Category: Happenings

A yet-to-be-identified number of students lost their lives on Friday, July 12, when a school in Jos, Plateau State collapsed during an examination.

The Plateau Commissioner for Information and Communication, Musa Ashoms, in a statement, said that about 200 students of Saint Academy school were trapped.

Ashoms, who visited the scene in the company of other commissioners, including that of secondary education, said that the school had a total population of about 400.

The commissioner said that part of the school that collapsed was accommodating about 200 students.

“The collapsed building has resulted in casualties, and injured students are still being evacuated to hospitals.

We cannot, however, ascertain the exact number of casualties until the evacuation is completed. The emergency workers are doing a lot in the rescue efforts.

A sales rep, Ikechukwu Obiekwe, who diverted over N39.5 million from his company’s account has been convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment by a High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra state.

Obiekwe was convicted & sentenced alongside his accomplice, Ugo Chukwudi, by Justice Victoria Nwoye on July 9, 2024. The duo were prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, on 10-count charges bordering on conspiracy, fraudulent conversion, stealing and retention of proceeds of crime to the tune of N39, 528, 530.

They committed the crime between 2016 to 2018 in Onitsha. EFCC in a statement on Friday, July 11, said Justice Nwoye in her judgment held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced both men to one year imprisonment each without an option of fine.

In addition, she ordered that the sum of N39, 528, 530 being the proceeds of their crime be forfeited by the convicts to their victim.

The Nigerian Correctional Service has arrested a woman, Precious Yusuf, for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs to an inmate at the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja.

It was gathered that the suspect, who disguised herself as a visitor to one of the inmates, was apprehended during a search by the correctional service officials on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

FCT command spokesperson of the service, Adamu Duza, in a statement, said the woman concealed the drugs in food packs.

According to the statement, “This occurred on Tuesday when the above-named lady came in the guise of a visitor to an inmate.

During the usual routine search by officers of the Kuje Custodial Centre, items suspected to be Indian hemp and other dangerous drugs were concealed in food packs in a carton.

The culprit confessed to having been sent to bring this to an inmate of the custodial center.”

The Delta State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a
23-year-old man, identified simply as Samson, for allegedly stabbing his mother to d@ath in Obiaruku, Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the suspect, who’s said to be a drug addict, attacked his mom with a knif£ after she cautioned him against smoking early in the morning.

In a video currently making the rounds, the suspect was seen holding the knife as his mom lays in a pool of her blood.

According to reports, a close relative disclosed that Samson initially relocated to Asaba to learn a trade after completing secondary school.

However, he was allegedly brought back a few months later after associating with a group of people who introduced him to drugs which had a detrimental impact on his mental health.

The apex court in its pronouncement in a lawsuit filed by the FG against the 36 state governments on Thursday morning, July 11, ordered the FG to henceforth, pay allocation meant for the 774 local government directly to their respective accounts.

The apex court ruled that it is illegal and unconstitutional for governors to continue to receive and seize funds allocated to LGAs in their states, Vanguard reports. It maintained that the “dubious practice” which has gone on for over two decades, was a clear violation of Section 162 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

In its lead judgment that was delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court held that no House of Assembly of any state has the power to make laws that could, in any manner, interfere with monies meant for the LGAs.

The Supreme Court ordered that forthwith, funds meant for the LGAs must be directly paid to them from the federation account.

A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Thursday, July 11, collapsed outside the courtroom at a Federal High Court, in Abuja.

Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed outside the courtroom before the case was called.

The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, told Justice James Omotosho shortly when he was called to take his plea. Upon resumed hearing, the ex-minister walked into the courtroom and stepped into the dock with part of his clothes drenched.

Justice Omotosho then asked why Mamman was sweating, pressed to know whether it was raining outside. The former minister responded from the dock that he was soaked with the water that was poured to resuscitate him.

Speaking, Ate said Mamman, “upon being brought into the premises of the court collapsed and had to be resuscitated and treated by the medical personnel of the Federal High Court.”

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple over an attempt to sell their two-year-old son to fund their travel to Canada.


The couple, aged 22 and 28, (name withheld) were arrested while attempting to sell the boy on Tuesday.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesman confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Thursday.


“Isolo Divisional Police Officer, DPO, received information that a couple went to Isolo General Hospital on Tuesday, at about 2.45 p.m., and declared their intention to sell their son

“Following the information, operatives from the division swiftly moved to the hospital.

“The baby’s age is two, and he has been rescued. Upon interrogation, the couple confessed that they decided to sell the two-year-old baby to fund the man traveling to Canada for a greener pasture.

“However, investigation is ongoing,” he stated.

