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  THE DISCOVERED DEAD KIDS IN NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE. INTRODUCTION On Sunday, 22nd November 2020, by 9am, 5 children had set out to fetch water at a compound at Itchi, in Igbo-Eze South LGA, (in Igbo Nsukka) Enugu state. When the they couldn't return, people went to search for them. Their wheelbarrow and containers were seen in the compound where they went to fetch the water. The search for the children lasted throughout the night of that Sunday until 3am on Monday when searchers retired, to start the search in the morning. It was in the morning of the Monday, 23rd that these children (below 11 years) were found in a car packed in the same compound where they had gone to fetch the water. 3 of the 5 children had died, while the remaining 2 were very weak. The police was alerted immediately, who took the dead bodies and the surviving ones. It was transferred to Enugu state police headquarters and to Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Enugu police command for investigation. Till to...

  In recent days, motorists plying some roads within the Jos-Bukuru metropolis in Plateau State have experienced disruptions arising from blockage of strategic roads within the metropolis resulting to inconveniences and untold hardships. The blockage of the roads is being carried out by Local Government Workers and Primary School Teachers who are said to be demonstrating and demanding for the implementation of the new minimum wage for their members. The Government of Plateau State under the leadership of His Excellency Rt. Hon. (Dr) Simon Bako Lalong, KSGG concedes to the rights of the workers to demonstrate peacefully in line with constitutional provisions in demanding for their rights. However, due to the disruption to normalcy and negative impact on the economy of the State as well as the tendency for the protests to be hijacked by hoodlums and criminals, it has become important for Government to put the records straight and lay the facts in the court of public opinion. This is ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that improvement in relations between Nigeria and South Africa will speed up the process of development on the African continent. Speaking in concurrence with the Chairman of the African National Congress (ANC) and South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, who came to the State House, Abuja on Friday as Special Envoy of his country, President Buhari cited his last trip to South Africa during which he and President Cyril Ramaphosa worked together in resolving the migrants’ crisis between two brotherly nations. “There was this ‘small problem’ between our countries. I went there and we resolved it,” the Nigerian President told the envoy. He directed the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to work with his South African counterpart on the requests he brought and report back to him for his action. The South African minister, who presented a letter from President Ramaphosa, said the relat...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, declared that plans are ongoing to connect fibre optic cables to all public schools, educational institutions, health centres, government and para-public offices by mid-year 2021. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while speaking at the second edition of Art of Technology 2.0 held at Oriental Hotel in Lagos and themed: ‘Smart Data, Smarter Lagos.’ Highlighting the need to accelerate the coverage of the State by the optic fibre infrastructure, Sanwo-Olu said the deployment of 6,000 km of cables across Lagos State will raise the level of Science and Technology adaptation to create a smarter city. “Art of Technology 2.0, is focusing on Smarter Lagos, Smarter City. For us as a government, we have developed what we call a Smart City Agenda, and we are looking at the six pillars of economic growth, in which the third pillar talked about Education and Technology’, Sanwo-Olu stated. The Governor reaffirmed his commitment to digital...

  The second prosecution witness, PW2, Abdulrahman Arabo, in the ongoing trial of Paul Usoro, SAN, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for alleged N1.4bn fraud, on Wednesday 3, 2020, told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant received a sum of N1.1bn from the Akwa-Ibom State government. Usoro was first arraigned on December 18, 2018 before Justice Muslim Hassan of the same court. He was later re-arraigned on March 1, 2019 on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N1.4bn. One of the counts reads: “ That you, Paul Usoro, SAN, Emmanuel Udom (currently constitutionally immune against criminal prosecution), Uwemedimo Thomas Nwoko (still at large), Nsikan Linus Nkan, Commissioner of Finance, Akwa Ibom State (still at large), Mfon Jacobson Udomah, Accountant-General, Akwa Ibom State (still at large) and Margaret Thompson Ukpe (still at large), sometime in 2015 in Nigeria, within the jurisdicti...

  Cardi B photographed on November 17, 2020 at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles. Styling by Kollin Carter. Hair by Kellon Deryck. Makeup by Priscilla Ono. Balenciaga shirt, skirt, belt, tights and earrings; Christian Louboutin shoes. Cardi B on her social media captioned some of photos ''  Thank you   @billboard !  ''.More photos below.

  Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles {Ms Tina Lawson}, shared a video of Blue Ivy from where i got the clips with the caption ''  Congratulations to my beautiful talented granddaughter Blue Ivy Carter. She won a Soul Train Award for video of the year! She is featured on the song and in the video! She is only 8 years old❤️   ''.More photos below.

  Congratulations to Nollywood diva Shaffy Bello who covered the WT November /December 2020 issue.She shared the cover as seen above with the caption ''   Bold. Beautiful. Daring. It's Shaffy Bello in All Shades & Hues for TW’s Nov/Dec 2020 issue!⠀ ⠀ “Anything you put Shaffy Bello’s name on it is bankable, reliable and it has class.” And we couldn't agree more.⠀ ⠀ For November/December 2020, Today’s Woman has a phenomenal issue. Not just because of its content which is packed with great subjects, but majorly because of its cover star – The Shaffy Bello!⠀ “Aunty Shaffy”, as she’s fondly called by those who love and adore her, is a unique blend of parts. She’s a phenomenal actress whose on-screen persona is as distinctive as her real-life character; a remarkable mother who has raised 2 independent & conscious young adults; a daughter who you will find uniquely values the essence of parenting & family; and so much more.⠀ In the issue, we get to understand her d...

  The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT) continued on Thursday, December 3, 2020, with the prosecution witness nine (PW9), Rouqayyah Ibrahim, telling the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Okong Abang how Maina acquired properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, United States of America, and a $2million (Two Million USA Dollars), property in Jabi, Abuja. The witness, who is an EFCC detective revealed that a prosecution witness, Adamu Modibbo, who testified to the EFCC regarding the said Jabi, Abuja property, allegedly died of Covid-19 after his statement to the Commission. She also revealed that about 32 documents, hard discs and flash drives relating to properties linked to Maina and his family and details of some of his investments in Dubai and in the US were recovered from him. “Particularly in Dubai, investigation revealed that his company, Northrich Company owned over 50 cars that were used for transportation busin...