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  A police inspector attached to the Agbado Police Station, Lagos State Police Command, Adelakun Amubieya, has been arrested for allegedly raping an undergraduate, Joy (not real name), in the Ipaja area of the state. The suspect and the victim lived in the same compound at Abesan Estate, the Punch gathered. The cop and his wife were said to have promised to teach the teenager how to make money with an application on her phone. The 18-year-old, who went to the couple’s apartment on November 15, reportedly met Amubieya alone. The policeman allegedly forced her into the bedroom and raped her. Narrating her ordeal, Joy said, “Sometime in October, I came downstairs to receive a call due to bad network and I overheard the policeman and his wife talking about something, but I didn’t pay attention. “When I was done with the call, his wife said their discussion was about a betting site and all I needed to do was to drop my details and I would be receiving N2,000 every three days...

The Kano State Hisbah Board, which is tasked with the duty of enforcing Sharia law in Kano State, has written a letter to a radio station, in Kano State, 96.9 Cool FM, for using the term ‘Black Friday’. Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The term is used worldwide to mean a day for promotional sales where goods are sold at discounted prices. However, in a letter signed by Principal Executive Officer II, Abubakar Ali, on behalf of the Commander-General, Hisbah stated that Friday is regarded as a holy day in Islam and tagging it as ‘black’ is derogatory and would not be condoned. The letter titled, ‘Letter of Introduction’ reads in part, “I am directed to write and notify you that the office is in receipt of a complaint for the conduct of ‘Black Friday Sales’ on November 27, 2020. “Accordingly, we wish to express our concern on the tagging of Friday as ‘Black Frid...

  Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to reports in Argentina.  The World Cup winner passed away at his home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier this month, Maradona was hospitalised and required surgery after suffering a blood clot on his brain.  Details shortly...

  The Federal government has commenced a reality show called ‘’Naija Farmer’’ aimed principally to transform unemployed Nigeria youths to Employers of labour. This was made known in a statement on Monday, November 23, signed by the Chief Information Officer of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ezeaja Ikemefuna. According to the statement, the Ministry collaborated with Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Startimes, Radio, Television and Theatre Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) and other Stakeholders. ‘’The project would create over 1 Million Agribusiness owners within 10 years and by extension lift over 20 Million youths out of poverty in the next decade, pursuant to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to lift Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. ‘’All participants would receive Seed Capital from Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and other financial institutions to establish Smallholder Agribusiness after extensive training on television. Beneficiarie...

  Law Students Association of Nigeria has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), before the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging what it described as the incessant strikes of the union. In the suit which was filed at the court on Friday, the association is seeking   an order to compel ASUU to return   to the classroom as well as an order of perpetual injunction to restrain   ASUU   from embarking on further strikes. The suit which was filed by the President of the association, Mr Blessing Agbomhere on behalf of his members is also asking the court to compel ASUU to pay N10 billion compensation to Nigerian students. This, the association claims is for allegedly infringing   on the right of the students to education as    guaranteed    by Section 18 of the 1999 Constitution and Article   17 of   African   Charter on Human   and Peoples Rights. The association   is   further asking th...

  President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella Heavily-polluted Milan metropolis, Italy’s business and fashion capital, has decided to ban smoking at bus stops and other public places, with effect from Jan. 1, 2021. The measure is part of the clean air bill that aims to curb Milan’s chronically high emission levels of carcinogenic PM10 fine dust particles. Milan municipality in a statement on Friday said from Jan. 1, 2021 people were not allowed to smoke unless they could stand at least 10 metres apart from other people. This will mean no more smoking in open air sports stadiums, cemeteries and parks, as well as at bus stops, the city said. Outdoor smoking, even in isolated areas, is to be prohibited completely from Jan. 1, 2025. Italy was last week reprimanded by the European Court of Justice for “systematically and persistently” breaching EU rules against PM10 pollution in large parts of the country, including Milan. The city said it would progressively tighten traffic restr...

  Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has revealed identity of a security detail attached to his convoy who shot an Abuja vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke dead on Thursday at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja. The Speaker identified the security detail as Abdullahi Hassan. Hassan, he said, has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for investigation as well as administrative and judicial actions. Okereke’s was shot at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, around 3pm on Thursday. The victim, Okereke, was subsequently rushed to the National Hospital by his brother and some police officers, where he reportedly died. It was learnt that the shooting happened when Okereke and other street vendors selling on the Shehu Shagari Way, Three Arms Zone, flocked around the convoy of the Speaker, who was said to be in the habit of giving out money anytime he passed them. The Speaker, in a statement today, condemned the shooting, saying he was distraught by the incident. He also said the matter has bee...