Indonesia’s anti-graft court on July 11, sentenced a former agriculture minister, Syahrul Yasin Limpo alias SYL, to 10 years in prison for extortion, abuse of power & bribery involving ministry contracts with private vendors.

The panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court also ordered him to pay a 300 million rupiah ($18,500) fine & said he would be subject to another 4 months’ imprisonment if he fails to pay.

The court ruled that the former Cabinet minister was guilty of abusing his power by enriching himself & other officials, Time reports. According to the presiding Judge Rianto Adam Pontoh, “The defendant has legally & convincingly been proven guilty of corruption.

He wasn’t a good example as a public official, what he has done is counter the government’s efforts to fight corruption & enriched himself by corruption.” Limpo had been arrested last October by the Corruption Eradication Commission.

There was a heated argument on July 9, between the House of Representatives Committee on Women’s Affairs & Social Development & the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye over the non-payment of N1.5 billion to contractors for jobs delivered.

The committee was investigating the alleged diversion of the said sum meant for the payment of contractors after it received a petition from the contractors over non-payment for contracts they executed for the ministry.

After a charged interactive session between the minister & the committee, the session was forced to be adjourned till further notice.

The minister was asked to respond to questions concerning funds that were meant for the office of the African First Ladies Peace Mission & to account for award letters of contracts in the ministry, details of expected quantities, evidence of payment & project completion certificate amongst others

The member representing Ibadan North federal constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Olaide Akinremi Jagaban, is d£ad.

Hon. Akinremi who served as Chairman of the House Committee on Science Research Institutions, passed away on Wednesday morning, July 10.

He was aged 51 A statement signed by House Spokesman Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr., said Akinremi di£d after a brief illness.

Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have arrested one Nuhu Ezra for having human parts.

The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at about 9:00 p.m., in Gosa Kipikipi village, Lugbe, Abuja, with a human skull and bones of other human body parts.

FCT Police Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

According to her, “The suspect, upon interrogation, stated that he picked them up from the bush while hunting at Kuje and had the intention to sell the body parts for N600,000.”

Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume says President Bola Tinubu has shut his door and even some even ministers can’t see him to discuss burning issues regarding the hardship Nigerians are experiencing.

In an interview with BBC Hausa, Ndume said the federal government’s inability to address these issues is a major challenge.

He spoke shortly after he and his colleague, Senator Sunday Steve Karimi, sponsored a motion to address the food cri§is in the country.

According to him, “The major problem with this government is that its doors are closed, to the extent that even some ministers cannot see the President, not to mention members of the National Assembly, who do not have the opportunity to meet with him and discuss the issues affecting their constituencies.

We want to draw the government’s attention to the fact that Nigeria is not only facing a high cost of living but also food scarcity. We want the President to intervene in the issue of high cost of living and food scarcity.

We have seen how it happened in Niger Republic and South Sudan, where children are d¥ing due to hunger, and we are starting to see it in Nigeria.

What we want the government to do is to sit with experts and other stakeholders to find a solution to the problem. We are urging the government to take action, lest they forget that Nigeria is grappling with both soaring prices and a severe food shortage.

We fear that a day may come when even if someone has the financial means to purchase food, they will go to the market and find none available.”

A five-year-old girl, identified as Moridiyat Rauf, has been hospitalized after she was brutally attacked by a dog in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The unfortunate incident occurred when the girl went to greet the owner of the dog, an elderly woman, at her house in the Adagbada Arola area of Apete, on Wednesday.

The girl went into the house with the belief that the animal had been secured in its cage.

However, unknown to the woman identified simply as Esther, the dog had somehow loosened the padlock used to hold the cage, and as the girl came in, it pounced on her and bit off the hair and flesh covering her head.

The dog owner reportedly struggled to extricate the girl from the dog but was unsuccessful, making her shield the badly injured Moridiya with her body.

Angry at the move, the dog descended on its owner, bit off her tongue, and tore a big chunk of flesh off of her face.

A snake got more than it bargained for after a man it bit, bit it back thrice leading to it death. The bizarre incident took place in the Rajouli area in Nawada, India, The man, identified as Santosh Lohar, is a laborer working on the railway line project in Rajouli.

It was gathered that he was sleeping at his base camp on Tuesday night when a venomous snake bit him.

India Today reports that instead of panicking, an enraged Santosh grabbed the snake with an iron rod and bit it back, not once but three times, ultimately killing the snake When asked about his unusual response, Santosh explained, “In my village, there’s a belief that if a snake bites you, you must bite it back twice to neutralize the venom.”

Two Nigerian sisters, Aisha Mohammed, 18, and 17-year-old Zainab Mohammed have drowned while swimming at Coney Island beach in Brooklyn, USA.

