from various stations were forced to shut down some units of their plants. However, at about 3:23 am on Monday, TCN began grid recovery efforts, using the Shiroro Substation to attempt to feed transmission lines supplying bulk electricity to the Katampe Transmission Substation.  TCN assures the public that it is working diligently to recover and stabilise the grid to restore normal bulk transmission of electricity to distribution load centres nationwide.

Yoruba, Igbo, Other Ethnic Nationalities Should Be Able To Exit ‘Freely’ From Nigeria –  The private bill was titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria."  Every ethnic nationality and people in Nigeria will have an unconditional right to self-determination, the promoter of a trending draft "bill" seeking a return to the regional system of government, Dr Akin Fapohunda, has proposed. The private bill was titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the full proposal obtained by SaharaReporters on Saturday, Fapohunda also suggested the scrapping of the presidential system of government, reintroduction of the parliamentary system, return to unicameral legislature, as well as provision for self-determination by any section of the country which desires so. It read, “Every Ethnic Natio...