Kano State government urges wealthy men to take more wives

The government of Kano State has called on academics and other wealthy men in the state who have only one wife to take more wives.

The Kano State Hisbah Board, KSHB’s Assistant Commander on Special Duties, Mr. Nahabani Usman made the call on Saturday, while announcing the planned destruction of more than a million bottles of beer confiscated from traders within the state capital.

“I am appealing to professors or wealthy individuals , who are interested in having more wives to come forward and collect the forms for registration to participate in the mass wedding,” he said.
He added that he wanted such interested persons to take part in the forthcoming mass wedding of widows and divorcees being sponsored by the state government.

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Train Crushes Suicidal Man In Abuja

A middle-aged man was on Monday crushed to death by a train at the Phikwore Area of Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the unidentified man left a suicide note before lying down on the rail tracks waiting to be crushed by the fast approaching  train.

NAN also reported that the incident happened around 12:45pm, a kilometre away from the Kubwa Railway Station.

In the suicide note which he left in a bag containing his clothes, the man apologised for his inability to take care of his family.

“Please forgive me for I do not have funds to take care of you.’’ he wrote.

According to NAN, the body of the deceased was yet to be identified as of the time of going to press.

Confirming the report, the spokesman for Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Niyi Ali, said that  investigations had begun into the incident to unravel the motive behind the suicide.

“We will like to find out what will warrant a young man to lay in wait on a train track to take his life."

NAN

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Sights from deadly Abuja building collapse

Around 1.30 pm in the Jabi area of Abuja on Friday, a four story building collapsed into a massive heap of rubble.

Over 25 persons were reported to be inside the building which was still under construction at the time of the incident.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was at the scene to see things for himself. In his were senior government officials like FCTMinister, Mohammed Bello and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.

So far, two fatalities have been reported while ten people are still trapped under the rubble.

Here are some photos from the scene.

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Man jailed for absconding from bar after entertaining friends with N12,000 drinks

32 years old Chukwunonso Obi has been sentenced to four months in prison by a  Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja.

The convict was jailed for absconding from a beer parlour after he and his friends had consumed N12,000 worth of drinks which he had ordered for their entertainment.

According to the Prosecutor, Judith Obatomi, Obi of Utako Village, Abuja had on July 20, 2018, bought drinks for himself and his friends worth N12,000 from Natasha Obi’s shop of the same address.

Obatomi further told the court that after Obi and his friends had consumed the drinks, he quietly sneaked out of the shop without paying the bill, thereby contravening Section 322 of the Penal Code.

She explained that he was however caught and taken to a police station where he made a confessional statement.

Sentencing the convict, the Judge, Ahmed Ado gave him an option of N5,000 fine and ordered him to pay the sum of N12,000 to the complainant.

Admonishing the convict to be of good behaviour henceforth, the judge said that he was lenient in his sentence because he had saved the court the rigour of protracted prosecution.

The convict had earlier pleaded guilty to the one count charge of cheating and begged for leniency.

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How Osinbajo sacked the D-G of DSS.

In an apparent twist to the flexing of muscles by security operatives at the National Assembly premises on Tuesday, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura has been booted out of office.

Operatives of the DSS and Nigeria Police had on Tuesday laid a siege to the National Assembly, thereby locking out lawmakers who had come to attend a scheduled meeting.

Daura's sacking was announced by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande via his Twitter handle, @akandeoj.

“AgP Yemi Osinbajo has directed the termination of the appointment of the DG of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Musa Daura .

“Mr. Daura has been directed to hand over to the most senior officer of the State Security Service until further notice,” he wrote.

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Picture story: Scenes from security invasion of National Assembly

Abujacitynews can confirm that Vice President, Yomi Osinbajo has ordered the sacking of the Director- General of the Department of State Services , Lawal Daura.

Following this development, men of the DSS were seen leaving the premises of the National Assembly around 2.51pm.

Operatives of the DSS and the Nigeria Police had in the early hours of Tuesday begun a siege on the National Assembly, thereby truncating a scheduled meeting of the Senate leadership.

Below, we serve you pictures from the security lock down of the National Assembly.

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Defection Fever: Akpabio visits Buhari in London (photo)

Amid speculation that he is on the verge of defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio , on Sunday met President Muhammadu Buhari in London.

The meeting was confirmed by Buhari's Head of Digital Communication, Tolu Ogunlesi, via twitter.

“Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio , Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West District , and Senate Minority Leader, today in London met with PMB,” he said.

President Buhari is on a 10-day vacation in London. 

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