Photo: Man Who Disguised As A Woman In RCCG Lagos

A suspected thief who disguised as a woman was caught after he entered the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) solid rock Chapel in Lagos.

The suspected was caught on Thursday morning, June 30 in Ojodu area of the state.

The suspect was caught by a security guard on duty after he became suspicious of him.

The security guard was said to have confronted and searched him and consequently discovered he was a man dressed like a woman.

The mission of the suspected is yet to be ascertained according to a member of the church who witnessed the incident.

The suspect has been handle over to the police.

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Photos Of The Bus Conductor Killed By Herdsmen In Lagos & Their Dead Cow

 

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Zamfara Assembly Serves Deputy Governor Impeachment Notice

The Zamfara State House of Assembly says it has served an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Mahdi Gusau.

Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Information, Shamsudeen Hassan, disclosed this to reporters on Monday in Gusau, the state capital.

In his briefing, he explained that the lawmakers have decided to impeach the deputy governor over allegations of abuse of office, saying he has breached sections 190 and 193 (1), (2) (a)(b)(c) of the Constitution.

Gusau was also accused of criminal self-enrichment using public funds, as he was alleged to have diverted funds meant for the state and conspired to defraud the state.

According to Hassan, the deputy governor failed to discharge his constitutional duties and that has been termed as insubordination.

While Mr Gusau has insisted that he has done no wrong, the lawmaker said the impeachment notice had been served on the deputy governor through the Secretary to the State Government.

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The Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Musa Bawa, had last Friday presented the notice of impeachment of the deputy governor to the speaker who promised to ensure it was treated in accordance with the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution.

Meanwhile, an aide to Gusau, Umar Aminu, told Channels Television that the Office of the Deputy Governor has yet to receive any communication from the House.

Rather, he explained that the deputy governor, through his lawyer, sent a reminder to the lawmakers of a subsisting court order restraining them from going ahead with the impeachment plan.

“We were in the office throughout the day, and we did not receive any letter from the SSG or House of Assembly,” Aminu said. “We sent the House a reminder letter of the court order restraining the lawmakers from impeaching the deputy governor.”

Read the full text of the briefing by Hassan below:

Gentlemen of the press, as you may be a were that the Hon. members of this Hon. House on the discharge of their constitutional duties formally served the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the House with the impeachment notice of His Excellency, the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau, from the office of the Deputy Governor Zamfara State, on allegation of serious gross misconduct.

Today being, the 7th day of February 2022, I Shamsudeen Hassan, Chairman House Standing Committee on Information of Zamfara State House of Assembly present to you, the official position of the Hon. House that:

The Rt. Hon. Speaker Zamfara State House of Assembly received notice of impeachment of His Excellency the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau, from the office of the Deputy Governor Zamfara State, having satisfied the requirement of Section 188 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) which requires 1/3 of the whole honourable members of the honourable House to endorse notice of impeachment.

The House under the leadership of the Rt. Hon. Speaker accepts that particular notice as proper and in accordance with the provisions of the Law. The Speaker in conformity of statutes has dully served the Deputy Governor through the Secretary to the State Government.

For the avoidance of doubt, on no account whatsoever did this Hon. House, prior to the 4th of February 2022, initiate or even intend to initiate impeachment proceedings against His Excellency, the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau.

However, somewhere in 2021 in the month of July or thereabout, the Hon. House in the discharge of its constitutional duties officially invited His Excellency, the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Gusau under the provisions of Section 128 and 129 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

His Excellency, the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau mischievously approached Federal High Court in Abuja, alleging that this House is in the process of impeaching him.

Besides, the Court in its wisdom ordered for maintenance of status quo ante bellum by both parties on that matter. This gave His Excellency, the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, the right to perform all functions of a Deputy Governor in the State and not honour the invitation of this Hon. House.

The House, as an institution of Law and order, obeyed that Court order obtained (Ex parte), an order with specific days of life span.

The allegations against His Excellency the Deputy Governor in the person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau are:

Abuse of office: This includes constitutional breach of sections 190 and 193 (1), (2) (a)(b)(c), of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

Criminal self-enrichment using public funds: This includes criminal diversion of state funds, conspiracy to defraud the state and approval of dubious retirement in his office.

Failure to discharge constitutional duties which give rise to insubordination: Gentlemen of the press, Zamfara State 6th Assembly under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Speaker, Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya cherishes rule of law, most especially obedience to courts of the land, but is always ready to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

This press statement is the only approved official position of the House and any other correspondence or view shall be associated with the maker of that statement. Its pertinent for the general public to know, the Zamfara State House of Assembly is independent, does not issue contracts or execute projects, rather it performs the constitutional duties of oversight function as enshrined in Nigeria’s enabling laws.

In other words, there are formal lay down procedures of acquiring information from the Hon. House including its finances, so any figures or amount issued by anybody being him a Hon. Member, political appointee, political aide, media aide, or staff of the Hon. House which does not fulfil such a requirement is in nullity.

Thanks and God bless you.

Signed

Hon. Shamsudeen Hassan Bosko,

 

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IPOB/ESN Members Attack Troops, Burn Operational - Crime

 

Unknown Gunmen Suspected To Be IPOB/ESN Members Attack Troops, Burn Operational Vehicles (See Video)

Unknown Gunmen suspected of being members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN attacked and burnt down two operational vehicles belonging to the Nigerian military.

