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Herbalist Who Allegedly Broke Into Osun Cemetery To Steal Human Skulls Arrested

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Herbalist Who Allegedly Broke Into Osun Cemetery To Steal Human Skulls Arrested

Men of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service in Ede, Osun State, on Saturday, confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old herbalist, Ismail Adewuyi, for allegedly stealing a female corpse’s head and intestines at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, in the Ede area of the state.

According to PUNCH reports, Adewuyi, who was armed with assorted charms, stormed the cemetery in the early hours of Saturday, exhumed a corpse, cut the head, and brought out its intestines.

He was said to be making his way out of the cemetery when luck ran out of him as a member of the hunters’ service, who had suspected Adewuyi’s movement, laid an ambush, and arrested him.

A source in Oke Yidi area of the town, during an interview with our correspondent on Sunday, said the suspect, while being interrogated by members of the security outfit, said he was a herbalist.

The source said, “We heard the noise, and few people that could go out saw hunters interrogating a suspect carrying the head of a corpse and intestines that he exhumed at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, Ede.

“The suspect was later handed over to the police. Those that arrested him recorded his confession on video. The suspect is with the police.”

Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the arrest of the suspect, saying the investigation had commenced.

Opalola said, “On Saturday, around 1.25am, a member of Nigeria Hunter in Ede, arrested one Adewuyi Ismail, 28, of Oke-Ola, Agbagudu, Ede, and brought him to the station with an unknown fresh female head and intestines.

“The suspect was arrested around 1am at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, Abere Road, Ede. The investigation is in progress.”

Tinubu Appoints Gov. Yahaya Bello As Campaign Council Youth Coordinator

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said he went into the race for the presidency in 2023 under the All Progressives Congress, APC, just to hone his skills as a politician.
Yahaya-Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has been appointed as the National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.

This came as farmers under the auspices of Asiwaju/Shettima Farmers’ Group, commenced mobilisation of farmers and votes in all 774 local government areas and the 36 states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator KashimShettima.

Governor Bello’s appointment was conveyed in a letter addressed to him signed by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu, in the letter, dated August 8, 2022, stressed that Bello, who was an aspirant in the party’s presidential primaries, held in June 2022, deserved the appointment, owing to his impressive political achievements and the exemplary leadership he had demonstrated as governor of his state and as a party member.

The former governor of Lagos State added that he was confident that the Kogi State Governor would do his best in the new responsibility given him so that the party could run an effective, message-driven campaign, which would lead to victory in the 2023 Presidential election.

It will be recalled that youths and women across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, had, during the build-up to the APC presidential primary election, demonstrated their strong support for the Kogi State Governor, owing to his youth- and women-friendly policies.

Party members and analysts have described this appointment as a big boost for the campaign, considering the important place of youths in the 2023 elections and the impressive youth-targeted campaigns Bello conducted before the primary election.

The letter, titled: ‘Appointment as National Youth Coordinator for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council’, read in part: “By way of this letter, we are pleased to formally convey your appointment as National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.“”This appointment is fitting and appropriate, given your impressive political achievements and the exemplary leadership you have demonstrated as governor of your state and as a party member.

All Criminals Invading Anambra Are Igbo — Soludo

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Governor Charles Soludo

The Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has identified the unknown gunmen unleashing terror on the state as Igbo people, saying that the perpetrators are not invaders.

Soludo said suspects arrested so far “are 100 per cent Igbo,” but noted that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had distanced itself from the crime.

The former Central Bank of Nigeria governor spoke on Saturday in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

He, however, said his administration had put in place several measures to end the menace.

He said, “They are plain criminals. Some of these criminals also hide under the cloak of agitation but IPOB has repeatedly distanced itself from the criminals.

“They are kidnappers and plain criminals and they indulge in these because it is lucrative. Anambra is without a doubt the richest state in the South-East so this is the state where kidnapping has the highest value and so you will have their highest concentration here.

“But we are decimating them. They are not unknown gunmen, they are unknown to the extent that maybe are not caught immediately. But I can tell you we’ve been catching quite a lot of them and they already know that Anambra is not safe for them anymore.

