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"Some of the cardinal principles of my pact with Nigerians is the responsibility to protect and fight insecurity to the barest minimum. I am, therefore, always saddened by the reports of violence, terror attacks and criminality in any part of the country. I am shocked by the reports of terror attack on Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State with high casualties. I condemn the act in its entirety. The job of securing Nigeria and Nigerians must form the top priority of any serious government in power. In building a New Nigeria, where Nigerians can feel safe and free, the security agents must live up to their duties. I urge them to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to book. May God grant eternal rest to those who lost their lives in this terrorist attack and console their bereaved families. #PeterObi 🇳🇬".  One more photo below. 

18 Female Guards At UK's Biggest Prison Sacked For Illegal Dating Of Inmates.  Staff at the prison now have to undergo compulsory training to tackle the issue 3 female guards jailed for flings with inmates at HMP Berwyn, Wrexham, Wales The category C resettlement and training prison accommodates 2,100 men A group of prison wardens from a single jail have been given the sack after it was discovered they were having sexual interactions with inmates. Figures discovered in Freedom of Information requests found that the relationships took place over the past six years at HMP Berwyn, Britain's biggest prison. The information follows three of the women ending up in court following the illicit liaisons at the Wrexham jail in North Wales.  Mark Fairhurst, chair of the Prison Officers' Association, blamed the relationships on the hiring of 'the wrong kind of women'. He told the Mirror: 'Staff being recruited don't have face-to-face interviews… it's all done on Zoo...

Generator fume kills mother, child in Ondo.  staff of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo, simply identfied as Tawa and her five- month- old baby have been killed by fumes inhaled from a generator. Neighbours said the generator was bought last Monday. The incident happened on Friday at Owo, Owo local government area of Ondo State. Husband of the deceased was said to be in coma and admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo. Sources said the couple purchased the generator on Monday and left it on before they went to bed on Thursday evening. Witnesses said the family was found when their apartment was broken after they did not report for work on Friday. It was Tawa’s elder sister who could not find both at their place of work that raised the alarm. It was gathered that some co-workers went to their house in company of the elder sister and broke into the apartment where they discovered the family in critical condition. The baby was found dead but the paren...

Istanbul residents fear a quake will bury them alive 12 March 2023  The crack in Mesut Muttaliboglu's bedroom wall is so wide, he can fit a car key into it. He turns it sideways, and with a flick of his wrist, a large chunk of plaster flies off the wall and crashes to the ground. It's why he and his family are moving out of the flat they've lived in for the last 15 years. The whole building has been condemned after failing an earthquake safety test. There's a very high chance that a tremor would bring this whole block crashing to the ground. Here in Istanbul, fear is growing. The two powerful earthquakes in Turkey's south that claimed almost 50,000 lives have brought a new urgency to its biggest city. Home to 15 million people, it sits on the North Anatolian fault line, and experts predict it's due its own major earthquake before 2030. Around 70% of the city's buildings were built before rule changes that enforced stricter construction standards in 1999, and...

Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah gifts SUV vehicles to some of his party executives in appreciation of their service to the Young Progressives Party (YPP).  The beneficiaries are ;  The State Chairman of the party ,Mr Moses Obi The Chairman of the stakeholders forum in Nnewi ,Sir Nnamdi Udeaja (Banquo) The Nnewi North Chairman of the Party , Mr Chukwudi Iwuchukwu .  The Nnewi North Woman Leader of the party , Mrs Chioma Izundu   The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah also promised to continue this largese to hardworking members of the party in the Senatorial District. More photos below. 

 PRESIDENT BUHARI GREETS FIRST INDIGENOUS RAILWAY MD/CEO, ELDER NATH OKORO, ON 92ND BIRTHDAY   President Muhammadu Buhari rejoices with the first indigenous Managing Director of Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), Elder Nath C.U. Okoro, on his 92nd birthday, congratulating the veteran for his pioneering work on rail transportation in the country.   President Buhari felicitates with friends, family and associates of Elder Okoro on the auspicious occasion, giving glory to God for long life and strength, particularly considering his contributions to national development, with the commendable record of founding the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT).   As the former MD of NRC turns 92, the President notes his service to the country, and passion for ensuring an effective transportation system, serving as the Principal Consultant, Federal Urban Mass Transit Programme (FUMTP) and President of the Chartered Institute of Transport, Nigeria, now known as Charte...

