Prison Reactivates Training School For S/East, S/South Juvenile Inmates The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has reactivated the abandoned Borstal Training Institute (BTI) Enugu to reform juvenile offenders in the South-East and South-South. A borstal is a prison for young criminals not old enough to be sent to normal prisons. Elizabeth Ezenwanne, a prison controller and BTI principal, disclosed this on Monday in Enugu. Ms Ezenwanne said the BTI would also admit problem children for reformation after a court of competent jurisdiction must have perfected their warrants. Ms Ezenwanne stated that the three-year programme would be without charge. She…
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Tension In Lagos Over Fresh Attack Tension In Lagos Over Fresh Serious Attack Peace has taken a flight at Isheri-Oke community in Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, Lagos State, following its invasion by some alleged land grabbers and thugs on Tuesday. For several hours, the community was in total chaos as the invaders unleashed terror. The ugly situation has prompted the Baale of Isheri-Oke, Chief Albert Bankole, to appeal to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to provide security for the over 500 years old community. Bankole said the appeal became necessary following the feelers received that some unscrupulous elements were…
Former Peru President Remanded In Prison After Extradition From U.S Former president of Peru, Alejandro Toledo was on Sunday, remanded in prison custody, hours after arriving back in his homeland following extradition from the United States to face charges of money laundering and corruption during his mandate. The 77-year-old, who served as president of the South American country from 2001 to 2006, was flown in the evening by helicopter to the Barbadillo prison, RFI cited as reported by AFP. Toledo is wanted by Peruvian prosecutors investigating a sprawling scandal involving Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht. He is accused of having received…
NYSC Sends Message To Married Prospective ‘Corpers’ Information reaching Ibom Focus says that NYSC Sends Message To Married Prospective ‘Corpers’ The National Youth Service Corps has asked married female prospective corps members posted to states other than the one their husbands reside to request redeployment. This was disclosed by the scheme on Monday via its Twitter handle. Until eligible participants of the scheme are sworn in in the various camps they are deployed to, they are referred to as PMCs. Once sworn in, they become “corps members” and they spend a total of 21 days on camp, starting from the…
Gowon Not Welcome In South East – Says Simon Ekpa, Sends Strong Warning To Former Military Head Of State, Otti A controversial pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Mazi Simon Ekpa, has reacted to the proposed visit of former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, to Abia State. Recall that General Gowon had hinted at visiting Abia State for a post-inauguration prayer on Sunday, April but was later suspended due to criticism. However, in a statement on Monday, Ekpa said that Gowon is unwanted in the Southeast region. He noted that Gowon’s prayers are not needed in the Southeast. Finland-based Ekpa urged…
Joe Igbokwe Speaks On Exclusion Of Igbos In Tinubu’s Transition Committee A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has reacted to the exclusion of Igbos in the transition committee of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. He expressed disbelief that Tinubu excluded Igbos from his transition committee. Tinubu had forwarded a 13-man list in addition to the earlier transition committee lists sent to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. It was observed that the Southeast was excluded from the list submitted to Mustapha. Reacting, Igbokwe questioned the authenticity of the report claiming…
Rev. Fr. Alia Reveals His Cabinet Members Rev. Fr. Alia Reveals His Cabinet Members Benue State governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia has cautioned members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), against unnecessary worries over appointments. He assured the party members that there were many opportunities to accommodate them in government based on their abilities. The Catholic priest-turned governor-elect added that no one who genuinely worked for the APC victory would be left out. Alia who disclosed this during the inauguration of a 27-member transition committee in Makurdi urged them to liaise with the committee set by the outgoing Governor Samuel Ortom administration…
BREAKING: Monarch Dies In Custody Of Kidnappers Chief David Obadofin, the traditional ruler of Aghara, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, Kogi State, has died in custody of his abductors. He was said to have passed on last Thursday, 12 days after he was kidnapped, when he could not longer withstand the torture of his captivity. In a related development, Temidayo Elewa, his co-abductee has been set free. Her port of entry to freedom was Obajana, the cement town in Lokoja LGA, from where family members picked her on Saturday morning, straight for medical attention at an undisclosed hospital. A source involved…
Your Petition Can Never Go Anywhere, Dead On Arrival, Nnamani Blasts Obi Again A former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has advised the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to withdraw his petition challenging the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election. Nnamani, who described Obi’s petition before the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja as dead on arrival, said rather than pursue a court case, Obi should join Tinubu in the task of building a new nation. He called on Obi and his supporters “to align with the ebullience and…
Women Nowadays Snatch Married Man, Go Out, Don’t Wait Until You Clock 50, Keep Pride Away And Ask A Man Out — Aisha Yesufu Advises Women She wrote: “Go there and toast him yourself. Women nowadays snatch married man from their wives…there is nothing wrong whosoever snatching a single man to yourself. Ladies sit down clocking 30, 40 and going over 50 while waiting for a man to come and ask them out or ask them for relationship. You can start one! A woman can propose to a man and tell him I want to marry you, there is nothing…