Police Arrest Woman for Abusing Bedwetting Niece

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The police Tuesday paraded a 27-year-old woman, Joy Amodu, for allegedly inflicting grievous injuries on a 10-year-old girl for bedwetting. The victim had told the police that the suspect beat her up and inserted hot ointment in her private part.

Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the suspect, who claimed to work with a private security company in Lagos, beat up the victim and inflicted injuries on her.

Jonathan Cancels Tragic Immigration Recruitment

candidates at the Abuja Stadium 

Following the tragedy that followed last Saturday's immigration recruitment exercise  held at the National Stadium , AbuJa, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday cancelled all the immigration recruitment exercises held at different venues across the country.

No fewer than nineteen lives were lost across the country due to stampede at the stadium, occasioned by massive and excessive turn out of applicants. Minister of Information, Labaran Maku disclosed the while briefing State House correspondents, shortly  after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC).

The meeting which barely lasted for an hour, the president according to the minister, directed that  families of  those who lost their lives should each be given three slots in the Immigration Service to be filled by their family members in the fresh recruitment , and one  must be a female.

Those who sustained injuries and hospitalised were offered automatic employment.

A  special committee chaired by the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FRSC), Mrs Joan Ayo to conduct a new recruitment exercise

Finally, Sanusi Reply's President Jonathan

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has responded to the various allegations levelled against him by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), which were cited as the reason for his suspension from office on February 19, 2014.

In a 27-page response released yesterday, the suspended governor also expressed sincere hope that having painstakingly provided detailed explanation, backed by verifiable documents, President Goodluck Jonathan would find his explanation satisfactory and “in line with his (Jonathan’s) adherence to fairness and justice”, revisit and redress the issue of his suspension.

Awesome Stuff! US Ambassador Speaks Pidgin English on Radio

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James F. Entwistle, during an interview with WAZOBIA FM spoke in pidgin english throughout. He was asked about Nigeria’s controversial new anti-gay legislation and whether the U.S. might impose sanctions and he said in pidgin: "The U.S. government no say sanction go dey for Nigeria, because of same-sex palava-o,”, meaning that the U.S. is not going to impose sanctions on Nigeria for passing a law criminalising same-sex marriages.

IMMIGRATION MESS: TAMBUWAL CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION

TAMBUWAL AND HIS  SA, MEDIA, IMAM IMAM

Expectedly, the show of shame at the recently held recruitment examination of the Nigerian Immigration Service, drew condemnation from so many quarters and rightfully so. One of such was the Speaker House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who said the death of the applicants should be investigated.

While describing the deaths as unfortunate,  the speaker had in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Imam Imam, said the incident was more regrettable considering the fact that the young people were at the screening centers in search of jobs that would have bettered their lots and that of their loved ones.

EXCLUSIVE: Police Arrest Suspect for Fraud, Impersonation

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested one Okonkwo Nwachukwu, for fraud and impersonation based on a petition by one of his victims. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said the suspect specialised in opening multiple accounts with different names to defraud banks, other financial institutions and unsuspecting members of the public.

She said, “In a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Unit, DCP Zubairu Muazu, dated February 12, 2014, it was alleged that the suspect appeared at Amuwo Odofin Branch of Zenith Bank to open a savings account.

TACTLESS MORO FINALLY SHOWS SOME DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY

 Hours after his tactless blame of the death of 16 job applicants on their supposed impatience, the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has finally said  he was really  sad by the death of young Nigerians seeking employment during the stampede at the recruitment exercise conducted by Nigeria Immigration Service NIS at the National Stadium , Abuja  as well as in Benin , Edo State and in Minna , Niger  State  over the weekend .

The Minister who in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media George Udoh, commiserated with the bereaved families in particular and Nigerians as a whole,  described  the incident as a national tragedy.

                                         

                                                                                      

NLC Demands Investigation into Immigration Employment Process

Condemnations continued to trail the circumstances which led to the death of 20 Nigerians in the stampede at the recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service last weekend, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),  has demanded a full investigation into the methods adopted by the NIS for the exercise.

The Congress said the NIS employed what turned out to be a tragic process out of crass opportunism, to maximise the opportunity to bleed the applicants who were asked to pay N1000 each.

It described as shocking what it said is the avoidable deaths of unemployed applicants in circumstances that turned out to be a do or die struggle for employment.

                                                                                      

Chaos as Immigration Recruitment Exam Flops

Chaos reigned supreme at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Saturday as the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) employment examination which took place in all states of the federation flopped especially in Lagos.

This is just as the men of the state police and the Nigerian Security and  Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), allegedly shot at the candidates in order to disperse them from mobbing their vehicles.

One of the candidates, Uche Ikechukwu,  said the preparation level by the NIS was nil as they were not able to control the mammoth crowd that surged the stadium for the exam.

He said, "We got there about 7am and we waited until about 4pm. We were about 10,000 . In fact, the stadium was filled to capacity but the examiners were nowhere to be found.

Police Arrest 26 Suspects, Recover 1501 Stolen Generators, Others

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), yesterday paraded a total of 26 armed robbery suspects and their accomplices, recovered a truck load of 1501 generators which were hijacked by the suspects and other stolen items.

The suspects who were arrested from different operations    include,  Lukman Adenekan, Moses Ozowe , Jide Ishola , and Temitope Isiaka, Kuburat Ayinde, Fatimoh Abolakale, Alhaja Muyinat Ogattan , Yetunde Adekunle and Lekan Ibrahim. Others include Abba Mustapha, Abdullai Mustapha , Michael Oloruntoke, Ibrahim Aga, Tobi Adenuga and Shile Ganiyu.