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  • Troops nab top ISWAP Commander ‘Saidu Hassan Yellow’ who allegedly masterminded killing of Nigerian Army general and three soldiers in Borno

    Troops nab top ISWAP Commander

    The Nigerian Army troops of 144 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai deployed at Madagali, Adamawa State have apprehended a top Commander Khaid), of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) Saidu Hassan Yellow also known as Abu Saidu, in an intelligence  led operation.  

     

    The terrorist kingpin who was among one of the most wanted criminals on the list of the security agency, was apprehended in a sting operation carried out by the troops at the Mubi Market General area on April 9, 2024. 

     

    Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region that the 32 years old Saidu Hassan Yellow was alleged to be the mastermind of the attack on Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on November 12, 2021, where Commander 28 Task Force Brigade, Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkusu, and three soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice as they provided reinforcement in a counter offensive against the terrorists. 

     

    Items recovered from the suspects included 3 mobile handsets, 3 ATM cards, one wrist watch, 4 rings, a bunch of keys and N1900 only. 

     

    The terrorists have been moved to the military high command for investigation and profiling. 

     

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  • BREAKING: Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Sons, Three Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh

    Haniyeh told Al Jazeera his children were visiting relatives for Eid at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when they were targeted.

     

     

    Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza refugee camp, according to the Hamas-affiliated news agency, Shehab.

    Haniyeh told Al Jazeera his children were visiting relatives for Eid at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when they were targeted.

    The Hamas chief decried what he described as Israel’s brutality, but he stressed that Palestinian leaders will not back down if their families and homes are targeted.

    “There is no doubt that this criminal enemy is driven by the spirit of revenge and the spirit of murder and bloodshed, and it does not observe any standards or laws,” Haniyeh said, adding that 60 members of his family have been killed since the start of the war.

     

    “We’ve seen it violate everything on the land of Gaza. There is a war of ethnic cleansing and genocide. There is mass displacement.”

    Also, Gaza’s media office confirmed that Haniyeh’s children and grandchildren were killed by Israeli fighter jets when a “civilian vehicle” was targeted on the first day of Eid el-Fitr.

    Several of his children and grandchildren were riding in the vehicle, it said.

    “We strongly condemn Israel’s ongoing attacks against our Palestinian people,” the office said, adding that at least 125 bodies of slain Palestinians arrived at various hospitals in the past 24 hours alone.

     

    “We hold the US administration, the international community responsible, and the Israeli occupation responsible for these massacres and crimes that are still taking place in this ongoing genocide,” it added.

     

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  • Amid face-off with Nigerian govt, New Binance CEO promises regulatory compliance

    Amid an ongoing legal face-off with the Nigerian government, one of the world’s top crypto platforms, Binance Holding Limited has promised to comply with laid down rules and regulations.

    Binance’s new Chief Executive Officer, Richard Teng, who spoke with journalists during a cryptocurrency conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, said he aims to make Binance a “user-focused and user-first organisation” that helped propel its success.

    He, however, said Binance must be compliance-focused, adding that an additional regulation of the sector would provide greater clarity for industry players.

    Teng said: “We want to make sure that compliance also becomes a competitive advantage.”

    He said Binance had spent hundreds of millions of dollars on compliance and was working very closely with regulators, including putting into place at their insistence a global board of directors with three independent directors.

    READ ALSO: Binance executive pleads not guilty to money laundering charges, remanded in Kuje prison

    “Our board of directors will become our stewards guiding us in terms of direction to go, making sure that we adopt the best practices,” the CEO added.

    Binance has been under the Nigerian government’s radar recently, with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) blaming the organisation for the naira’s depreciation against the dollar and money laundering allegation.

    A further crackdown by security authorities led to the detention of two employees, an American, Tigran Gambrayan, and a British Kenyan, Nadeem Anjarwalla who later escaped from detention.

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  • AGN President Deletes Post Claiming Actor Junior Pope Is Alive

    Amid the controversy surrounding the alleged death of Nollywood actor, Junior Pope, the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has deleted a social media post where he claimed the actor was alive.

    Following conflicting reports that Junior Pope, real name Obumneme Odonwodo, drowned in a river in Anambra state while filming on Wednesday, the AGN president had taken to his Instagram page to refute the news.

    In a now deleted post, Rollas disclosed that the actor was receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.

    He wrote in an Instagram post, “What God cannot do does not exist. Junior Pope is alive. He is taking treatment in the hospital.”

    Moments after, a movie director with the Instagram handle @Stanley_Ontop who claimed to have witnessed all that transpired, said the actor gave up the ghost amidst efforts to revive him.

    “We have lost him, we have lost Jr Pope, we just lost him,” said the movie producer.

    A picture of the actor’s lifeless body also surfaced on the internet.

    According to several social media posts, doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Asaba, confirmed Junior Pope dead at about 9:30 pm.

    Earlier, friends and fans of the actor, including singer KCee, took to social media to express grief over the actor’s alleged death.

    AGN President Deletes Post Claiming Actor Junior Pope Is Alive is first published on The Whistler Newspaper

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  • Senior HR Manager at Sifax Group

    Sifax group is a multinational conglomerate with multidimensional operations. The group’s head office is at Apapa, Lagos nigeria. It has branches in Abuja, Nigeria; tema, Ghana; Durban, South Africa; Houston, USA; Essex, UK; Ville, Djibouti.

    The group is into intelligent shipping and cargo operations, aviations, logistics and transport, cargo and heavy equipment leasing, freight forwarding etc. The following companies are members of Sifax group of companies: (1) Sifax Nigeria Limited. Sifax Nigeria Limited is into security and human capital development;

    (2) Sifax Shipping limted. Sifax Shipping Limited is into freight forwarding, groupage, ship agency, brokerage, ship husbandry and haulage;

    (3) Sifax Stevedoring Limited. sifax Stevedoring Limited is into port and cargo handling, plant hiring services, terminal operations and ship leasing;

    (4) Sifax Offdock Limited. Sifax Offdock Limited is into the operation of bonded terminal, warehouse operations and leasing etc.

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    The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the maritime industry, a proven track record in HR management, and a commitment to driving organizational growth through effective people management.

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  • ‘Junior Pope is d£ad. He didn’t make it’

    ?Junior Pope is d�ad. He didn?t make it? - Movie Producer, Stanley reveals after initially debunking news of the actor?s d�ath

    Movie Producer, Stanley has revealed that actor Junior Pope has passed on after initially debunking news of the actor’s d£ath. 

     

    Speaking during an Instagram live session while returning from a hospital where Jnr Pope had been taken to, Stanley who initially disclosed that Junior Pope’s body was taken to the river for a r!tual to be carried out to get him back from the river gods, disclosed that the actor has now been certified dead by doctors from three different hospitals.

     

    He further blamed Junior Pope’s death on negligence, revealing that he and other crew members were not wearing life jackets while traveling in boats to the set of a movie they were shooting in Anambra state.

    Stanley also revealed that Pope’s wife was called to the scene of the incident and was heartbroken when her husband’s body was pulled out.

     

     

     



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  • BREAKING: Famous Nollywood Actor, Junior Pope Escapes Death, Revived And Receiving Treatment In Hospital

    SaharaReporters earlier reported that the 39-year-old actor reportedly drowned while in an engine boat attempting to cross River Niger during a movie filming.

     

     

    Famous Nigerian Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, who drowned while attempting to cross the River Niger during the making of a movie has been revived.

     

     

    SaharaReporters earlier reported that the 39-year-old actor reportedly drowned while in an engine boat attempting to cross River Niger during a movie filming.

    The actor would turn 40 on May 7, 2024.

     

    A filmmaker, Sam Olatunji, had confirmed the news of Jr Pope’s reported death on Wednesday.

     

    He posted on Instagram, “Junior Pope Passes on. Sad day for Nollywood.

     

    “Four actors including Jnr Pope fell into Anam River on their way to location and their bodies have been recovered. What a sad day for Nollywood. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.

     

    “Multiple sources confirm this sad development to us.”

    But in an update on the incident, the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed that the actor was revived and receiving treatment in a hospital.

     

    Rollas had earlier confirmed that Pope drowned in the water alongside others at a movie location.

     

    Also, some videos making the rounds on social media show that the actor was later revived.



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  • Dangote optimistic lower fuel prices will tame inflation

    The Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has expressed optimism that the sale of diesel at a significantly lower price by his refinery, Dangote Refinery would help in taming inflation in the country.

    Africa’s richest man stated this in a chat with journalists shortly after visiting President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Wednesday.

    He revealed that his refinery has been selling diesel at N1,200 per litre, compared to the previous market price of N1,650-N1,700.

    The businessman expressed hope that a dramatic reduction in fuel costs would drive down inflation in the coming months.

    He said: “There’s quite a lot of improvement because if you look at it here, one of the major issues that we’ve had was the narrow devaluation that has gone very aggressively up to about N1,900. But right now, we’re back to almost N1,250 and N1,300, which is a good improvement.

    “And you can see quite a lot of things have gone down. Even people now when you go to the market, for example, something that we produced locally like flour or whatever, people will charge you more.

    “Why? Because they are paying very high diesel prices. And what we did, for example, in our refinery, we started selling even diesel at about N1,200 for N1,650. And I’m sure, you know, as we go along things will continue to improve quite a lot.

    “Well, even now, it’s a lot of impact. If you look at it now when you are buying N1,650 or N1,700 for a litre of diesel, and that one has been cut off by almost one-third to now be paying diesel at N1,200.

    “And maybe eventually going forward, even though the crude prices are going up, even with that, I believe people will not get it much higher than what it is today.

    “At N1,200, it might be even a little bit lower. But that can help quite a lot. Because if you are transporting locally produced goods like rice and other stuff, you are paying N1,650. Now you are paying two-thirds of that amount at N1,200. It’s a lot. It’s a lot of difference. People don’t know.

    “That can help to bring inflation down immediately. And I’m sure when the inflation figures are out for the next month, you see that there’s quite a lot of improvement in the inflation rate.

    “So, one step at a time. And I’m sure the government is working around the clock to make sure that things get much better.”

    By: Babajide Okeowo

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  • Why You Should Not Allow Your Property To Be Used for Fraudulent Activities

    Why You Should Not Allow Your Property To Be Used for Fraudulent Activities

    Why You Should Not Allow Your Property To Be Used for Fraudulent Activities

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  • 75% Of Rivers Primary Schools Have No Teachers, 90% Dilapidated, Fubara Laments

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    Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has lamented that 75 per cent of primary schools in the state do not have teachers, while 90 per cent are dilapidated.

    The governor, who disclosed this in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Nelson Chukwudi, described the deplorable state of the schools as troubling.

    He explained that the issue came to limelight after a field assessment of the personnel in the schools by a firm, New Global, that wanted to partner with the state on enhancement of school teachers’ capacity.

    The governor noted that the report from the field was very disappointing because the firm did not find the number of teachers needed for the training.

    “It will surprise you to note that an agency came to Rivers State. They call them ‘New Global’, and they were willing to spend $5m. It is not for infrastructure but to train our teachers, to provide software and other things to improve the learning process at the primary level.

    “I told them to go round and assess the primary schools in the state. After their assessment, you won’t believe it that 75 per cent of our primary schools have no teachers. 90 per cent of the schools are dilapidated.

    “So, how will you now put in the $5m? So, when I say education, I really mean education. It’s not education where we renovate schools and call people for commissioning.

    “We are talking about touching what is important, because, for us to develop as a society, for us to get it right from the foundation, it is at the primary school level.

    “If we don’t have that aspect right as a foundation to prepare our youths as the leaders of tomorrow, then, we have lost it,” he added.

    Fubara, however, stated that his administration was focused on turning around the fortunes of education, health, and agriculture in the state.

    On the issue of the tertiary health institutions in the state, Fubara stated that they were overstretched because the primary and secondary health facilities were not functional.

    He disclosed that in the coming days, the five zonal hospitals would be revisited so that they could become operational to expand healthcare services available to the people.

    “The only health facilities that are functional in this State are the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), and maybe, the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

    “The other aspects of the healthcare system that should be functioning are the primary and secondary healthcare. We have to do everything that is within our power to make sure that they function,” he said.

    Fubara further stated that plans are already on the ground to revamp some agricultural facilities and make the sector attractive in order to guarantee food sufficiency and create employment for the youths.

    75% Of Rivers Primary Schools Have No Teachers, 90% Dilapidated, Fubara Laments is first published on The Whistler Newspaper

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