The founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has reacted to a planned police probe for alleged adultery.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had ordered the probe of the cleric for allegedly sleeping with the wife of a pastor in the church identified as Mike Davids and threatening his life.
The directive was contained in a letter addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki and dated January 5, 2021.
In the letter with Reference number CB:7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/Vol.515/561 and signed by the Principal Staff Officer II to the IGP, Iliya Doma, Apostle Suleman was accused of sleeping with Pastor Faith Edeko, who heads the Abuja branch of the Omega Fire Ministries
Apostle Suleman, who reacted to the development on his official Twitter handle on Monday evening, distanced himself from the allegations.
He described the allegations as lies and urged the public to disregard the report.
Suleman wrote: “IGP orders probe on me? Where, when?. Maybe my ghost was just reading stories now. Please discard and disregard. There is no such thing. Bad press really sells fast.”
Popular cleric, and founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has reportedly come under police probe for allegedly sleeping with the wife of a clergy identified as Mike Davids.
Further claims say that he is also threatening the life of the pastor and denying him access to his children.
The order to begin investigations into the matter was conveyed in a letter made available to newmen on Monday by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, which was addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki, on January 5, 2021.
The letter with Reference number CB:7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/Vol.515/561, and signed by the Principal Staff Officer II to the Inspector-General of Police, ACP Iliya Doma, accused Apostle Suleman of sleeping with Pastor Faith Edeko, who heads the Abuja branch of the Omega Fire Ministries.
According to reports, the letter is sequel to a petition written by V.C Ezenagu & Associates on behalf of the aggrieved Pastor, accusing Suleman of sleeping with Faith Edeko, after her husband, Pastor Davids, left the church.
The letter titled, ‘Re: Criminal Petition Against Apostle Johnson Suleman for Enticement of a Married Woman; Adultery; Unlawful Criminal Restraint to Access Children and Threat to Life’, reads thus in part; “I attach herewith a copy of a letter dated December 30, 2020 with its attachments received from V.C Ezenagu & Associates on the above underlined subject. The Inspector-General of Police directs that you treat. Accept the assurances of my esteemed regards please.
The petition from Mr David’s’ lawyers read in part, “I met Apostle Suleman in 2003 while I was in school. We became very close and I was eventually ordained a pastor of Omega Fire Ministries on June 9, 2006 by Apostle Suleman and served the church for over 15 years before I exited in 2019.
“My wife was a staffer with NTA Iruekpen, so Apostle Suleman reached out to her that they will need her to build Celebration TV and Rhema for Living. She would have to shuttle between Osun State and Auchi.
“She came back from Auchi to Osun State and said she wanted to tell me that her conscience was pricking her. I asked what it was and she said that while in Auchi, Apostle Suleman lodged her at Uyi Grand Hotel and he came there and slept with her.
“And the moment she said that, the first thing that came to my mind was my daughter. I asked where Michelle was when this happened and she said Michelle was on the bed, pushed aside and I asked, ‘You mean you slept with a man with my daughter on the bed?’. I had to let it go because there was nobody I could tell and I couldn’t fight with Apostle Suleman… I forgave her but the amorous relationship continued. One thing I know is that my wife was hypnotised. This is not the woman I got married to, who I knew for 11 years.”
According to Mr Davids, his relationship with Apostle Suleman soon turned sour after he discovered that his wife was having an affair with Apostle Suleman.
He said that Suleman later suspended him and after the suspension was lifted, he refused to return to the church and then started receiving threats from Apostle Suleman.
However, Mr Davids said that he and his estranged wife remain legally married because their marriage has not been dissolved by a competent court of the land.
He said, “Apostle Suleman has given her a branch of the church in Utako, Abuja to head without permission. I am calling on Pastor David Oyedepo, Pastor Paul Enenche, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Pastor Margaret Idahosa, CAN, PFN.
“Apostle Suleman has damaged my life. I have not seen my wife and children for two years and Apostle Suleman says if I ever go near them, he will have me taken out. I have a video where he said he will make me disappear. I don’t want to lose my life,” he lamented.
