by Admin | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the reported abduction and forceful marriage of a 14-year-old girl, Habiba Isa. The marriage, which received the support of the Katsina State Emirate Council, has come under criticism in the past week. She was said to have been first abducted and converted from Christianity to Islam before the forced marriage took place. The teenager was married to an aide in the Emir’s palace. After adopting a motion by Mr. Nnana Igbokwe on Tuesday, the House directed its Committee on Women Affairs to investigate the allegation. Igbokwe informed the House that the marriage was without the consent of the parents of the girl. He added that when the parents tried to secure her freedom, they were threatened and harassed repeatedly in Katsina State. Igbokwe argued that under the Child’s Rights Act, it was an offence to take a child from the custody of the parents without the consent of the latter. He stated, “Section 21 of the Child’s Rights Act stipulates that no person shall remove or take a child out of the custody or protection of his father or mother or guardian against the will of the father, mother or guardian.” Igbokwe also reminded his colleagues that under the Act, “any marriage so contracted is null and void and of no effect whatsoever.” Lawmakers passed the resolution in a unanimous voice vote. source:...
by Admin | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a fake Assistant Comptroller of Customs identified as Wasiu (surname withheld), who was alleged to have been using the service uniform to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public. Metro learnt he was arrested when he wrote a letter on Customs letter head paper to Nestle Nigeria Plc, Agbara, requesting for 100 empty plastic or steel drums. The company’s management after approving his request, became suspicious with the way and manner the suspect collected the drums and subsequently alerted the police. He was said to have been invited back to the company to come for the remaining drums, while detectives from Agbara Division arrested him in full Customs uniform. Metro also gathered that upon interrogation, the suspect confessed being a fake Customs officer. He claimed to have been a Customs officer before his dismissal from the service in 2010. Also, a fake police inspector was also arrested by policemen attached to Mowe Division. The suspect, Victoria (surname withheld) was arrested when she approached the DPO introduced herself as a serving Police Inspector attached to a Division in River State. The DPO, who suspected her claim, made a phone call to the Division she claimed to be serving and was told that such name did not exist. She was promptly arrested and on interrogation, the Kogi State-born woman confessed that she had never been a police officer and that she bought the uniform and identity card in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered a thorough investigation into the two cases and that the two suspects be...
by Admin | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Lagos State have arrested a 23 – year- old United Arab Emirate-based Nigerian, Emu (other names withheld), for allegedly duping unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of procuring a Dubai visa for them. The suspect was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after one of his victims reported the incident at the Alausa Secretariat office of the security outfit. The victim, Abraham (other name withheld) had told the police that the suspect collected the sum of N400,000 from him with a promise that he would help him get a Dubai visa and a job. The suspect admitted to have collected the money from the victim, but insisted that he tried to get the visa for him. The victim said “when I was laid off where I was working in Abuja, I had an intention of moving out of the country to start a new life. Then, I met his uncle, Samuel (other name withheld), who told me his nephew was working with one company in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and that he could help me secure the country’s visa. “We started to communicate via telephone and he assured me that he could secure Dubai Visa for me at a reasonable price, “ he added. The victim continued that “he requested for N400,000, but I told him I could not afford such a huge amount of money at that particular point in time. Later, he called me again that his work place in Dubai was recruiting and he had already submitted my name for employment. Afterwards, he started to...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Read the statement below… “The assertion by one Wilson Uwa who is supposed to be the spokesman of the EFCC that Precious Chikwendu’s Access Bank account was used to launder Jonathan campaign funds or funds from the NSA’s office and that approximately 2.4 million naira balance was found in the said account at the time of her arrest is a lie from the pit of hell. The said account was opened in 2005 at Onitsha when Precious Chikwendu was about to start at the University of Calabar. At that time it was not known as Access Bank but Intercontinental Bank. The account was used by her from 2005 till 2012 when it was abandoned and went dormant. It was not utilised or activated again until August 2016 when small deposits of between 200,000 and 500,000 were made into it and the total amount that entered into that account over a period of 2 months was approximately 4 million naira. The money was spent on looking after the family, paying staff salaries and to buy groceries. Consequently at the time that the account was frozen last friday the amount that was left in it was 95,000. She was not notified about the freezing of the account until someone paid 200,000 into it on saturday. The money entered the account but after that it could not be accessed. She decided to stop at the bank on her way out of Ado Ekiti on monday in order to know what was going on and she was then detained and offered to the police and EFCC, together with her 8...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A teenage girl who was forced into an arranged marriage at 14 has died in labour after suffering a brain hemorrhage. According to Huriyet daily news, Derya B was married in a religious ceremony and gave birth a week ago, aged 15. She died of complications related to giving birth at such a young age, it is believed. Derya died in a private hospital in Batman, east Turkey, yesterday October 17. Police are investigating the circumstances of her death. Gynecology expert Professor M.D. Aydan Biri told the Turkish paper: ‘It is dangerous for a child bride to get pregnant. The mortality rate is higher in adolescent prChild Bride Who Was Forced To Marry At 14 In Turkey, Dies In Labour. (Photo)egnancies. ‘The risks of high blood pressure, early birth or an intervention in the birth are higher. The pregnancies of children who have not completed their physical development and whose organs have not yet completely developed often end in death.’ According to charity Girls not Brides, there are 15 million girls married before the age of 18 every year, amounting to one every two seconds. The United Nations says one woman dies every two minutes in labour. Last week it was reported that a 12-year-old girl called Lan Lan in China is three months pregnant after she was sold into a forced marriage for £3,600. Two adults were arrested after police and doctors spoke to the youngster in...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Imagine! The photos was shared on social media by the boy, He wrote: No Kissing Baby And No Touching” then a Facebook user, Aguguo Ifechi who was familiar with the 14-year-old teen girl re-posted and shared some detail about her. See more...
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