Minister of Defence Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali

Sacked officers ‘professionally corrupt,’ says Defence Minister

 

Defense Minister, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali

Minister of Defence Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali yesterday justified the retirement of 38 senior officers of the Nigeria Army, saying they were found guilty of “professional corruption,” hence they were sent packing.

Dan-Ali said this while answering questions after presenting a paper to the participants of National Defence College (NDC) Nigeria Course 24, Abuja that the investigation into the issues that led to the compulsory retirement of the senior officers was thoroughly carried out, as it is the tradition in the Nigeria Army and the officers were found to be guilty, even after given their testimonies through interrogation.

The minister said, “Of course they were giving fair hearing, a board called them and they went and testified. Don’t forget that in the military there is no half way of doing things, the moment you are found wanting, you have to succumb and you will go,” he said.

Also, Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai yesterday explained that the Nigerian Army followed due diligence before arriving at the decision to retire the 38 officers.
Answering questions from newsmen after a visit to Communication Technology Minister Adebayo Shittu, Buratai explained that the process that led to the retirement of the officers started with enquiry from one division GOC to the other after which the findings were subjected to legal review before the recommendations were forwarded to higher authority for consideration.

Buratai said, “We started with enquiry from one division GOC to the other. After that, we subjected it to legal review, after the legal review, we forwarded our recommendations to higher authority for consideration. So, it took us time.”

“Like court process, we have our own process also. Our administrative process, dovetailing into our legal review and so on. I think this is the better time, there is no other better time than now.”
In a related development, Acting Director Army Public Relations (AgDAPR) Col. Sani Usman said the lists of officers published by some media organisations (not The Guardian) are false and contrary to what truly obtained.

Usman, therefore, said members of the public should disregard the unconfirmed published names, describing the conduct of the media houses as unethical and unfair.
“This is worrisome as some individuals and media houses went to the ridiculous extent of publishing up to 50 unconfirmed outrageous names, even of still serving officers as being retired,” Usman said.

The Igbo residents of Magbo ,Obada Zone 5 Community of Fortune Estate in Agbara, Lagos has cried out

Police allegedly beat husband and wife to Coma in Obada Agbara, Lagos

Read the statement sent in by friends of the victims below...

"The Igbo residents of Magbo ,Obada Zone 5 Community of Fortune Estate in Agbara, Lagos has cried out and sent a save our soul {SOS} message to the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase in a matter of urgency to set up a panel of enquires into the recent Brutalization of a Member of their community, Mr. Chukwuka Paul by the Men of the Nigeria Police force Area k, as they pounced on Mr. Paul and his wife beating them to Coma before he was taken into custody for close to 72 hour without concrete Evidence against the gentleman and his family.

It was gathered that on Thursday 19th of may 2016, about 8 heavy armed men storm the residence of Paul Chukwuka where he also has his house finishing material store, order him to enter their vehicle, while the latter was trying to know why such arrest is for him, they bounce on him as if they gave them Order to brutalized him, he was handcuffed beaten and while his wife Ebele Paul and their little child were shouting for help from the Neighbors, his wife too were beaten and stripped naked in the present of sympathizers.

He was taking to Area K command where he was detained for over 72 hours, beaten severally with different wound scattered all over his body, he was later released on bail. In our attempt to Investigate the cause of such Magnitude of brutality in this model democratically world, some media House visited Obada zone 5 to hear from some eyes witness to the scenario, this paper was one of the media house that visited the area, our first call point was with the chairman of the Igbo community in Obada and it Patron. Mr. Samuel Egwu and Alex Nwagwu respectively.

Speaking with the media, the president Obada zone 5 Igbo Community, Samuel Egwu lamented the unprofessional conduct of the men of the police force from Area K command on how they carried out the arrest of Mr. police a member of his community, hear him, yes I gathered that there was a transaction between Paul and this woman in question,paul sold a bed to that woman and after 3 years the woman refuses to pay back and you know that in business no company gives three year guaranty, so I learnt that Mr. Paul asked for his money and the woman went straight to Area K to lay allegation that Mr. Paul beat her, the police just come bounce on the gentle man beat him together with his wife and child, please I asked is it proper, without asking about the genesis of the disagreement between the two of them, look before now we believe police is our friend but now it clear that they are our enemies, you just act on one side story and start to brutalize an innocent soul, we want to use this opportunity to call on the inspector general of police Solomon Arase to please in a matter of urgent set up a panel of enquiries to know what really happen before his men kill all of us in this community. I am really disappointed in Nigeria police. I will also want to call on our amiable governor to come to the aid of our community in term of road and drainage because when its rain our children were always at home because the flood is always too much he concluded. Also speaking in the same vein, the patron of Igbo community Obada fortune estate Alex nwagwu lambast the Nigeria police for their action in the area, he said for men of the police force to handle a very sensitive cases like that, then some of their men lack professionalism, if you have some of those men as your friend then you don’t have friend because they did not have regards for human being, look people are always afraid to see the police , I have travel wide and far, I do ask some of them that do they actually g for training before you were employed, I think the police IG need to know the kind of people the force should be engaged, I think the IG need to call them to other, because they are tarnishing the image of Nigeria to our foreign visitors. Please let the police boss look into this unholy brutalization of our member. We also met with the victim of that brutalization by the men of the Nigeria police force, Area K command led by one Moses.

In his reaction Mr. Paul who spoke to us through pains from the injuries he sustained while he was been arrested and in the police station said he sold a set of bed to one Mrs. ogunfowokan who is a neighour too for 300,000. He said the woman told him clearly that she did not have the money at that time but within a week she will meet up with the payment, and because she has never requested for such, out of trust he gave the woman the bed, after a month the woman paid 150,000 and since then she pay in pieces, sometime 5, 10 thousand naira, three years later she still has 65,000 balance to pay, on that 19th of may, I saw this woman and asked her about my money, she turn everything to quarrel and before you know it, police from Area K storm my store, they just asked? are you chukwuka and I said yes, that was all before I could say anything about eight armed men bounce on me, beat me mercilessly drag me to their car without any explanation, getting to the station they said I should write a statement that I was dragging and fighting them to resist arrest, I was kept behind bar for over 72 hour, they beat me at interval ,they even gave me one tea, initially I resisted but because the beaten was too severe I took the tea, I have not gotten myself, my stomach is paining me because I don’t know what they use in preparing the tea, please Nigerians help me IG police help me your men want to kill me, they release me on Sunday since Thursday. My children were fatherless for three days, my wife too was a widow for three day. On his wife, he said she did not know why the police was after her husband life, she said she was strip naked by the men of the police force.

In our attempt to get eye witness account we met with 5 people who will not want their name mentioned, they said the police were wrong on how they went about handling the case, they said Paul was not at fault because he is a business man who sold his market and the woman refuses to pay him instead for her to beg, she claimed she know the police and she will use then to frustrate the man, this paper is determined to follow this case to a logical conclusion, so we will continue to update you our readers as event unfold, whatever will be the outcome of the whole story time will tell.

Nigerian troops deployed in Borno State killed some Boko Haram fighters

Graphic Photos: Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram fighters in Borno State

Nigerian troops deployed in Borno State killed some Boko Haram fighters during an encounter with the terrorists in a rural area yesterday According to the source that shared the photos, the troops also captured one terrorist alive and also confiscated their weapons and equipments. See more photos after the cut.

Photo Credit: Rariya

Zainab Salisu, 42-year-old woman who kidnapped baby

Lagos state Command arrests woman who kidnapped little boy in Lagos (photos)

 

The Lagos state Command has arrested Zainab Salisu, 42-year-old woman who kidnapped baby Fehintola Lawal from her mother Damilola Lawal at Abule Egba area. She pretended to help the mother back her child while sleeping and disappeared with the baby for 2 weeks until the operatives of the Npf Lagos State Command arrested her on Wednesday June 1.

Fehintola has been handed over to the mother while the police is still tracing the parents of the other boy who was also rescued from the kidnapper.

She will soon be charged to court.

Meanwhile the boy in blue pictured above was also rescued from the suspect. Does anyone know the boy's parents? He is currently with the family support unit of the command or anyone with useful information can call the lagos state command PPRO on 08029950048

Source: Linda Ikeji

Ghanaian pastor caught pants down with a married woman

Ghanaian pastor caught pants down with a married woman on her matrimonial bed (photos)

Apostle Douglas Akwesi Amanor (pictured on the bed) was caught naked with Mrs Mina Adjei (pictured) a married woman and a member of his church on her matrimonial bed in Accra, Ghana. 

Read the story as told by Nana Effei, from Tema, Ghana after the cut...

"Wonders, they say, will never end indeed. Head pastor and founder of the Apostolic Good News Church International-Apostle Doglas Akwesi Amanoris been caught naked and pants down with Mrs. Mina Adjei, a married woman and a member of his church right on her materimonial bed at her EMEFS Estate residence at Lashiebi in Accra.

Mrs. Mina Adjei, is the wedded wife of Mr. Thomas Adjei- a Managing Director of an advertising company in Osu- Accra. The couple are married for nine (9) good years and blessed with two wonderful kids- a boy and a girl.

