Police arrest businessman for allegedly raping worker

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUI5W-XwOa51PZQW7TGuqYD2NLVWUS3-wECKjJ4pxbM2DlcBxLXi3dSdLxd3HewZHhyphenhyphenACGifmQ_NFRfbGyI76y1iECCV4Y5ZB71sb4xIg2QCHiYBInTBx7dgx-AbPfYxgGgTDOZtkZqyM/s1600/Nigeria-Police-Force-Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="436" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUI5W-XwOa51PZQW7TGuqYD2NLVWUS3-wECKjJ4pxbM2DlcBxLXi3dSdLxd3HewZHhyphenhyphenACGifmQ_NFRfbGyI76y1iECCV4Y5ZB71sb4xIg2QCHiYBInTBx7dgx-AbPfYxgGgTDOZtkZqyM/s400/Nigeria-Police-Force-Logo.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Police in Benue State have arrested a young businessman for alleged rape of a 21-year-old lady.<br /> <br /> The lady was said to be working for the alleged rapist who runs a business along David Mark Bypass in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.<br /> <br /> The incident happened on Friday and the lady bloodstained pants were said to have been found at the scene.<br /> <br /> According to sources closed to the family of the lady the incident happened on Friday when the man asked the lady to bring the proceeds of the day to him at a location.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The family source added that the man pounced on her and forcefully had canal knowledge of her immediately she entered the room.<br /> <br /> A human rights activist in the state, Ukan kurugh, who is handling the rape report, told our correspondent that the alleged rapist had asked the lady to bring the proceeds of the day to him before he traveled for Christmas.<br /> <br /> “The man pounced on the lady while she struggled with him but he overpowered her, broke her virginity and inflicted bruises on her,” Kurugh said.<br /> <br /> Confirming the report, Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Catherine Anene said that the alleged rapist had been arrested.<br /> <br /> Anene said, “I can confirm to you that the man is in our custody.”

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Troost-Ekong gets coach’s support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2cqfErzcCS3E6Qil22OAleP9IP5_CNQJGzpQ4kUcKRWMiLAD7ezOKZeq-f4l76897gfH0fWZxf7TtrD05oPlEIzw5TnRXo8SA1mzIshpRKfusGy8w1PFehR39AQPV8HmjpSQzFZSJVM/s1600/troost+ekong.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="222" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2cqfErzcCS3E6Qil22OAleP9IP5_CNQJGzpQ4kUcKRWMiLAD7ezOKZeq-f4l76897gfH0fWZxf7TtrD05oPlEIzw5TnRXo8SA1mzIshpRKfusGy8w1PFehR39AQPV8HmjpSQzFZSJVM/s400/troost+ekong.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div> Udinese manager, Luca Gotti, has backed Super Eagles defender, William Troost-Ekong, to come good for the club amidst his poor form in recent weeks.<br /> <br /> Speaking ahead of their Saturday Serie A 2-1 win against Cagliari, Gotti spoke of the team’s lack of form, adding that they will continue to trust Troost-Ekong.<br /> <br /> Since his return from international duty with the Eagles, Troost-Ekong’s performance has been poor and has been questioned by the club’s fans following series of mistakes leading to Udinese conceding goals.<br /> <br /> The Bianconeri have conceded 10 goals in their last five matches in the Italian top-flight, with the Nigerian at the heart of the defence.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The manager was asked by a reporter if the Eagles’ number 5 would be dropped or retained due to his current poor form, but Gotti responded saying Troost-Ekong needed his trust.<br /> <br /> “The players are not all the same character, the coach’s sensitivity lies in finding the most suitable solution from time to time,” Gotti was quoted as saying by  Udinese’s official website.<br /> <br /> “As far as Ekong is concerned, I think he still needs this trust.”<br /> <br /> Troost-Ekong has made a total of 17 appearances this season for the Italian outfit with 16 of those played in the Serie A but he has yet to find the back of the net.