Southern Kaduna Attack: Death Toll Rises To 17 The death toll from last night’s attack on Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 17. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the attack counted 14 corpses recovered this morning, aside from the one person killed yesterday and the two people that died in the hospital. The PUNCH gathered from the military on the ground that aside from the pockets of complaints of cow poisoning and destruction of farm produce by the locals and Fulani, which they have been resolving, the recent attack might be due to the killing of a Fulani herder four days ago in Ungwan Juju apparently in retaliation of the killing of one of their locals last month Speaking to newsmen, the council chairman, Zango Kataf Local Government, Mr Francis Sani Zimbo, condemned the barbaric attack assuring that investigations are on to unravel the perpetrators to bring them to book. He expressed regret on why all the Mobile Police...

Two PDP Chieftains Jailed 2 Years for N142m Elections Bribe Scam Two Chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State, Saleh Hussaini Gamawa and Aminu Umar Gadiya, have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Bauchi and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for offences that bordered on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N142, 460,000.00 (One Hundred and Forty Two Million, Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira). Justice Hassan Dikko convicted the duo on March 2, while ruling on the two count charge brought against the defendants by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The defendants were first arraigned on June 4, 2018 and re-arraigned on October 16, 2018 on a two count charge for allegedly receiving over N142million to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential elections in Bauchi State. Count one  of the charge reads, “That you, Saleh Hussaini Gamawa and Aminu Umar Gadiya, all members of the Finance and Funds Disbursement Comm...

TRAIN ACCIDENT: LAGOS ARRESTS STAFF BUS DRIVER   The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) has revealed that the Staff Bus Driver, Remi Osibanjo, involved in the unfortunate Bus/Train accident that occurred on Thursday has been arrested and detained for further investigation by the Railway Police Command Headquarters, Ebute-Metta, Lagos.  A statement signed by Mrs. Grace Alo, the Director of Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, added that the Commissioner of Police, Railway Police Command has taken over the investigation of the accident.   According to her, the Bus involved in the collision has also been retrieved and sent for a thorough examination at the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service Office (VIO), while the State Ministry of Justice awaits both reports from the VIO and the Police regarding the cause of the accident for necessary action.  Whilst informing that the Ministry commiserat...

LAGOS TRAIN-BUS ACCIDENT: 32 PEOPLE DISCHARGED - COMMISSIONER ·         Patients Stable, Doing Well ·         256 Units of Blood Received from Voluntary Donors   32 victims of Thursday’s unfortunate Train-Bus accident which occurred at the PWD - Shogunle axis of Ikeja in Lagos State have been discharged from three State public health facilities after quality medical care and management, the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has said.   Speaking on Friday at a news briefing to give an update and situation report of the incident, Abayomi explained that 19 of the 102 accident victims were discharged from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), five from Accident and Emergency Centre at the Toll Gate and eight from the Orile-Agege General Hospital.   He disclosed that LASUTH received additional 17 victims of the accident after the initial 85 that were recorded, bringing the total number of injure...

 ZAMBIAN PROPHETS, BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN COME EVERYDAY TO BUY WATER - MORTUARY ATTENDANT. One of the mortuary attendants in one of the named hospital in Lusaka has disclosed to ZNBC that, people from different institutions visit him everyday to buy water used to clean dead bodies.  "Most people who come here are young prophets from different churches including business men and women. "At first when I got this job I used to be very much scared, now am used and I see it normal"he said. I sell this water per litre. 2.5 litres is at K500, 5Litres K1,000 and 10 litres K2,000 and it moves very fast.  It is one of the most booming businesses in Lusaka. Its benefits us a lot especially when we have unclaimed bodies and those who fail to clean the dead bodies.."Am building and taking care of my children and extended family members through this business" said the mortuary attendant.

Ex-Boko Haram fighter, traditional ruler, 35 others arrested for drug trafficking . As NDLEA intercepts heroin, skunk in deep freezers, cooking gas cylinders at Lagos airport, Idiroko; destroys 39.8 hectares of cannabis farms in Edo, Ondo  A rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo state, Baale Akinola Adebayo are among 37 persons arrested over 2.2 tons of illicit drugs seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos and in raids across 12 states in the past week. As part of ongoing operations to mop up illicit drugs across the country ahead of the next round of elections, NDLEA officers in the early hours of Friday 10th March, stormed Kajola forest in Kajola community, a border town between Edo and Ondo state where they destroyed three cannabis farms measuring 39.801546 hectares. The owner o...