“ Look at all of the way the efforts that have been put in rolling back Boko Haram. There are many people who believe that if not for President Muhammadu Buhari, had PDP continued in this country in 2015, they would have taken over Aso Rock by now.”
The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity , Mallam Garba Shehu made the above claim in Abuja on Saturday while addressing the advocacy group, Pro- Buhari Support for Good Governance in Nigeria .
Far from the truth you may say?
The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, YOWICAN has given the Federal Government a one-week ultimatum to fish out the culprits responsible for the burning down of the Redeemed Christian Church of God ( Root of David Parish) at Dei Dei, an Abuja suburb, failing which it would mobilize its members for a nationwide protest.
The National President of YOWICAN, Daniel Kadzai , while conducting newsmen around the remains of the burnt church building on Friday evening lamented the failure of government to protect Christians and their places of worship.
"I want to express my disappointment in this government for the gross dereliction of its duty . The primary role of government is to provide security to its citizens, irrespective of their religion or ethnicity . But it seems the government has failed in this duty .
"I sincerely want to call on the government to take the issue of church burning , church demolition and attacks on Christians seriously . We do not want to reach a point where we might not be able to control our youths.
"We are therefore giving the government one -week ultimatum to apprehend the perpetrators of this latest attack and prosecute them accordingly .
“All Christian youths across the country would stage a peaceful protest if government continues to exhibit lackadaisical attitude towards the issue , while ignoring the sponsors of the attacks," he said.
Seven new bills have now become Acts of the National Assembly following their being assented to by the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, the bills are:
Oaths (Amendment) Act, 2017; Defence Space Adminis- tration Act, 2017; Veterinary Surgeons (Amend-ment) Act, 2017; National Film and Video Censors Board (Amendment) Act, 2017; Pension Rights of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2017; Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (Establishment, etc.) Act, 2017; and Mortgage Institutions (Amendment)Act, 2016.
“His Excellency, the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, has assented to the following Bills passed by the National Assembly and transmitted for assent, and the Bills have, accordingly, become laws, namely; Ag Pres Osinbajo Oaths (Amendment) Act, 2017; Defence Space Adminis-tration Act, 2017; Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Act, 2017; National Film and Video Censors Board (Amendment) Act, 2017; Pension Rights of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2017; Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (Establishment, etc.)Act, 2017 and Mortgage Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2016.
“The Acts, other than the Defence Space Administration Act and the Institute of Soil Science Act, are mainly amendments to the principal Acts intended to bring the Acts in conformity with current realities.
“The Oaths Amendment Act specifically enlists courts which were not in existence at the time the Oaths Act was made and which came into being upon amendment of the Consti-tution creating courts such as the Federal High Court, F.C.T High Court, National Industrial Court, among others named in the Amendment Act.
“Defence Space Administration Act establishes the Defence Space Administration, to develop satellite technology and ensure security of the nation’s cyber activities.
“Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Act reduces the membership of the Veterinary Council.
“National Film and Video Censors Board (Amend-ment) Act reduces the membership of the Governing Board and empowers the Board to regulate the import and export of movies.
“Pension Rights of Judges (Amendment) Act expands the meaning of a judicial officer to cover the offices of the Chief Judge or Judge of the Federal High Court, President or Judges of the National Industrial Court and Chief Judge or Judges of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.
“Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (Establishment, etc.) Act establishes the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science which is charged with the responsibility of regulating the profession of Soil Science.
“Mortgage Institutions (Amendment) Act reviews the prescribed penalties.
“For bills transmitted but not listed herein, there are appropriate communications by the constitutional authority remitting same as allowed by law.”
Operators of a baby factory located at Bukuru Park, in Jos North Local government area of Plateau State got more than they bargained for last week when the Special Task Force, STF on internal security in swooped on the facility.
Ten suspects were arrested during the operation including one pregnant woman, two women with infant babies ready for sale and seven men.
Parading the suspects at the STF Sector 2, near University of Jos, Bauchi road campus on Saturday, the Commander of the task force, Major-General Nicholas Rogers said that among the suspects were some men hired for the purpose of impregnating the women.
Rogers told newsmen that the operators of the baby factory have confessed to selling babies to childless couples in the neighboring states.