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20m Nigerians in Diaspora deserve voting right – Dabiri-Erewa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHnQ-39xA15AWGB2qkhq8hEJ-SAfrQlve7Zdnn-yaW118ncwqFiU99H1WQBtde2jshPvzT2ihxAtoSCWxK7yuc813U_tAVIP0LHWAx5lQYX_7NO-PKmxl5b2r9tGZbqXPdh9ze-ojsWM/s1600/ABIKE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1024" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHnQ-39xA15AWGB2qkhq8hEJ-SAfrQlve7Zdnn-yaW118ncwqFiU99H1WQBtde2jshPvzT2ihxAtoSCWxK7yuc813U_tAVIP0LHWAx5lQYX_7NO-PKmxl5b2r9tGZbqXPdh9ze-ojsWM/s400/ABIKE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Saturday said the commission was seeking an amendment of the Electoral Law to enable more than 20 million Nigerians living abroad to vote in the country’s general election.<br /> <br /> She spoke in Ado-Ekiti at the celebration of the 2019 Ekiti Diaspora homecoming reception, organised by the state government in conjunction with some youth organisations, News Agency of Nigeria reported.<br /> <br /> Dabiri-Erewa, represented by the Head, Media and Public Relations of the commission, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, explained that Nigerians living abroad were contributing enormous resources to national development.<br /> <br /> She said, “With Nigerians in Diaspora contributing so much to the Nigerian economy, estimated at over $25bn in 2018, we believe they deserve to vote for their choice of leaders at home.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We are already working with the National Assembly to hopefully make this a reality in Nigeria through an amendment to the country’s Electoral Act.

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NECA worries over border closure-induced inflation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUCvJwLZgAoIICkhUZnUtvrP5TdgHBpZyaE9US1U9g56nm_RDhyuTJ3cGtbWERcYxAbwoN81TgWx7D26tzIU8D_uFhQIMzdA-dg5q4fbamnI6QGalSBlNeq68CsYrdtJvehCpGMAzUUo/s1600/Director-General-NECA-Mr-Timothy-Olawale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUCvJwLZgAoIICkhUZnUtvrP5TdgHBpZyaE9US1U9g56nm_RDhyuTJ3cGtbWERcYxAbwoN81TgWx7D26tzIU8D_uFhQIMzdA-dg5q4fbamnI6QGalSBlNeq68CsYrdtJvehCpGMAzUUo/s400/Director-General-NECA-Mr-Timothy-Olawale.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has expressed worry over the rising inflation rate in the country.<br /> <br /> Inflation rate leaped to a 19-month high of 11.85 per cent in November from 11.61 per cent in October, indicating a 0.24 per cent increase.<br /> <br /> The Director-General, NECA, Dr Timothy Olawale, noted that all subsets in the recent National Bureau of Statistics’ Consumer Price Index had increased.<br /> <br /> He attributed the rising figures, most especially, the food index, to government’s decision to close the land border in an attempt to curb food smuggling.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Olawale cautioned on the correlation between the inflation rate and the Treasury Bills.<br /> <br /> He warned that the T-Bills rate of about 7.8 per cent against  inflation rate of 11.85 per cent would send foreign investors out of the country and bring down the value of the local currency especially, since  the GDP posted only 2.28 per cent  in real terms in the third quarter.<br /> <br /> The NECA DG pointed out that having warned of the implications of the Central Bank of Nigeria banning private individuals and local non-banking firms from buying short-term securities through Open market Operations, the current situation affirmed NECA’s projections.<br /> <br /> He said, “The bond yield has dropped, occasioned by reduced liquidity in the T-Bills market and higher inflation. The CBN needs to review its policy on the ban. ”<br /> <br /> On the implications of the rising inflation rate for the economy, the NECA DG said that it could lead to lull in economic activities and further decline in growth rate.<br /> <br /> He said, “It is understandable in economic term that inflationary pressure leads to decline in savings, uncertainty about future price levels, which could discourage investments and likely lower capital formation in the economy.”

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Davido to Naira Marley: Get ready to perform at Fatoyinbo’s COZA church