Chelsea will replace Frank Lampard with Thomas Tuchel, Raphael Honigstein can reveal.
Lampard will lose his job as Chelsea manager on Monday, and The Athletic understands the club legend will be replaced by the former Paris Saint-Germain boss.
Frank Lampard.
Owner Roman Abramovich is thought to have been keen to bring Tuchel to Stamford Bridge.
American singer/rapper, Trey Songz has been arrested over a violent altercation with Police at Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills game on Sunday January 24. The Back Home rapper was taken into custody after he was recorded getting into a physical altercation with a police officer at the AFC Championship Game.
In a video obtained by TMZ, Songz can be seen punching the officer in the head and tries to get him into a headlock before getting detained.
According to TMZ, witnesses claim Songz was being taunted by others in the stands and asked them to be quiet. The witnesses also said a police officer allegedly got physical with the rapper without provocation and that the alleged altercation was self-defense on Songz’ part. TMZ reports that Songz was arrested and accused of trespassing, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer.
Our MCM for this week is Chukwuebuka Obi-Uchendu (known as Ebuka Obi-Uchendu) is an household name in the Nigerian entertainment industry. He is an On-Air- Personality, lawyer, media personality and television presenter. He is known for hosting the reality show ‘Big Brother Nigeria’, Rubbin’ Minds talk show on Channel TV, co-hosting The Spot and Men’s Corner on Ebonylife Television. He also began a reality television show last year called ‘Judging Matters’ airing on DSTV’s Africa Magic Showcase channel 151 which is overseen by an experienced but retired Lagos State Judge, Justice Olusola Williams.
The stylish celebrity was born on 14 July 1982 in Benin City, Edo state to a banker father and a mother who is a nurse. He is a native Okija in Anambra State and the third of four children.
He completed his secondary education at Christ The King College Abuja in 1997 and thereafter got admitted to the prestigious University of Abuja. Shortly after graduation, he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja finishing in 2005 and further bagged a Masters of Laws degree from the American University, Washington DC.
Ebuka
Ebuka has received several award nominations and won the award for Outstanding TV Presenter of the Year at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards for his work on Rubbin’ Minds.
In 2006, he went in as one of the pioneer 14 housemates on the first season of the popular reality show ‘Big Brother Nigeria’ finishing in eighth place. In January 2017, he was announced as the host of the second season of Big Brother Naija as well as the third season.
After the reality show in 2006, he signed endorsement deals with a major telecommunications brand as well as a popular brewing company and as such hosted Friend or Foe on NTA,, the GLO Show, also on NTA, as well as Guinness’ Greatness TV. He also maintained a weekly column called Contrast with a Nigerian national daily newspaper, ‘This day’ for upwards of 4 years and has written for other publications including What’s New & Ace Magazines. He recently signed a multimillion naira deal with Samsung Nigeria.
During the 2011 general elections in Nigeria, he hosted the first ever presidential debate focused on youth issues, which was broadcast live across Nigeria He also freelances as an MC for event, ceremonies and concerts
Ebuka married his wife, Cynthia Obianodo in 2016 and they are blessed with two beautiful girls. He is no doubt one of the most influential and richest celebrity in Nigeria
Armed bandits have reportedly killed six persons in separate attacks on Chikun and Giwa local councils of Kaduna State, the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, yesterday, revealed in a statement.
He, however, said investigations were ongoing into the incidents, as vigorous patrols continued in areas invaded by the bandits.
Aruwan said security agencies reported that armed bandits attacked Maskoro community in Kakau Ward and Akunakwo in Gwagwada Ward, both of Chikun Local Council.
He said four persons were killed in Maskoro and Akunakwo communities of Chikun Local Council, while in a separate incident, between Hayin Inji and Kidandan Town in Giwa Local Council, armed bandits also attacked and killed one Alhaji Yahuza Jinaidu in a bid to dispossess him of his motorcycle.
