4 University students docked for cultism

No fewer than four university students in Ogun State were, Wednesday,  arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly belonging to a secret cult, known as  “Alora Buccaneer” and  forceful initiation of new students into the cult.
The accused persons, Damilola Animashaun (20), Olakunle Kelani (20), Oluwatobi Anifowose (18) and Kazeem Amusa (18) who  were arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy, felony, unlawful administering of oath and threat to life, were not represented by any counsel.

They  all, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

According to the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Eigbejiale, the alleged offences were committed on January 14, at about 12.30 a.m. at Osiele in Abeokuta.

The Magistrate, Mr Martins Akinyemi, however, granted the accused persons bail in the sum of N160,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He adjourned the case to March 4 for further hearing.
TalkOfNaija

West Brom fine Odemwingie N16.5million

By Ifreke Inyang

Peter Osaze Odemwingie has been fined two weeks wages – £75,000 (more than N16.5million) – by West Brom, for attempting to force a move to Queens Park Rangers, but the Nigerian forward is now available for first team selection.
The 31-year-old drove all the way to Loftus Road onn transfer deadline day without Albion’s permission, but the deal never happened.
“West Brom have taken disciplinary action against striker Peter Odemwingie in respect of his conduct over the past fortnight,” the club confirmed.
“Odemwingie has accepted his punishment. He will now resume full training with his team-mates and is available for first-team selection.”

In reaction to the fine he received, Odemwingie said: “I understand how my actions have been viewed and I want to apologise to the club and our supporters for any distress I have caused.
“I want to reassure everyone at the club and our fans that I will continue to give my all whenever I am selected. We have enjoyed a good season so far and I aim to play my part in keeping the club as high up the table as possible.”
Albion chairman Jeremy Peace added: “This has been an extremely difficult time for the club and it was imperative that we dealt with such a serious matter both fully and correctly.
“We made our position very clear throughout – both privately to Peter and publicly. Peter has apologised for his conduct to me personally and the club and our supporters as a whole.
“He has accepted his punishment and promised to comply with all club regulations moving forward. It was important that we resolved this episode as expediently as possible to enable everyone to focus on the most important issue at this club – competing in the Premier League.”
DailyPost

Dokubo-Asari: ‘God Is Angry’ With Northern Nigeria

Ex-Niger Delta militant, Dokubo Asari, has blamed northern elites for the wave of violence occasioned by Boko Haram’s terrorist activities and ‘backwardness’ of the region.
In an exclusive interview with Rariya Newspaper, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said northerners should pray for forgiveness because the wrath of God is on them.
“For how many years the ruling oligarchy of the north has been encouraging oppression? The people of the north are poor, they did not benefit from the years of criminal, immoral ravaging of the lands of Ogonis, Ijaws, Urhobos, Itsekiris and others. The people are watching. They are going to Dubai, London and everywhere to buy house. They are sending their children abroad. They forgot God. They forgot that there are so many children roaming the street. All these things, one day a Daniel will come to judgement. And that is it, it has come to judgement, and the people are confronting them,” he said.
“What is happening in the north is the north creates a monster, and the monster is consuming them. God is angry with the north. Let them cry to Allah for forgiveness.”

Asari also said it would be difficult for a Northerner to win the 2015 presidential election as the fear of Boko Haram will prevent people in the region from coming out to vote on election day.
Mr. Asari, who claimed to have spent time in prison with some leaders of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram,  said the only way out of the deadlock is through dialogue.
“From the very beginning I was one of those people who asked the government to dialogue with them. I was in prison with some of them. I was with Mohammed Ashafa at Kuje prison; I was in SSS underground prison with Mohammed Isa, Hussain and Yusuf, Murtada and others. Late Mohammed Yusuf left SSS underground prison few days before I was put in there. Dialogue is the only solution. As far as I’m concerned, both government and Boko Haram cannot win this war. The bloodshed should be stopped. It will not remove anything from the part of government of President Jonathan to dialogue with this people,” he said.
InformationNigeria

Child Prostitution Booming at Sekondi Beaches

The Social Services and Gender Sub-Committee noted that minors aged between 10 and 17 years take their pimps to small kiosks at the beaches and pay GH¢ 2.00 before engaging in sexual escapades with their patrons.

Child prostitution is flourishing at Sekondi landing beaches and other suburbs of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in Ghana.
It cited of Kotompo, Sekondi, New Takoradi and European Town in the metropolis as areas well-known for such immoral activities. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. John Davis, who is also the Assembly Member for Anaji West Electoral Area, expressed worry over the trend, and said the Committee would liaise with the various chief fishermen, assembly members and queenmothers of the Fishmongers Association in those areas to clamp down prostitution. He also lamented that some children of school-going-age in coastal communities in the metropolis were reported to have abando
ned the classroom for fishing. Madam Josephine Cobbina, Assemble Member of Bankyease Electoral Area, near Takoradi, suggested that minors involved in fishing and prostitution should be educated on the ramifications of their actions.
Naij

Gunmen Kill 9 Female Health Workers In Kano

Polio Vaccinators at work -Photo Credit: Fred de Sam Lazaro

By SaharaReporters, New York

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants have killed nine female workers involved in polio vaccinations in two separate incidents in the city of Kano.
The gunmen riding on tricycles opened fire on health workers at Hotoro Haye and Shargalle Health Centre in the Kano metropolis as the health workers prepare their polio vaccination cocktails for the day.
Two women were felled by the militants bullets at Unguwa Uku while seven others died from the lethal attack on Shargalle Health Centre in attacks that took place thirty minutes apart.
Police spokesperson Musa Majia confirmed the attacks to journalists stating that the gunmen had fled the scene of the attack before security agents could reach the area.
Several Islamic clerics are opposed to polio vaccination claiming that it was a western scheme to limit Muslim population in Nigeria.
Vaccinators
Polio is spread mainly through poor hygiene and sanitation, problems in much of the developing world. Here, health workers vaccinate children in a Nigerian village.
Saharareporters

FCT demolishes 100 shanties, brothel

The Federal Capital Territory’s Department of Development Control on Thursday demolished about 100 shanties and a brothel at the Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja.
The shanties were removed because the plots on which they were built belonged to legal allottees that were preparing to develop their plots.
Speaking at the site of the demolition, the site officer, Samson Atureta, said the exercise was carried out because the Mechanic Village had been bastardised by the allotees, despite the prototype given to them.
Atureta explained that the prototype given to allottees indicated that the ground floor be used as workshop and the top floor as residence. But he said this design was not followed.
Development Control Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Josie Mudasiru stated that the shanties constituted a security risk, adding that the brothel was demolished because it was not approved for the area.
Mudasiru said that the demolition which was also extended to Guzape district, was meant to rid the area of illegal buildings and shanties, adding that the department would soon write land allottees to complete their abandoned buildings to avoid demolition.
TalkOfNaija

Another School Shooting Today At A Florida University

By Adam Peck

At least one person has been shot on the campus of Florida Atlantic University on Friday, a Boca Raton, Florida police spokesman confirmed to the local NBC affiliate WPTV. The station is reporting that the one known victim was transported to an area hospital and is expected to survive.
This is at least the fourth school shooting since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.

Update

The University posted a message to their Twitter account shortly after the first reports of the shooting reassuring students that the incident is not ongoing and that the campus is not facing any immediate danger:

Update

According to Florida Atlantic University’s Chief of Police Charles Lowe, the victim is a homeless man who was seen trespassing onto the roof of a building at FAU’s research center. Two FAU officers responded to a non-emergency call about the trespasser, and upon finding him on the roof, opened fire after he reportedly pulled a knife and threatened the two responding officers.
TP