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZJcQMbF_7nf5K-Hgoy_DnNg8OmHK2qMrLGI2pTsMyA99FnGmB1mv1yrBIdU_oK-NGne4hes3UMNbHByY1mhDcNA8Z9VXKFKEKdfcm12JBN87ubQMqo2WH7sA0nZxooemeSE80UHA7l4/s1600/COZA-Pastor-Biodun-Fatoyinbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1200" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZJcQMbF_7nf5K-Hgoy_DnNg8OmHK2qMrLGI2pTsMyA99FnGmB1mv1yrBIdU_oK-NGne4hes3UMNbHByY1mhDcNA8Z9VXKFKEKdfcm12JBN87ubQMqo2WH7sA0nZxooemeSE80UHA7l4/s400/COZA-Pastor-Biodun-Fatoyinbo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> DMW boss, Davido has continued to show his displeasure with the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Worldwide, Rev Biodun Fatoyinbo.<br /> <br /> Moments after Naira Marley took to Twitter to publicize his latest single, “Tesumole” in a tweet, Davido was swift to drag Fatoyinbo into the conversation<br /> <br /> It happened that Naira Marley who is known to be a secular musician, made a sarcastic tweet that he knows one pastor would call him to perform in his church, quoting a line in the song which says “Shebi omo jesu ni iwo”<br /> <br /> A fan was quick to respond in a tweet which read; “We go march devil with no mannaz”<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Reacting to the post, Davido told Naira Marley to get ready for Biodun Fatoyinbo to call him for one of his church events, this December.<br /> <br /> Check the screenshots below;<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R_Q2z0hjmy7XLt4QT3dVs7qZGjvkWns8gQBaH_39v63Dzle_eyNjz29tmRAV8Ewh6J5Ff-p4tmRCK-mtP5a0Yfu34qnjsI-DOS0kx3e6FLqSzvQJUxhSKuB0b1guUT2ZcOWc4Rk3GK8/s1600/tesumole.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="383" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R_Q2z0hjmy7XLt4QT3dVs7qZGjvkWns8gQBaH_39v63Dzle_eyNjz29tmRAV8Ewh6J5Ff-p4tmRCK-mtP5a0Yfu34qnjsI-DOS0kx3e6FLqSzvQJUxhSKuB0b1guUT2ZcOWc4Rk3GK8/s400/tesumole.png" width="351" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> It may be recalled that earlier in the week, Davido, Wizkid and Tiwa savage debunked trending online videos which were allegedly fabricated to publicize an upcoming December event for the said church<br /> <br /> One of the videos had captured Davido supporting the church even after lashing Wale Aladejana for doing same during the rape saga between the pastor and a former church member, Bisola Dakolo.

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Croatians vote for new president

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ34J0NRVeeGbS1UnpDH1olCtnRx53XIG5fFtDTmBc_cheqsnop8Mekln68CHxGtlA2L-Gb4_A4yYT07ZNWypQuWAzKynmq_R6hWnG0XoKxfYUjYn0lRkeI6U96QzqQ8auc35Ibh27i8/s1600/world+ballot+box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="1024" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ34J0NRVeeGbS1UnpDH1olCtnRx53XIG5fFtDTmBc_cheqsnop8Mekln68CHxGtlA2L-Gb4_A4yYT07ZNWypQuWAzKynmq_R6hWnG0XoKxfYUjYn0lRkeI6U96QzqQ8auc35Ibh27i8/s400/world+ballot+box.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Voting began on Sunday in a Croatian presidential election expected to turn into a neck-in-neck race between the incumbent, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, and the main challenger, former prime minister Zoran Milanovic.<br /> <br /> Grabar-Kitarovic, backed by the governing conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), has been tipped to win 28.3 per cent of the votes and Social Democrat (SDP) Milanovic, 26.6 per cent.<br /> <br /> The survey published by the state broadcaster HRT on Thursday had a 2.6-per-cent margin of error.<br /> <br /> Right-wing independent, popular singer Miroslav Skoro, who defected from the HDZ after serving as a lawmaker in 2008, was tipped to come in third with 20.7 per cent of the votes.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> With neither of the two far from winning more than 50 per cent of the ballots cast for an outright triumph, a run-off on Jan. 5 is imminent.<br /> <br /> Skoro has made huge gains since November and for a while seemed within reach of a stunning upset over either of the leading runners, but the last survey rates that as highly unlikely.<br /> <br /> Voting ends at 7 pm (1800 GMT) and projections based on exit polls are expected minutes after that.<br /> <br /> The post of the president is largely ceremonial in Croatia, but a win will send a strong signal in favour of the HDZ or SDP – which utterly dominate the Croatian political scene – ahead of parliamentary elections in 2020.