The Supreme Judicial Council of Saudi Arabia suspended two judges for issuing controversial rulings, prohibiting mu’assel (shisha tobacco) and shaving, online Saudi Arabian news outlet Sabq reported on Monday. According to Sabq, the two judges are currently under investigation and appropriate penalties will be given. The judges cited Islam in their rulings, saying it was prohibited for men to shave their beards and smoking shisha tobacco was forbidden. Sabq added that judicial work is an institutional act that leaves no room for the individual’s opinion regarding the direction of the institutional system, which is based on the country’s legislation, principles and decisions, and it rejects rulings by individuals, such as prohibiting tobacco and shaving. “The two cases are currently being reviewed, because the commercial activity in the two deliberated cases is legally authorized, and the role of the judiciary is to enforce regulations,” the newspaper said. Earlier in July, Saudi Arabia...

  Beginning from next year, only qualified teachers will be allowed in the classrooms, the Federal Government has said. The government said the decision to regulate the teaching profession is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Nigerian schools. It also stated that only persons with a minimum of Second Class Upper (2/1), would be engaged as teachers in government schools. The National Council on Education had set December 31, 2019, as the deadline for all teachers in the country to register and be certified by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). But the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic which led to the closure of schools for months nationwide meant the government couldn’t enforce the regulation. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echonu stated this after monitoring the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), organised by the TRCN on Saturday in Abuja. 17, 602 teachers from across 34 states and the Federal Capita...

  One of President Muhammadu Buhari's   supporter, Dahiru Buba, who trekked from Gombe to Abuja for 15 days to celebrate Muhammadu Buhari’s win in the 2015 polls, has appealed to the general public for medical assistance. The native of Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State said, he has serious limb pains. He revealed that.the trekking when Governor   Mai Mala Buni was the party’s National Secretary fetched him nothing but a certificate. He appealed to Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State and the party’s stakeholders to come to his aid. Buba said: “Since the time I conducted the trekking, the limb pain is growing by the day. “I am appealing to my governor, Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State and the party leadership to help me look for medical assistance.”   Buba pointed out how life is becoming unbearable for him as the join pain persists, saying that he cannot even pay his children’s school fees.

   Donald Trump could return to politics if he loses the election and fight to be president in 2024, his former adviser has said. Joe Biden needs just six electoral college votes to become president, according to the latest count by the Associated Press, with Team Trump vowing to take legal action in several key states.  But if Trump does lose his re-election bid, he may try to run again in four years time at the ripe old age of 78. Bryan Lanza, former communications director for the Trump transition team, said Trump can ‘make a strong case to run again’ if he loses a tight race. Whether the Republican party would let that happen remains to be seen. Lanza added that Trump in 2024 ‘would be younger than Biden is now’, which is not true as the former Vice President is 77. Metronews UK reports that Lanza told the Today programme: ‘Biden will have the opportunity to guide this country out of Covid, and we’ll see what his successes and failures are. ‘And there’s nobody in th...

A Nigerian, Ms Esther Agbaje, has been elected  into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s U.S. general elections. She will represent District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of U.S. Democratic Party. Esther, 35, won by a landslide, polling 17,396 votes or 74.7 per cent of the total ballots cast. Her closest rival, Alan Shilepsky of the Republican Party, secured 4,128 votes, representing 17.7 per cent of the total. Elections to the lower chamber of the state legislature hold every two years, and there are no term limits for the lawmakers. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Agbaje was born in St. Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Her father, Rev. John, an Episcopal Church priest, met her mother, Bunmi, a librarian, at the University of Minnesota where they were studying. She graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., with a degree in political science. Esther ...

  Justice Isa Ayo Salami Judicial Commission of Inquiry is set to wind up five months investigation into the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The panel plans to conclude its assignment his week. Its report will then be sent to President Muhammadu Buhari. In one of its recommendations, the panel recommended that the Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should no longer be picked from the police. It favours appointment of the EFCC chairman from other security agencies. All the chairman of the agency from inception till date are policemen. But the proposed recommendation is already generating replies from among stakeholders. The police is represented in the Salami panel by deputy inspector general. The panel will also recommend that policemen should no longer be operatives of the EFCC. At present, there are no fewer than 850 policemen deployed in the anti-graft agency. If the plan to remove the police from the EF...

  The Democratic candidate for U.S elections, Joe Biden, has stated that the world will never recover if Donald Trump, his opponent wins today’s presidential election. Biden made this known in a tweet on Tuesday, November 3. Biden tweeted, “If we give Donald Trump another four years in the White House, our planet will never recover.” Biden has a slight lead in the pivotal state, which Trump won by less than a percentage point in 2016. But the polls have tightened in recent days, and after the brash billionaire’s shock victory four years ago.