Speaking to the victimised husband upon a tip off by our newsdesk, Mr. Thomas Adjei, totally broken down in spirit and soul narrated his tragic experience to your Authoritative New Crusading GUIDE news team who followed up on the story.

"My wife and I have been having some marital problems for sometime now base on her recent attachments and relationship with other men, and over her constant nagging and reluctancy to pick the kids from school and take care of them in her shop- which is even closer to the school. She had never accepted her fault or explained to me peacefully even when caught redhanded with men in very uncompromising situations at odd times. Due to this, families and counselors advised that we seperated for a while due to her violent attitude whenever there is a little problem while the two families put heads together to resolve the issues.

On that fateful morning of Saturday May 7, 2016, at about 6:30am, I had left my hideout to the house to go and pack my belongings from the house, since my wife and I had earlier agreed that our EMEFS Estate rent had expire, and due to some hintches in business for now, we shall rather relocate into a much affordable appartment instead of renewing the rent again" he narrated.

But he said, the woman said she would not oblige to their earlier agreement, but rather claimed she has an uncle who says he would continue with the rent for her to stay in the EMEFS appartment all by herself.

He continued that, he went with a carpenter to help him fix and change some of the locks where necessary before he finally packs out since the woman says she may be staying in the house with her so-called uncle of a benefactor, till the families resolve the issues. He said, upon reaching the house, they started knocking at the main gate for sometime before a sister- in law came out to get the door.

"I greeted and entered the house as the man of the house and walked straight to our master-bedroom to knock on our bedroom door. But as I knocked for long minutes without any response at all, I then decided to push the door to see what was wrong with my wife in there, because her sister had already confirmed that she was inside.

As soon as I pushed the door opened, my wife rushed out to push it back aganst me! Wow, what is happening here- I wondered at her attitude? This gave me the idea to suspect that something fishy was definitely going on in the room, because of my past suspesion of her with other men in her car, so I decided to force the door open toenter at all cost. I then forced the door back on her, and lo and behold, here was a thick-tall dark man naked on my own materimonial bed with my wife in my room! How else could a man be traumatized in his life than this?” he lamented.

Describing his woes to the team, Mr. Adjei, underscored that, at the instance, his heart was terrified so much so that he could not move nor scream, so all he found himself doing was to start clapping his hands for them."

He said, after some seconds, he gathered some courage and decided to take some pictures for evidence.

"But to my amazement, my shameless wife suddenly pounced on me in an attack and tore my clothes to prevent me from taking the pictures, but when she realized she couldn’t stop me, she rather ran to her so-called daddy of a pastor and stared covering his face with the man’s underwears- shouting, ‘Daddy don’t allow him to take ur face!", he elaborated.

Mr. Adjei, who said he gathered all the courage not to be violent in the act continued that he left the scene quietly when he realized the wife was trying to be violent to cover up her shame and went back to his hideout to avoid any false accusations of assault.

He said, he managed to go to his own church the next day- Sunday May 8, and then reported the case to the Larshibi Vivian Farm police who later arrested the two who were granted bail the next day. The case has since been with the DOVVSU Department of the station for further resolvation.

According to Mr. Adjei however, had been the fact that, the wife is rather shamelessly going round tanishing his image and rather painting him so black to the world without any shame.

Every effort made by our team to contact the two accused persons (the wife and the pastor) for their sides of the story had proven futile, since all their known lines have been swiched off. The only available contact of Mrs. Adjei had also rang countlessly without any response.

Meanwhile, the police has given a confirmation of the case been reported to the Vivian Farm station at Larshibi, but says the case is under investigation and so they would want to hold on to their commits and further details for now. We shall however relentlessly continue to follow up this story to abreast our readers as it unfolds.

Man and wife torture their 4-year-old daughter to death

Photos: Man and wife torture their 4-year-old daughter to death, hide her body in freezer for one week

 

A 26-year-old Kuwaiti citizen tortured his four-year old daughter to death and kept the body in a new freezer to conceal the crime. The corpse remained in the freezer for one week before the parents (suspect and his wife) were arrested.

A security source said security men received information that a Kuwaiti citizen had killed his four-year old daughter few days earlier and kept the body in a flat in Hawalli area. Acting on information, detectives conducted the necessary investigation and arrested the victim’s father. (Pictured is the apartment belonging to the suspects and father of the child)

He admitted the crime during questioning and confirmed that his 23-year old wife participated in the killing while they were under the influence of intoxicant. Public Relations and Media Information said investigations revealed that the suspect wrapped his daughter’s body with a shroud and kept it inside the freezer.

It also revealed that experts discovered traces of burns on the shoulders and feet, indicating she was tortured to death. It also said the parents neglected the welfare of their four children, while the father was sacked from his job in a private company due to misconduct. The man and his wife have since been referred for further investigation.

