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Atiku Sick, Flown To London From Dubai For Medical Treatment  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is sick and has been flown to London, United Kingdom for treatment. SaharaReporters exclusively learnt on Sunday that Atiku was flown from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to the UK. This comes less than two months before the presidential election which is scheduled to hold on February 25, 2023. “Atiku is not feeling fine; he is in the hospital receiving treatment,” a PDP Presidential Campaign Council source told SaharaReporters on Sunday. “That’s why he is not back in Nigeria for the presidential campaign. He was in Dubai but has now left Dubai for London for treatment. He has been flown to the UK for treatment. That is why he is still abroad.”  

A man has spent more than £18,000 on an ultra-realistic costume so he can fulfil his life-long dream of looking like a wolf. The unnamed man asked Japanese special modelling company Zeppet to make the suit for him, spending a staggering three million Yen (£18,800) to transform into the grey-furred predator.  It took Zeppet some fifty days to complete the incredibly life-like costume. With the specialised company releasing the images of the mystery client in the suit, the bizarre request is undeniably life-like. The anonymous customer with the four-legged aspirations wrote on Zeppet's website: 'Because of my love for animals since childhood and some realistic animal suits appearing on TV, I dreamed of being one someday. 'At the final fitting, I was amazed at my transformed self in the mirror. It was a moment when my dream came true.' The Japanese company Zeppet usually provides costumes and figures for TV commercials and films. The company said that for the incredibly in...

Adam Rich, Eight Is Enough Family's Youngest Son, Dead at 54 Adam Rich Eight Is Enough Courtesy of Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection 6        Adam Rich, an actor best known for starring in the ABC dramedy Eight Is Enough, died Saturday. He was 54 years old. Family members confirmed the news to TMZ, but did not reveal a cause of death. The actor was reportedly found dead at his home, though foul play is not suspected. Rich played Nicholas Bradford, the youngest son on Eight is Enough, for a total of 112 episodes. The series ran from 1977-1981 for five seasons, and co-starred Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Lani O’Grady and Laurie Walters, among others. He began his career at Chatsworth High School with a drama teacher who also taught Kevin Spacey and Val Kilmer. Although he stepped away from the business in the early ’90s, Rich’s other TV credits include bit parts on The Six Million Dollar Man, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, CHiPs, Silver Spoons, St. E...

Suspected killer of ex-CBN official and wife escapes from police custody 8 January 2023  Strong indications emerged Saturday that one of the suspected killers of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their son, Oreoluwa, in their residence in Ogun state, on New Year’s Day had escaped from police custody.  A dependable police source disclosed that the development is currently causing disquiet in the police.   A crack team of Ogun State Police Command has closed in on the gang that perpetrated the gruesome murder, but the purported escape of one of the two prime suspects arrested in connection with the murder of the ex-CBN worker, his wife and son is already generating unprecedented public outrage. An online media platform had reported that one Felix who lived with the  Fatinoye family had raised the alarm that he  recognised  the driver of the couple, identified as Lekan allegedly participating in the murder of the family. Felix had reportedly raise...

Iran on Saturday, January 7, hanged two young men, one a karate champion, the other a volunteer children’s coach bringing the total number of people known to have been executed in connection with the protests that have swept the country since September, to four. Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini were hanged early Saturday morning, Iranian state-affiliated Fars News reported. The pair allegedly took part in anti-regime protests last year, and were convicted of killing Seyed Ruhollah Ajamian, a member of the country’s Basij paramilitary force, in Karaj on November 3, according to the Iran’s judiciary news agency Mizan. Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, a lawyer advocating for Karami, posted to Twitter Saturday, that Karami was not given final rights to speak to his family before his execution.  The lawyer added that Karami had begun a dry food hunger strike Wednesday as a form of protest against officials for not allowing Aghasi to represent him. As many as 41 more protesters ...

RECRUITMENT INTO NIGERIAN ARMY NOT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY BUT A CALL TO DEFEND NIGERIA - GEN YAHAYA.     The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has observed that recruitment into the Nigerian Army should not be perceived as employment opportunity, as is the case in other conventional endeavours of life. The Army Chief made the observation today Saturday 7 January 2023, shortly before flagging off a10Km endurance run for candidates undergoing screening to qualify for the 84 Regular Recruits Intake into the Nigerian Army (NA) at the Nigerian Army Battle Fitness Centre (NABFC) in Falgore forest, Kano state. Elucidating his position, the COAS pointed out, that unlike other professions, recruitment into the NA is a national call to defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Nigeria and therefore requires citizens who are not only physically and medically fit, but also mentally and emotionally stable. He noted, that it is not a job opportunity, ...