The task force commander said that his men were tipped off by a woman whose baby was about to be sold to a couple in Nasarawa State, adding that investigations were on to arrest other members of the baby-selling syndicate still at large.
Among the women arrested was a six months pregnant woman who said she had been camped at the factory for over five months.
The Niger State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC has arrested two commercial vehicle drivers for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14 years old pure water hawker.
The suspects Mohammed Abubakar,22 and Adamu Umar, 25 are alleged to have committed the offense at Kasuwan Gwari Motor Park, in Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State.
Mrs Mariam Kolo, Director-general of Child Right Protection Agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN in Minna on Saturday that the suspects were arrested by men of the NSCDC but were brought to the agency after the primary 6 pupil was discovered to be four months pregnant.
The victim told NAN that she was first raped by Abubakar after being offered a bottle of water in his cab.
“I was hawking pure water when Abubakar asked me to follow him to his car; he gave me a bottle of water to drink. I drank the water, and slept off.
“After I slept off, Abubakar then raped me; he woke me up and offered to take me back to the spot where me picked me; the other girls who hawk with me were there, he gave me N600.
“After he dropped me, I went to urinate, that was when I saw some whitish stains on my thighs,” she said.
She added that Umar in connivance with Abubakar lured her to a bush path the next day and also raped her.
Confirming the story to NAN, the spokesman of the Niger State Police Command, SP Bala Elkana said that the suspects had been remanded in prison custody pending the conclusion of investigation.
A Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja has dissolved the marriage between one Joseph Danjuma and his wife because of her HIV positive status.
Danjuma, a farmer had approached the court to dissolve the marriage over his wife's insistence on unprotected sex.
“My wife got pregnant and put to bed in 2012; the child got terribly ill and died.
“Due to the ailment and death of the child, I insisted that my wife be tested of HIV, which the doctor did and she tested positive.
“Because I still loved my wife, we used condom as a means of protection during sexual intercourse.
“But as time went on, she refused me using condom on her, and insisted on intercourse without condom,” he told the court.
The respondent corroborated the statement of the complainant but however consented to the dissolution of the marriage which she said she was fed up with.
Dissolving the marriage, the Presiding Judge, Everyman Eleanya, said that the court had done everything possible to reconcile the couple.
“The court did everything possible to reconcile the couple but all efforts failed,’’ he said.
The judge also ordered that the bride price paid over the woman be returned to the husband.
“ Going by the findings of this court, you, Benjamin Toma, mercilessly and in a calculative manner , took the life of your wife in cold blood .
“ You have not shown any remorse for your reprehensible act at the time of the incident and throughout the entire trial .
“ You were exhibiting such character traits that seem to suggest your deep conviction about the justness of your wicked and callous act.
“ In all of this , your two children are the ultimate losers , but the law shall nonetheless take its course; the offence for which you are being charged , does not contemplate a plea in mitigation .
“ The sentence of this court upon you is that you , Benjamin Toma, will be hanged until you are dead."
That was the verdict of Justice Samson Gang of a Plateau State High Court sitting in Barkin -Ladi on Thursday in a case of culpable homicide brought against 37 years old Benjamin Toma who allegedly killed his wife Vicky for denying him sex.
In a 68-paged judgement, Justice Gang pronounced Toma guilty of the one -count charge of culpable homicide punishable by death , under section 221 of the penal code.
The convict was said to have on March 4, 2014 struck his wife to death with an iron rod before hanging her with a rope in the store to give the impression that she committed suicide.
Although Toma had pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge, a prosecution witness, Sgt. Sunday Abu , who investigated the case told the court that he, Toma had in a confessional statement, said that he committed the crime on March 4, 2014 at about 1 am when his wife denied him sex.
"He ( Toma) further confessed that his wife refused to grant his request , and declared that Vicky had persistently rejected that demand for more than one year on the suspicion that he had HIV/AIDS .
“Toma said that because of this wife ’ s allegation , he went to the hospital and confirmed he had hepatitis and not HIV.
“He told investigators that on that night , he struggled with his wife and later used an iron rod to hit her.
“He said that when she fell, he left her there for two hours , and later took her out of the room and used a rope to hang her in a bid to conceal his action.”
When the confessional statement was tendered in court as evidence, Toma admitted that the thumbprint on it was his own.
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