President Buhari Meets With 13-Year-Old Nigerian Filmmaker And Girl-Education Advocate, Zuriel Oduwole.

President Muhammadu Buhari today in the US met with the young Nigerian filmmaker and girl-education advocate.
13-year-old Zuriel Elise Oduwole, born to a Nigerian father and a Mauritian mother, is an education activist best known for her works on the advocacy for the education of girls in Africa.

Oduwole is the youngest person to be profiled by Forbes. In 2014, at age 12, she was the world's youngest filmaker to have a self-produced work screened commercially.

The President also met with other eminent US-based Nigerians: Cardiologist Yemi Badero, Prof. Nwadiuto Esiobu and Austin Esogbue.

Wife Of Kaduna State Governor, Hadiza El-Rufai Tee Off Golf Tournament In Kaduna State

First lady of Kaduna state, Hadiza El-Rufai, today teed off the golf tournament played to herald the Kaduna Investment Forum which comes up in Kaduna next week.

Pictures From The Burial Of Mother Of CBN Governor, Emefiele; Dangote, Governors Okowa, Obiano, Others In Attendance.

The mother of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, late Mrs Alice Ohumagholem Emefiele was laid to rest today in Agbor, Delta State following a Christian/traditional wake keep yesterday.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa was joined by Aliko Dangote, His Royal Majesty Kiagborkuzi the I, Dein of Agbor Kingdom, Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano and other well meaning Nigerians at Agbor to bid farewell to Mrs Emefiele. She was 94 years.

Nigerian Army Dispels Rumoured Tribal War And Killing Of Three Soldiers in Enugu

The Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed as untrue a reported tribal war at the 82 Division, Enugu, which allegedly claimed three lives.

Report had emerged online that following a perceived “tribal deployment of troops to the Niger Delta”, crisis engulfed the 82 Division, leading to the death of a military commander and two soldiers.
However, in a press statement made available to DAILY POST by Colonel H.A. GAMBO, the Deputy Director Army Public Relations, he described the report as “baseless and at best, mere figment of the author’s jaundiced imagination.”

The statement read in full:
“The attention of Headquarters 82 Division, Nigerian Army has been drawn to a deliberate campaign of misinformation that is being currently circulated in the social media.

“In specifics, a subversive group named ‘EASTERN RADIO’ with no known address or identity orchestrated an unfortunate caption and storyline with insinuation of ‘Tribal War at Army Barracks, 82 Division Enugu’.
“The colouration of ethnic and tribal collusion that greeted the misinformation is rather unfounded, baseless and at best mere figment of the authors’ jaundiced imagination.

“For the avoidance of doubt, let it be emphatically stated that the Nigerian Army remains a national institution which emphasises unity in diversity of the entire Country. There are extant norms, regulations and practices for diversity management in the Nigerian Army which are upheld in 82 Division without compromises.

“The intent and calculations of this band of mis-informant is to cause disaffection amongst own troops and the Country’s populace at large. Their methodology is to employ such campaign of calumny and distortion of an established reign of peaceful, harmonious and esprit-de-corps culture in 82 Division and the entire Nigerian Army.
“However, the campaign is a failed one as the entire Division remains indivisible, unprovoked and not gullible to such cheap and heinous insinuations.


“The general public is hereby called upon to discountenance the storyline of EASTERN RADIO and their affiliated secessionist groups. 82 Division Nigerian Army is intact and marching forward together as ever. Above all, the Nigerian Army remains committed to providing aid to civil authority as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended) and wishes to reassure the public of the Chief of Army Staff unalloyed commitment to protect lives and property whenever called upon to do so in line with extant provisions of the law.”

Woman Pour Hot Water On Husband's Genitals For Allegedly Cheating On Her

Maxwell Chiwaya, 36, from Unyolo Village TA Chikumbu, Mulanje, Malawi is currently being  treated for burns from his knees to his penis and stomach after his 33-year-old wife poured hot water on him as revenge for cheating on her.

The incident occurred when a business person came to Chiwaya's house in Area 49 to collect cash for items Chiwaya's husband got some time back.

She handed herself to the police on Tuesday, March 29. Kanengo Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Const. Salome Chibwana, confirmed the arrest of one, Juliet Chiwaya, from Malambima Village, TA Kaphuka Dedza.

Police said they have charged her with an offence of Act Intended to Cause Grievous Harm which attracts a maximum penalty of 7 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL).

Juliet was not home but met the business person on the way who told her that Mr. Chiwaya, Juliet's husband, was seeing another woman whom he bought the items for.

This angered Juliet who went straight home and boiled some water and, in her fury, splashed it over her husband�s crotch.Chiwaya has been married to Julliet for 14 years.