STOCK THEFT UNIT RECOVER THIRTY SEVEN GOATS, TWO MOTOR VEHICLES AND ARREST FOUR SUSPECTS NEBO: Concerted efforts by the Stocktheft Unit in the Sekhukhune District to fight the theft of stock in the area yielded positive results with the recovery of 37 goats, arrest of four suspects and confiscation of two vehicles as well as a firearm.  This after the Police in Nebo, led by the Station Commander, arrested four male suspects aged between 21 and 38 and subsequently recovered (37) suspeted stolen goats and two motor vehicles during the joint operations starting from Friday 06 January 2023 to Saturday 2023-01-07 morning.  An intelligence driven operation was conducted in Nebo policing precinct in the early hours of Friday 06 January 2023 by members of Detectives, Vispol, Stock Theft and Designated Police for Firearms, Liquor and Second Hand Goods unit following the tip off on the problem of theft of livestock in the area.    Police acted on an information receive...

Passengers kidnapped, many injured as gunmen attack train station in Edo Gunmen have abducted scores of passengers from a train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The victims were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State when their attackers struck on Saturday, January 7, 2023.  Spokesperson of the command, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident in a statement last night said some passengers sustained bullet wounds during the attack.  According to the PPRO, the abductors, armed with AK 47, invaded the train station on Saturday evening and shot sporadically into the air before abducting scores of intending travellers. "This is to inform the gentlemen of the press that today, 7th of January, 2023 at about 1600hrs, men armed with AK 47 rifles attacked the train station at Igueben, Edo State and kidnapped unspecified number of passengers who were waiting to board the train to Warri," the statement read.  "The kidnappers shot sporadically into ...

ACTDA Boss, Onuko Cautions Developers Against Building Without Approval The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA), Mr. Ossy Onuko has cautioned land developers within the capital territory not to embark on any construction without getting appropriate approvals from the agency. Mr. Onuko who stated this while speaking to the ABS in his office in Awka noted that ACTDA will not hesitate to remove any building that was built without approval. He maintained that the agency under his watch will continue to deliver on the mandate envisaged before creating it and made it clear that no amount of pressure from any quarter will make ACTDA to compromise. Mr. Onuko equally advised those trading along roads within the jurisdiction of the agency to stop forthwith or face the wrath of ACTDA, even as he warned those pasting posters on the flyovers in Awka to desist from such ugly behaviour. According to the ACTDA Managing Director, his tea...

" 43 and still a SNACK!!  Thank you Lord for your grace, all the blessings, the LESSONS and the unmerited favour. We've had an scintillating first 43... Thank you for holding my hand and walking me through every step of it. I now know, that even in those moments it didn't seem you were... YOU WERE!! I say, THANK YOU, not because your favour has now come to an end. On the contrary,. Our BRILLIANT dance continues, Lord. With more moves from you that will leave me squealing and shrieking with glee. I promise to have better faith in your guidance, even when all seems prickly around me, and your footstep sounds go quiet, 'seeming' to disappear from my side. They haven't disappeared. You haven't stopped guiding and protecting. You're just tiptoeing in those moments.   I'm ready for the next 43... Plus 15 in GREAT health and happiness. AMEN! From this moment on, I know I will have so many many more moments and celebrations to be joyously HAPPY, smile till ...

NDLEA intercepts drug consignments in wooden statue, imported vehicle . Seizes 3,975kgs skunk, 58,200 tramadol pills in Kaduna, Kano, Imo, Lagos raids; arrests 11 suspects Attempts by elements of Organised Criminal Groups to use various disingenuous modes of concealment to import consignments of illicit substances into Nigeria and export same to the United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirate through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja and Tincan seaport in Lagos have been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. No less than 37.5 kilograms of such illicit consignments were intercepted in the past week, with the arrest of 11 suspects in interdiction operations that led to the seizure of almost four tons of skunk in Kaduna, Kano and Lagos state. At the Lagos airport, a freight agent Ogunsina Damilare was arrested on Friday 6th January following a bid to export 1.5 kilograms of skunk hidden in foodstuffs to Dubai, UAE through the SAHCO ex...

 Pending cases in appeal court hit 1,000  8 January 2023    During the 2021/2022 legal year, the Court of Appeal cumulatively dispensed 609 cases, it was gathered.   Of the 609 cases dispensed with, 157 cases were upheld while 452 cases were dismissed.   Meanwhile, carried forward into 2023 are 865 pending appeals   Of this figure, 760 are civil cases, 25 belong to the Fundamental Human Rights Category and 71 are criminal cases.   Findings further reveal that 2245 pending motions have spilt over the new year.