Trafficking: DSS, NAPTIP rescue 16 women at Abuja airport

Operatives of the Department of State Services and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Thursday rescued 16 women who were being allegedly trafficked to Saudi Arabia at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims, whose ages ranged between 15 and 60 years, were rscued at the airport after a tip-off, while two suspected traffickers leading them were arrested.

It was gathered that the two suspects, whose names had yet to be disclosed, were in the DSS custody.
Also, the passports of the suspects had reportedly been seized by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service.

Ojoto Igweship: Igwe Elect, Okafor opts out of govt panel, decries ignorable, unconstitutional procedure adopted.

There was confusion at the Anambra Government House, yesterday when one of the candidates in the Ojoto chieftaincy tussle, who had earlier been elected and presented as the community's monarch, Chief Dennis Okafor stormed out of the panel's set up by Gov Willie Obiano to look into the selection process of their next traditional ruler.

I had mixed feelings giving away my daughter in marriage –Charly Boy

Popular entertainer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, recently gave out one of his daughters in marriage and he is still basking in the euphoria of the event. Telling Sunday Scoop about how he felt on that day, he said, “I had mixed feelings actually. I put in a lot of time in my daughter’s upbringing and we bonded so well. As a parent, you could sometime wish that your offspring would stay with

you forever, but at a point, you have to let go. I am happy that I’m letting go to someone who is a gentleman, considerate and thoughtful. I wish her a happy married life. She has a good pedigree, and both the bride and groom’s parents have good marriages that have stood the test for time; that ought to count for something.”

Why I got pregnant without sex, 29-year-old virgin reveals

A 29-year-old lady has revealed why she got pregnant without sleeping with a man.
The Canadian, who gave only her first name as Lauren, revealed that she doesn’t care much about dating any man.
She also revealed that she grew up with a gland disorder that affects her body’s hormone production. This made her to seek a sperm donor and eventually become a single mum — against the advice of doctors and friends.
“I was born with hypopituitarism, which means my pituitary gland is not formed properly.
“It doesn’t send the right hormonal messages to the other glands in the body, like the adrenaline gland or the ovaries. Because of that, I have to take hormone replacements to develop necessary areas of my body.

Nigerians who own property in UK panic over new law

Nigerians who own properties in the United Kingdom have inundated the Federal Ministry of Finance’s Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme hotlines with calls, causing the lines to crash on Friday.
A source at the VAIDs office told the News Agency of Nigeria that the unprecedented level of calls was not unconnected with the new UK regulation on Unexplained Wealth Orders.
The source disclosed that the VAIDs office received massive calls and frantic requests from tax payers based in the UK in the last 72 hours, asking for extension of time to enable them complete their VAIDS declaration forms.

JAMB suspends worker over N36m swallowed by snake

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Sunday that it had suspended its employee, Philomina Chieshe, on account of N36m which was reported to have been swallowed by a snake in the board’s office in Makurdi, Benue State.
The JAMB Head of Information, Fabian Benjamin, told our correspondent on Sunday that the board was taking her through other disciplinary measures while security agencies were investigating the matter.
Benjamin said, “She has been suspended and she is going through all other disciplinary procedures while investigation is ongoing on the matter. Her claim was that a snake came into the office and swallowed the N36m proceeds.”

2019 Presidency: Restructuring, condition for alliance, southern groups tell northern elders

    

Southern groups, including the Ohanaeze Ndigbo; the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, and the Ijaw Youth Council, on Sunday said restrucuring must be central to the plan by the North to form an alliance with zones in the South for presidency in 2019.
The Afenifere and the IYC said they had interest in any group that truly believed in restructuring, but the Ohanaeze Ndigbo also said the proposal by the northern leaders was because of 2019 elections only.
On its part, the Middle Belt Youth Council said the main agenda of the North was to dominate the South and the North-Central (Middle Belt).
Northern elders and stakeholders had, at a meeting in Abuja on Saturday, said they were exploring ways to form an alliance with the South.

I’ll support my son-in-law’s governorship ambition —Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Monday said despite perceived opposition across the state, he would support his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, to be governor in 2019 if he decides to contest.
Nwosu, who is currently the governor’s chief of staff, is married to Okorocha’s first daughter, Ulomma.
A press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, quoted Okorocha to have spoken when leaders of the All Progressives Congress from Owerri Municipal Council visited him on Monday.
The APC leaders’ visit, Onwuemeodo said, was to urge Okorocha to encourage Nwosu to be the next governor.

Non Teaching Staff Attmept To Distrup NAU Matriculation Foiled BY Police

PRESIDENT BUHARI WELCOMES THE RELEASE OF UNIMAID LECTURERS, 10 POLICE WIVES

 The Department of State Services, DSS  Saturday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the release, through negotiations, of three University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturers abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Magumeri, Borno State. 

Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists are 10 women, kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa road, near Maiduguri.