He said: “Also in Giwa Local Council, at ‘Yan Rake, Galadimawa, bandits wielding sophisticated weapons opened fire, injuring nine persons listed as: Usama Mohammad, Buhari Rabiu, Buhari Rabe, Waazzamu Audu, Sani Hamisu, Dini Saleh, Mai Lado Mai Rake, Sabitu Isa and Kabiru Lado.
“One of these victims, Kabiru Lado, eventually died, as he was being rushed to the hospital. Others are receiving treatment, with some having been discharged.
“Governor Nasir El-Rufai expressed deep sadness at these reports, and prayed for the repose of the souls of the slain, while sending his condolences to their families. He urged security agencies to ramp up responses to curb such attacks,”Aruwan quoted the governor.
A woman in the Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State, Morenike Salami, is currently battling for her life after some marauding herdsmen attacked her while visiting her building site and in the process, cut off one of her fingers and shattered her jaw.
The attackers, said to be about eight in number, had reportedly waylaid their victim’s car and while she attempted to make a quick reverse, was caught and attacked.
The victim was said to have been taken to a few hospitals including the state-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, but was rejected before she was taken to the Lagos State University Hospital, Ikeja, before she could get treatment.
In a viral video on social media on Saturday, a female voice was heard asking the daughter of the victim a few questions about the attack.
Replying, the daughter said:
“She (my mother) was going to her site in Idofe after a road that leads to Oru along Quarry. She said she saw some cattle while she was driving on the road and as she made a quick attempt to reverse, she was surrounded by some Fulani men who emerged from the bush.
She said they were about eight and the first thing they did was to shoot at all the four tyres and later went to block her car at the front. One of them carried a gun and wanted to shoot her. She begged him but he went ahead and shot her, removing one of her fingers.
My mother said she pretended as if she had died. One of her fingers was blown away by the bullets. She said she pretended as if she was dead. So, they went back into the bush. She said she managed to get down from the car after waiting for them to go.
“After she managed to alight from the car, she saw a tipper lorry and flagged it down. The driver rescued her and took her to Oru but she was rejected. We went to the general hospital but she was also rejected. When we got to OSUTH , they also said there was no space.”
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, said:
“Those people have a piece of land between Oru and Ago Iwoye. They went to inspect the land. One Alhaja who was going with them had excused herself with the promise that she would join them on the land.
“On getting to the land, they discovered that some Fulanis were attacking a labourer hired to clear the land in question. Those people immediately ran to those in the neighbourhood and in the process, the Fulanis left the victim and took to their heels.
“Unknown to the Alhaja, on her way to join the people, the Fulanis laid in ambush for her and opened fire on the vehicle she was driving. The woman was hit by a bullet and the Fulanis, who perpetrated the crime, ran away.
“When the police were informed, they went to the scene and could not find any of them but they saw the cattle they left behind. The police, in conjunction with the local vigilante group and hunters didn’t allow the cattle to leave the spot.
“Around 10pm, three Fulani men came to the spot with the aim of taking away the cattle and the police apprehended them. They have been transferred to the police headquarters in Eleweran. They have strong connection to the crime.”
A 26-year-old Nigerian woman, Jacinta Okonowo Ofana has been arrested by the police in India for allegedly defrauding an Indian women as well as impersonating a Customs officer with the intent to commit crime.
According to Mumbai Mirror, Ofana was arrested by the Vinoba Bhave Nagar police in Delhiba on Saturday for allegedly defrauding a 34-year-old woman in Kurla of Rs 17.22 lakh by posing as a Customs officer.
In a police report, the suspect was also said to have defrauded several women of huge sums of money in the same way.
Police say Ofana’s latest victim who is a divorcee, had met a man on social media in August last year and the man introduced himself as Andrea Olivera from the United Kingdom.
The man claimed to be a pilot working in Russia.
The police statement reads:
“The two exchanged their numbers and started talking and after weeks of contact and dozens of conversations later, Olivera asked for her address to be sent to her on the pretext.
“Even after her reluctance to receive gifts, he insisted on sending her one. A few days later, Olivera told her he had sent her a gift and notes in foreign currency.
“A few days later, the victim received a call from a woman who identified herself as Ankita Sharma from Customs.
“She told her that there was a package for her from Russia, but she had to pay a customs clearance fee online. She told the victim that the box contained a gift and foreign currency worth Rs 65 lakh and that she would have to pay a fee and taxes to get her hands on the package.
“After paying Rs 17.22 lakh in multiple transactions, the woman realised she had been duped.
“She then approached VB Nagar police station and filed a complaint.
“Police soon identified the exact location of the caller, Ankita Sharma, in New Delhi.
“A team consisting of police sub-inspectors Jitendra Sapkale and Ambika Ghaste were sent to Delhi where they arrested Ofana, posing as Ankita Sharma, to mislead the victim.
“She used more than a dozen international and local SIM cards to trick women.”
At least one person was killed on Friday when men of the Nigerian Army clashed with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Okporo, Orlu local government area of Imo State.
Several people were also injured in the clash which occurred when a group of soldiers stormed a community suspected to be the base of newly-formed Eastern Security Network.
The new security was established by IPOB to address the security challenges in the South-East.
An eyewitness told journalists that some masked security agents set a church ablaze in the community.
He said: “The burning of the church was carried out by masked security agents. The burnt church was the Holy Trinity Sabbath Mission in Orlu local government area.
“About five buildings were burnt and one person was killed. The incident happened on Friday morning.”
The Garrison Commander, 34 Artillery Brigade, Yusuf Tukura, told journalists that a policeman was killed by IPOB members.
He said: “Why do you want to confirm from me? Did you confirm from them why they kill a policeman?”
IPOB had clashed with security agents severally in the South-East since 2015.
It is 11 am, exactly three hours after the bustling Ogbete market in the heart of Enugu city opened for the day. The ear-piercing sounds of whirring commercial vehicles and Pedicabs (Keke Napep) to the crescendo of voices from dealers in second-hand clothing. Owners of shops haggle with customers. Shoppers are exchanging pleasantries. The market is full of life.
Grace Alozie had just wheeled a pack of African Star into the market. She is carrying an umbrella she uses to shield herself anytime the sun blazes, with her money bag firmly tied around her waist. Her face looks crumpled, signs of ageing. She begins her normal routine of calling out to prospective buyers.
“Come and buy from me. It is the best apple you can get,” she sings as she tries to call out for customers
As playful as that sounds, it has helped Alozie lure buyers for the past six months. The story is, however, not the same on this particular day. She has been standing for several minutes, just as she has sang, but no customer seemed to be coming her way.
Soon, two men, carrying purses containing money, approach Alozie to collect her “tax for the day. “Madam, please give us your money for today. We have a lot of people to collect from. We don’t have time” one of them said fiercely, his cap almost covering his entire face.
Despite several attempts to explain her challenge to them- the fact that she has not made any sales and that she just got to the market- the men refuse to listen and insist that she pay her tax or leave them with the option of carrying whatever they find. Soon drama ensues. One of the men gets a firm grip of her umbrella.
After several minutes of dragging, the man goes away with it. She chases after him and hurls insults, the best she can do given her age. The man, looking unconcerned, continues his job. After some minutes, she walks up to him and pays her N50 and gets back her umbrella. That is the amount this particular group collects.
Visibly irked, Alozie whose fruits go for N100 by four, says she has thought of trying out a different business. But she has not been successful, since there is no money and no one to provide support to her.
“Left for me, I would have abandoned this and gone into something else. Apart from the fact that the money I make is too small, there is the challenge of multiple tax payments,” she said in her traditional Igbo tone. “Every now and then, we are forced to pay tax by some boys who claim to work for the local government” “they cannot ask us to come and collect money for our businesses.”
The Nigerian Informal Sector has been a major contributor to the Nigerian economy, accounting for a significant portion of employment and national GDP. According to the IMF, this sector accounted for 65% of Nigeria’s 2017 GDP.
The Informal Sector which comprises any economic activity or source of income that is not fully regulated by the government and other public authorities, including street traders, subsistence farmers, service providers (e.g. hairdressers, private taxi drivers, and carpenters), currently accounts for over half of global employment.
It accounts for as much as 90% of employment in some of the poorer developing countries.
A fast growing view is that the informal economy offers significant job creation and income generation potential, as well as the capacity to meet the needs of poor consumers by providing cheaper and more accessible goods and services.
But petty traders are struggling
Despite its huge importance, the informal sector has often been overlooked and misunderstood, with some viewing it as transient, and expected to eventually be absorbed into the formal economy.
Today there is no unanimous perspective with regard to the informal economy. Some take the view that the informal sector encourages fraudulent activities that results in the loss of revenue from taxes, weakens unions, creates unfair competition, leads to a loss of regulatory control, reduces observance of health and safety standards, amongst others.
But sustainable and inclusive economic development and job creation are unlikely to be achieved unless the potential and needs of the informal sector are adequately considered.
Due to its flexible nature, the informal sector in some ways is better able to adapt to difficulties such as the current global recession, providing some measure of support to those most in need.
Now back at her wheelbarrow, she tells this reporter, teary-eyed, that she pays six times to six different groups of tax collectors each day she comes to the market.
“I pay N50 to two different groups, N30 to two different groups and N20 to two different groups. That makes it 200 in all,” she recounted. “There are times when I even pay up to 250 as tax here. And they are never willing to listen to your complaints even when you are moving around the main road, you are still made to pay.”
Dark and lanky, Alozie completely depends on her business to survive. After paying several taxes daily, she is left with almost nothing to return home. It has become a source of worry to her. But with no alternative, she can’t stop selling.
There are several owners of small businesses who complain seriously about how multiple taxation is affecting growth. These taxes range from such levies as sanitation, packing late levy and special security levy to permits like wheelbarrow permit, hawkers’ permit and eating permit.
Hopes of education dashed
It has been five years since Anabel Aguoh finished her secondary education. But she could not go to the University due to lack of finance. She and her family have been struggling to feed themselves.
The narrative took a turn for the worse when her dad passed away, with a large part of the responsibility of taking care of her family now resting on her since her mother only sells sachet water and her little sister is in a secondary school.
Aguoh juggles selling oranges, eggplant fruit and watermelon, depending on how much they are sold anytime she goes to buy from her suppliers. But her business is not thriving, not exactly the way she wants it and given the amount of responsibility on her shoulders.
Every day, she spends 250 naira on tax, regardless of what fruit she is carrying.
“There is a certain open space around the market where we also sell. But if you decide to go there you will be made to pay 50 naira to three different groups. If you decide to go to the main road, you pay 40, 50 and 20 in addition to the 250 already spent,” she explains.
Most times when they come to collect tax from her and she tells them there is no money, they seize the wheelbarrow she uses to sell. She would have to pay as much as 500 naira to collect it.
She says the taxes are just too much for her to bear, even though it has not been long since she started the business. Aguoh is tired and frustrated. She wants to stop but there is nothing else she can be doing even if she decides to quit the business she started in 2019.
“I don’t have money anywhere. I just have to keep managing. There are times when I come out and I don’t sell everything I have. They still come to collect these taxes and at the end of the day, there is no gain for me” a visibly angry Aguoh said.
She does not own a wheelbarrow and so, she is forced to hire one for N150. For some time now, she has been selling oranges. She buys three painters. Sometimes, she buys four, with the money available.
“My gain on a very good day is roughly 600 naira. But I go home with as little as 200 naira at the end of the day after paying for the wheelbarrow I use to sell and the many taxes I am forced to pay” she explained.
