Welcome to Geophilworld's blog: 07/22/15

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Multiple bomb explosions occurred in Gombe state this evening

Multiple bomb explosions have been reported in two motor parks in Gombe state this evening. Two bomb explosions went off at the Dadin kowa motor park while the another one went off at Tashan Dukku motor park. Many people have been confirmed dead.

'White Garment' Pastor Accused Of Raping Brother's Wife

The police from State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, have commenced investigation into an alleged rape of a housewife in a farmland in Umuchu town, Aguata Local Government by a white garment prophet who is the elder brother to the victim’s husband.

The investigation followed a petition written by a group known as Human Rights Awareness Initiative and Road Safety on behalf of the victim to the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command.

The victim, Mrs Chinasa Okoronkwo, alleged that Prophet Pius Okoronkwo raped her in a farmland where she went to farm after she escaped incessant sexual harassment by him.

The suspect, who is the founder of Covenant Sabbath Mission Yaweh church whose headquarters is located at Umuchu, denied the allegation and said it was a ploy to blackmail him after sponsoring the marriage between her his younger brother.

The woman admitted that he was one of those who sponsored the marriage and said he had another motive for sponsoring the traditional wedding.

She said her ordeal started after their traditional marriage when Okoronkwo approached her and told her that despite the fact that he married her to his brother, the job of impregnating her will be his responsibility.

She said despite the fact her husband is poor, she refused such demand because her husband was alive and fit to impregnate her.

Chinasa said the harassment continued until he allegedly raped her in the farmland while threatening to kill her if she refused. She said she had to seek the help of the human rights NGO to seek for justice.

She narrated that after Okoronkwo allegedly raped her, he sued his influence to gang-up with some people and without her husband’s consent, and chased her away from her matrimonial home to cover his track.

The Human Rights Awareness Initiative and Road Safety, Comrade Gilbert Obinwa, who confirmed receiving a complaint on the issue after the woman came to their office and they had to write the petition to the Commissioner of Police.

He said what happened to the woman was height of injustice and asked the police to investigate the allegation and prosecute the offenders.

He noted that there was a grand conspiracy to ill treat the woman because her husband was a peasant farmer and could not do anything.

The Okoronkwo, who denied the allegation of rape and sexual assault, said it was the kinsmen that asked the woman to go to their home in Umumaoku town in Aguata to bring her relations because of her bad conduct so that the two families would resolve the matter peacefully.

At the SCID, the police confirmed the incident and said they have already commenced investigation into the matter. A police source said after investigation and if a case of rape was established, the prophet would be prosecuted.

Former President, Jonathan’s CSO Has Been Released

The State Security Services on Tuesday night released Gordon Obua, the Chief Security Officer to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan.

Mr. Obua was released a few hours after he was presented to the media following rumours of his death in the custody of the SSS.

PRNigeria, an organisation that releases press statements for Nigerian security agencies, said the former Chief Security Officer was allowed to go home to his family on Tuesday night.
It said Mr. Obua was released at 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

“Competent security sources informed PRNigeria that Mr. Obuah slept in his house Tuesday night along with his family after a comprehensive de-briefing by operatives of the Department,” PRNigeria stated.

EFCC Arrests Senate President's Wife, Yar'adua's Daughter Over Corruption Allegation

Presidency moves against Sataki

Former Late President Umaru Yar’ Adua’s daugther and wife of former Kebbi State Governor, Zainab Dakingari has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud to the tune of N2billion perpetrated during her husband’s tenure as governor of
the Northwest State.

Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President and former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki was also invited for questioning over alleged money laundering.

When contacted, EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said, “I’m aware that a new set of suspects were recently invited,” Mr. Uwujaren said. “It’s not impossible the two women are among them.”

However, a source at the anti-graft agency disclosed that Saraki is wanted in relation to questionable inflow of funds into companies where she has interest. She is expected to report at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja on July 28, 2015; where a crack team of investigators have already been assembled to grill her.

Dakingari on the other hand was initially expected to report for questioning at the EFCC headquarters Wednesday. It was however gathered that the former Kebbi first lady sent words that she was away to Saudi for Umrah (lesser hajj), and pleaded to be allowed to report on July 27, 2015.

She is expected to explain to operatives of the anti-graft agency the source of the steady stream of huge cash into her companies, while she held sway as ‘first lady’ of Kebbi State.

Pres. Buhari Meets With His Former Classmates In U.S

President Buhari met with some of his former classmates at the U.S. War College today. The class of 80 in Blair House, Washington DC.

Nigerian Turns Bicycle Into An Aeroplane (Photos)

What! No Nigerian University Made It To The Top 1000 Universities In The World

What is really the bane of our low educational standard? With respect to the latest university ranking by the Center For World University Ranking Show, none of Nigeria numerous universities made at least the first 1000 best universities in the world.

The ranking was done by the Centre for World University Rankings show.The center uses eight objective indicators to rank the world’s top 1,000 universities which are quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, publications, influence, citations, broad impact and patents.

The United States of America has eight universities in the top 10. Harvard University is ranked first while Stanford University ranked second, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology as third. University of Cambridge came forth while the University of Oxford was ranked fifth.

The University of Witwatersrand in South Africa was the highest ranked university in Africa which ranked 149th followed by Mansoura University in Egypt which emerged 988th.

In an earlier ranking done by Journals Consortium, only one Nigerian university made it to the list of top 10 African universities. Nigeria’s University of Ibadan beaten by six South African schools was ranked eight on the list.

The Center for World University Rankings publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students, as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions.