Over 20 Young Nigerian Ladies Used As Sex Slaves Rescued In South African Hotel

Over 20 Young Nigerian Ladies Used As Sex Slaves Rescued In South African Hotel

• At least 26 Nigerian ladies allegedly used as sex slaves and for prostitution were at the weekend rescued by the South African police, ‘the Hawks’.

• The ladies, according to an online publication, certified. com , aged between 14 and 37 were rescued following a tip-off made to the police that girls were trafficked and lodged for prostitution in the hotel.

The hotel located on Klerksdrop area in South Africa is said to be run by Nigerians based in that country.

Hawks Public Relations Officer, Tlangelani Rikhotso, said the girls were drawn from different parts of South Africa, Northern Cape, KZN, Free State, Johannesburg and Eastern Cape.

He said:

“Those found at the hotel are currently being interrogated on charges of trafficking, while the alleged prostitutes are being investigated separately to reveal how they were picked and how long they have been in the hotel.”

Nollywood Actress Omoni Oboli Spits Fire On Nigerian Critic Trying To Pull Her Down

Nollywood Actress Omoni Oboli Spits Fire On Nigerian Critic Trying To Pull Her Down

Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Omoni Oboli has come after a critic who stated that her last movie, Wives On Strike, is not well-scripted to tackle the menace of child abuse in the country.

According to the critic, the movie is a huge let-down.

Following the review , Oboli took to her official Instagram page to tackle the issue stating:

“Nigerians and the crab mentality again! I usually won’t do this but I guess this caught me on the wrong side today. Sometimes we let rubbish go on for too long and it doesn’t even help any of us.
“I work hard, I really do. If I will say so myself, I am an amazing writer and a great producer and director; there, I said it, deal with it.
So apparently, my critic is smarter than hundreds of thousands of you who have watched my movies and enjoyed it.
“Being Mrs Elliott was opening film in different film festivals and is still getting great reviews; The First Lady was Audience Choice award at the last Nollywood Week Festival in Paris. Wives on Strike, don’t even get me started on that one; awards and recognition galore.”
The greatest reward is the love and appreciation of you my Omoni fam. That’s all I need and I will keep doing the movies you love. To all naysayers, put your money where your mouth is: produce your own film so you can show us how to do better.”

FRSC Bans Petrol Tanker Drivers From Night Journeys

FRSC Bans Petrol Tanker Drivers From Night Journeys

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday reiterated its total ban of petroleum tanker drivers from embarking on night journeys across the country from Monday, December 19.

The FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that efforts had been put in place to impound any truck found contravening the order. Mr Oyeyemi said the ban is meant to promote safe petroleum haulage in the country.

“No tanker should be seen on the road at night, we need to find solutions to incessant crashes of tankers on the road.

“Beneficial as petroleum sector is to the nation, safe haulage remains FRSC concern.
“There is a problem and we have solutions to them, no more night journeys for petroleum products as from Monday, Dec. 19, enough is enough.
“The effects of crashes are quite unquantifiable on human life, the environment and to the economy,” Oyeyemi said.
The FRSC boss also said that a crash involving a tanker laden with petrol would lose about N50million being the cost of its contents and the vehicle.
Oyeyemi said that many crashes that happened at night had also caused severe damage to people and the community.
He said that apart from the lives lost, number of houses, shops, farm and other investment were usually engulfed in flames during a crash involving fuel tankers.

The Corps Marshal added that such incident had portrayed the nation in bad light in the comity of civilised nations.
Oyeyemi said that the dimension and scale of devastation caused by crashes involving petroleum tankers was evident in its multiplier-effects on the society.
According to him, there are existing laws and policies of government that are sufficient in tackling the problem if every stakeholder complies.

He said that the National Road Traffic Regulations 2013, the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme and Safe-to Load- Projects were part of the government efforts to tackle the problem.
Oyeyemi advised tanker drivers to stop deliberate violation, neglect and non-compliance to basic road traffic regulation.

He also appealed to them to stop intimidating other road users,especially, those who drive light weight vehicles by exposing them to unnecessary risk.
The FRSC boss said that the mandatory Speed Limiting Device installation was a good initiative aimed at reducing speed-related crashes.
“It is also essential to install trackers in the vehicles on the fleet to obtain real time information about drivers and driving behaviour which are paramount for successful operations.
“Also drivers involved in delivery and distribution of petroleum products in the country must be properly trained and certified.
“Exposing drivers to new and emerging trends in the transport sector should be considered a priority,” he said.

NAN reports that two weeks to the end of the year, the FRSC had said that about 283 tankers had been involved in road accidents across the country.
Oyeyemi disclosed this statistics in Lagos on Saturday Dec. 17, at the Branch Executive Council Meeting of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTDs).
He said that over N2billion was lost as a result of the accidents during the period.

Source: NAN

Today's DO IT YOURSELF Section

Today's DO IT YOURSELF Section

Good morning, dear blog readers! hope we had a great night rest? The year is gradually winding up but for us to begin a new year, come 2017, i think we need to take a retrospect on the out-going year to see some of our lapses as the case may be.

 

Have you ever considered the power of the smallest member of the human body- The Tongue? Check out the Holy Scriptures from James chapter 3 to see the power of the tongue...An unruly evil...boasts of itself...

Come to think of it, where has your tongue landed you throughout this year? what trouble did you incite by the things you said? you caused many people to cry because of your tongue. See? Do you want to continue like that into the new year? Watch it, friends!

President Buhari Orders AGF To Probe SGF And Others

President Buhari Orders AGF To Probe SGF And Others

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to probe all top government officials accused of corruption, following the allegation of corruption leveled against Mr. Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this in a two-paragraph statement. Shehu said any of the government official found guilty of the allegations levelled against them would not escape prosecution.

The statement read, “The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to a number of reports in the media, in which various accusations of corruption have been levelled against some top officials in the administration.

“In that regard, President Buhari has instructed the Attorney General of the Federation to investigate the involvement of any top government official accused of any wrongdoing. If any of them are liable, they will not escape prosecution.”

Although Shehu did not mention names,but top government officials who have been accused of corruption so far, included the SGF, the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.

 

Source: The Punch.