“Let me be clear about it, 100 per cent of the people we have caught are Igbo. There is no hoax that somebody is invading from somewhere. It is 100 per cent Igbo on Igbo.

“Anambra receives its proportional share of an influx of Igbo from other South-East states and other parts of Nigeria. At the initial stage when we stage and the first set of people we caught are Igbo from the South-East states and not from Anambra. But as we went on, we discovered that a whole lot of the youth are joining them and we have not disguised among them, we are dealing with them equally.”

The governor stated that several operations are ongoing to address the insecurity, adding that Anambra residents now enjoy relative peace.

“The 8.5 million residents in Anambra can testify to you that insecurity has come down to the barest minimum. At least, in the last three months, cases of insecurity that seem to be daily affairs have come to a halt.

“We have decimated criminal gangs and their infrastructures and I don’t think they have the capacity again to come with the kind of ferocity they have in the past.

“Anambra has been relatively peaceful recently and we are pursuing a peaceful agenda. Compared to many other places in Nigeria, I will say if we have to have the statistics in the last three months, I think Anambra will compete favorably as one of the safest comparatively.

“We are not relenting. The operations are ongoing. Many communities are now at peace and having their new yam festival celebrations and these are things that weren’t possible in the past. Millions of events are also taking place simultaneously.”

The governor urged the residents to be patient while the government tackled the menace which he said took years to take root.

He added, “It took years for them to take root and build about 15 camps all over the eight local governments. Their activities won’t disappear in three months. But we are not relenting, we are putting in all our efforts and we are determined to make Anambra safe and secure for the residents and businesses.”

Woman Dies In An Accident While Chasing Cheating Husband  ‘Side Chick’ In Calabar

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Woman Dies In An Accident While Chasing Cheating Husband  ‘Side Chick’ In Calabar

An unidentified lady has been involved in an auto crash in Calabar while chasing her husband who she saw with another woman.

Woman Dies In An Accident While Chasing Cheating Husband  ‘Side Chick’ In Calabar

According to an eye witnesses, Stephen Okposin, the accident happened earlier today at the Murtarla Mohammed Highway.

“The lady saw her hubby at Spar shop with another woman in the car, so she hurrily drove to double cross them. This man saw her car and zoomed off, so the woman became aggressive and sped up.

Narrating what happened, Stephen said “I was just driving behind them just in less than 3 minutes I saw her involved in the accident and she’s unconscious at point of death. The hubby that was running suddenly dropped off the lady who was with him and rushed down to to assist revive her from the car.

“She’s was rushed to the hospital and have been confirmed death after several effort to safe her life”

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps  (FRSC), in Cross River, Maikano Hassan, has confirmed a lone incident that killed a middle aged woman in Calabar on Sunday who was in a hot chase of her husband over his “mistress”.

The Sector Commander who spoke with the Vanguard Sunday night , said the incident was caused by over speeding.

He said the incident involving a Toyota Highlander  which occured on the Muritala Mohammed Highway in Calabar claimed the life of the lone female driver who veered off the road into a ditch by the road.

His words :”Though the woman was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, but she was said to have  died few minutes later due to the injury sustained from the incident.”

2023: Sack INEC Chairman, Yakubu Or Let Him Resign Now – Ohanaeze Tells Buhari

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IPOB, ESN Not Threat To Nigeria’s Integrity – Ohanaeze Fires Back At Nigerian Army
Ohanaeze Ndigbo

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Igbo apex socio-political organization, on Sunday, said the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, is not prepared and competent to conduct free, fair, and credible elections in 2023.

Ohanaeze said evidence confirmed that Yakubu has endangered and compromised his office with the level of falsification allegations leveled against him by the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, which revealed that the INEC Chief Umpire is “biased, unpredictable and unreliable to independently give Nigerians a credible election.”

Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General, said President Muhammadu Buhari should get rid of Yakubu amid the allegations made by CUPP.

Isiguzoro said the best option for the INEC boss is to “tow the path of honor and resign honorably or if he refused to quit honorably, he should be sacked and interrogated by the relevant agencies for the manipulation and distortions of Voters register in line with the laws of the land.”

A statement he signed said: “Nigerians have lost confidence in the electoral process under the watchful eye of Prof Mahmood Yakubu as his continued stay as INEC Chairman constitutes a security risk for the country and any elections supervised under him might not be acceptable and can trigger an avoidable constitutional disaster that might derail our hard preserved Democracy in 2023″ irrespective of the outcome of the Osun and Ekiti elections, there are so many sins of Prof Yakubu that should lead to his sack, the issues of sacking INEC officials in the database was obviously for the falsification allegations against him by CUPP and Prof Yakubu’s disobedience to the pronunciation of Supreme Court verdict on APGA leadership crisis.”

Isiguzoro maintained that the INEC chairman should clarify the allegations made by CUPP against him.

“Prof Yakubu owes Nigerians an explanation for the falsification allegations by CUPP, or Nigerians are hoping for President Buhari to get rid of people like Yakubu before he destroys Buhari’s parting gifts for Nigerians, a promise of a free, fair, and credible election in 2023.

“This is the best way to get rid of bad eggs in INEC, and Prof Yakubu should be shown the door, or he will plug Nigeria into a constitutional dilemma and crisis.

“As Nigerians schedule to occupy INEC offices nationwide, there should be caution on the side of the Federal Government in handling the people so that there should be no crisis in the exercise.”

2023: Peter Obi Must Be ‘Interrogated’ – Festus Keyamo, Gives Reason

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Keyamo mocks PDP, As Party Launches Campaign In Wike’s Absence
Festus Keyamo

Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, should be interrogated on their plans for Nigeria.

The Lawyer explained that Obi and his party owe Nigerians an explanation over the latter’s promise to remove fuel subsidy once elected.

Keyamo, who made the claim in a statement issued on Saturday morning, disclosed that Obi’s declaration is coming after the leadership of the organized labour under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, fought successive governments to keep it alive, saying it will bring untold hardship on the masses.

A livid Keyamo stated that he was convinced the former governor of Anambra State, did not discuss with the leadership of his party and the NLC to know their policies before making the statement to ‘excite his Obidient supporters.’

The statement read, “We note that the leadership of the organized labour under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday, September 13, 2022, at a national retreat of the Labour Party in Abuja, promised to mobilise its members across the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, to ensure victory for Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, in next year’s presidential election.

“We also note that in several interviews he granted in the last few months and weeks, Obi has vowed to totally remove subsidy on petrol if elected President. We also note NLC’s long-standing opposition to total removal of fuel subsidy. Other left-leaning supporters of the Labour Party were also present at the event to cheer Obi.

“Consequently, the following questions are urgently begging for answers by the leadership of the NLC. Before adopting Obi as its candidate, did the leadership of the NLC have a discussion with him on the issue of removal of fuel subsidy? If they did have that discussion, did Obi agree to back down on the issue of subsidy removal? Was that a basis for supporting him? If he did not back down on the issue, did the organised labour agree with him?”

The Minister of State for Labour, Productivity and Employment, noted that it would be reckless of the NLC to adopt a candidate without thoroughly interrogating him on his policies as they affect the Nigerian workers or the masses if no subsidy removal discussion held.

This is even as he admonished the leadership of the NLC to come clean by making a public statement unless it has changed its earlier stance and now fully supports the removal of fuel subsidy.

“If the excuse is that Obi has said that the money saved will be used in other critical areas of the economy, how is that different from what the Buhari government is also saying?

“These questions have become necessary because Nigerians deserve to know whether organised labour’s adopted party, which is the Labour Party, supports and promotes a policy that the leadership of labour opposes in another breath, when it is adopted by the government of the day. They cannot be blowing hot and cold.

“As our Council stands for issue-based campaigns, we call on all members of the 4th Estate of the Realm not to sweep this point under the carpet and to thoroughly interrogate the NLC and the Labour Party on the one hand; and the seemingly right-leaning supporters of the Labour Party and Mr. Peter Obi on the other, on this issue so that they will come clean before Nigerians,” he stated.

Gov. Uzodinma Praises Imo Indigenes For Turning Out In Large Numbers To Receive Buhari Despite IPOB’s Sit-At-home Order

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Miners Urge Gov. Uzodimma To Tackle Illegal Mining In Imo
Hope Uzodinma

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has lauded the people of the state for the warm reception accorded to President Muhammadu Buhari during his September 23 official visit to the state.