One of the soldiers was forced inside one of the burning cars, according to security analyst and counterinsurgency expert Zagazola (@ZagazOlaMakama on Twitter), while two other soldiers are still missing in action (MIA).

Watch the video here: https://gallantmilitary.org.ng/ipob-esn-members-attack-troop/

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Lady Who Defrauded People With Fake Alerts Caught

 

A Nigerian lady has been nabbed after defrauding people with fake alerts.

The lady who was seen being confronted after being apprehended disclosed that she had no other accomplice.




She also revealed that she had already duped 6 people before being nabbed. The lady went on to list the amount she got from her victims.

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Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader ‘badly wounded

Kano: Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said Thursday.

Shekau’s Boko Haram faction and fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province had been battling in northeastern Borno state, where ISWAP militants have become the dominant force in Nigeria’s more than decade-long jihadist insurgency.

Shekau, who made international headlines when his men kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in Chibok in 2014, has been reported dead several times since Boko Haram first began its insurgency in 2009.

After a series of clashes, Shekau and some of his fighters were surrounded on Wednesday by ISWAP jihadists in Boko Haram’s Sambisa forest stronghold, where they demanded he surrender, one intelligence source said.

“To avoid capture, Shekau shot himself in the chest and the bullet pierced his shoulder,” the source said, adding: “He was badly injured.”

Some of his men managed to escape with him to an unknown destination, the source added.

A second intelligence source said Shekau was critically wounded after detonating explosives in the house where he was holed up with his men.

Nigeria’s army and officials did not immediately respond to requests for confirmation of the incident.

Shekau’s critical injury or death would be a blow to his Boko Haram faction which has already been weakened by military air strikes on its bases and defections among his men.

More than 40,000 people have been killed and over two million displaced from their homes by the conflict in northeast Nigeria, and fighting has spread to parts of neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger.

Boko Haram and ISWAP have fought battles for control of territory in the past.

ISWAP has emerged as the stronger force, carrying out complex attacks on the military and overrunning army bases.

Shekau took over Boko Haram, formally known as the Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, after its founder Muhammad Yusuf was killed by police in 2009.

Under Shekau’s leadership, Boko Haram turned large swathes of the northeast into a no-go territory, proclaiming a “caliphate” in the Borno town of Gwoza in 2014.

An offensive since 2015 by Nigerian troops backed by soldiers from Cameroon, Chad and Niger drove jihadists from most of the area that they had once controlled.

Angered by Shekau’s indiscriminate targeting of civilians and use of women and children suicide bombers, a rival faction broke away in 2016 to become ISWAP with the backing of the Daesh group.

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Amotekun Arrests 2 Gay Men Caught Having Sex In Ondo

 

A 42-year-old man, Seyi Balogun arrested by the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun has alleged that he was lured and seduced into homosexuality by an 18-year-old boy, Tosin Arifalo.

The two suspects were arrested by the security outfit at Kajola in Ijoka, Akure, the Ondo state capital.

Vanguard gathered that the suspects were caught in the act by personnel of Amotekun and have been transferred to the office of the Civil Defence for further interrogation.

According to Balogun,” I was never into it before, it was Tosin that came to me saying he loves me.

”I don’t like homosexual act, he seduced me, he lured me into it. I told him to give me rest of mind, but when he was threatening me I have to obey him.

“Since then, we have been having sex together. What I can say is that the devil caused it, and I have warned him not to come to my house again.

But Tosin also in an interview narrated how he was lured by Balogun adding that they have had sex three times before the bubble burst. “How can I lure him into it. He’s saying the opposite.

”Anytime he wanted to have sex with me, he would take me to his house at Kajola in Ijoka.

According to him ”it was Balogun that introduced me to one of his friends, Olojijo who had been having sex with me too”

Tosin added that Olojijo had sex with him many times.

Their neighbours who witnessed the arrest described the act as “sinful and an abominable act”

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Final Baba Ijesha Granted N500K Bail On Health Grounds

Baba Ijesha had been in custody at the State CID, Panti, for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old-girl in the home of comedienne Adekola Adekanya, popularly called ‘Princess.’

Due to the industrial strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), courts have been shut and cases adjourned.

The release of Baba Ijesha on Monday afternoon came as a result of magistrates going around police stations across Lagos State, listening to cases and giving hearing to those arrested.

Baba Ijesha’s case was the subject of national discourse and raised the topic of paedophilia and rape in Nigeria.

A lawyer told FIJ that Baba Ijesha’s release on health grounds sounded more like an easy way out. The case had been forwarded by the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

There has however been skepticism on how the DPP handles cases of sexual assault and rape. In 2019, Don-Chima George and Rasaq Oluwasegun were arrested for gang-raping a 23-year-old lady. The DPP however failed to produce key witnesses to help in the prosecution of the case.

The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, had stated on May 4 that “the Ministry of Justice would not relent in its efforts in ensuring that whoever sexually abuses any resident of Lagos State is speedily brought to book.”

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday granted N500,000 bail to detained Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as, Baba Ijesha for alleged sexual assault.

His lawyer, Adesina Ogunlana in a telephone call told Vanguard that his client was granted administrative bail by the police in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties.

He said: ” Yes I can confirm to you that my client has been granted bail by the police. The terms of the bail include two reliable sureties- a blood relation and a level 10 civil servant. We are currently working to meet the bail conditions.”

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