Day: July 12, 2022

How I Was Trafficked To UK As A Child – Olympic Great, Mo Farah

Nurudeen Oyewole

“The truth is I’m not who you think I am, Most people know me as Mo Farah, but it’s not my name or it’s not the reality.” says Farah   Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked as a child to Britain from Djibouti and forced to work as a servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin. The distance runner was flown to the UK from the East African country aged eight or nine by a woman he had never met, given the name Mohammed…

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Robbery: Residents Of Lagos Estate Want Commercial Motorcyclists Ban

Ganiyu Amodu

Some residents of Fagbile Estate, Ijegun area of Lagos State have appealed to relevant security authorities to impose a total ban on commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as Okada, from accessing the estate. The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, said this followed attacks by criminals operating on motorbikes. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that the motorcycle thieves defied the heavy rain on Sallah day to rob a widow, a dealer in soft drinks and an agent of a Point of Sale machine. READ ALSO: 2023:…

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2023: Tinubu Is Next President If I Can’t Get It— Kwankwaso

Aliyu Aliyu

Kano top politician speaks on Kashim Shettima as APC Canddate’s running mate   The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party for the 2023 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said if he can’t win the presidential election, he will recommend the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the poll, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as president. The former two-term Governor of Kano State made this known on Sunday during an interview he granted Arise TV. Kwankwaso, who spoke shortly after the APC candidate unveiled a former two-term Governor of Borno…

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NSCDC Raises Alarm Over ISWAP’s Plan To Again Attack Abuja, Christians

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has raised the alarm of fresh plots by the Islamic State of West Africa Province to attack more locations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The alarm was raised by the NSCDC on July 8, 2022, three days after the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, Abuja. Recall that ISWAP has claimed credit for the attack on the custodial centre on June 5, 2022, which led to the death of four persons and injuring of 16 others. During the attack,…

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Community Disrupts OML 30 Operations Over Kinsmen Sack

Abibat Babalola

  The indigenes of Olomoro Community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta Stat have shut down operations of Oil Mining Lease 30 operated by the Heritage Energy Oil Services Limited. The aggrieved indigenes of the host community on Sunday converged on the entrance of the oil firm in a peaceful protest. READ ALSO EXCLUSIVE: Buhari Removes Ag Accountant-General 28 Days After Appointmentl EXCLUSIVE: Buhari Declines Ministerial Consent For ExxonMobil $1.6bn Assets’ Sale To Seplat Oil Theft: Fact And Figures Of A National Emergency, By Adeola Yusuf Shell, Host…

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7-Month Pregnant Woman Raped In Husband’s Presence

Ganiyu Amodu

Teenager among the suspected rapists and here is how they were caught, NSCDC The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three suspects over the alleged rape of a seven-month pregnant woman in Woro village, Kaiama Local Government Area of the state. The development was confirmed by the spokesman of the Command, Ayeni Olasunkanmi, in a statement on Sunday. The names of the suspects were given as Lawal Ibrahim, 25; Mohammed Issa, 19; and Ibrahim Ahmed, 20. READ ALSO I rape grandmothers because I…

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