Aguoh’s mum also pays these taxes. She spends as much as 100 naira. Each bag of sachet water goes for 100 naira. At the end of the day, she makes 200 naira. After paying her taxes, she is left with just 100 naira, the same amount she used to buy the bag.
On days when she sells three or more bags of water, it is fair. But on days when she hardly finishes a bag, it is hell for her.
Aguoh has her sights set on returning to school. “It is part of the reason why I decided to begin this business; but it has not been easy,” she said.” I wonder how I want to go to school in this kind of situation.”
Taxes not intended to stifle small businesses
The Enugu state government has a different view. The commissioner for environment, Chijioke Edeoga says the administration does not intend to use taxes to stifle small enterprises.
“He told this reporter that the taxes businessmen and women are made to pay go to different departments and they are used for different purposes.
“It is not just one part of the government that is collecting these taxes and keeping them. We are not forcing them to pay because we want to discourage them.” he explained.
Paying bribes to sell
Amaka Uche has so far spent N180 on this particular day, after settling four different groups of tax collectors. Each of these groups threatened to carry her wheelbarrow of watermelon if she did not comply. She still has two more groups to settle before the day runs out.
“This is what we see every day, even though we are out here on the road,” Uche said “All the tax collectors want is, give them their money and we don’t even know what they use the money to do”.
Uche began the business in August 2019 and, like other women who do their business on the road, their first instinct is to flee whenever these prying tax collectors surface. They do that as soon as they get a tip-off from passerby’s or fellow business partners.
She explains that apart from the many taxes they are made to pay, they also pay N100 three times weekly to “bribe” another group to allow them to sell by the roadside. All of these payments deduct from her profit.
“I can’t stop selling here because there is nothing else I can do,” she said, while attending to a customer. “If I had something else, I would have long abandoned this one. They need to reduce the amount of taxes they collect from us.”
A slightly different view
Onyebuchi Ugwu has a different view.
He spends 80 naira every day on tax. But he says it is normal to pay taxes and that he does not have any problem with that.
“Whoever is complaining to you does not even want to pay at all because you don’t expect to just come to the market and sell your products and go. The government needs money to maintain the markets. They need it to maintain the road and keep everywhere clean. They also need it to provide security,” he explains.
He, however, adds that there is a need for the government to reduce the amount for some people so they can always afford to pay, depending on whatever business everyone is doing.
“Those that own shops pay more every month. But we pay daily. It has not really been easy for us though, more so given that we run a small business.
Alleged extortion by ECTDA
Emma Onoh is a roadside dealer in phone accessories. He alleges that operatives of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) always come to collect money from them for selling on the streets.
“After asking us to pay some amount of money, they still come and ask us to leave the streets. They carry our products when we refuse to pay. We do not have anywhere else to go apart from selling here on the street” he says.
When contacted, the Executive Director of the ECTDA, Dr. Josef Onoh stated that he had no idea about officers who go around to extort owners of small businesses.
“I am not aware of such development and I strongly doubt such,” he said.
Onoh, who has also suffered in the hands of multiple tax collectors says it is annoying for the government to exploit small business owners who are only trying to survive.
“I just hope that the government will provide some of us with a place where we can stay and do our businesses comfortably and avoid being extorted in the name of taxation”.
Two people have been confirmed dead while several others were injured in a clash between some herdsmen and supporters of Oyo State-based activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Igangan in the Ibarapa North local government area of the state on Friday.
It was gathered that Igboho’s supporters who have vowed to chase the herdsmen out of the state, stormed a Fulani settlement in the town to eject the Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and some other herdsmen accused of fuelling security problems in the area.
In the ensuing clash, two people were reportedly killed while others were seriously injured, with properties worth several millions of naira destroyed.
Eyewitnesses says those who died were herdsmen while some youths in the Igboho camp sustained injuries from gunshots.
Confirming the attack, Abdulkadir narrated how his house and property were set ablaze by the rampaging youth during the attack.
Abdulkadir said that he, his wives and children were sent out of the settlement, adding that 11 vehicles and houses were burnt in the process.