Man Sentenced To 2 years In Prisonment For Using His Wife As A Maid

London's Woolwich Crown Court heard that 34 year old Safraz Ahmed, kept his wife, 28 year old Sumara Iram, a prisoner in their home. The courts heard that he verbally and physically abused her after an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Ahmed who is a mechanic in Southeast London forced his wife,  to cook, clean and look after his mother from 5am to midnight every day after the mother-in-law moved to England in 2012.

She said he also slapped her in the face when she asked him to consummate their marriage. She said one time he threw tins of cat food at her head and another time he covered her face with a cushion.
Iram who had a master's degree in Islamic Studies, was not permitted to leave the house alone and took an overdose before eventually calling the emergency services in 2014, the court heard.

Ahmed was found guilty of holding a person in domestic servitude, Judge Christopher Hehir told him: "She was bullied and controlled by you, given little money and expected to cook, clean and look after your family as if she was a skivvy.

"She described your behaviour as physical and mental torture and in my judgement, she was right."

He was sentecnced to 2 years in jail.

Ahmed became the first in England to be convicted of keeping his wife "in domestic servitude".

The couple are now divorced.



Source: AFP

Five African Migrants Dies, 15 Injured Following Mass Escape From Overcrowded Detention Centre In Libya

At least five African migrants have died and 15 injured, some of them seriously after guards at a detention in the coastal town of Zawiya opened fire during a mass escape early on Saturday morning, April 2.
According to sources, a large group of African migrants attempted to escape from the centre around 1am on Saturday morning. The details are still sketchy but at one point there seems to have been a confrontation between some of the escaping migrants and guards who form part of the Al Nasser Militia, also responsible for guarding the nearby refinery.

"We don’t know how it happened yet but at one point there was an exchange of fire. It didn’t last long but at least five migrants are dead and 15 are injured," a source from Zawiya told Migrant Report


The injured were taken to the nearby hospital in Zawiya, which is about 45kms from the capital Tripoli. The detention centre in Zawiya is severely overcrowded with more thousands of migrants.


"We are informed there may be as many as 15,000 migrants," the same source told Migrant Report. "The conditions are terrible, severe overcrowding, no proper sanitation or proper medical facilities. It’s disastrous," he said.

Most of the migrants staying there were arrested or intercepted at sea this year, according to the source.


Source: Migrant Report

The Radio Station, Radio Biafra Is Now Back Streaming Live Across Nigerian Airwaves After Being Off For Some Time.

According to Vanguard, it was reported that the station went live on Tune in on Friday, airing from 30 Sandlings Close, Pilkington Road, London, SE11 3SY England, United Kingdom, without the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The radio anchor, who claimed to be the new Deputy Director of the station, complained about the state of power and energy resources in the country and then assured a caller from Nigeria, who complained that the radio station was not airing via FM in some parts of the South-East, that there was no problem with the station’s general platform.

He said, “We would look into it tomorrow. We are not forgetting our leader, Kanu. The Lord God Almighty, grant our leader protection. Continue to set confusion in the midst of our enemies, grant us total freedom.”

Earlier in the week, IPOB released a statement saying they are unstoppable thus:  “Right now, we are back on shortwave after Nigerian government spent millions of dollars taxpayers money trying to stop Radio Biafra. All Biafrans and friends of Biafra can now go to 11600 kHz at 25-meter band to cherish the gospel of truth, Broadcasting time is 8 pm London time, 9 pm Biafra land time. We are unstoppable because Chukwuka Okike Abiama, Almighty God, is on our side.”

Source: Vanguard

Police Arrest A Notorious Criminal Who Killed A 9-Year-Old Girl 6 Years After She Was Murdered...

Six years after 9-year-old Aminat Lateef, was gruesomely murdered by a gang of hoodlums, at Tiaminu Street, off Ereko, in Idi-Oro area of Mushin, Lagos State, succour seems to have come the way of the family, as operatives at the D9 Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, during the week, apprehended a leader of the gang, Wasiu Akinade, a.k.a. Oloriesho.


Oloriesho The suspect was arrested last Tuesday, when the SCID operatives trailed him to his hideout at Tollgate area of Mushin.  It was gathered that a shootout ensued between the operatives and some hoodlums who attempted to prevent the police from arresting the suspect.


Police sources disclosed that Oloriesho has been on the police wanted list for a long time following several gang-related killings and other violent crimes around Mushin and its environ for a long time. A source at the SCID, who spoke with Saturday Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, stated that since 2009, Oloriesho has it signatures in almost all gang-related killings within Mushin, Fadeyi, Shomolu, Bariga and Ilupeju areas of Lagos State.

