by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama of being the founder of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL), also known as ISIS who are wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. “In many respects, you know, they honour President Obama”, Trump said during a raucous campaign rally outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “He’s the founder of ISIS, okay?” Trump emphasised. “He’s the founder. He found ISIS.” However, Trump has long blamed Obama and his former foreign minister Hillary Clinton for pursuing Middle East policies that created a power vacuum in Iraq that was exploited by ISIL. CNN recorded that he has sharply criticized Obama for announcing he would pull US troops out of Iraq, a decision that many Obama critics said created the kind of instability in which groups like ISIL thrive. The White House however declined to comment on Trump’s accusation. Donald Trump, the former property mogul and reality TV star went on to criticize Clinton, his Democratic Party rival for the presidency. “And I would say, the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton,” he said. He has however in the past accused Clinton of “founding” the group. In June, when a gunman who claimed allegiance to ISIL killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub, Trump seemed to suggest Obama was sympathetic to the group when he said Obama “doesn’t get it, or he gets it better than anybody understands”. In the past, Trump has also falsely suggested Obama is a Muslim or was born in Kenya, where Obama’s father was from. Trump lobbed the allegation halfway...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI 31-year-old man, Malami Yusuf, who allegedly lured and raped 11-year-old girl in a market place has been granted N500, 000 bail by a Magistrate Court in Apapa area of Lagos State. The Senior Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, also asked the accused to produce two sureties as part of the bail condition. Adekomaiya said the sureties must be gainfully employed and should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Yusuf had pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge bordering on defilement and sexual assault The prosecutor, Insp. Tony Elibeh told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 17 at Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos. He said that the accused lured the girl to the back of a building at the market place and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent. “The accused was caught by a man, who saw him having carnal knowledge of the girl. The man immediately rescued the girl and called some market women to help her. The accused was badly beaten up by an angry mob, before the police came by to arrest him,” Elibeh said. The prosecutor said the offences contravened Section 137 and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The Magistrate however adjourned the case till Aug. 31, for...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Imo state police command has rescued a 3-day old baby, born to the family of Mr and Mrs Oluebube Ekwedike of Umuezealaowerre Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. While reuniting the baby with his parents on Monday, the Imo State Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, said the baby was said to have been stolen by unknown child thieves barely 48-hours after the baby was given birth to at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. While reuniting the baby with his parents on Monday, the Imo State Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, said the baby was said to have been stolen by unknown child thieves barely 48-hours after the baby was given birth to at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. The mother of the baby, Uchechi Ekwedike, 21, who could not hide her joy seeing her baby again, said she was tricked by the culprits in order to steal her baby. After reuniting the baby with his parents at the command headquarters in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in southeast Nigeria, Mr Lakanu said despite the numerous warnings for people to desist from child stealing and trafficking, some persons were still adamant in causing pain and sorrow on innocent members of the society. He said: “My team, the entire Imo State Police Command, will not rest on its oars to ensure that criminal offenses are brought to its barest minimum in the state. “It is so unfortunate that such barbaric behaviour still exists amongst our people. But the arrest of these ones should...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Wonders shall never end oooo, my eyes saw something that my mouth cant just say Few minutes ago, it happened at where i work at bcj area in apata, ibadan, an hausa man came to buy a bag of rice and he paid the woman selling the rice #20000(1000 and 500 denomination), after he left, d money changed to #10 & #5….. What a world we are...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 33-year-old teacher at Nasarawa Annex Primary School, Identified as Hamisu Galadima, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly raping a nine-year-old schoolgirl (Names Withheld). The teacher who was said to be a serial rapist always warned his victim not to tell anyone about the act. The schoolgirl who could not hold the trauma narrated what happened to her father, Hashimu Mohammed, who reported the incident at the Faskari Police Division, leading to Galadima’s arrest. The teacher was arraigned before a Katsina Magistrate’s Court and was remanded in prison custody while the case was adjourned till September 26, 2016. The security operatives noted that the suspect was being investigated on five other rape cases, adding that Galadima, had already been arraigned before three other magistrates in connection with rape...
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