“As we speak, we are in the bush. Our cars, numbering about 11, have been burnt. Some of my children sustained injuries, and we are looking for a way to get them to the hospital. My children have left their houses for the bush. We need the government to help us. The Police, Operation Burst and other security agencies were there when they set my house ablaze,” Abdulkadir lamented.
Also confirming the incident, the state Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Jiji, said:
“As we usually say, not all Fulani people are evil. Good people are among us. What can we call this now? The Serikin Fulani is a good man who has done a lot to bring peaceful coexistence between the Fulani people and the Yorubas but see how he was treated. We need the government to act now.”
Jiji also confirmed that one of the person killed was a Fulani woman. He added that he had fled the town before Igboho and his gang arrived the settlement on Friday.
The Federal Government has commenced the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment for foreign diplomats in Nigeria.
The Spokesman of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the exercise commenced on January 18.
The statement read: “The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, in his bid to ensure seamless enrolment of all diplomats in the country for the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage and other needs has directed the setting up of an enrolment centre at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja.
“All hands are on deck to ensure the enrolment of all Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database.”
The federal government on Wednesday extended the deadline for NIN enrollment till February 9.
The government had in December last year directed Nigerians to link their NIN to the Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs).
On Thursday, Jan. 21’s all-new Total Bellas, Nikki Bella opened up about the postpartum struggles she faced after Matteo Chigvintsev’s birth. The former WWE wrestler found herself on the verge of a breakdown after fiancé Artem Chigvintsev departed to film Dancing With the Stars.
Having encouraged Artem to return to the popular dancing competition, Nikki felt conflicted over her feelings of wanting him home.
Nikki confided in twin Brie Bella, “I just feel confused ’cause I’m a new mom and, for some reason, thought I can handle it or do it all.”
As she continued, Nikki revealed that she was “going through so much” and it was hard seeing Artem so happy away.
“There’s a part of me that wants to discipline him for it,” Nikki added before tearing up. “It’s been so f–king hard. I’m trying to keep it together and…I’m about to lose it. I’m about to have a massive breakdown.”
Nikki Bella and her baby.
Apparently, even Nikki’s doctor was worried about her postpartum depression as she suggested medicating the Total Bellas star. “So, the other day, my doctor was telling me people fall deep into postpartum depression and that she was worried about me,” Nikki told the Total Bellas camera. “Because, she knows as a woman where our minds can be. The highs and lows are so extreme.”
Per Nikki, one thing could lead her down a “dark hole.”
While Brie encouraged her sister to be honest about her struggles, Nikki said she couldn’t give Artem a “hard time” as she encouraged him to take the job.
A supportive Brie inquired, “Is there a way you guys can balance this all out? But, what is it you need from him? Because, there’s obviously something missing.”
Nikki’s answer: “I need him.” In addition to needing help with Matteo, Nikki was overwhelmed by their upcoming move to Napa Valley. To make matters worse, Nikki shared that she wasn’t sleeping.
She commented, “I’m just so tired.”
Furthermore, she admitted to feeling jealous about Artem’s chemistry with dance partner Kaitlyn Bristowe.
“It’s not about her and him. Like, I don’t have a fear of Artem going off. That’s not it,” she explained to Brie and Daniel Bryan. “It’s wanting what she’s getting from him. Can he come home and laugh with me? Can he come home and ask me how I’m doing? Like, I want to feel wanted and sexy.”
Rather than tell her fiancé her needs, Nikki wanted Artem to just “do it.”
British singer, Adele has reached a divorce settlement with her ex-husband Simon Konecki two years after they announced their separation.
According to Us Weekly, the singer, 32, and the CEO of charity of Drop4Drop, 46, filed the terms of their divorce settlement with the court on Friday, January 15. The pair reportedly opted to use mediation to work out the details of how their properties and debts would be split up.
Before now, Adele and Simon had finished their work to finalize the divorce but were waiting for the judge to sign off on the paperwork to officially end their marriage.