                                                             Aminat Lateef


The source explained that Oloriesho and his gang were recruited in 2009 by a faction of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW,  who were locked in a battle of supremacy to wage a bloody war against their opponents. The police source highlighted that Oloriesho and his gang carried out several killings around Tollgate, Idi-Oro, New Balogun, Ogunjobi and Railway areas of Mushin before his arrest. The source added that five members of his gang were arrested by the SCID operatives in January 2016 and an AK47 belonging to the police which was snatched from a policeman murdered at Daleko area of Isolo, Lagos, was recovered from the suspects and the suspects provided intelligence that aided the police in apprehending Oloriesho.


According to the source, Oloriesho and his gang were alleged to have taken part in the killing of the nephew of former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, Niyi, in 2012.


It was alleged that Oloriesho and his boys attacked some residents of Bada Street, who weren’t loyal to them and they had a clash with some soldiers who were responding to a distress call within the area. “Oloriesho has been on our file for a long time and we have been working very hard to arrest him but we made our first breakthrough last January when we apprehended five members of his gang and they gave us information on how to apprehend him and since we made that arrest, Mushin has been relatively peaceful.


There have been no news of violent clashes or killings within that area and to make sure we achieve a lasting result, we went all out for Oloriesho because he is the leader of the gang. Before his arrest, we had got several information about him, detailing how he led his gang to carry out several killings against persons that are believed to be his opponents. They have also killed innocent people in the process.  

 “One of such killings was in 2011, a few months after they killed 9-year-old Aminat. They also attacked and killed one Akeem Adeleye, alias Chiroke. He was attacked close to his house in Idi-Oro and killed. One year after, while his friends were observing his remembrance, Oloriesho and his boys stormed the place, opened fire into the crowd and had a shootout with some soldiers who were around that area. At the end, they killed one Niyi Ehidero, who is a nephew to the former IGP.

In 2013, we had report that he killed one Morufu Bakare at Olosha Bus stop in Mushin. He was reported to have shot Bakare on the face. “In 2014, we received reports that he carried out two killings; one in January, while the other in December. In January 2014, we learnt that he led his boys and they shot one Segun Oladunjoye to death around Toll gate area Mushin. We were informed that Segun was formerly part of his gang and he switched camp after he was released from prison. We were told that Oloriesho killed him because he felt Segun betrayed him.


 In December 2014, he was also alleged to have killed one Lekan Akinshola at Oyegbola Street, Ilupeju, Lagos. Based on these reports, we went after him and members of his gang and the result is what you are seeing now.” Jubilation in Mushin over arrest  Last Wednesday when Crime Guard visited Mushin following news of Oloriesho’s arrest, residents were seen in different areas celebrating his arrest. A resident, James Balogun, told Crime Guard that with Oloriesho’s arrest, Mushin will be peaceful. He said Oloriesho had been enjoying protection from some influential politicians for a long time. “He also worked for politicians and they had been the ones shading him from arrest”, Balogun Stated. “Last January, he was arrested by the police and taken to the Area D Command, Musihn, but less than four hours after his arrest, an influential politician came and bailed him. We learnt that the police at the area command took N500,000 bribe and they released him, but we are grateful that policemen from the SCID has moved in and arrested him.”

When Crime Guard visited Tiaminu Street, where Aminat was killed, her father, Saheed Lateef, who was filled with joy when he spoke with Crime Guard, said he had waited for six years for justice, and was grateful to God that the police had gone after the killers of his daughter. “I have waited for six years for this day and I am grateful to God that I am alive to see my daughter’s killers pay for their crimes. I thought there was no law in this country because this people who killed my daughter were walking the streets of Mushin as free men and each time I saw them, I wept and begged God to give justice to my poor child whose life was cut short prematurely. I can’t fight them because they are usually armed.”


Narrating how his child was murdered, Saheed said, “Aminat was a Primary 3 pupil of Ola Emma Nursery and Primary school, Mushin; she was shot dead at about 7.35 p.m on Tuesday, December 9, 2010, which was  the eve of her birthday. I had sent her to buy food when these hoodlums saw and sprayed bullets on her. I was told by people who witnessed it that Aminat on sighting the hoodlums, who were on a revenge mission, hid behind a car, but the car could not protect her and the hoodlums sprayed the car with bullets and killed her instantly.” Saheed who described the late Aminat as his precious first daughter said: “She was very humble and respectful. All I am asking from the government is to allow justice to prevail in this matter. I want the killers of my precious daughter to be brought to book.”



Vanguard report

Cancer Patient Paul Arisa Is Receiving Treatment At An Indian Hospital

27 year old Paul Arisa whose condition, Hodgkin's Lymphoma(cancer of the lymphatic system), became viral in February, is presently receiving treatment at a private hospital in India courtesy the Abia state government and well meaning Nigerians. ‎Wishing him a speedy recovery.