Source: Arab Times

The world's most expensive player

Lionel Messi is the world's most expensive player with a value of £163million

 

According to CIES Football Observatory, Lionel Messi is the world's most expensive player with a tag of £163million while his Barceloba teammate, Neymar is close on his heels at £155million. Predictably, C Ronaldo is not too far behind in third place at £106million while Antoine Griezmann and Tottenham striker Harry Kane make up the top five on the hundred-strong list.

The values of the players are based on several different variables including age, length of current contract and potential suitors. All 100 players in the list are employed by clubs in Europe's top five leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

The likes of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic do not feature on the list because of their age at 30 and 34 respectively. See the full list below.

CIES FOOTBALL OBSERVATORY'S VALUATION ON TOP 100 PLAYERS

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £163m
2. Neymar (Barcelona) - £155m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - £106m
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) - £93m
5. Harry Kane (Tottenham) - £87m
6. Anthony Martial (Man United) - £86m
7. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - £81m
8. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) - £80m
9. Sergio Aguero (Man City) - £75m
10. Paul Pogba (Juventus) - £70m
11. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) - £62m
12. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - £60m
13. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) - £58m
14. Dele Alli (Tottenham) - £58m
15. Thomas Muller (Bayern) - £57m
16. Raheem Sterling (Man City) - £56m
17. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) - £52m
18. Alvaro Morata (Juventus) - £50m
19. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) - £48m
20. Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli) - £47m
21. Isco (Real Madrid) - £47m
22. P.E Aubameyang (Dortmund) - £48m
23. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid) - £45m
24. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) - £45m
25. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal) - £43m
26. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) - £43m
27. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) - £40m
28. Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) - £39m
29. Willian (Chelsea) - £39m
30. Koke (Atletico Madrid) - £39m
31. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) - £38m
32. Diego Costa (Chelsea) - £38m
33. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) - £38m
34. David Alaba (Bayern) - £38m
35. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) - £37m
36. Eric Dier (Tottenham) - £37m
37. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) - £37m
38. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) - £37m
39. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) - £36m
40. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) - £36m
41. David de Gea (Man United) - £36m
42. Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) - £35m
43. Nicolas Otamendi (Man City) - £35m
44. N'Golo Kante (Leicester) - £34m
45. Douglas Costa (Bayern) - £34m
46. Memphis Depay (Man United) - £34m
47. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester) - £33m
48. Pedro (Chelsea) - £33m
49. Lucas Moura (PSG) - £33m
50. Jerome Boateng (Bayern) - £33m
51. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid) - £32m
52. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - £32m
53. Andre Gomes (Valencia) - £32m
54. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) - £32m
55. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) - £31m
56. Virgil van Dijk (Southampton) - £31m
57. Daley Blind (Man United) - £31m
58. Ross Barkley (Everton) - £31m
59. Emre Can (Liverpool) - £30m
60. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) - £30m
61. Marco Verratti (PSG) - £30m
62. Mohamed Salah (Roma) - £30m
63. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) - £30m
64. John Stones (Everton) - £29m
65. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - £29m
66. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) - £29m
67. Erik Lamela (Tottenham) - £29m
68. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) - £29m
69. Oscar (Chelsea) - £29m
70. Juan Mata (Man United) - £28m
71. Giannelli Imbula (Stoke) - £28m
72. Manuel Neuer (Bayern) - £28m
73. Angel di Maria (PSG) - £27m
74. Sadio Mane (Southampton) - £27m
75. Carlos Bacca (AC Milan) - £27m
76. Son Heung-min (Tottenham) - £27m
77. Felipe Anderson (Lazio) - £27m
78. Jamie Vardy (Leicester) - £27m
79. Denis Suarez (Villarreal) - £27m
80. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) - £26m
81. Leroy Sane (Schalke) - £26m
82. Marquinhos (PSG) - £26m
83. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Dortmund) - £26m
84. Chris Smalling (Man United) - £25m
85. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) - £25m
86. Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen) - £25m
87. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) - £25m
88. Bernardo Silva (Monaco) - £24m
89. Kostas Manolas (Roma) - £24m
90. Gerard Pique (Barcelona) - £24m
91. Paco Alcacer (Valencia) - £24m
92. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) - £24m
93. Danilo (Real Madrid) - £24m
94. Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) - £24m
95. Jordon Ibe (Liverpool) - £23m
96. Marco Reus (Dortmund) - £23m
97. David Silva (Manchester City) - £23m
98. Joe Hart (Manchester City) - £23m
99. Marcelo (Real Madrid) - £23m
100. Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen) - £22m

All values are rounded to the nearest million. Figures courtesy of Football Observatory.