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Yuletide: IGP Orders Immediate Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Nationwide

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ElzCugYbXWNxYbHjitIWFAUboLdIPEnIsdybnlVECLYpqYzEEgZnVVMXgbfi02rSAy0dPxn8w9Q8I97_5XLSXUJilvBcaL95jm0eA5mWZUmTiS4rYic-GRe360kXlUMLghinWyydGas/s1600/IG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ElzCugYbXWNxYbHjitIWFAUboLdIPEnIsdybnlVECLYpqYzEEgZnVVMXgbfi02rSAy0dPxn8w9Q8I97_5XLSXUJilvBcaL95jm0eA5mWZUmTiS4rYic-GRe360kXlUMLghinWyydGas/s400/IG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to ensure that only checkpoints and nipping points that are operationally expedient for crime prevention and prevention and other forms of key duties must be in place during the festive seasons.<br /> <br /> The Force Public Relations Office (FPRO), Mr. Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, who disclosed yesterday in Abuja, said the IGP ordered the Commissioners of Police to ensure that officers deployed to checkpoints eschew all forms of corruption, ostensibly in reaction to cases of alleged extortion of travellers and motorists, especially on major highways across the country.<br /> <br /> Mba said Commissioners of Police, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) were also expected to provide round-the-clock supervision of their men, adding that they would be held liable for any excesses of their personnel on the roads, adding: “They have also been directed to send to the headquarters, the designated nipping points on those roads for easy monitoring by the Force Headquarters.”<br /> <br /> He explained that the order was issued to enable travellers enjoy safety and comfort on the highways with minimal inconveniences and hassles throughout the Yuletide season, saying: “It is important to note that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has also given a very clear-cut directives and issued a standard order for Commissioners of Police, Area Commanders and DPOs, whose jurisdictions straddle those areas covering the highways, to ensure that policemen who are posted on the road during the festive period carry out their duties in strict conformity with the extant rules guiding such activities- the Police Act and the Police Regulations.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “Police officers posted on theses duties are expected to eschew all forms of corruption. In-as-much as they are they are expected to be firm, they are expected to be courteous and polite to citizens. “Commissioners of Police are also expected to strike a balance between the need to ensure the security of the travellers and the need to ensure that travellers enjoy maximum comfort and with minimal hassles.”<br /> <br /> The Force spokesman advised the public, especially travellers, to cooperate and support policemen in the lawful discharge of their lawful duties and to report every excess or infraction they notice on the highways to the Complaints Response Unit (CRU), headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). He added that the presence of policemen on the roads are designed to prevent crimes such as armed robbery, kidnappings and other forms of violent crimes on the highways and also help in the detection of crimes that have already been committed, as well as providing a platform for intercepting fleeing felons.<br /> <br /> He gave the emergency contact details of the Police along the South-South, Southeast highways thus:Selected Contact Details For Southwest, South-South And South-East StatesS/N STATE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (CP) POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER (PPRO) CONTROL ROOM<br /> 1 Lagos CP ODUMOSU H. OLUSEGUN – 08065668179 DSP BALA ELKANA – 07063116303 07055462708, 08035963919<br /> 2 Ogun CP KENNETH EBRIMSON – 08033311119 DSP ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI – 08123822910 / 08034241238 08032136765, 08081770416<br /> 3 Ondo CP UNDIE ANDIE – 08032905251 DSP FEMI JOSEPH – 08060159998 07034313903<br /> 4 Edo CP LAWAN JIMETA – 08033210966 DSP CHIDI NWABUZOR – 0803372662508037646272, 08077773721, 08067551618<br /> 5 Delta CP ADELEKE YINKA – 08033440189, 08024766368 DSP ONOME ONOVWAKPOYEYA – 08130826008 08036684974<br /> 6 Anambra CP ABANG B. JOHN – 08033221390SP HARUNA MOHAMMED – 0806097063907039194332<br /> 7 Imo CP RABIU LADODO – 08037033410 SP IKEOKU GODSON ORLANDO – 0703471449908034773600, 08037037283<br /> 8 Enugu CP ABDULRAHMAD AHMED- 08039671402 SP AMARAIZU EBERE – 08038829086,<br /> 08123822894 08032003702, 08075390883, 08086671202<br /> 9 Rivers CP MUSTAPHA DANDAURA- 08037005245 DSP OMONI NNAMDI – 08033396538 08032003514, 08073777717

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