The unfortunate incident occurred at about 8 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2024.

According to their family, the teenagers ‘just wanted to have their last swim,’ when they sadly drank.

They had jumped into the ocean for their last swim of the day when they vanished, heartbroken family members told The Post.

Witnesses say it happened when it started raining and everyone on the beach ran for cover by the restrooms. The two teens decided to go back into the ocean.

According to witnesses, a man tried to stop them but he apparently couldn’t swim either. They were found on the shoreline at 9:15 p.m. and rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, the NYPD said.

“They were just trying to have fun out there,” the girls’ uncle Tahir Mohammed, 48, told The Post. “They thought they were just gonna have their last swim and come out.”

The NDLEA says its operatives have taken down a major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of d£adly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘Mkpuru Mmiri’.

The agency’s spokesperson in a statement on July 9th, said this follows the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu & his associate.

The suspects were arrested in Mbonu’s mansion tucked in his Umuomi village, Uzogba-Ezenomi autonomous community, Ikeduru LGA of Imo State.

“The cartel, with operational bases in Imo & Rivers States, became a target of the anti-narcotics Agency following intelligence indicating it was responsible for the distribution of a substantial quantity of methamphetamine in South-East, South-South & other parts of the country.

After weeks of surveillance, officers of a special operations unit of the Agency on Friday, July 5, 2024, tracked & traced the drug lord to his village mansion in Imo State where he was caught with a member of his cartel, Kenneth Chibuike Ofoegbu.

A Nigerian man living in France is currently on the run after allegedly killing his wife and mother of his three kids named Jennifer.

It was gathered that after allegedly killing the victim, the suspect identified as Emma Igwe, chopped her body into pieces and stored it in a freezer.

The unfortunate incident occurred about three weeks ago but Jennifer’s body was discovered in the freezer on Saturday, July 6, 2024.

In a voice note sent to his sister, Emma confessed to chopping her body but denied killing her.

According to him, they were dragging her phone when she fell and hit her head on the h£ater. He said he only chopped her into pieces because he was scared and wanted to bury her without anyone knowing.

Maureen Achebe, daughter of the renowned novelist, late Chinua Achebe, has received the Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2024 Faculty Development and Diversity Awards.

The hospital notified Okam Achebe of her award in a letter dated July 2, according to a post shared by Chidi Achebe, her brother and chairman of African Integrated Development Enterprise Public Benefit Corporation (AIDE PBC).

Chidi stated that the hospital, a premier teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School based in Boston, Massachusetts, notified Maureen of her award in a letter dated July 2, 2024, which he also shared.

The Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a world-class academic medical centre based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a premier teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

A yet-to-be-identified man has climbed a broadcast mast on Katampe Hill in Abuja to demand the restoration of fuel subsidy, among others.

The man, who climbed the mast on Monday afternoon, July 8, said he will end it all if his demands are not met.

In a hand written note, he also demanded that the federal government declare a state of emergency on insecurity in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Niger, and Borno states.

Others include, opening of borders for food importation and addressing of out-of-school children.

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen Yushau Ahmed, has said that serving corps members across the country would benefit from the ongoing negotiation for a new minimum wage when it’s completed.

Speaking at Ogun State NYSC Orientation Camp in Sagamu on Saturday, July 6, the DG also warned corps members to desist from posting unauthorised pictures of orientation camp activities in social media, saying three corps members already tried and found guilty have been decamped.

According to him, “Let me also remind you of the camp rules that you are not allowed to post the camp activities online or social media, three of your colleagues elsewhere were found breaking this rules posting camp activities on the social media and they have decamped.

And for your allowance, don’t worry, as soon as the ongoing negotiation on the minimum wage is concluded, you can be so sure that your allowance too will definitely go up. There is no way government will forget you because you are really special.”

Mother throws newborn daughter out of a window to her death because ‘she thought a child would ruin her career as an executive at Porsche’

Katarina Jovanovic has been jailed for seven and a half years after dropping her newborn daughter out of a window because ‘she was worried a baby would ruin her career’.

According to Daily Mail, the 28-year-old suspect from Lauffen am Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg State, Germany, was found guilty of mansla¥ghter at the Heilbronn District Court on Wednesday, July 3. Judges heard how she had given birth at home in secret 10 months ago on September 12 and then dropped her baby daughter from her apartment window almost 12 feet onto the tarmac below.

It is reported that horrified passersby found the minutes-old infant’s body with a shattered skull underneath Jovanovic’s balcony and called the police. According to ASB Zeitung, Jovanovic admitted to the crime at the beginning of the trial in April but could not explain the moment to the court.