Uzodinma said this when he spoke after a Church service at the Government House Chapel in Owerri on Sunday.

He commended the people for their show of commitment by identifying with the President in spite of the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

The governor attributed the success of the visit to the prayers of the people.

“By the grace of God, Imo has been restored to peace and order,” he said.

He urged the people to jointly support the government for the overall good of the state.

”I call on all sons and daughters of our dear state to come out and be part of the government, the vanguard which is ready to change the old style of doing things, and embrace the new style of doing things, ” he said.

He commended the day’s homily that harped on sacrificial service for eternal gains, saying it was in tandem with the vision and mission of his “Shared Prosperity Government”, which was to put the interest of the people first before individual interests.

He urged the congregation to deeply reflect on the message while praying to God for the accomplishment of his administration’s goals and objectives.

The governor’s wife, Mrs Chioma Uzodinma and top officials led by the deputy governor, Prof. Placid Njoku, attended the service.

Man Killed By Wife’s Lesbian Partner Laid To Rest In Anambra

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Man Killed By Wife's Lesbian Partner Laid To Rest In Anambra

A man identified as Ikechukwu, popularly known as Ayaaya, who was reportedly killed by a lady suspected to be the lesbian partner of his wife, has been buried in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The news of the death of Ikechukwu broke in early August, as he was said to have been stabbed to death by his wife’s lesbian partner, after he allegedly caught both of them in bed in his house.

Another version of the story also had it that the deceased had stopped the relationship between his wife and her lesbian partner, a development that irked the partner, causing her to always torment the family.

Sources said the alleged killer was fond of seizing money given to her lover’s househelp to buy items, and on the fateful day, she seized money from the house help, which was meant for fuel.

Unable to withstand the humiliation, Ikechukwu was said to have charged to the home of the wife’s lesbian partner, and warned her seriously, but she dared him, and when an argument ensued, she stabbed him with a knife, leading to his death.

Sources from Onitsha who told our Correspondent that the man was buried in Onitsha at the weekend.

“It was like a big celebration. I think he is a member of a cult group. His cult members carried his casket on their shoulder from Boromeo Hospital back to his home at Inland town, while the ambulance hired to carry him was driving empty behind them.

“His friends were shooting in the air and gyrating. Even the casket in which he was buried was customized with the logo of the cult he belonged.”

A video of the burial which was made available to our correspondent confirmed the above to be true.

In the video, his friends bade him goodbye, while hailing him.

2023: APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu Visits Eunice Uzor Kalu

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2023: APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu Visits Eunice Uzor Kalu

Senator Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in 2023 polls, has met with Chief Mrs. Eunice Uzor Kalu, the mother of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu at her Abuja residence.

2023: APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu Visits Eunice Uzor Kalu

The meeting is in continuation of Tinubu’s consultation with critical stakeholders ahead of the 2023 elections.

Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and one of APC’s national leaders met with Mrs Kalu on Sunday afternoon at her Abuja residence and was accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu also confirmed the meeting on his official Facebook page on Sunday evening.

He posted; “APC presidential candidate and by God’s willing the next president of Nigeria, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu this evening paid a courtesy call to my mother , Elder (Mrs) Eunice Uzor Kalu (Odiukonamba). With Asiwaju was the Speaker House of Representatives, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila.”

Senator Tinubu also recently had a similar meeting with former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan.

Masquerades Invades Plateau Church, Give Worshippers Merciless Flog

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Masquerades Invades Plateau Church, Give Worshippers Merciless Flog

Masquerades on Sunday morning invaded a Church in the Shikal community, Langtang South local government area of Plateau State and disrupted service as they flogged bewildered worshippers, destroying Church property.

It was gathered that the masquerades arrived at the Church premises while service was ongoing and started flogging worshippers as they scamper for safety.

The invaders later turned to the Church’s musical instruments and other property and destroyed them.

However, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo confirmed the incident but gave no details.

He said, “The DPO of the area has confirmed that it is true, they are working on the situation and the area is calm. He said masquerades went to a Church and disrupted their activities. The investigation is ongoing, we will give full details when we have them.”

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