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      PRESS RELEASE IGP ORDERS WATER-TIGHT SECURITY AROUND EMBASSIES, FOREIGN MISSIONS AND BUSINESSES IN NIGERIA · ​as Police arrest 125 looters, recover loots in Lagos , enjoin citizens to be law-abiding The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM,mni has ordered water-tight security around embassies, foreign missions, foreigners and their businesses within the country. This order is against the backdrop of the unfortunate attack on Shoprite outlets in Lekki Area of Lagos Sate on 3rd September, 2019 by some miscreants who attacked and looted the Malls ostensibly under the pretext of protesting against the incessant “xenophobic” attacks in South Africa. To this end, all Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police across the Federation have been placed on red alert to ensure no similar violence is replicated within the country. The IGP condemns the violent attacks and notes that three police officers were seriously injured and...

       Nigeria has recalled its High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Kabiru Bala and also pulled out of World Economic Summit holding in Cape Town on Wednesday. A presidential source told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Nigeria also demanded for full compensation for the loss of life and property of Nigerians affected by the xenophobic attack. He also disclosed that Nigeria has pulled out of World Economic Forum on Africa billed for Capetown, South Africa, from September 4-6 over the xenophobic attacks. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was to represent Nigeria at the forum. Earlier, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Malawi pulled out of the event. Presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Felix Tshisekedi (DRC) and Peter Mutharika (Malawi) have all withdrawn from the event. The source said that Nigeria has also demanded for full compensation for the victims of the attacks. According to the source, this is the outcome of President Muham...

       Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, convicted one Ojo Ayomide for internet fraud and sentenced him to three months imprisonment. Ayomide’s road to jail began when the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC investigated his alleged involvement in internet fraud. The 22-year-old accounting undergraduate of the Ekiti State University,  Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was charged with one-count bordering on cybercrime. The charge reads: “That you, Ojo Olarewaju Ayomide, sometime in 2019 at Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State impersonates Scot, a Civil Engineer based in Miami, Florida, USA with intent to gain advantage for himself and thereby committed on offence contrary to section 22(2)(b)(ii)of the Cybercrimes Prohibition (Prevention) Act 2015 and punishable under section 22 (2)(b)(iv)of the same law.” He pleaded “guilty” to the charge, when it was read to him. Counsel for the EFCC, M...

    Yesterday Tuesday Justin Bieber shared a very interesting post with the caption '' Hope you find time to read this it’s from my heart  ''. The Picture post reads ''Its hard to get out of bed in the morning with the right attitude when you are overwhelmed with your life your past,job,responsibilities,emotions,your family,finances,your relationships.When it feels like there's trouble after trouble after trouble.You start forseeing the day through lenses of ''dread'' and anticipate another bad day. A cycle of feeling disappointment after disappointment.Sometimes  it can even get to the point where you don't even want to live anymore.Where you feel like it's never going to change..I can fully sympathize with you.I could not change my mindset.I am fortunate to have people I'm life that continue encourage me to keep going. You see I have a lot of money,clothes, cars,accolades,achievements,awards and I was still unfulfilled. Have u...

     According to the magazine ''  After being catapulted into global stardom as a teenager in   The Twilight Saga , Kristen Stewart moved on to more challenging roles, winning acclaim for her performances in thought-provoking independent films. Now, as she returns to the mainstream with   Charlie’s Angels , she opens up about her fluid sexuality, directorial debut and finding the freedom to be herself. In a vast downstairs ballroom in the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, I can hear Kristen Stewart before I see her, changing behind a patterned screen in a far corner. Her voice is distinctive – that easy, low-rolling Californian accent, where all the words run together, and she sounds like nothing could surprise her. When she finally emerges to go and have her picture taken on a balcony with the Eiffel Tower rising up behind her, she is in perfect contrast to her delicate, gilded surroundings. Her hair is a black-blonde swipe across her forehead, and she’s w...

     Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed to deal with troublemakers exploiting the ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa to foment trouble in the state. Issuing a stern warning on Wednesday to people engaging in reprisals against innocent people in Lagos in response to events in South Africa, Sanwo-Olu said he would not condone violence of any form on innocent residents and businesses in the State by any person or group. The Governor advised parents to warn their children against taking to violence, stressing that the full wrath of the law would be brought on anyone caught in reprisal against peace-loving foreigners and businesses in the state. He said: “We have watched the disturbing videos of attacks and vandalism against Nigerian nationals and their businesses in South Africa. This precipitated strong reactions by some Nigerians who chose to vent their anger on investments on South Africans in Lagos yesterday. “As ...

      The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Idorenyin Essien,35, who burnt his son to death over alleged theft. Recall that Mr Essien doused his son Abadiofon with kerosene and set him ablaze at Afia Nsit community in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The spokesman of the command, DSP. Mac-Don Achibe, who confirmed the development while speaking with newsmen in Eket on Tuesday, said that the incident, which occurred on Aug. 29, was reported to the police by Essien’s neighbours. Achibe said the case would be charged to court after the police investigation. Essien burnt his son to death with claims that he stole N500 from their landord’s house to buy food. According to reports, Essien sent the minor to buy kerosene, which the son did. He tied the boy with a rope, doused him with the kerosene and set him ablaze. The boy was rushed to hospital but later died.One more photo below.

     Strategy Session: President Buhari, Vice President 'Yemi Osinbajo and Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama discussing Next Step on Xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa.More details later and One more photo below.

     Several foreign shop owners in Jeppestown South Africa, are still counting the cost of the destruction left behind in the aftermath of their shops being shattered on Sunday night September 1. Nigerian car dealership owner Kennedy Orji estimated his losses as a result of burnt cars to over R3m. "I sell used cars and 30 cars that were my bread and hard-earned investment were burnt to ashes and I don't know why," said Orji. Orji said he was woken up by friends and security who alerted him that his car dealership was going up in flames. "My heart broke as I helplessly watched everything perishing into flames. I'm lost for words and aggrieved because my own black brothers and sisters did this cruel deed to me."..More photos below.

      The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians not to attack South​ ​African companies operating in Nigeria in retaliation for the ongoing​ ​xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described as deeply disturbing the reports that some Nigerians, angered by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, have started attacking South African companies in Nigeria. He said that targetting South African companies in Nigeria for attack is, for Nigerians, a classic case of cutting off your nose to spite your face, because the investors in such companies, especially MTN and Shoprite, are Nigerians. Alhaji Mohammed said the majority of the workers in the South African companies operating in Nigeria are also Nigerians, meaning that its Nigerian workers who will be hardest hit if such companies are forced to shut down for fear of attacks. He assured Nigeria...