The estranged couple announced they were going their separate ways in April 2019, with Adele filing court documents five months later, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split. Adele’s representative said in a statement in April 2019: ‘Adele and her partner have separated. They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy. There will be no further comment.’
Adele & her ex husband.
In April last year, Adele’s request to keep the details of her £140million ($171 million) divorce private was granted by a court in Los Angeles. The pair will share custody of their son Angelo, but ‘financial, sales or other confidential business information’ regarding the proceedings will not be made public.
A source told The Sun at the time: ‘Hollywood divorces can drag on for years and become extremely ugly. Adele and Simon clearly don’t want that.
‘They are both committed to keeping the details as private as possible for the sake of their son. They are trying to work out their issues. ‘She talks about [2019] as a very difficult year, and she’s said in the past that creating new music is almost like therapy. You can tell that she is ready to share with her fans.’ Adele began dating Simon in 2011, and in October 2012 they welcomed their son Angelo Adkins, now eight years old, before later marrying in secret in 2016.
Armed bandits on Thursday attacked and killed four citizens at Giwa, Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen.
According to him, two persons identified as Dogara Yahaya, the ward head of Baranje village and Reuben Adamu were killed at Baranje village near Buruku in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
He said another victim known as Ibrahim Salisu was killed by armed men at Ungwan Sada in Giwa Local Government after a failed attempt to kidnap him.
In another attack, Abdullahi Saleh,a herder, was killed by bandits along the Kangimi axis, on the Kaduna-Jos Road in Igabi local government area. He added
Governor Nasir El-Rufai on receiving the reports sent condolences to the families of the slain citizens and prayed for the repose of their souls.
The Governor tasked security agencies to ensure diligent investigations into the incidents.
Is our Tokstar taken? Looks like it. The media girl and businesswoman in currently in Chelsea London spending quality time with handsome Tuoyo, who is said to be an Itsekiri fitness expert and business man.
Toke Makinwa and Tuoyo
Tuoyo and Toke first caught our attention when they took a baecation to Turkey together in November 2020. She teased her followers with photos of his hand and leg but never a full photo of him or one of them together until today. It Looks like they are ready to go public.
The Akwa State High Court, Uyo, on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for defiling his three-year-old step-daughter.
Justice Okon Okon, who gave the verdict, described the convict as “a disgrace to humanity whose conduct fell abysmally below that of beasts.”
In his confession statement to the court, the convict said he was under the influence of alcohol.
Moses told the court that he defiled the infant by putting his fingers and penis into her private part on November 8, 2019, when his wife left for the market.
However, the judge said drunkenness was not an “exculpatory defence in law for the commission of a crime especially when it was self-inflicted.”
“The convict deserves to be put away for a long time from public glare to save innocent children from being further brutalized and ravished by him,” he added.
Moses was arraigned by the police last year.
A medical report presented by police in court showed a history of abnormal vaginal discharge and wound on the victim’s labium.
These, according to the report, were caused by sexual assault.
The Kwara State police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one of the organisers of a n*de party in the state, Akinsola Babatunde aka “Mr. White.”
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, who paraded Babatunde at the command headquarters in Ilorin, said credible intelligence on the gang’s activities led to the arrest of the man in the state capital.
Bagega, who said organisers of the party had advertised the show on social media for prospective attendees, added that they planned to hold the event in lounges, clubhouses and service apartments within the city.
He also disclosed that the organisers of the nude party fixed N20,000 per head as a gate fee for the event.
The police commissioner said: “The immoral and illegal action of Mr. White and his accomplices contradict the COVID-19 protocols and promote crime and criminality.
“Operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau attached to the command carried out a string operation involving tactical undercover and manoeuvre. We played along with them by posing as interested persons.
“We paid the advertised sum of N20,000 to a given bank account. With the other stakeholders’ cooperation, we arrested the suspect while going to withdraw the money from the bank.
“Efforts are ongoing by the state police command to arrest the fleeing members of the gang; the one in custody will be charged as soon as investigation is completed.”
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