273 African migrants rescued today from the MediterraneanSea
No fewer than 273 lives were rescued by the Migrant Offshore Station (MOAS)
responder crew this morning, September 14 from the Mediterranean Sea.
Safe aboard the Responder, post-rescue care was administered by the
Italian Red Cross -Croce Italiana, International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies medics.
Water was distributed as people began to recover and started to feel safe for the first time in a long while.
Singer African China flaunts hard currency & jewelry via Instagram (photo)
Singer Chinagorom Onuoha a.k.a African China, shared these
pics of foreign currency, jewelery and a cover of his old album via his
Instagram page with the caption : "#Statement...Talk less and do
more."
Armed Robbers Invade Super Eagles player, Ogenyi Onazi’s Home, Cuts Dad With Machete
On
Monday, 1:40pm , unidentified men visited the home of Super Eagles player, Ogenyi Onazi. The robbers had visited pretending to deliver a letter to him, soon as he collected
the letter, they tied him up, beat him and cut him with machete.
Onazi who said the robbers took their time to invade his home said they
went away with undisclosed amount of cash, a white Toyota Highlander and
other valuables. While speaking on the incident, the footballer said;
Onazi added: “Those robbers came, pretending they were there to deliver a
letter to my dad at about 1.40pm on Monday, as soon as he collected
their fake letter and asked where it was coming from they swooped on
him, tied his hands, beat him up, inflicting machete cuts on him in the
process. Continue...
“They told him this is the first in a series of attacks that they will
launch on our house and that I( Onazi) will be their target the next
time.
“Those guys took their time to take some valuable materials including a
car and some cash but I am thankful to God they didn’t do more than
that.”
Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan Has the Right To Own Any Amount Of Money – IMU, Others Speak Out
Following an exclusive interview with Vanguard,
the Chairperson of Ijaw Mothers Union (IMU), Doris McDaniels, has
spoken out on the recent outburst over reports that former First lady,
Patience Jonathan, claimed ownership of a $31.4 million found in the
account of a company currently under investigations for fraud.
She stated that the former first lady can own any amount of
money as she was the wife of a deputy governor, governor, Vice President
and then a President.
She said; “I will commend Mrs Patience Jonathan because if this
is the allegation against her, then it is funny. So you mean the wife
of a former deputy governor, governor, Vice President, Acting President
and President cannot own this kind of money, yet wife of President
Muhammadu Buhari that is less than two years in office can travel with
the kind of bag as alleged recently? Then this is a funny country.
"If high-profile government officials,can own properties in
Dubai, yet we say wife of a former President can’t own this money, then
Nigeria is a laughing stock. EFCC should follow the law,” she said.
However a lawyer and National Coordinator, Centre for the
Vulnerable and the Underprivileged, Oghenejabor Ikimi, said the former
first lady needs to be investigated since her office as a first lady is
not known to come with remunerations.
“Patience should be investigated on how she got the money. We
agree that she was the wife of a Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice
President and lastly President. The sum is frightening, knowing that her
office, even as First Lady, does not attract remuneration.
"Even if it did attract cash benefits, was it in dollars and
how much did she receive? If the anti-graft agencies find her to have
amassed such wealth illegally, she should be tried to face the music.
She is not bigger than the country as former First Lady.”
In his reaction, Zik Gbemre, National Coordinator, Niger Delta Peace Coalition, NDPC, said:
“The NDPC does not understand the hullabaloo about investigating the
former First Lady for questionable wealth. She should be investigated
like anyone else suspected to be holding such questionable wealth.
“All anti-graft agencies need do is ensure they do their job
within the ambit of the law. People should not see this as a witch hunt
or oppression. The accused must also prove her innocence lawfully. She
has nothing to fear if she genuinely acquired such wealth. All she needs
is proof.”
ASUU to begin a one-week warning strike on October 2nd, See Reason
The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU will begin a warning
strike from October 2nd. The union disclosed this in a statement signed
by the Chairman, University of Abuja chapter of ASUU.
“We have tried to dialogue with the Federal Government but they have
been playing games with us; we will start with a warning strike to show
them we are not jokers. ASUU has being trying to get the attention of
the Federal Government to intervene in the academic system of
universities across Nigeria but it has all been abortive.
Consequently, ASUU will give a warning strike which will start on Oct.
2nd. The strike will last for one week, and if they do not give us
listening ears, we will start the indefinite strike in November,” the
statement read.
The academic union has been at loggerheads with the Federal government
over the non-implementation of its 2009 agreement with the FG. Among the
demands of ASUU includes the exclusion of Nigerian universities from
Pension Management Company, non-release of NEEDS Assessment Intervention
Fund, funding of state universities, payment of earned academic
allowance and renegotiation of the agreements were part of the
outstanding issues that have not also been addressed
Nigerian Gay Bisi Alimi shares vacation pictures with husband-to-be Anthony (See photos)
Nigerian gay frontliner, Bisi Alimi and his husband-to-be, Anthony
are currently on holz in Malaga, autonomous community of Andalusia,
Spain. See more photos below
iPad owner turns detective as police tells her to knock on thief's door
Sara Gration 37, holding the empty box of her former iPad at her home in Derby
A single mum of two, Sara Gration 37, turned detective in a bid to track down the home of an iPad thief as the police asked her to knock on the thief's door. "There's no one free... could you knock on the door?" Said the police.
She had rang the police to alert them in the hope that the thief could be caught, but was told that police did not have anyone who could go help.
It
was then suggested to her that the best way to catch the thief was to
turn sleuth herself and follow the tracker which lead her to an address.
But as she sat outside the suspect's house she became "absolutely petrified" after realising the danger she had been put in, and as such decided to flee the scene slamming the police for putting her in peril. The police have now
admitted it was a mistake asking her to do their job.
Sara Gration was told to turn detective herself
Sarah said: "I couldn't believe it, I was asked to turn
detective myself and was sent to a house where I could have been put in
danger."
The bizarre situation came about after Sara's car was broken into outside her home in Derby overnight Thursday into Friday.
She was alerted to the theft by a neighbour and went to her car, which was parked outside her home to see items had been stolen.
Among them was a gold iPad Air which was in a bag in the boot.
She
reported the incident to the police who told her they would not be able
to send an officer out and instead asked her to ask locally if anyone
had any CCTV.
Then, at around 1.30pm on Friday, she received an
email to her iPhone alerting her to the fact that someone had switched
on the stolen iPad at a house in another part of Derby.
The self-employed bookkeeper, said: "I immediately called to
notify police. I then got a call back five minutes later from them
telling me to go to the location, see if my iPad was there and knock on
doors in the area.
"I wanted my items back so I went and was petrified. No-one
was in at the house. I called police back after I went and explained but
no I received no apology.
"Derbyshire Police had the chance to
recover stolen items and potentially catch a thief but sent me instead.
By not following up on such a strong lead, it has probably ruined any
chance of conviction."
Sara, who has daughters Isabella, nine,
and Tamsin, seven, added: "I appreciate that having your car broken into
isn't exactly crime of the century and that it isn't a priority for
them.
